Summation

[chuckro]

40" (or larger) HD TV: $1,000
XBox 360: $300
Final Fantasy 13: $60
Ikea TV stand suitable new TV: $200
Trip to Ikea: 1 day plus borrowing/renting appropriate car (or +$100 for shipping)
Dealing with Comcast: ~several days of my life

Playing FF13: Priceless Apparently not worth it, after all...

Comments

[bigscary.livejournal.com]

Why on earth would you get such an expensive, enormous HDTV? Is your living room even large enough? Do you have a significant number of 1080p sources? Where is your couch?

A 720p/1080i 37incher is barely half the price -- I have a 32" I got for barely $425 and I have not regretted it for a single second.

Also, the bedbathbeyond stand is about 75$ cheaper, is shipped cheaper, and you can use those ubiquitous BBB 20% off coupons.

(Good news, though -- the 360 is good for many things besides ffxiii.)

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

Ah, but does the 360/PS3 look sufficiently beautiful on anything smaller? The indication seems to be that it doesn't.