There are certain events that transpire in our lifetimes that are so impactful, everything else is measured in terms relative to that event. For an individual, it may be graduation, marriage, childbirth. On a larger, societal level - Neil Armstrong, JFK, 9/11, the Berlin Wall, the Macintosh, New Coke.
This weekend another event occurred that went wholly unnoticed outside of my living room. So today, I declare this the year Zero PHD (Post High Definition).
WOW!
I mean, come on! I can’t believe I once lived in the squalor of analog broadcast television. Don’t even get me started on the ancient days of UHF. And so far, I’ve only watched a surfing documentary and a football game.
This is going to be good.
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UPDATE: 24 was on last night. The picture was so sharp, it felt like Jack Bauer was going to jump out of the screen and rip my throat out with his teeth - right there on my couch!
Also, I believe that the local news stations can NOT overlay the HD-feed with their bullshit crawlers. School closings were being posted last night, which we were only able to see during most commercials (which are not broadcast in HD).
Just a hidden benefit to the wonderful world of HD.
Posted February 6, 2007 at 9:21 am by Bryan Buchs .
Bryan, I thank you for including me - James Francis Kogutkiewicz - among the larger societal signposts that are equivalent to your purchasing an HD television set. I am humbled but, yet, also fully aware that your recognition of my importance is wholly deserved.
Posted February 6, 2007 at 12:56 pm by Jim .
I have no appropriate response to that.
Posted February 7, 2007 at 9:58 am by Bryan Buchs .
Good. That’s an appropriate response befitting my (”The Real JFK”) stature on the American cultural landscape.
Have I ever mentioned to you how Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks wanted to do a historical retrospective about my cultural importance but went on to do “Saving Private Ryan” instead? They couldn’t meet my price.
Plus, I wanted the part of me to be portrayed by John Amos. Spielberg didn’t get it.
Posted February 7, 2007 at 1:39 pm by Jim .