48 Days (and counting...)

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Today was a pretty darn good day. There was a good service this morning, and a loooonnnnngggg phone conversation this afternoon. Tonight, the Cowboys won, and I got to watch a pretty interesting program in HD on Discovery Channel HD about the Eiffel Tower. It was fascinating. Have I ever mentioned that I love HD programming? There's not enough of it, but when there is some, it is great just to watch. I think that, in the next 10-20 years, there will be conversation about two major changes in TV broadcasting history pertaining to how it is broadcast.

1.) The switch to color.

2.) The switch to High Definition.

I know we're only just in the early stages of the second one, but I think this is one we will have to tell our grandchildren about. They won't believe that we watched anything in that dreadful blurry vision we now know as Standard Definition TV. Imagine their shock with color TV shows as well. They may not have the stomach to ever learn the appreciation of I Love Lucy just because they are so spoiled by the richness we have available to us on TV today and in the future also! How much more shocking would it be to show them a silent picture, and try to explain the difference between silent film and talkies. It's a good thing that we have Singin' in the Rain to help us with that one, eh?

[after the demonstration of a talking picture]
R.F. Simpson: What do you think of it, Dexter?
Rosco: It'll never amount to a thing.
Cosmo Brown: That's what they said about the horseless carriage.

- Singin' in the Rain (1952)