[Nick]

LOS ANGELES, California (AP/CNN) -- Vanity, thy name is hi-def TV.

The holiday shopping season was expected to sharply boost the number of U.S.
homes with high-definition televisions to nearly 33 million. In the eyes of a growing
number of image-obsessed on-air personalities, that's 33 million clear reasons to
be concerned.

Besides spectacular vistas and shockingly real playing fields, hi-def clarity puts any
and all wrinkles, pimples and pores on display in well-lit bathroom-mirror detail.

Some TV types say big-screen HDTV could lead to the end of the extreme close-up
as we know it. Others predict hi-def fears could soon be reflected in artists' contracts. ...

More @ CNN.com

 

[HIPAR]

I'm ugly already so HDTV wouldn't make me look all that much worse.

--- CHAS

 

[Chandu]

I thought this article was about channels like TNT-HD showing 4:3 aspect ratio content in 16:9, making everyone appear short and fat. Never mind.

 

[dave1234]

I thought this article was about channels like TNT-HD showing 4:3 aspect ratio content in 16:9, making everyone appear short and fat. Never mind.

You may be on to something here. I can see a celebrity contract demanding the aspect ratio shrink when they are on(rather than expand like TNT).

 

[richlife]

Nick, I think you're getting more unique interpretations than almost any post I've seen!

Speaking personally, I've gained 10 pounds since I got my HDTV. And DBSTalk isn't helping me much either! (So many threads, so much good content -- SB on: now if we could just lose the whining and the BS. Soapbox off

So I guess I need to get off my fat a-- and go back to work. But how will I live without ungodly hours of HD content???

 

[JM Anthony]

I told my wife buying a new HDTV would make her look 15 pounds lighter. So she bought two! :eek2:

John

 

[Nick]

I told my wife buying a new HDTV would make her look 15 pounds lighter. So she bought two! :eek2:

John

So now she looks 30 pounds lighter?

 

[ebaltz]

No no. Your face does that.

 

[JM Anthony]

So now she looks 30 pounds lighter?

Every day I tell her how gorgeous she looks and give her a snappy little slap on the backside whenever possible. Gotta try to stay on her good side if at all possible. 29 years and counting.

John