Comments on: Is that a TV screen strapped to your head? http://www.lostremote.com/2007/03/16/is-that-a-tv-screen-strapped-to-your-head/ Where TV Finds the Future Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:18:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Steve Safran http://www.lostremote.com/2007/03/16/is-that-a-tv-screen-strapped-to-your-head/#comment-229614 Steve Safran Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:21:31 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/03/16/is-that-a-tv-screen-strapped-to-your-head/#comment-229614 You know - I've tried a few of these things. And I generally even like them and wouldn't mind having them, geek that I am. (Cory: think LR Office Christmas Presents.) But I've never understood the "It's like a 48 inch screen" or a "52 inch screen" or whatever nonsense. It is most definitely like watching a small screen, close by. Excellent clarity, but at no point do you think "Jeez - this is a monster picture!" It's the same as when headphones brag that "it's like listening to surround sound speakers!" No, it isn't. It's just better than some other headphones. You know - I’ve tried a few of these things. And I generally even like them and wouldn’t mind having them, geek that I am. (Cory: think LR Office Christmas Presents.)

But I’ve never understood the “It’s like a 48 inch screen” or a “52 inch screen” or whatever nonsense. It is most definitely like watching a small screen, close by. Excellent clarity, but at no point do you think “Jeez - this is a monster picture!”

It’s the same as when headphones brag that “it’s like listening to surround sound speakers!” No, it isn’t. It’s just better than some other headphones.

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