Thursday, November 20, 2008
Sunday, November 09, 2008
What Happened to TV's?
We have a tv going bad and we will "need" to replace it.
I know the new LCD/plasma tv's are very cool but seriously folks, have you seen the price on these things? In addition to the new, cool tv you will need at least one HDMI cable ($50) because if you want to
have a decent picture you will need HD from the cable company (another $15-60+/month depending on what you already have). Then there is the energy consumption issue. These units use at least 5X the power of an "old" set. Even off they use at least 2.5X the power of the former set. We were also informed by a very knowledgeable sales person that you can have your unit "calibrated" for a mere $250 to save energy and extend the life of the tv. And don't forget the premium surge protector because these new units are very sensitive to that sort of thing.
Does anyone see anything wrong with this picture? Asthma inhalers that used to cost less than $10 are now more than $50 because our delightful government decided that the tiny amount of propellant was harmful to the environment and we are having the hideous CFL's with stinky light thrust upon us but yet we can buy expensive energy hog tv's that don't last as long as their predecessors and that's ok.
I know the new LCD/plasma tv's are very cool but seriously folks, have you seen the price on these things? In addition to the new, cool tv you will need at least one HDMI cable ($50) because if you want to
have a decent picture you will need HD from the cable company (another $15-60+/month depending on what you already have). Then there is the energy consumption issue. These units use at least 5X the power of an "old" set. Even off they use at least 2.5X the power of the former set. We were also informed by a very knowledgeable sales person that you can have your unit "calibrated" for a mere $250 to save energy and extend the life of the tv. And don't forget the premium surge protector because these new units are very sensitive to that sort of thing.
Does anyone see anything wrong with this picture? Asthma inhalers that used to cost less than $10 are now more than $50 because our delightful government decided that the tiny amount of propellant was harmful to the environment and we are having the hideous CFL's with stinky light thrust upon us but yet we can buy expensive energy hog tv's that don't last as long as their predecessors and that's ok.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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