I decided that it was time for a new television. I remember getting my first job at a video store when I was in high school. For the first few months, I barely spent any of my money, until I finally bought a television. It was beautiful (to me), and 27″ - just as big as the biggest TV in our house. I took it to college and had the biggest TV on the floor of my dorm. It was five hundred hard-earned bucks well-spent, nearly ten years ago.
A few weeks ago it was time to upgrade. To be honest, I don’t know why I hadn’t done this sooner. I own a million DVDs and watch a billion DVDs each year, and while 27″ was once huge to me, times have changed and it doesn’t really do all the shit I watch justice. This is what I upgraded to:

It’s a Sharp Aquos 46″ 1080p LCD and I love it. I have that Blu-Ray player that I won that goes great with it, and while the Wii doesn’t look all that wonderful (not high-def) it still looks much better than it did on the old set. I also love the HD channels - CBS, NBC, Discovery, Fox, etc. Regretfully, nearly all the programs I watch (Kid Nation, 60 Minutes, The Suite Life, Survivor, and St. Elsewhere reruns) aren’t in HD.