This morning, I woke up feeling pretty crappy. I’m not sick or anything; I just went to bed with a headache last night and woke up with it today. All I wanted to do after I woke up was lie around in bed. But I had a problem: I was bored.
So what was my solution? Why, I opened my wallet and bought a new TV for my bedroom, of course!
If you’re curious, it’s a 20″ Toshiba 720p 16:9 LCD. One of the major selling points for me was that it has a built-in DVD player. This provides a double advantage because I didn’t have to buy another DVD player (which suits me because the TV was expensive enough…) and I don’t have to find room for a DVD player as well as the TV. As near as I can tell, the DVD player isn’t progressive scan (which seems silly to me since the TV is, but that’s life). Because of the size of the screen though, I don’t think it really makes too big of a difference.
The space savings advantage of not having to get a DVD cannot be overstated. Just look at the picture of all the crap I had to take off the dresser to make room for the TV!
The printer was already there. Everything else needs to be relocated. And yes, that’s the recorder I got in 4th grade.
Since I was out, I also bought an antenna (not shown). I want to be able to watch the ball drop tomorrow. As expected, the picture is terrible…but I didn’t have to give another penny to Comcast, so I’ll consider it a moral victory (if not a visual one).