Netflix streaming sucks for movies. However, it is good if you want to catch up on older seasons of TV shows (and they finally started streaming The West Wing!!!).
Given that we have a 55 inch flat screen, that's good enough for DVDs.
I have a Roku HD box for streaming, and it displays great if the original is offered in HD. Can barely tell! But sure, older programs from decades ago look like VHS. Love the fact I can rewatch TV shows from the 80s and be all nostalgic.
I hear what you're saying; my 46" LED LCD works just fine, too -- especially with Blu-ray, you get absorbed into it just fine. But there's something about a 40-foot screen for majestic content now and then. And necessary for 3D (I'm not THAT evolved at home yet, and not sure if the tech is yet, either).
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol
Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy?--Peter Griffin
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