cincibuck
You kids stay off my lawn!
I'm singing that old standard, How Long Has This Been going On?
The old TV was a 19 inch NEC that refused to die. The speakers buzzed and rattled and you could barely understand the dialogue on a good show like West Wing or Northern Exposure.
Yesterday we brought home a Pioneer 43 inch plasma and plugged it into Time Warners HDTV service. Watched PBS HD on Idaho, flipped to Discovery nature HD. Couldn't believe it was TV. Today I slipped in the DVD of the KState Fiesta Bowl game. The colors, even at DVD level, were so intense. The band in the background and all the noise from the field... I'd been missing so much. Slipped in the VHS tape of the Michigan Game and couldn't believe how much more you could see because of the screen size.
Still to go is the addition of a DVD recorder and burner, a $150 gizmo that is supposed to kick DVDs up to HD prixel level (!), a Yamaha receiver/amp that will anchor the surround sound. All will be in place by September 3rd. I'm going to have all of the season on record, including my popping open a bottle of Mumms when the Bucks win the Rose Bowl.
In the meantime, I'm still singing, How Long Has This Been Going On?
A special thanks to the techies on the BP net who helped me out with their advice on AV equipment.
The old TV was a 19 inch NEC that refused to die. The speakers buzzed and rattled and you could barely understand the dialogue on a good show like West Wing or Northern Exposure.
Yesterday we brought home a Pioneer 43 inch plasma and plugged it into Time Warners HDTV service. Watched PBS HD on Idaho, flipped to Discovery nature HD. Couldn't believe it was TV. Today I slipped in the DVD of the KState Fiesta Bowl game. The colors, even at DVD level, were so intense. The band in the background and all the noise from the field... I'd been missing so much. Slipped in the VHS tape of the Michigan Game and couldn't believe how much more you could see because of the screen size.
Still to go is the addition of a DVD recorder and burner, a $150 gizmo that is supposed to kick DVDs up to HD prixel level (!), a Yamaha receiver/amp that will anchor the surround sound. All will be in place by September 3rd. I'm going to have all of the season on record, including my popping open a bottle of Mumms when the Bucks win the Rose Bowl.
In the meantime, I'm still singing, How Long Has This Been Going On?
A special thanks to the techies on the BP net who helped me out with their advice on AV equipment.