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i got a great deal on a 50 inch tv. it's a dlp television. so, it's "old" by today's standards. it's a big projection tv. you have to replace the bulb and color wheel now and then. the person who sold it to me had already put a new bulb in. i bought it and then bought a new color wheel since it was making this horrible squealing noise. the seller warned me about it, so i knew full well what i was getting into.

i bought the part and fixed it. he sold the tv to me for $200. the color wheel was about $100.

so, i got a tv that once costed anywhere from $800 to $1000 for $300.

but, what i wasn't prepared for was after i relocated the cable in our house and all the tv programs started playing.

the big screen seems to enhance the power of television-- a power that i'm starting to despise.

tv has this ability to take people you've never met and force you to compare yourself to them. and the results are hardly ever good. then, commercals come on to feed your mind into thinking that if you buy their stuff, you will measure up.

or, if you could just be like the people you see on tv, you'll be living the "good life".

so you end up giving up your life to sit on the couch and watch people on (so called) reality tv shows do mundane things-- just with more style than you do them. and you wish you were doing what they do-- even though they are most likely doing very little that's different from what you could be doing if you got off the couch and went and tried it yourself (minus all the swank and style).

i can watch a good sci-fi, thriller, comedy, or action movie. i love an informative documentory and even a "reality" tv contest (like amazing race, survivor, or expedition impossible for example). i can even stomach an occasional heartwarming story or tear jerker.

but's these damn reality tv shows where people just bitch back and forth about how she's a liar and he's a cheat, and "they don't got my back" simply suck ass.

they only show whiny people manufacture sub-par drama while somehow making you feel like you'll never measure up to their standard of living. after all-- they are so important that even when they whine about their nails-- they should be televised!!!

ugh!

i love my 50 in. tv.

and i hate it, too.

or maybe i just hate the cable programming garbage that pumps through it, cause i gotta have my netflix.