Move over, Frederico, here comes Chevy Chase on HDTV - Victor Khomenko - Films/DVD Asylum

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Move over, Frederico, here comes Chevy Chase on HDTV

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I hate to be making this confession, but truth is truth, even if ugly.
Life is full of great temptations and I would put the HDTV up there, right next to the briefcase full of money or a blonde in your hotel room bed.
I have always considered myself the "serious" movie lover. Over the last year about 99% of all my viewings were from the VHS tapes, perhaps 50% of them black and white. And then I brought that monster into my life. The 172lb 34" Toshiba flat screen HDTV in my bedroom.
I will spare you all the guts and gore, but it is enough to say that the last night we watched the "Vegas Vacation" in HD... What can be dumber than this? Utterly degrading... and utterly enjoyable.
Te truth is - we didn't watch the movie. We watched the pictures, the images, the purity of colors, the sharp three-dimensional focus. Comments like: "Just look at this bowl of fruit - it is sooooo lifelike!" Look at this, look at that.... disgusting...
Never mind that there are four transmitters in this area, of which I can usually receive one, sometimes two. Never mind that you get to watch the worst kind of TV trash - some idiotic cop series, local news, Hollywood Squares - can you REALLY believe that? Hollywod, for Pete's sake?
It is captivating. It is so good that you simply sit there like a complete retard, with saliva running down your chin... You forget of several still unwatched "classical" movies that you brought home on VHS. You definitely feel the beginning of slide, and it is NOT is the right direction.
Among the temptations that we all succumb to in our lives, this one may be of the more innocent kind. At least until you start seriously discussing the next episode of some martial art junk at your coffee break. How close am I to THAT?
I connect the progressive scan DVD and watch that too. No matter that the film is a complete trash - it is the images that you seek and you find them everywhere.
I sincerely hope that this beguiling experience ends soon. I hope that I WILL find the strengh to turn on my B&W projector again some day. I hope Frederico is not going to get mad with me.
In the meantime I have the still that unwatched Barry Lyndon DVD at the ready. But I am embarassed to admit having watched about 35 minutes of "Lost in Space" on that gorgeous tube, and loving EVERY SECOND of it.
Friends don't let friends by HDTV's....

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Topic - Move over, Frederico, here comes Chevy Chase on HDTV - Victor Khomenko 05:07:01 03/16/00 (12)

Report again when you watch Barry Lyndon... - Bob Casner 00:27:45 03/19/00 (2)

A rather simple-minder report it is... Plus tired Lola - Victor Khomenko 07:47:09 03/20/00 (1)

Re: A rather simple-minder report it is... Plus tired Lola - TAFKA Steve 14:24:56 03/20/00 (0)

the ellusive nuisance factor - Mart 20:09:20 03/17/00 (0)

Re: Move over, Frederico, here comes Chevy Chase on HDTV - Ran 09:29:23 03/17/00 (0)

Are the NCAA basketball games broadcast in HDTV? (nt) - TAFKA Steve 17:51:52 03/16/00 (1)

I saw bunch of tall guys running around a single large ball... - Victor Khomenko 06:47:30 03/17/00 (0)

Content is everything - Scott 10:45:11 03/16/00 (0)

Okay Victor, you win this week! - TAFKA Steve 05:48:47 03/16/00 (3)

Aha! That pulled you out of your hideout. - Victor Khomenko 06:02:09 03/16/00 (2)

You win a Jean Claude Van Damme DVD film festival! - TAFKA Steve 15:16:51 03/16/00 (1)

Thanks for showing me the TRUE depth of my fall... It Is depressing. (nt) - Victor Khomenko 06:49:17 03/17/00 (0)

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