Life in hi-def

I'm posting this via the new (or shall I say, new-ish) home theater setup. Jeff and I picked up a new plasma teevee on Saturday, a 50 inch LG, full 1080p, lots of extras, but a dearth of direct inputs. For the time being, I have the home theater PC and the DVD/HDD recorder patched into it via the only two HDMI inputs, and the satellite box has to make do with the standard-def, low-res composite input. The latter picture sucks donkey ass, but will eventually be upgrades. Today's Cowboys/Redskins game was total awesomeness in HD, as Jeff nearly bonered upon seeing his favorite Cowboys best the 'Skins by a point. In between times I was able to pry him from the set, I futzed around with settings, connected gear and got my geekgasm going. HD YouTube vids look better than DVD quality and porn will be larger than life (not that I tried that. Yet.)

But with every such addition to the geek's arsenal of toys, there's the inevitable wave of upgrades and new stuff that has to follow right thereafter. Case in point, the old Analog Denon A/V receiver is worthless here. So, a new HDMI-switching receiver with multi-room capability is next, as is a set of front speakers, a sub, HD-capable satellite or cable, not to mention an articulating wall mount, requisite cabling, drilling and cutting holes in walls, etc, etc.

There goes my savings.