I thought you'd enjoy reading my summary of the complicated selection and shopping process.

With a plethora of models available at huge discounts (prices plummeted recently) it was fun making the selection - if you like that kind of fun. Even though I'm an "old geek", I don't particularly enjoy looking at the huge variety of products that are available. Lots of information is available online; it seems everyone rates everything on some website or other. I checked out my 2 favorites, CNET and Amazon, to whittle down the possibilities.

And then I had to shop for price. Online prices were lowest, but I'd have to pay the freight and wait; so I decided to shop locally.

It quickly boiled down to my 2 favorite retailers - Best-Buy and Costco. The Best-Buy website compares any number of models, showing prices and feature-differences for each. Costco has a limited selection, which can be comforting because they do a pre-selection of the best. It quickly came down to price - almost the same, though not quite. Costco offers a free 2-year warranty (extra cost from Best-Buy) plus extra goodies in the discounted "bundle".

So, now I'm the proud owner of a Samsung Model UN55C7100, 55-inch, HD & 3D (with 2 sets of 3D glasses) and a Blue-Ray player.

I drove home with my friend Merle Borg in his truck, and he helped me unpack the gorgeous giant. And then Jimmy the Geek was left in hog-heaven to play with the cables & connectors & gadgets & gismos.

But wait, I also bought Logitech's Revue with Google TV - after comparing it against Apple TV (see weblink). Ahhh, the bliss bonanza!

It took me awhile (you can't rush these things, and I refuse to read the manuals). Now I don't need to use multiple clickers - everything is accessible with one stylish little keyboard. The Home button displays the choice on my big-screen: TV (my regular Cable-box with hundreds of channels and lots of HD); Google Chrome web-browser with bookmarks for Youtube, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, CNN, and anything else; Netflix, with choice of unlimited streaming videos; plus my Blue-Ray DVD player with regular and 3D movies. Hey, and all this with a single keyboard which clicks from my couch - goodbye clickers!

And here's another bonus: Now I can show all my gazillion bucket-list pictures on my 55" HD TV from just one 8-gigabyte memory stick. Hey, wanna visit to watch??