Investing In A Big Screen TV
October 22, 2007
A decade ago buying a 29″ TV was a big deal and we were very excited when we got ours. My husband and I had just gotten married and we wanted to buy one for our first apartment. We were thrilled with our home entertainment center and all if offered with various accessories. We have that same TV today but when you compare it to the size of the new TV’s on the market, it is very small. It also doesn’t offer much in the way of features.
My sister bought a 42″ plasma screen a while back, and I can
really tell a difference in our TV after I have been watching
hers for a while. Yet my sister wasn’t very impressed with the
big screen TV. She was disappointed that she had spent so much
money on it. She really didn’t feel that the size of the picture
or the quality of it was really worth it. She decided to take it
back to the store for a refund and she was happy to buy a
smaller TV that featured surround sound.
It wasn’t long after that when my parents took the same leap
with their TV choice. They invested in the 42″ Sony plasma
model. My mother has always had the belief that a TV should be
hidden when it isn’t in use. She didn’t like the fact that they
had a 32″ monitor that sat in plain site. She agreed to buy the
larger TV only if my dad would agree to buy a cabinet with doors
to close when the TV wasn’t being watched.
My father was accepting of this deal, and headed right out to
buy the 42″ plasma before my mother changed her mind or added
more negotiations to the deal. Yet my dad didn’t invest in the
cabinet and opted for a bamboo blind to cover it when it wasn’t
being watched. People who visit my parents always ask about this
odd feature in their living room.
I do want to buy a larger screen TV for our own home but I am
waiting for the prices to come down. There are also some bugs
with various plasma TV’s so I want to wait for them to be worked
out as well. I have found in the past that is better to sit back
and watch for a while than to jump on board when the latest item
hits the market. It gives you the chance to find out what works
well and what doesn’t. In the mean time we can go lift up the
bamboo blind and watch the big plasma TV at my parent’s house.
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