I know several people who have: fancy Cantoni furniture xbox360 fancy cars who still DONT have HDTVs. they enjoy the same thing we do, sports, movies, video games, yet they still convince themselves that its not worth getting a high def set. considering the xbox360 is designed for 5.1 sound systems and HDTV widescreens, its a total waste of money playing it on a regular tv with tv speakers. considering $1000 coffee tables that do nothing but sit on the floor. a $2000 flat panel is more fashionable. maybe i'm extreme, but these people are holding us back as human beings.
My parents haven't bought one because they don't watch much tv past the news. But then they don't have an expensive coffee table or a lot of expendable cash with one child in college and one freshly out. An HDTV and an XBox 360 are #1 on my list of stuff to buy when I find a job.
Just because a person doesn't care about high definition doesn't mean they don't want good game play. I could enjoy geometry wars just as much on a regular TV as I do on my HDTV. The HDTV does make games like Oblivion and GR:AW more enjoyable to me, but the game play is the same on a regular TV.
Are people who don't have Cable Cheap Skates? It is about Priorities . . . HDTV and Cable are just not the tops for some folx If it came down to a XBox 360 or HDTV I'd get the 360 What is so Great about HDTV anyway? Rocket River
1000 bucks coffee tables? for people like that I am sure 2000 HDTV is nothing at all, why not go for the 50" plasma?
I built myself a 7 thousand dollar computer but I still have a SDTV. My computer equipment is really my only vice. I don't have a good hi-fi or any other electronic. Plus, I have a 36" Sony Wega XBR that I bought a 2 thousand dollar armoire for (only one that could fit it's 28" depth) and I don't know what I'd do with it if I bought a new TV.
I have several friends that own HDTV's. I can't see the freaking difference for the life of me. As technology stands, I'm not interested. When it gets better, I may be.
As long as 98% of programming isn't available in HD, I'm going to wait. (I made up the 98% figure, just an estimate) Drives me crazy watching football games, basketball games, or anything else for that matter, on HDTVs and looking at either ridiculously stretched out pictures or 6 inches of blank space on both sides of the TV. It's great when you actually get to see the game you want in HD, and the HD cameras/feeds don't suck, but that seems to be more the exception than the rule. Call me a cheapskate if you want. I've been called worse.
HDTV content is still in its infantcy. 1. Very few channel broadcast content at all. 2. The ones that do only have a few primetime shows in Hi-def. 3. AND probably 1/2 of the HDTV shows are recorded using standard def camera's so the quality looks like crap anyway. 4. Considering 1-3 above, you have to pay Time Warner an extra $15/month OR you gotta set up an old style antenna on your roof. HDTV still has some growing up to do. If you don't truely appreciate HDTV, it isn't worth it.
i'm sorry that i'm holding you back since i'm not buying that Lincoln Navigator JUST BECAUSE i can afford it. ok, i can't really afford one, but you get the point.
I know what you mean, tinman... Just the othe day, I was driving my Ferrari F430 Spider around, and I saw some cheapass that was driving the regular F430 coupe! Can you believe that?? Pony up for the Spider, you uncultured Phillistine!! I bet these douchebags don't even eat Grey Poupon.
We bought one because our old Sony XBR finally pooped out after many years of service. It was an excellent TV. We already had a better one in our bedroom, so why "toss out," the XBR if it was still working fine? This became rather frustrating, after awhile, waiting for it to poop out so I could replace it. Finally, I took matters into my own hands. Beginning ancient pagan rituals, mostly running around naked in my backyard at 3am, flapping my arms, and singing The End, by the Doors, the thing crapped out. Now I'm looking at a 42" 1080p HDTV display, instead. Give it a try!
i'm specifically targeting people who DO WATCH alot of TV and have enough income to upgrade. they drive Beemers and have fancy furniture and eat at overpriced restaurants.
i bet they don't even have gold plated toilets either. i mean, who really still uses porcelein these days.
Myself, Once I get the 800 dollars I want saved for a small LCD HDTV, I will be purchasing one. About 27-30 inches, probably no bigger than that. Something where I can play my PS3, BluRay/DVDs, and when I get my own place, not be so small that I can't use it for my living room. I'm sure 27 inches is plenty. Anyway, I may skimp out right now on the BRAND that I'd be getting (Olevia/Insignia), but eventually I would plan on replacing that once 1080p becomes more of a common thing. But yeah, by mid/late November, I plan on having a nice new HDTV to play my brand new PS3 on.
but the whole point of x360 is its HDTV gaming! dont they upgrade video game systems every year so you can enjoy BETTER GRAPHICS?? This is the same reason you buy better computer monitors and not have GIGANTIC FONTS. think about it, Xbox360 or PS3 -$300-$600, you shouldn't be playing it on a $300 TV!!!!!! you can get a refurb Sony XBR 34in CRT HDTV for $700 at the Sony Outlet. I know its not skinny, but its at least HD.
