On Jan 2, 2:22*pm, "Cheri" wrote:
"dadiOH" wrote in message

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If people want to buy a wide screen TV (or computer monitor), well and
good; I have no problem with that. *What I *do* have a problem with is the
manufacturers selling them by the same old diagonal measurement...people
buy, say, a 32" widescreen to replace their old 27" and they think they
are going to get a bigger picture. *They aren't. *To get an image even the
same size they would have to buy one (in this example) almost 34".

I don't have a problem with new technology, but I do have a problem with
having it forced on me, such as DVD's vs VHS tapes. I much prefer the VHS
format, but you can't rent movies that way anymore, so if you want to rent a
movie you have to have a DVD player. No sooner do you get that, then Blu-Ray
starts, and on and on. At least the VCR's were viable for many years, now
every time you turn around, something becomes so obsolete that it's no
longer viable even while it's still in good working order. This all happens
in a very short time these days.

I was just fine with Win98 for instance, but nothing supports it anymore, so
had to upgrade to Vista, which is OK, but certainly not better IMO.

Cheri

You have a choice, you can keep watching your VHS tapes as long as
they last. Nobody is forcing you to watch anything. Hell I still
have a Beta player and a bunch of Beta tapes that I watch. When I
bought the CD player it was my choice, nobody forced me to buy it. I
may someday buy the BlueRay or not, again my choice. As for the
change over to digital TV, again it is my choice to either watch TV or
not and if I choose to watch, I got my converters for free.

Oh yes, you could have gone with LINUX instead.