Yee-freakin-haw

I suck, plain and simple.  I always go into buying something with a plan of attack and generally know my limits and what I want.  As previously posted, I was on the prowl for an HD TV and was looking at going the LCD route.  Until last night.

The family and I went to Sams, the place I can never leave for less than $300.00, to get some groceries.  Walking by the TVs the wife says “ooohh look at that one” and it caught my eye.  A 42” Plasma staring right at me with the 360 dashboard up.  Man was it awesome, I looked at the LCDs they had and they were ok, but this one was just calling me.  Yeah I know, Plasma and burn in, Plasma and breaking, blah blah blah.  The proof was in the pudding and this thing was nothing short of gorgeous.  Not at a bad price either at $1300, well within my budget.  Has HDMI Inputs, many component inputs and a VGA input for a PC which is cool as well as a USB port.

So my quest for the LCD ended right there, I got the 42” Plasma and got it home and setup last night.  All I can say is wow with a capital holy shit.  I already called the cable folks to enable HD services on my DVR and the picture was just astounding.  Even the non-HD channels looked terrific.  I did not get it hooked up and running until about 9 or so last night, kids and dinner and all that came first.  Watched some TV with the Mrs. Then she shuffled off to bed.

I hooked up the 360, plugged in the new HD cable and I swear I was looking at something I had never seen before.  The picture on this thing with the 360 was absolutely amazing, I have never seen gaming like this.  I know this is old hat to some of you, but my old 60” rear projection TV was obviously not cutting it.  I felt like I was playing something I have never played before.  Many times I caught myself seeing things in games I have been playing for months that I never knew were there.  In short, I was up pretty damn late and may be coming down with something today and have to go home early *cough*.  I finally see what the hype is about, a 360 without HD is like a Ferrari in the slow lane.