Finally joined the HDTV generation

[Matt L]

We had a week off from work last week (must go back tomorrow.. must go back tomorrow..) and decided to look for a LCD set. First we went to the cable company to see what they offered, and how it hooked to the set. Then we went to Best Buy. Good thing we knew what we needed, because the salespeople at Best Buy were totally clueless.

However, because of their cluelessness, I decided that I could figure out what I needed and then went to Wal*Mart. I didn't expect them to know anything other than return policies and such, but got a decent deal on a Sony 32" LCD.

We still didn't have the HD converter box from Charter, so we connected it directly to the cable feed. I was not aware, but all of the local HD channels are available on the cable feed. The picture was downright amazing. We watched Law & Order in HD for the first time.

The next day we went back to Charter to get a box, and they had some deal where we had to agree to 12 months, but the price didn't go up. And that's keeping the old SDTV box as well. They wanted to sell us on some deal with free Showtime or HBO or something like that, but we declined. We don't need or want it. Oh, and they gave us a free 12' HDMI cable. Wal*Mart wants $50 for that cable. Best Buy is very proud of their cables. $50 will only buy a 3' cable.

This set is in with the computers in our "office," but we watch a lot of TV in here. I still need to get one for the living room, but it will have to be really nice to draw me away from this one.