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    A true indicator of excessive spending...

    While paying more than 5% of your NW on a vehicle isn't a sign of financial turpitude, paying $1,800 for a TV -- and not having a $10MM net worth -- is.

    OLED TVs will finally take off in 2017
    https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/09/oled-tvs-will-finally-take-off-in-2017/
    After years of taunting consumers with incredible picture quality but insanely high prices, OLED TVs are finally coming down to earth. Prices are falling, there will be even more models to choose from and, at least based on what we've seen from CES this year, LCD TVs aren't getting many upgrades. And of course, LG's stunning new W-series wowed us so much, it won both our Best TV and Best of the Best awards at CES. If you've been holding out on a 4K TV upgrade but haven't had the budget to consider OLED up until now, expect things to change this year.
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    Maybe he does have a 10M net worth, but i doubt it. lol

    Everybody has a hobby, and unless it is money generating it will always be a money pit to everybody else that doesn't share the same appeal for whatever it is.

    I paid 428$ for a 55" TCL Roku 4k TV. That was a steal for that tv with a 100$ 4k Roku built in, however, to me it was still a lot. I agree with you that spending 1800$ on a TV is stupid. It might look fantastic next to a cheaper one, but once you are 30 min into a show or movie you quit noticing all that amazingness anyway. You get used to it. It's just the way things are.

    Video games from the 80s looked amazing then, but look like crap now. All these new video systems and features are amazing, until you are used to them and then it's just ...ehh. That's why people keep buying the newest stuff. They care too much about being amazed, and when they see something new the old isn't amazing anymore.
    Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes that reason is you're stupid and make bad choices.

    Current Occupation: Spending every dollar before I die

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      Originally posted by GoodSteward View Post
      All these new video systems and features are amazing, until you are used to them and then it's just ...ehh. That's why people keep buying the newest stuff. They care too much about being amazed, and when they see something new the old isn't amazing anymore.
      Advertisers know this, feed it and do their best to intensify it.

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        Originally posted by GoodSteward View Post

        Video games from the 80s looked amazing then, but look like crap now. All these new video systems and features are amazing, until you are used to them and then it's just ...ehh. That's why people keep buying the newest stuff. They care too much about being amazed, and when they see something new the old isn't amazing anymore.
        This will continue until we have a virtual reality option in place where the graphics are so real you wont be able to distinguish the "real" world from the VR world. Simulation theory anyone?? Really scary stuff imo.

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          Originally posted by rennigade View Post
          This will continue until we have a virtual reality option in place where the graphics are so real you wont be able to distinguish the "real" world from the VR world. Simulation theory anyone?? Really scary stuff imo.
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