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i vote yes IF nomad is paying for it!!

Shall we go "borrow" one of his stands for you, snooze?:D

Good God, what do you want any television for in the first place??

More TV, less FG. I vote no.

SnoozeControl;467532 wrote: Is there a way to ban someone from posting in my threads?!?

Joking! I love you Spot.

:yh_liarIf I thought for one moment that you didn't, I'd never post in another of your threads again, you know that.

SnoozeControl;467514 wrote: Poll to follow
Voted yes and I pulled your finger so now you gotta fart......a good one please.

Is Nomad a new TV? THAT is the question, hm.

if it aint broke, don' fix it. If it still works why get a new one.

Yes Snooze get on of the new Plazma TV they are amazing and you can hang it on the wall. :-6

Don't get stand 1

Just lie - he won't know unless he comes over to harass you ...and your not going to open the door are you;)

Snoozie

I'm with Nomad

Get a nice flat screen HD television -- everything looks so much better on it :-6

Besides

You deserve it :guitarist

Well, if you need one get it now. best time for sales.

Oh great, I am posting right after Cher in every thread..hope she does not think I am stalking her.

Her tv is 19 yrs old and its 20". She's a movie buff for crying out loud. The sales are on and anyway the FCC mandated in 1997 every broadcast is going to change its format so your 20" screen is turning into a 15" screen. Dont get a regular tv it will have bars on it. And you do deserve it. You'll enjoy your films so much more.

We can talk about a sound system later.

theia;467671 wrote: Don't get stand 1
:wah:

I can recommend plasma screens - a couple of years ago we went out to buy a new tv - can back with a 42" plasma with home cinema system!! Once I saw it in the shop playing Lord of the Rings I told hubby that we had to have that - he just groaned and sid 'It doesn't come with that film playing':wah:



Seriously, if you're a movie buff then I don't think you can go wrong with a really good tv - the picture quality improvement really enhances your viewing.



Besides, if you can afford it then why not - there are no pockets in shrouds!

Imladris;467806 wrote: I can recommend plasma screens - a couple of years ago we went out to buy a new tv - can back with a 42" plasma with home cinema system!! Once I saw it in the shop playing Lord of the Rings I told hubby that we had to have that - he just groaned and sid 'It doesn't come with that film playing':wah:



Seriously, if you're a movie buff then I don't think you can go wrong with a really good tv - the picture quality improvement really enhances your viewing.



Besides, if you can afford it then why not - there are no pockets in shrouds!




Thank you !:-4

Theres no going back once you've made the leap.

Now I am going to need a new TV upstairs, for the kids. They are the ones going to use it, I'll never watch anything on it. And there will be video games systems hooked up to it.

What's a good TV for them, I'm not going plasma for kids............................

chonsigirl;467830 wrote: Now I am going to need a new TV upstairs, for the kids. They are the ones going to use it, I'll never watch anything on it. And there will be video games systems hooked up to it.



What's a good TV for them, I'm not going plasma for kids............................




Well whatever you do get a widescreen. The format is changing next yr. If you dont whatever you watch will have black bars on the top and bottom of the screen.

You mean like letterbox TV?

chonsigirl;467835 wrote: You mean like letterbox TV?


Right. I was wrong about the date its 2009. But if your going to plunk down hard earned cash do your research. Its not the same market anymore.





Date for final transition to digital is February 17, 2009. After that date, stations will only broadcast digital signals.

Thank you, Nomad for that info. That will help me plan ahead.

Yeah, I remember when we got our first black and white set, things sure have changed. And oh boy, when color first came out..........................

I remember when John Apold's family bought a tv w/ a remote control.

Really space age.

Remotes! The object everyone wants! I only put on the weather in the morning while doing chores, otherwise my husband never lets that remote out of his sight!:wah:

chonsigirl;467873 wrote: Remotes! The object everyone wants! I only put on the weather in the morning while doing chores, otherwise my husband never lets that remote out of his sight!:wah:


I tell everyone that my husband is a control freak - a remote control freak!



There's the screen one, the one that does the sound and dvd's, the video one and the satellite one.



then we bought a new gas fire and they asked if we wanted a remote control one:-5

I went around, and around with my mother on this very issue last year. She had a working very old SONY (I have four and agree they are excellent). The problem was that any of the new tech stuff ie: DVd Player etc could not be hooked up without a great deal off effort on my part. :rolleyes: Which I did because she is my mother. Her SONY only had a tuner for 32 cable channels, I was constantly going over there to show her how to get the other channels through the DVD/VCR player, not the TV.

Well on day I said get in the car we are going to get you a new TV today. I purchased her a SONY ,I like them and they are very reliable. I couldn't get a huge one because she still wanted to put it in her cabinet. Well guess what she loves it, the picture is excellent quality. I put the old Sony in her garage.

Get a new TV snooze the time is now they are on sale every where and the prices couldn't be lower.

chonsigirl;467858 wrote: Thank you, Nomad for that info. That will help me plan ahead.

Yeah, I remember when we got our first black and white set, things sure have changed. And oh boy, when color first came out..........................
I can remember as a kid when we only had 3 TV channels over here, and of those, BBC2 was part-time. The other 2 had no breakfast TV and finished before midnight. BBC2 was the first channel to go colour. My Uncle had a very expensive colour telly in anticipation of this. I recall that the Black and White channels appeared as a sepia tone on it. On the day that ITV and BBC1 both switched to colour as well, which was a Sunday, we all piled round to my Uncles and the first thing we watched was "The Golden Shot". For me, as a gathering round the TV event, it is as memorable as the Moon landing and 9/11

Uncle Kram;468515 wrote: I can remember as a kid when we only had 3 TV channels over here, and of those, BBC2 was part-time. The other 2 had no breakfast TV and finished before midnight. BBC2 was the first channel to go colour. My Uncle had a very expensive colour telly in anticipation of this. I recall that the Black and White channels appeared as a sepia tone on it. On the day that ITV and BBC1 both switched to colour as well, which was a Sunday, we all piled round to my Uncles and the first thing we watched was "The Golden Shot". For me, as a gathering round the TV event, it is as memorable as the Moon landing and 9/11


But if you tell kids today that they look at you as if you are simple! You can see them thinking 'what did you do all day' - duh! we amused ourselves!!:-5