30 Years And Almost 3 Months

^ That's how long it took me to purchase my first television. Ever. I don't remember ever laying down any actual money for a TV. There was always a spare or two lying around when I needed one (probably a pretty natural occurrence back in the old standard definition days). I've purchased 1080p-capable PC LCD screens in the past, which I've then used for gaming and HD-DVDs. The biggest screen I have is 24" though. Hardly even counts.

Today I splashed out on a 50" Samsung plasma, which I chose over an LCD/LED due to price and... well, price mostly. Also the fact that I'm getting a free Blu-Ray home theatre system through the current Samsung promotion. In real terms this means about $2500 value for less than $1200 of actual money (including extended warranty and delivery). It pays to shop around sometimes. Maybe I just taught myself a lesson?



Anyway, this is supposed to just be the TV that will tide me over for a little while and allow me to watch the World Cup in high definition. It'll probably end up in my bedroom one day as the spare HDTV. I'm pretty crazy about video games, movies and a number of carefully-selected television shows, so I could pay thousands for a proper HDTV quite easily. Of course by easily I really mean if I had the money.

Appy Polly Logies

This post is going to start with an attempt at remembering what I had written in the post I lost (which I briefly discussed in the post below). I was saying something about how I failed myself within the first two weeks of starting my blog. Well, kinda.

I promised myself I would post from work every night. I kept this going pretty well, but I missed both Monday and Tuesday of this week. I was only at work on Tuesday, so that means I'm safe for Monday's lack of posting. Then again, I took last Thursday off and still posted. So I'm even. Right right right?

I've been thinking of getting the following poster framed for my bedroom wall.

My bedroom seems to have conformed to a black and white theme almost entirely by accident. Apart from the bright orange blanket, of course, but you can blame Melbourne's current weather for that.

Stanley Kubrick is probably my favourite director of all time. I mean, who else could have made me change my mind about hating on Tom Cruise? Yeah. Exactly. I've got most of his films on DVD, going as far back as The Killing from 1956. I also own a few on HD-DVD (the high-definition video format that should have won), though I missed a couple of the reissues. I'll buy them all again upon the inevitable release of the Blu-Ray boxset.

That's all I've got for today. Be safe.