My search for reality in TV revealed satellite TV and TV's
future, now.
I never dreamed of TV becoming amazing again - I was the guy
with 12 o'clock blinking green on his VCR. Yes, I said VCR. So
getting the hang of today's TV wasn't a piece of cake.
Recently, during an emergency replace-ectomy of my dying Zenith
behemoth, I realized I was in deep trouble. Never mind DVD. Who
knew of progressive scan or digital convergence, aspect ratios,
digital comb filters, anti-glare coatings and so many lines of
resolution?
I knew about the tv satellite dish, but this was a long way
from the TV I was nurtured on?
I remember seeing Elvis on the Ed Sullivan Show gyrating inside
a black & white-glass-globe-picture-tube about as small as the
window on a front-load washer. ...Man did the warm glow of that
box-at-the-end-of-a-wire get me excited.
Oh, I watched plenty alright! And you know what? I can't ever
remember complaining about getting up from the couch to change
the channel... or to adjust the antenna. Then again, Wagon Train
on a 19 inch "color set" was as good as it got for a while.
I lost track of television's high technologies after that I
suppose. I saw TVs getting bigger and I did get hip to cable and
the remote control - but distracted by life and a million other
things - today's satellite TV and the whole awesome new
experience almost passed me by.
It wasn't until my first trip to a home-electronics super-store
- to replace a dinosaur, 25 inch Zenith color console in a
polished-wood-cabinet that matched our living-room furniture
long ago - when I realized I wasn't in Kansas anymore... but
rather, lost.
Lost in a new-world-unknown.
A world where I discovered satellite tv on flat screens square
and wide and thin plasmas that hung on the wall. Flat-panel LCDs
framed in silver and perched upon slender, tilting
pedestals.There were TVs that connect to your computer and one
giant-screen, rear-projector that eats digital camera's
memory-sticks and can show your photos of grandma on vacation
fleecing the casinos - in larger than life - and surround sound.
Oh, TVs are still getting bigger, alright. But now they're also
amazing again and I'm excited. And with that "excitement and
amazement", comes downright confusion. How do they do that? What
of "all this" is right for me?
I like the idea of a tv satellite dish on my roof, but it's a
new-tech jungle out there my friend. Prepare if you too are from
Kansas.
I'll help you get a clue about "what's out there" before you buy
"what could become" the most incredible entertainment experience
you and your living room - and Elvis could ever dream-up. And
for a far better price than you might think.
Keep your eyes on the Planet and I'll fill you in soon on why I
don't leave my house anymore. Hint? Satellite TV.