We got a Wii for Christmas!

Very fun. What's cool is that you have to create a person to play Wii (called a Mii). It's kind of like creating your own Avatar.

We got the one that has the sports package; baseball, golf, tennis, boxing, and bowling. Since our old tv no longer works properly and it's only a 32" screen, we used the money we got for Christmas and bought our first flat screen 46" LCD HDTV. We were planning on buying one sometime this year since a few of our built in cabinets are being designed around future flat screen TVs.

We decided on the Sony Brevia W series LCD. Originally we were looking into the V series but a few reviews complained of some problems with blacks (picture not race). So between reviews from c.net and consumer reports, the KDL-46W3000 was the one for us. Eventually we will integrate this TV into a full home theatre system (our contractor installed all the wiring into the walls and ceiling before drywalling our living addition). All we'll have to do is install 4 surround sound speakers 4" from each ceiling corner and the wiring will already be accessable (oh, plus a receiver and all that).

So anyway, back to the Wii. It's very realistic and you actually get your heart rate up in games like tennis and boxing. What I like best is the background music whenever they go to the scoring section after a game. It's like you're about to break away to commercial at any minute. The "between holes" music for the golf game is that typical acoustic guitar and accordion "woodsie outdoors" scorecard music. This is a great rainy day solution for getting some exercise as well as something to pass the time with friends and sleepovers.