HDTV

Let\’s have a little story time. I\’d say it was two years ago, more or less. A co-worker was telling us over lunch about how he\’d bought something called high-definition television, and how amazing it was, and how we were all welcome to stop by his place sometime and check it out. I have to admit, I thought to myself at the time really, how amazing could it possibly be?

In hindsight, I was wrong. Flat wrong. It\’s amazing. And you really do have to see it in someone\’s home to believe it. Just going to Best Buy and looking at a wall of tvs doesn\’t do it justice.

There isn\’t a lot of HD content at the moment, which is probably why Comcast offers most of what\’s out there for free, and the rest for a small $6 a month fee. What is out there, though, is almost addictive. Last night I watched a hockey game, and it was spectacular. Then I started browsing channels, and that\’s when the danger started. I watched a half hour of nothing but movie trailers, simply because it was on. I watched a full hour of golf, not because I like watching golf, but simply because the tournament was in Hawaii, and the scenery was amazing. I fell asleep watching an NBA game, not because I like watching a meaningless November Clippers game, but because I couldn\’t get over how damn good it looked.

I don\’t know what else I can tell y\’all… except that any time you want to watch a game that\’s on in HD, give me a call. I\’ll be watching. Heh.

And after that, we\’ll hook up the Wii. More on that later. 🙂