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August 01, 2006
"We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty."
Wow so my HD monitor sucked my life away again today, as I exchanged my old and busted digital cable box for the new hotness of a high definition cable box. Surprisingly, Brighthouse does not charge for this transaction. For some reason, I'm also getting the extra HD channels I'm supposed to have to pay for. This bewilders me yet is ultimately quite pleasing.
DiscoveryHD is so crisp and vibrant, constant eye candy. It's like a high resolution desktop background that moves.
I have great hopes for UniversalHD. It's half the reason I decided to splurge on an HD set. Why? It has that most sublime of treats:
Battlestar Galactica in high definition. That's where I'm going to be doing on Sundays at 8 from now on. =)
And then on September 24th, the stars align. UniversalHD's programming block:
7:00 PM FIREFLY
SERENITY - PT 1
8:00 PM BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
THE FARM
Yep, Firefly in shiny high definition! Two hours of gorgeous Zoic visual effects!
In related news, I saw Serenity in HD last night (just 720p) and oh did it look good. How to describe it...You know that bit in "Serenity" (note the quotes, rather than italics, indicating I mean the 2-hour pilot episode to the TV series and not the film or the vessel itself), when Kaylee tastes one of the strawberries Shepherd Book brought when he came on board the ship, and her eyes roll back in her head from the sheer orgasmic bliss of it? Yeah, kinda like that. The picture was so sharp that when I woke up this morning the pores on the Operative's face were still seared onto my retina.
Ooooo...now I just saw an ad for Arrested Development...it's coming to HDNet this fall. I guess I lucked on a good time to move to high def.
Posted by Jon Rubin at August 1, 2006 11:06 PM
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