Bulbous TVs

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I can't believe the commercial I heard in the car on my drive to work this morning. The commercial said something to the effect of:

"For those people looking for a cost-effective, smaller TV for their bedrooms, we also offer a 38-inch plasma TV for $2499."

OK, since when was a 38-inch TV considered a "smaller" TV, and since when is $2499 for a TV considered "cost-effective" for the average person? Is the big TV an American phenomenon, much like bigger cars? I mean, I don't even have a TV in my bedroom, and the TV we own in the living room is 32 inches, and we have no desire to go any bigger than that. The only other TV we own is a small 17 inch TV in the basement where we work out.

For those who don't do English measurements, 38 inches is approximately 96 cm, so a TV that has a diagonal viewing area of nearly a meter! This is considered "smaller"?!?

The commercial even got more ridiculous after that. It said:

"Studies have found that when you are less than 10 feet (About 3 meters) away from a TV, 38 inches is an acceptable size."

I should certainly hope so! If you can't adequately see something that big from 10 feet away, you would have to be legally blind!

Now I understand that they make TVs much bigger than 38 inches. However, experience tells me that not many people own a TV that large. Can you really classify a TV as "smaller" if in fact it is larger than the vast majority of TVs owned across the country? How many people can honestly say they own a TV that's bigger than 38 inches across? Does anyone consider this "small"? What size TV is in your house?

 

Wow, We aquired a 32" flat screen after my wife and I moved in together. I guess I'm just behind the times (no plasma tv for me). We also have two 25" TV that were brought into the marriage and mutually adopted.

I've been looking at plasma screens but just can't justify the cost. I really don't notice the difference between high definition and normal cable (in which case HDTV is a waste of money). Although I have been switching my albums and tapes to cd even though there really isn't much difference in the sound to me....

 

My TV is probably less than 17", but then again I have better things to do than watch TV every day.

I find those 'monster' sized TV's to be extremely tacky. People should get out more.

 

We own a 27" tv just so I can actually read some of the wording when I'm catching up on the weather or we get one of those scrollers at the bottom of the screen. My in-laws have four tvs in the house right now - there's possibly one more at their summer cottage!

And the size of 38" is ! The biggest I ever saw was 54" (it wasn't plasma) and the guys had to build an entertainment center *around* the freaking thing! Like Cúchulainn said, these people need to get out more.

 

Pfft, I don't even *have* a TV. I can't afford the license fee on a student budget. I never watched TV when I was at home anyway.

But really, 38"... Far too much. You wouldn't be able to concentrate on all of it at once, unless you were sitting a way back.