Yesterday was a banner day in the home of David and Emily. The day started out innocent enough: we woke up, showered, dressed, ate breakfast, and then, all set for the day, we hopped into my truck and drove to Video Only with a plan of spending an obscene amount of money on new AV components to update our 12 year old and failing "technology". We bought a new HDTV (Samsung LN-52A650), a Yamaha AV receiver (RX-V663) with a nice set of Infinity 5.1 speakers, and a Sony PlayStation 3 for Blu-Ray and gaming goodness. All told we spent about $3300 which was well under the $6000 budget I'd set aside for this.
Last night, we watched our first two Blu-Ray movies: Dark Knight and Hancock. We just sat there in sheer awe of our large screen, awesome sound, and incredible video resolution. It was a religious experience to say the least. We're now looking at our vast collection of DVDs and trying to come up with creative ideas on how we can afford to replace every one with its Blu-Ray counterpart. :)
Since we are under budget, we have decided to add a small flat screen HDTV to our bedroom (nothing very expensive) and we'll add a Logitech Harmony universal remote to the mix to help tame our vast array of component remotes. And I will probably buy a couple more games for the PS3. >.>
Emily and I, in general, are very thrify people, so these purchases have been a long time in coming. But I'm happy with the research I did before spending the money and I am more than happy with what we now have to enjoy. Hopefully, I won't have to repeat this exercise in a very long time.
Life is good.
~David
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