[dogbyte12]

I think it is the wave of the future actually. With a Plasma tv, and a tiny stereo such as a Bose, you actually don't have your equipment dictating spacing in rooms.

Perhaps soon, our furniture will actually be just furniture.

My next computer purchase will be a thin monitor. Having to waste so much space in my office, just to fit my damn monitor against the wall is something I could do without. It would be nice to get a smaller desk, and have room for another book case.

[goldstategop]

You can buy a flat panel TFT monitor for as little as $600. Even less if you look on Ebay for a good deal. A 15" provides as much picture coverage as a comparable 17" CRT monitor and takes up less space alongside the computer. Needless to say, flat panel displays just look cool and they put CRT monitors to shame.

[bonesmccoy]

They home builders are building living spaces with niches for wide screen or high def.

I've noted that it's silly to buy a plasma for home theatre. If you're building a home theatre, just get your PC and a LCD projector (1600 bucks at dell.com).

I assembled a great 5.1 surround home theatre based on the following:
LCD projector ($1800)
Yamaha5.1 surround system ($200)
Laptop ($1400)

Picture image at night time is 14 diagonal projected on a big flat white wall.

Sound is decoded through the Yamaha box and with DolbySurroundSound systems is actually surround.

Buy Star Wars Attack of the Clones DVD Widescreen edition and enjoy your hometheatre. Snuggle bunny with loved one (who puts up with your expensive habit) only to discover she converts your home theatre with one VCR input into a giant Home and Garden Channel display (AUUUUGHHHH!)

Merry Christmas freepers

[theFIRMbss]

>...you actually don't have your equipment dictating spacing in rooms.

Spacing in my rooms
isn't dictated by a
flat TV screen or

a folded-up Bose.
The flatness of my folded
wallet dictates all!

[John Jamieson]

I figure desktop space saved at about $500 a sqft! My whole (3600 sq ft) house cost less than $50 a square ft. I'll wait.