You'd think things would have worked out differently historically then. Maybe its experience? Don't take it the wrong way please. That shit was beyond atrocious.
I think I just lost my man card. My wife and I are looking for a new TV. She has proposed to me a 60", 65", and 70". She wants the 70". I want the 60 because there is a huge price difference and I can buy a lot of beer with that money. I know she will win out in the long run, but please for the sake of my sanity, someone justify the crazy cost difference of an extra 10 inches of tv. (And yes, I told her that if we got a tv of that size that I demand to be allowed to watch porn on it)
What are you going to do with a 70 inch TV? That's 4 inches shorter than me. Keep the box because they can bury you in it. This is where I lose my man card. I cannot imagine a TV that big in my house. Christ, 6 foot commercials; my hands are already clammy. I don't even have a wall that long. There is no way to escape Chris Noth in your living room. Peter Dinklage will be actual size watching Game of Thrones. To me, that all seems maddening. Everywhere you look the fucking TV follows. My friend has a comically oversized TV. He lives in a studio apartment. There is the kitchen, the couch right up against it, then this enormous TV set, and that's the whole place.
The wife and I are looking for a new tv as well. We have a piggy bank (named Steve) that we have been throwing money in for over a year, so that will be the basis for the purchase. Not sure what I want, we bought her mom a tv for christmas, 32", and I thought it was a bit small. I'm thinking between the 50-60" range. In other news, got my ass handed to me at work last night. I despise the First Friday weekend, I do table service for three days straight. Not my favorite thing.
I guess I am one of the few women that doesn't ask questions during a movie. I am aware that the answers will be presented in due course. Mr. P does like to tell random stories inspired by random things in a movie, which can irritate me, but all I have to do is remind him I am trying to watch the movie. He doesn't do it in the theater though, so he is forgiven. RotN- stick to your guns. 60" is plenty. There is such a thing as too big. Alice in Chains is my favorite grunge era band, followed by Stone Temple Pilots. Soundgarden is alright, a bit played out for me, but better than fucking Pearl Jam by a mile.
Grant that I live in a 1 bedroom apartment but I can't really imagine wanting anything much bigger than my 42" tv. I only sit perhaps 6 feet away from the screen, but still. What are you going to do with that extra square mile of screen? Sometimes you've got to be satisfied that you even have a widescreen high definition TV in the first place, you know what I mean? Second thought: why not just get a projector?
Nobody NEEEDS a massive TV, but you have to understand that's all Men have left to compete with. It used to be who had the biggest stereo, but ever since companies like Bose started putting enormous things into small packages, it's uncool to show how compact it is. So, it's whoever has the biggest motherfuckin' tv. My wife's best friend and her husband own a custom home entertainment shop, they have a 100" tv that's appears from behind a giant landscape art print (the painting rolls up like a blind when you turn it on). Crazy stuff.
I knew that nobody "needed" a big tv, I was asking why someone would want it. Other than compensating for your small penises, of course.
That's probably a good reason, your reason. And you can't shoot anybody with a tv. We have a 42 and a 40. That is plenty. Before that we had to big-ass boxes and 27" was the largest I owned. Hey, anybody here have a family with one of the "original" big screens? You know, they were a square maybe 47-51" screen that was about two feet thick, on wheels, and you had to sit directly in front it to get the clear picture. We called them Wrestlemania TVs because whenever somebody ordered a pay-per-view we would watch it a the only house with a BIG tv. That ship has sailed.
Shucks, yeah, son. We done use even have a shack out back to smoke err country ham fer the gull dang winter. Why, we even have a black feller watch it for a dollar a month. That's good money for those folk.
We have a 60" plasma and I love it. My only minor qualm is that it reflects a lot of sunlight, making it kind of tough to see sometimes in our living room, which is the most naturally well-lit room in the house. I usually just keep the curtains closed, but that drives my wife nuts because she feels like she is living in a cave. At night the picture is beautiful. Once we finish our basement, this TV is going down there above the fireplace, and we're putting another 60" TV up here, probably LCD. We also have a 32" TV in our guest room that acts as our secondary TV, and a 32" in our workout room (that one is only 720p and cost us only $300, seriously you can get flat screens relatively cheap now), and they're the perfect size for the rooms that they are in, which are basic bedrooms (both rooms are about 9' or 10' x 11', give or take a few inches). The 60" TV is in a room that is about 15' by 18', but which is also very open into the dining room, making the room just seem huge, so the 60" TV is a great fit, but we could go bigger if we wanted. That is the bottom line. How big is the room you're putting it in? If it is a relatively small room, or a narrow room where there won't be much distance between you and the TV, there is no need to go that big. In fact, going big is not only silly, but it looks stupid in the room and ends up fucking with your eyes. If it is going in a bigger room and you're sitting a fair distance from it, then bigger can be better.
I thought instead of money you paid them in special "CJ Dollars" that could be exchanged for goods on your estates' exclusive Black Jesus Market. I guess you have different reasons to "get away from it all". We use it for a change of scenery. From what my friends tells me (he lives in Deland, probably the nicest town I've seen in Florida) Americans use lake houses and the like to get away from the assholes that surround them.
To be fair to my wife, the wall we want to put on is I believe about 15 feet. We live in a ranch house that's essentially two massive rooms (living room and kitchen are basically combined), plus a few bedrooms as almost an afterthought. So we do need a large tv to take up space, just for aesthetics if nothing else. I can't justify half a grand for another 10 inches though.
That's what she said! Also, call me crazy - and do what you want with your house - but couldnt you use the money saved with a smaller TV and get something that isn't a TV to take up space? Furniture? Art? Vintage movie posters? Giant picture? Classy-looking bookshelf full of classy looking books? Then again I'm one to talk, my TV is on an Ikea shelf.
Don't speak of that with shame. BOTH of TV's are on Ikea furniture. People don't seem to realize that Ikea stuff stays together if you actually have a basic grasp of how screwdrivers work. Of course, there is something odd about a bookshelf that you can pick up and scratch your back with.
Think about it this way, you'll probably use the tv for ten years or more. So you're really only spending an extra $50 a year for ten extra inches of screen, that's probably less than you spend a month on cable for a substantially better viewing experience unless your room is too small. Now obviously you can get in a lot of trouble with this mentality, but if the battle is over 60 inches vs 70 I'd give this one to her.
Think I'd have to agree, here. A TV is a kind of long-term investment. A good one can last a good, long time. We've had this TV for going on 5 years, now, and it is showing no signs of slowing down (knock on wood). A good TV should last a long time, so paying a little bit more now is probably the way to go. You don't want to get three years down the line and think "fuck, this TV looks tiny on this wall and it is driving me nuts, lets get a new one." Also, I've never, ever heard anyone put a TV in a room and say "you know, I wish I had gone smaller."