LOL--how very "Zen"...
I love to hear about home theatres and how people set them up. Buying a Monster TV turned out to create a lot of fun for my family--but I'm lucky not to have it in my family room, but in a separate building. I never thought I'd want such a thing, until I bought the DVD of Fellowship of the Rings--only to be very disappointed at the small-screen rendering. Then I had to have a Monster. DH says it's the most expensive movie date in history.
I was against buying a huge tv like this because the only place in our family room was in front of our large front window. He bought me a Drake SW8 radio. I enjoy listening to shortwave radio. But, the tv is wonderful even if it has covered up our window. The color is outstanding. Of course, the new flat screen ones have great color, too. He is keeping an eye on them. When we remodel, we are having a new kitchen added, too. We are going to have a tv in it, too. We went to B'ham recently for him to see his dr. and while waiting for another appt. we went into one of the TV stores there. It is amazing what they have come out with now. Even with all the stations, there are not that many good programs to watch. I spend most of my free time on the computer. I am into family research so do a lot of genealogy stuff. Hubby backed up this computer on CDs since he is afraid it is going to crash any day. It is a very old one, but I am use to it.
I sure would hate to lose my genealogy FTM files since I have over 2900 names in my file. That is a lot of typing. I added about 6oo names while he was out of town. Typed it all with one hand while holding the info with the other hand. Boy did I hurt.
Forgot to say that one of the first movies we watched on the tv with surround sound was Twister or whatever the tornado movie was. Talk about surround sound, it felt like we were right in the middle of it.