We replaced our old, tiny 36" television.
We decided that we're ready to have a High Definition Television. We got a 58" Samsung plasma set from Costco.
Even though its screen is much larger than the old CRT set's, it's not sticking way out into the room so the room feels much bigger now. The old set stuck out almost a foot further into the room than the bottom of the new stand.
And we had to feed the hi-def-ness of the set. We got a Blu-Ray Disc player. And, of course, we upgraded our cable TV subscription to HD.
We've watched our first on-demand movies. In HD.
And the Olympics are watchable on on-demand. No commercial interruptions (there's only one commercial at the beginnings of the episodes). And you get to watch only the events you're interested in. I got to see both runs of each of the 12 finalists in the Men's Halfpipe finals without having to watch anything like the women's biathlon pursuit interspersed. All for no added charge! Yay, cable TV!
I know how most visitors to our house will spend most of their time.
