Televisions!

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I have a 25" Sony CRT television and it's fine. So I can't bring myself to throw it into landfill and buy a sexy flat one.

Where are you on the scale?

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captainzep said:

Simpo, much as I distrust technomalogical marketing guffnonsense, watching a film on Blu-ray with a decent HD TV is captivating.

No doubt, but does it mean that the film is only worth watching in crispy 1080p-ness? Are you absorbed by the plot or admiring the details in the leaves? If the film is good it'll work in black and white.

I suppose there are two reasons for my being a late adopter. First, I really can't bring myself to throw away a perfectly good television. Secondly, technology is changing so fast that I'm waiting for it to settle down. We had ordinary flatscreens, then HD-ready ones, then ones which would actually do HD except that none was being transmitted, then we needed two HDMI slots - nope, I'll sit back and wait

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Because you're shortsighted and in bed you don't have your contact lenses in?

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GKP said:

I didn't throw my old CRT away, I sold it. The large flatscreen that replaced it is now sellotaped to the wall and has freed up a lot of space in the living room.

Ah well, in that case I'd do the same - but how much is a 19-year old Sony worth? Sod all I'd wager.