Graduation

You’ll never guess what happened yesterday. I keep thinking I may have dreamt it.

My wife (who rocks, if you read the Intro) and I have been looking for a graduation present for her. She officially graduates from nursing school this Friday, after which we’re going to the beach (Gulf Shores area) for a week. So we had tossed some ideas around and I had given her a ballpark budget that was pretty lenient. She also received a smidge over $500 from friends and family for grad gifts. We had pretty much decided on patio furniture for her present, as we have a really nice back porch that’s screened in and all. Then yesterday, around dinner time, she says “you know I’ve been thinking, how much would one of those big screen TVs cost?” I gave her the basic rundown of DLP vs. LCD vs. Plasma and she seemed pretty excited about it. So we may end up getting a new (nice) HDTV, which is right up my alley. I love tech stuff like that. She said that her present should be a present for both of us, since I was so supportive through the last 2.5 years of school. Did I mention my wife rocks?

I’m going to start looking around for one. I am a bit against DLP due to the viewing angle problem. My friend’s DLP is nice and all, but very dark from the floor looking up at it (which is how I play H2 generally) and also from the sides. The 42” plasma would definitely be an upgrade from my 32” 4:3 CRT, but I don’t know how reliable they are. Throw me some ideas if you have shopped around recently for a decent TV. Budget is (approximately) $1k-$1.3k.