[ClearCase_guy]

Our consumer society often makes illogical choices.

In science fiction stories, sometimes a wall or a window will turnout to be a TV screen. Imagine sitting at home in Oklahoma and looking out the window and enjoying the pounding Atlantic surf on the rocky coast below. Blue sky, puffy clouds stretching off to the horizon. A perfect day. Or, for a change, the pristine, snow-capped mountains of Colorado -- right before your eyes. Best view in town.

Are these super-fancy TVs destined to become nothing more than a window offering an illusion that we live in a nice place? Quite possibly.

[Balding_Eagle]

Are these super-fancy TVs destined to become nothing more than a window offering an illusion............?

Essentially, that's all they are now.

[driftless2]

Hey, don't get me wrong...I love our HD tv. But most of the tv critics here on this forum are correct...a lot of what's on the tube is junk. One huge problem that I see is that even though supposedly with cable you get to watch the programming you choose, it doesn't turn out that way.

Look at the History Channel. When it first came on, I thought I'd get to see all sorts of marvelous programs about uh history. But only a tiny percentage of the History Channel programming is actually devoted to history. I love Pawn Stars ( a lot of historical objects are displayed and talked about), but they devote many hours to that program and others that have only a slight relation to history. Some not at all.

Here's my major gripe: the morons destroy good programming. That why you get huge ratings for shows like Honey Boo Boo on TLC which you could not make me watch at gunpoint. Good programming gets destroyed by the preferences of the rabble. A small percentage of what the rabble wants is good, most of it is awful.