Finally, finally our big-screen TV is fully installed, after today's running of the speaker wires under the house and to the back of the room for the surround speakers. The wires are now hidden from view (before today they lay under the carpet). The entire project has taken several months from start to finish, partly due to the delayed arrival of certain electronic components, and partly to the busy work schedules of the parties involved.
Meanwhile we have been enjoying the television and the excellent audio system, although mainly in the simple viewing of cable news channels rather than of rented movies, which is what we had originally intended the system to be used for.
We do not yet subscribe to high-definition TV, but will do so before long, as our friends tell us there is a significant improvement in the image quality.
Television viewing in general is an activity that is better appreciated with age. Nowadays there are so many channels, broadcast, cable, and satellite, not to mention pay-per-view and other premium offerings, that it really is overkill.
Time was when we would sit quietly of an evening after supper to listen to music on the stereo. Seldom do we do that these days. There always seems to be something interesting on television to trump the stereo. Besides, a person can now listen to high quality music via the computer speakers if so inclined.
The times they are a-changing.
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I notice that British television reporters, especially those who speak the Queen's English with an accent other than the 'standard' Oxbridge, will consistently pronounce the word 'drawing' as though there were an extra 'r' after the 'w' — as in 'drawring'. It grates as much to these old ears as does George Bush's 'nucular'.
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