Years ago I bought a really high quality flat screen TV that I thought was huge, compared to the 32 inch cathode ray TV I had been using. The 46 inch TV was great... for a few years. But then it started to look pretty puny compared to what I was seeing in the stores. So I moved the 46 in to the bedroom, and put a new 50 inch in the living room. Now I was in heaven, especially for the few sports shows that I ever watched. Last year I found I was pretty dissatisfied with my "little" 50 inch, so I bought a 65 inch Sony that has an amazing picture and might be about as big as my living room will handle. But at Costco the other day I saw some TV's that caught my eye and were 75 inch, and suddenly my pretty new 65 inch didn't seem very big at all. My wife has threatened to leave me if I buy a bigger TV, saying that our living room is not supposed to be a movie theater and that even the 65 inch overwhelms her, so for now I guess I will have to stick with my "modest" size TV screen. I just wonder where this is all going. Are you soon going to have TV's that fill an entire wall, as was imagined in science fiction movies a few years back? Fun to think about. The odd thing about all of this is that as I have moved up in TV size, the quality of the image has also improved, and the price has gone down. I think I paid almost $2,000 for the Samsung 46 inch, then about $1,500 for that Samsung 50 inch, and then $1,000 for my current 65 inch. By the time I get a 100 inch screen sometime in the future it should cost me about $20!
Bigger is better
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Its just like "two foot itis" concerning boats.
You get a boat and while docked a boater with a bigger boat docks along side.
You want a two foot longer boat.
You get a boat and while docked a boater with a bigger boat docks along side.
You want a two foot longer boat.
bogus bill
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Vito. I know what you mean. We have a 55 inch tv, and it’s ok, since the room is kind of small. But we have some friends who have one of those giant 75 inch tv’s. They are pretty impressive.
GunnyGene
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Technology never stands still. It won't be long before that screen disappears altogether, and is replaced by solid looking holograms, or VR glasses.
Jimbo357mag
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My neighbor's TV is so big when they open the blinds in their house I can watch his TV from our patio.
Until last year, a 32" TV was the largest I've ever owned.
My Wife bought me a 50" TV for Christmas. It is incredible, and I am pleased. It is so much lighter than many of my previous televisions, and I don't know how they do it, but it was also less expensive than many other smaller TV's of my past.
After 7 months, it no longer seems huge. Maybe now I'll need the next size bigger. 8)
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My Wife bought me a 50" TV for Christmas. It is incredible, and I am pleased. It is so much lighter than many of my previous televisions, and I don't know how they do it, but it was also less expensive than many other smaller TV's of my past.
After 7 months, it no longer seems huge. Maybe now I'll need the next size bigger. 8)
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My TV cabinet will only take a maximum of a 32 incher so that's what we have. We've been watching less and less of it lately anyway. Just before all the COVID crap started I was in our local Wally World and they had an open box 55 incher they were trying to unload for about $250. If only I had a place to put one that size.
GunnyGene said:
Look up Microsoft Hololens. They are fantastic. But not for watching tv. Here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens
I have read about future technology with windows. It will turn into a tv when you want to watch the television, then turn back into a window when the television is off.
Vito said "Are you soon going to have TV's that fill an entire wall, as was imagined in science fiction movies a few years back?"
Those screens played a pretty big role , IIRC in "1984" and "Soylent Green" . Scary isn't it?
I had to replace the TV in the living room a couple months back. You can't (or at least I couldn't) find a TV that wasn't a "Smart" TV that will only set up if you have the internet and WiFi in your house, which most people do nowadays. It will set up as a regular TV only if it cannot detect an internet signal.
Those screens played a pretty big role , IIRC in "1984" and "Soylent Green" . Scary isn't it?
I had to replace the TV in the living room a couple months back. You can't (or at least I couldn't) find a TV that wasn't a "Smart" TV that will only set up if you have the internet and WiFi in your house, which most people do nowadays. It will set up as a regular TV only if it cannot detect an internet signal.
I knew I was getting old when all these flat screens started coming out and people were putting those old 32" cathoderay TVs out by the road and it was everything I could do to pick one of those monsters up....
Our 32" is about as large as we care to go. Anything larger and we would have to rearrange all the furniture. That is NOT happening.
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In 1954 a color tv was over $1200. As much as a car
nvbirdman
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Remembering the days when a 26 inch screen was the largest available, and it seemed huge compared to the ten inch screen that was my parent's first tv. Now I have a twenty-six incher on the wall in my bedroom and it sure looks small.
contender
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One thing I've noticed about these big screen TV's. The broadcast programs on some channels,, or the format of a movie etc,, often will NOT fill the entire screen. When you look at a TV in a store,, they ALL show the full sized picture. But actual broadcast stuff,, often isn't capable of filling the screen.
And then there is still the old "shadowbox" stuff,,,,,,,,,,,!
And then there is still the old "shadowbox" stuff,,,,,,,,,,,!
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We have a 10 year old 65" plasma monster in our basement "theater" room (the screen is actually 62" diagonal). At the time it was the largest that would fit in the assigned space. Now the TVs have a much smaller (to zero) border so I could fit a 70" in the same space. The problems are...the plasma is still working fine...and more importantly, how the heck do I get rid of a 185 pound TV set? Maybe by the time it goes that hologram TV will be real. 
Colonialgirl
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I've got a 55 incher; It was a replacement for the 50 incher that accidentally got a hole in the screen (NOT MY FAULT !!!) I bought a "refurbished" TV from walmart and I THOUGHT I was ordering a 50 inch replacement. The price was great and was I surprised when it was a 55 incher.
It STILL has a great picture.
It STILL has a great picture.
It is kinda like gun safes. You think it is plenty big, but then you “need” something larger. My wife doesn’t really encourage the bigger safe thing since she suspects I will probably just fill them.
As far as television goes, it is amazing what the picture quality is like now. I think we were all amazed at the picture quality as we all upgraded from tube televisions. Now I look at these new flat panels, compare them to even five year old TVs, and think what a horrible picture the old ones have.
Of course, while the image quality improves, most of the programming is insulting dreck.
As far as television goes, it is amazing what the picture quality is like now. I think we were all amazed at the picture quality as we all upgraded from tube televisions. Now I look at these new flat panels, compare them to even five year old TVs, and think what a horrible picture the old ones have.
Of course, while the image quality improves, most of the programming is insulting dreck.
