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How Big is Yours?

Posted by Cindy

Dec. 2, 2009 12:13 p.m. • 17 comments

Here's my favorite quote of the day:

“The bigger (the) TV you have, the dumber you are. Smart people have TV's, often— but not very big ones.” David Brancaccio, host NOW (PBS), quoted in the Santa Fe Reporter.

Agree/disagree?

17 comments on this post so far. Add yours!

Bent on December 02 at 12:22 p.m.
We’ve been eyeing a 47-inch LCD… 50 and up would be too big for our TV area…
Cindy_H on December 02 at 12:24 p.m.
Hmmm….
JeanC on December 02 at 12:25 p.m.
Disagree. We have a big screen TV and neither the hubby nor I are dumb.
BlueinIdaho on December 02 at 12:27 p.m.
The guy that said that obviously has a Jumbotron in his livingroom.
OrangeTV on December 02 at 12:34 p.m.
Honestly, I don’t think there’s a relation. that said, my TV is a wee 17” and suits me just fine. I have no reason to see Ugly Betty’s face or whatever 27x larger than life.
Lizard_People on December 02 at 12:34 p.m.
I guess the actual question is:

Is there a correlation between IQ and the position of television watching on your list of values?

Or

Do stupid people value television more than smart ones?

ummm put like that…. well, duh.
idawa on December 02 at 12:51 p.m.
The wife and I like watching TV, just like the majority of population. Apparently we (collectively) can’t all be geniuses working on the next big breakthrough like LP (or perhaps s/he hasn’t discovered DVR yet?).

Anyway, we have a 50 inch in the living room … but will probably go smaller when we change tvs.
Phaedrus on December 02 at 12:58 p.m.
Size matters? So are we supposed to lie?
Cindy_H on December 02 at 1:00 p.m.
Only if you’ve got something to hide Phaedrus.
But really, it’s always best to the truth. Especially when the facts can be verified.
JeanieSpokane on December 02 at 1:39 p.m.
Hmmm, glad to know I must be on the smarter side - has nothing to do with the very small tiny house I live in.
fortboise on December 02 at 2:01 p.m.
Amusing (or something) to have someone in the TV business express his condescension for it. Not all that unusual, I suppose.

Car salesman probably have an equivalent understanding about how size matters for one’s choice of auto.
fortboise on December 02 at 2:02 p.m.
Oh, and Jeanie: houses, too.
JohnA on December 02 at 2:28 p.m.
Judging by the comments on various threads today, I guess if we watch sensationalist news about Tiger Woods on our 50-inch TV we must be REALLY dumb.
spokelooneh on December 02 at 8:02 p.m.
The really cool people have TV screens in their spectacles. Coming next, TV screens in your contact lenses, with mind-reading channel surfing.
hmoffsuite on December 02 at 8:11 p.m.
Spoke. >> “The really cool people have TV screens in their spectacles”

Company into that and possibly a good investment is Microvision, Inc. (mvis)
Escapee on December 03 at 2:00 a.m.
So smarter people have small TV sets? That’s good. Sounds like no one really has to worry about ‘TV envy’…unless they’re really stupid…

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