This is our new television. In order to accurately depict the size of the screen I have put one of the kid’s kinder surprise toys in front to give a sense of scale.
The toy is supposed to represent planet earth; for in my mind, this new set is bigger than the WORLD!
It hurts my eyes to look at it for too long, to be honest. Plus, and I don’t know if you know, the heat these things put out is incredible. I predict a great spike in our next electricity bill, which will then mean an even greater spike in my Oh, God, How Many More Ways Can This Family Feed The Environmental Problem When We Really Don’t Want To? graph.
What was wrong with our old television? Nothing…much. Except the picture has just about gone. I had a sentimental attachment to it, however. Adam bought it after the 1998 FIFA World Cup as a ‘second’ because it had been used as a display piece for the duration of the event. I forgave him the purchase (he lived on chips and gravy and yet he blows his money on a TV?) only because, I suppose, Ricky Martin had been shaking his bon-bon booty all over it and my mind was somewhat dazed.
p.s It’s been three days now since I’ve set a foot out of this house. I may try to venture out today, for my own mental health!
p.p.s I love how the ‘related post’ plugin can’t find any related posts to match this one: it’s like it’s saying, “Dude, you’ve risen to new levels of shallowness, talking about televisions.”
I say, “At least I haven’t talked about the new 3G i-phone.”
Until just then. Damn trickster.
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I’m only commenting on this topic to help you out Karen, I mean I’m jealous of your rainforest killing television (honestly I think the forest dwellers will forgive you because you can now watch remastered Star Trek in all its HD glory – maybe I’m transferring?) and if you ever feel the burden of such a TV is too much I will come and remove it for you. At no cost I might add.
No you’re concerned about the shallowness of talking about TVs and I can help you. You don’t know shallow.
You didn’t talk about the iPhone.
I got an iPhone.
Beat that for commercial.
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How big is the TV centimetre wise? I’m still living off the 30cm tv that I got when I was 19 and I am also sentimentally attached to it…
Lee – mmm…remastered Star Trek. Sounds good! And seriously, you comment made me laugh so much I got into the lung-hocking-up phase because of my infected chest.
Shell- it’s 46 inches.
p.s Lee – I’ve decided to throw my technophobia to the wind and now I wouldn’t mind the Iphone. But aren’t they a tad expensive?
mine is a 42 inch screen. It’s just right for DVDs etc
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Oh!
OHHHH!
Oh, ok it’s the size of screens you’re comparing, not the size of….
Never mind
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Yes it is a gigantic TV screen, Jane what was you thinking of ..:-)
Yes, never mind..
Nothin’ wrong with a big TV. Well there IS, but only if you have to pay for it yourself. We won one and SSB was the happiest man on the planet. Me? Couldn;t care less about the size or thin-ness (word??) of the screen, so long as I can watch Grey’s Anatomy.
And (from the land where no mobile phone works – yes, in Australia!) what on earth is a 3G-iphone??
Happy viewing!
BB
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The iPhone is not that bad if you buy it on a plan, but you’re committing to 24 months. I’m on a $61 a month plan with a lot of calls (for me) and 500mb download which isn’t fantastic but it does me fine considering it also logs on to wifi hotspots (if you can find one).
It’s good if you don’t want to carry an mp3 player and a phone and would like a little bit of internet on the run.
Oh and it can make light-sabre noises when you wave it around (*hangs head in shame)
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PS – oh that’s with nothing down on the phone, it’s a repayment of $2 a month included in the $61
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I have no problem committing to 24 months. I’ve had my latest one (well its a handmedown from adam) for, gee, at least 4 years.
And it’s worth the light sabre effects alone
My in-laws have that giant TV, and their house isn’t big enough for it. I have to stand behind the house in the kitchen to watch it or I get a headache. I absolutely cannot sit in front of it for fear it will fall on me. But we don’t have cable at all (we have an old TV with a VCR and a DVD player) so when we’re there I stay up late and watch Turner Classic Movies.
I just got a little motorola cell phone. I was pretty geeked over it taking pictures until I heard about the light sabre thing.
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Proofread proofread proofread.
I have to stand behind the COUCH in the kitchen. Not the house. Sheesh.
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