Dear FOX: Not everyone has a flat-screen TV

I have shitty eyes. I can tell the difference, but it doesn't matter to me. When I bought my flat screen, I told the guy, I want the flat screen more because it'll take up less space and be more portable when I move. I bought the cheapest 40-inch TV they had at Best Buy.

 

Ragu concurs.

 

Would you believe that I still have a VHS recorder hooked to my TV? My kids have wanted to watch some of the old Disney movies they haven't seen in years.

 

Yep, it's the cable company. If the TV has a QAM tuner, try doing a scan so you can get the HD stations.

 

You had to go and ensure the crashing of the Internet, didn't you?

 

I heard that 40-something percent of all Americans do not have flat screen TVs, but they need to try harder so they can watch TV in HD.

Oh, we are talking about Fox Sports?

 

IJAG's observation is interesting. When we finally bought a flat-screen about a year ago at this time, my mother-in-law was at the house. She made this impassioned plea that we not spring for HD service. She kept insisting that "we couldn't tell the difference" when she and her husband had it. I thought she was just cheap (true) and old (70-something). Did not factor in female.

 

I wish I could remember the thread, but it was years ago. Guys were posting that their wives didn't see it, and I was concurring. It's all circumstantial, at least here, but who knows?

 

Adding to the anecdotal evidence, I don't see the difference.

 

I remember posting on that thread, and I do remember my wife saying "I am not fucking stupid, of course I can see a difference" when I tried to demonstrate at home.

 

Dear Moddy,

Saying "women see it less" doesn't mean "No woman ever has seen a difference."

Then again, you knew that.