LOL! That’s why I don’t already have one!
The main TV is a 13 year old, heavy 32” Toshiba CRT that I paid around $370 for at the time and thought that was too much for a TV!
And to be quite frank, I don’t watch much TV. I’m not even much of a sports watcher. (Well, I am a coach and my daughter plays on my team but neither of us watch it much on TV) I would be nonchalant if the cable TV went out for a day or so (though I would miss the occasional FoxNews viewing and my daughter would be upset without the kids networks) but no big deal. But if the high speed internet access went down, well, that would be grounds for angry calls within 15 minutes! :-)
Since my wife and another child are disabled, we don’t get out more than twice a year. I was watching the movie “Master and Commander” on DVD with her last night on one of those lucky nights when neither of us fell asleep in front of the TV after the kids were in bed. I have the wide screen version. And though it was enjoyable, I was thinking what it would be like to have an actual wide-screen TV with one of those DVD players that upscales the image for High Def.
Also, my daughter and I like to play video games together. It would be cool to have a TV that could handle the HD output from the XBOX 360 when playing with a split screen. Usually my wife consigns us to the old 19” basement TV for such game play (can you imagine!) but even if we don’t play upstairs that much, at least we’ll have a 32” screen downstairs!
And someday, when I don’t have the weight of the world pressing on my shoulders, I would like to see what it’s like to sit back, watch a HD football game from start to finish with the only disturbance being the replacement of my empty beer with a new one!
we got rid of our TV 16 years ago and several unexpected things happened after I got over the initial panic that the world was going to leave me behind.
1. After about 3 weeks I realized that a strange new sensation came over me.... contentment and happiness. I didn’t walk around all day thinking I wish I had the latest car, latest clothes, the ultimate Blah blah blah. What happened is I was no longer watching commercials that would feed my belief that in order to be “truly happy” I had to have those things. I noticed it first when my birthday came around, I didn’t have a list of 50 things I wanted.
2. I also found I had far more hours in the day that I used to develop deeper and more relationships with people. Joined our local search and rescue team, doubled the size of our house..... And I realized that I no longer needed to be “entertained” because I have an exciting enough life that I dont have to watch others doing exciting things, because I am living them myself.
3.When I did go to movies, I found that movies (yes theater movies) were really slow and not as entertaining as they once were. This I found strange but I realized that TV shows were such a low form of entertainment that Movies seemed more glamorous and funny.... not the case.
There are many more things I could tell you... but all that to say, I wouldnt have a TV now if they paid me. If you think about it they really should pay you for the time you sit looking at their commercials. People lose track of what their time is worth. People spend 9 hours a day working at jobs most do not like for a pay check. But then go home and watch laugh track laced shows for another 5 or 6 hours for no money at all.
That is insane.