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Buying a New TV?
Bob Bitchen asks: "I have had the current TV set for 10+ years and really haven't put any thought into a new one. The current set is having some problems and I'm thinking of getting a new larger set or possibly a projector, with a budget of $1000. What's the best thing to get these days? HDTV ready might be nice but it's not mandatory. I don't know enough about the projector technology to feel comfortable about buying them but I might be convinced, if I hear from enough converts. Do the projectors perform as well as conventional displays? If I do go with a conventional display TV, what models are preferred and why? I am also looking for some good sites for comparing and learning more about the current state-of-the-art in televisions. I found a good site for projectors but haven't found a similar site for TVs."
$1000 ? Gee whiz, wish I had that much to waste.
Keep your current TV, use your $1000, and do something more worthwhile.
I've seen Airfare to Vietnam from San Francisco for $300, roundtrip, and 1 week vacations in China for $1000. Why not go on vacation and have experiences you'll remember for the rest of your life, instead of blowing it on television, most of which you won't be able to remember next week...
Why not support Taiwan and stick it to the ChiComs? Seems to me that would be the logical way to show the people of mainland China that representative democracy and capitalism is a far better system for the bulk of the people that a communist dictatorship run by corrupt bureaucrats? Not trolling, I really want to know what their justification for not supporting Taiwan is? From AI, it looks like their only beef with Taiwan is their use of the death penalty, which most American's have no problem with for violent criminals.
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