unless you are gonna
be watching HD content, there is no need to buy into the HD carnival. A mate of mine picked up a stunning 32" Sony Wega CRT for £40 from gumtree, bargain of the year, considering it would have been about £1400 new. Will stand him in good stead for a few years until he is ready to take the HD plunge.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 30 Nov 2009, 13:41, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

the trouble is
a 32" CRT is FUCKING MASSIVE. They stick out about 8ft at the back.

I'm not all that likely to be watching much in the way of HD stuff, I don't own, or intend to own a blu-ray player or an XBox 360 or PS3, but if I want a decent sized tv, I'd rather have a flat one
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 30 Nov 2009, 13:45, Reply)

True,
you can always hook up your computer to the telly though, and watch HD content like that. Bloody lovely, and effectively free. Nudge nudge.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 30 Nov 2009, 13:50, Reply)

this is a very good point

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 30 Nov 2009, 13:50, Reply)

I hate HD
It makes things look awful.
It exposes the awfulness of television.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 30 Nov 2009, 13:47, Reply)

that's more of a sign of a shit telly than anything else.
Good HD tellys upscale the content properly these days.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 30 Nov 2009, 14:22, Reply)

Oh really?
Because I was rond my mate's house and I was going red with embarrassment for how much you could see that people were acting and the sets were cack.
I mean it was true of the programmes he was watchign anyway, but it was sixty times worse. I went red.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 30 Nov 2009, 14:26, Reply)