>>>I know you don't care for televised sports but personally I would have HDTV just for the sports. The difference compared to regular TV is stunning. Other programs look better, too, but to me it is most noticeable with sports. On Sunday I watched some of the last round of the Masters and the picture was so sharp it seemed like you could reach out and pick petals off the magnolias.
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>>Magnolias? Big deal. I can do the same without any TV at all.
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>>You should see the huge magnolia tree just in front of our house :). And when it's in bloom, you don't need anything hi-res... its flowers are large enough to be seen on 256x192. You can hide a face in such a flower. Petal size is above regular shoe size.
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>That's nothing. In Maine, where I come from, there are frogs big enough to drive trucks. (old Maine joke)

I thought they'd be pulling the trucks out when they get stuck in mud... but for this one... I may dig up a picture off an old CD (didn't bother last year, but may have the one before) or if you'd just wait a couple of months until the next round, I could send you a new one. The flowers really are that big. I'm just permanently amazed with that tree.