July 11, 2008
On Discovery Channel the other day, I saw two great shows: In the Shadow of the Moon and When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions. Even on my eight-year-old CRT TV, they looked incredible. I need to get them in hi-def.
Which means buying them on Blu-Ray. Which means buying a Blu-Ray player -- either a dedicated player, a PS3, or maybe a next-gen XBox 360, assuming they shift from DVD-HD support.
But then I'd still be showing it on my old TV, on which Blu Ray would do no good. So I'd need a nice HDTV, preferably at least a 40" display.
And that TV would need someplace to go, and my apartment, as it's laid out, is short of places to put something that size. So I need to buy a house, which I still plan on doing in the spring.
That's a big goddamn purchase just for a couple of documentaries.
