I’ll keep this short and sweet.
I just watched Iron Man on a PS3 in high definition blue ray. It was pretty sweet. Sounded awesome. Looked really clear. Definitely a sweet set up. But, if I may interject my personal opinion: this new wave of high-definition entertainment is an excellent example of the vanities described in Ecclesiastes.
We are always craving more and more. Somewhere deep down something says, “just get this… just gain that… if you only had this…”. But the deception is in that that voice never goes away. No matter what you attain to, there will always be something more to reach and desire.
Some people take that line of logic and say we should simply renounce everything material. But I think the more reasonable response is vanity management. Settle for what you have until something better is given to you, or becomes outrageously affordable (i.e., DVD players go for under $40).
Long story short, don’t pant after the new blue ray technology. It’s cool, but it isn’t going to satisfy you. At least not any more than a regular old DVD player will.
* for the record, I’m speaking of temporal satisfaction. Not that good eternal stuff.
