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Bradbury's Big Screen Nightmares Now Available - Cheap!
Electronics | Nov 2, 05
In his classic novel Fahrenheit 451, the science fiction writer Ray Bradbury imagined a future in which books were banned and burned. The principal weapons of mass distraction in this dystopia were wall-mounted, large-screen televisions displaying a constant stream of mindless entertainment, including "Cops"-like programs in which society's dissidents were hunted down and eliminated. Of course, Bradbury penned this tale in the 1950's, and back then the technology necessary to place these giant glowing monsters in every American home simply did not exist. But what a difference a half-century makes! Now you can cover the walls of your house with all the media oligopoly product your cerebrum can handle, and at prices that are dropping by the day.
For example, back on 8/15/2005 I told you about LG Electronics' MW-71PY10, a 72-inch plasma with 1080p resolution. Back then it was going for $50K, and its available now for under $28,600. Quite a drop in two and a half months, but perhaps you'd still rather take that money and buy a car. Have no fear; you can paint the room with HDTV for only a fraction of the LG's price. The 46-inch Samsung LT-P468W, currently the largest LCD set on PriceSCAN, would have run you about nine grand at this time last year, and today will cost you only $3,500.
After the Watergate scandal, Bradbury remarked that he'd now realized television could be used as a mechanism for the governed to keep tabs on the government, and not simply as a method of mass control. With this in mind, why not take advantage of plummeting prices and observe the new holiday season of fiascos, indictments and filibusters in room-filling high def?
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