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May 07, 2006
An odd story one about buying a big tv.
The things that had stopped me buying such a big TV before were a belief that it was essentially vulgar, and would make me look poorly educated and a bit stupid, as well as a sense that no toy, now matter how amazing its performance, was worth that much. However, I was feeling sentimental, I'd just got back from the US and for some reason I associated big TVs with the US. I assumed I was alone. What amazed me was that in the three months almost everyone I knew bought a similarly enormous telly, and not because they were feeling homesick for Silicon Valley. Somehow, having a big TV was no longer essentially vulgar, but The Thing to Do in my part of North London.
This formerly impressive piece of kit is now languishing in the garden shed, covered in black bin liner to protect it from weed killer. It has been replaced by a 32-inch widescreen LCD from a very reputable vendor. It's now worth a fraction of what I paid for it. You can now buy TVs like it at your local supermarket for next to nothing, but they're cumbersome to move and nobody wants them anymore...Ours is in the shed because I think that TV is crack cocaine for the brain and I haven't made the psychological journey that will allow me to feel comfortable with two TVs in the house
Snarred by it being the thing to do even though tv is crack cocaine for the brain.
Michael Parsons goes on to say that the big battle for the living room is now about how consumer electronics and personal technology companies figure out the gestalt of modern family life and provide products that people want in their living rooms.
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We dont have a big TV - yet - mainly because I think they are still over priced. But we will get one. For two reasons, most of my wife's tv watching is DVDs from netflix which would look better on a widescreen tv, secondly we have a lot of game console and use them for relaxation.