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Are people who don't buy HDTVs cheap skates?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by tinman, Sep 13, 2006.

  1. AntiSonic

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    Ditto. As long as I can get a clear picture I'm ok. I don't need to see 10,000X richer colors or whatever, especially not for a grand.
     
  2. UTweezer

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    or texas tech class rings
     
  3. macalu

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    or a night of drunken stupor.
     
  4. SamFisher

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    LOL, yeah that extra $800 I'd save buy buying a POS tv instead of HD - man I could live off the annual ROR from that for like......seconds, maybe even minutes if I really stretched it.
     
  5. Fatty FatBastard

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    People who buy stuff like this tend to purchase everything in that manner, also. It not only is irresponsible, but unnecessary. We will all have an HD of some sort in the next ten years. I find it foolish for someone to overpay for new technology when history has shown that it will come down in price.

    Check that other thread above for more info. about it.
     
  6. tinman

    tinman 999999999
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    genius fatty,
    that means people now can go buy black and white TVs for dirt cheap!
    lets not forget the price of the atari 2600 dropped too, you can buy pong and bezerk!
    [​IMG]
     
  7. SamFisher

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    The people who overpaid were the people who bought them when they first came out...eight years ago. However I'm willing to bet those people probably have a superior investment portfolio than most standard def. tv owners at the time, or today.

    I didn't overpay. In fact I would have easily paid 2x as much. Not only was it responsible for me to buy an HDTV, but it was in fact necessary, as that is the way rational economic activity occurs. In fact, without me buying a product that I valued at well above its cost to me, the entire free market system would collapse.


    That is true; case in point my mad programming skillz which I showcased earlier were done on a free C64 emuulator program, not the $250 one my family bought back in 1984. What a bunch of dummies we were.
     
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  8. UTweezer

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    HDTV's aren't really a big deal.

    If you have money to buy one, then more power to you, its your own money. It doesn't matter if you choose to blow it on an "out of your league" stripper at crappy bars or 60" HDTV's...
     
  9. Fatty FatBastard

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    Already been said, but thanks for repeating yet another off the point issue.

    You can do whatever you wish, and I can think you are stupid to do it. I feel paying $2,000 for a TV is absurd, much like I think paying over $60,000 for a car is stupid. They are depreciating goods, period.
     
  10. Master Baiter

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    I just paid about $4000 for mine so I must be the dumbest mother ****er on earth ;)
     
  11. UTweezer

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    Thanks for once again enlightening me. I needed you of all people, to put things into perspective for me.
     
  12. tinman

    tinman 999999999
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    Fatty,
    how much would you pay for steak?
    that's even worse than a depreciating good, that thing disappears into your digestive system.

    how many things do you buy besides your house are appreciating goods?

    what your computer? that thing depreciates more than a Juwan howard jumper.

    $60,000 car? how about paying $300k for a bentley?
    so i guess the entire NBA is stupid.
     
  13. tinman

    tinman 999999999
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    you could be baiter, they just announced the
    52in BRAVIA! :D
    [​IMG]
    http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/wildcard/1766/cedia-expo-2006-day-1.html
    Sony continued its flat-panel LCD push with new large-screen Bravia sets — including two 52-inch models, its largest LCDs. The KDL-52XBR2 and KDL-52XBR3 both feature native 1080p resolution, 1080p-capable HDMI inputs, and Sony's distinctive floating-glass design. The XBR3 model has a piano black finish while the XBR2 has a silver bezel. They will both be available in November for about $6,800 and $6,500, respectively.
     
  14. tinman

    tinman 999999999
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    a 60in hdtv is about 2500 bucks

    if you drop 2500 bucks on a stripper, that's 125 lap dances, considering a song last 6 minutes that's 12 1/2 hrs of dances.
     
  15. King of 40 Acres

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    I got a Samsung 50 inch DLP HDTV for 1999.99 last Christmas, and prices have gone down since then. Believe me tinman- HDTV is worth its weight in gold when football season rolls around- any sport for that matter.

    For instance tommorrow I got games at 1200 CST. My choice of LSU/Auburn or ND/Mich. both in HD at 230, the UT/Rice game on ESPN2HD, then for a night cap Neb/USC and Florida/Tenn both in High Def. Did I mention all the NFL games on Sunday- on top of that the 'Boys play the 'Skins on SNF on NBCHD. Oh and for a capper on the ridiculous amount of college and NFL football in HD you get the Steelers and Jaguars on MNF on ESPNHD. Watching 6-7 games in high-def is worth more than getting a HDTV you cheapskate.
     
  16. tinman

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    i hope you are not refering to me as the cheapskate.
    apparently you haven't read this thread from the beginning.
    also the analogy to the stripper points out the absurdity of dropping 2500 on lap dances. you can go to a store and drop $2500 on a TV and you will still have that TV and no one will think its wierd.

    you go to a strip club, no stripper will dance 125 songs or 12 hrs for you. one of you would collapse of exhaustion.
     
  17. The_Yoyo

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    i am going to six flags today out in la (they are closing the magic mountain soon! :( :( ) but tomorrow will be first day i guess i will be able to see hd sports on my new tv. if its anytihng like how my hdtv did sports i am gonna be pitching a tent throughout the entire game.

    tinman is anything yet broadcast in 1080p? i am waiting for the day when football/bball is

    the 1080p demo discs at the stores are amazing
     
  18. tinman

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    unfortunately nothing is 1080p except hd-dvd,ps3, and blu-ray, however the advantage of 1080p is that it converts 1080i into a smoother picture, pretty much impossible to see pixels on a 1080 picture.
     
  19. DaDakota

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    Isn't most TV broadcast in like 720p or something like that?

    And it does look spectacular.

    DD
     
  20. tinman

    tinman 999999999
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    yes, 720 or 1080, whatever looks good on your tv. you wont tell a difference between 1080i vs 1080p, unless u have a really large tv like a 60.

    i suggest home theater store for a real demo. unlike the other retail stores, they have their tvs on direct hd feeds with proper lighting.
     

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