Big Screen TVs Rule

Josh and Erin are in today's USA Today regarding the size of their TV. Erin hates it, Josh loves it.


"The days when you could pick up a TV yourself and all you had to do was just plug it in? So over.
Erin Hughes, 28, kind of wishes they weren't. When she got married in 2004, her wedding present was permission to hold a wedding for 500 guests; husband Josh's present was permission to buy a big-screen TV. Then a 51-inch TV arrived at their 1,100-square-foot apartment in Centreville, Va.
"I cried and begged him to return it," she says. "I actually almost returned my brand-new living room furniture because of the gigantic TV. It seems 80 feet big."
A year later, she still wishes she could hide the Hitachi floor unit that comes with its own stand. Josh, also 28, sees no need for that — in fact, he jokes about putting lights around it.
"It's a wonderful thing," he says. "It actually dominates the room. That's how I wanted it. For people in my age range, the size of your TV is the new golf handicap — you now define yourself by the size of your TV."
When they buy a house, he says, they'll get an even bigger TV. His wife sighs."

The picture on the front page of the D section is priceless. I will scan it in when I get home.