I have a loose rule I follow with expensive gadgets. If there is a gadget I think I really want, I wait a year and see if I still want it. The rule has served me pretty well - there are several items I ended up not buying because the lust dissipated.
I've wanted a high definition flat panel TV for at least three years now. Coincidentally, I got motivated a few weeks ago to make another attempt at selling a bunch of china and crystal from my previous marriage on eBay. This time I was fairly successful. Se we had the cash to match the desire. Add that to the fact that Sears had a TV on sale that was highly rated by Consumer Reports and we had the perfect storm. I went to the local Sears and bought the thing.
We bought a 42" Vizio LCD TV. Vizio, it turns out, is one of a new breed of electronics company. They don't actually build anything, and they only have about 70 employees. They contract the manufacuturing to Taiwanese OEMs. But like I said Consumer Reports has rated them well for the past several years so we took a chance on a company that isn't a "big name". I found out after the fact that Vizio sells more LCD TV in the US than any other company.
Shortly after we bought it, I ordered a Peerless wall mount. Last Friday night we reconfigured the TV room and mounted the new TV on the wall at eye level when sitting on the sofa. Perfect.
Our cable box has the capability to make "favorite channels" lists. I made one with only the HD channels (we get 15). When I watch TV now, I go to that list first. I find I'll watch almost anything if it's in HD :). (I'm sure that will wear off in a while). Football, in particular, is visually spectacular in high definition even though I'm not a football fan.
No comments:
Post a Comment