Today's new TV sets

My husband is a TV freak. I love it, too, and we watch a lot of it. We both have our favorite shows and sometimes watch them in separate rooms on separate sets. If we're awake, at least one television is probably on.

I never really cared what the picture was like, as long as it was at least a little watchable. I remember when I was young and all we had were antennae either on the top of the TV (good old 'rabbit ears') or on the roof of the house. If the weather was bad, the picture and sound were sometimes barely discernible. But I didn't care much.

So this recent hoopla about flat screen, LCD, HTLV, blah blah blah. Who cares? A TV is a TV, right?

We have a big screen TV in our family room that's probably 8-10 years old. Our sons don't make fun of that one. But we've had the big console TV in our living room for at least 25 years and they do make fun of that one. Always.

My husband retired at the end of '07 (a later blog post about that). Doggone if those kids didn't tell him they were getting him a new TV as a retirement present.

Well it came tonight. OHMIGOD! Do you know the difference in the picture is unbelievable? Dick is usually asleep by 9, but it's 11 and he's still wide awake and playing with guess what? He's like a little kid with a new toy. No, he IS a little kid with a new toy. I'm going to shower and then to bed. Not Dick - "I'm going to play with my new TV for a while."

Thanks so much, Paul, Angie, Dave and Jan. You guys are awesome!

So do you think we're the last household above the poverty line to get one of these new-fangled things?