Parker Family Blog

Happy New Year 2012

Steve — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:35:12 +0000

We had a great New Year’s Eve and Day with the Sigman’s in Plano. Great friends and great food!

Esther - Our 2012 New Year Queen

Bear Hillwood Cross Country @ Trinity Meadows

Steve Parker — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:45:06 +0000

Bear running Cross Country for Hillwood at Trinity Meadows

Best HDTV Plasma Flat Panel 60″ Television Top Rated TVs

Steve Parker — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:13:02 +0000

I am starting my research for a new HDTV Flat Panel Television for our home theater in our family room. I narrowed my search down to 60″ inch flat panel tvs based on our room size. I also prefer plasma for viewing sports.

I like these three plasma flat panel 3D internet ready HDTV televisions:

The three are all around $1500 and have very similar specs. Plus they are all rated highly in customer reviews and the major consumer reports magazine. The brands are reliable television brands and have a history of HDTV excellence.

We have owned Panasonic TVs in the past and found that they did not last as long as we hoped. I’ve owned several Panasonic VCRs and DVD players with little trouble. We have a two year old Samsung 720 HDTV in our game room and we really love the picture quality even though its 720. We have never owned an LG product but the LG HDTV above is the most interesting of the three brands to me. I still want to review the Sharp and Vizio TVs a little more since we have had very positive experiences with those brands but they were not rating higher in the HDTV ratings than the three HDTVs above.

So if you are like me and looking for the Best HDTV Plasma Flat Panel 60″ Television that is a Top Rated TVs from Panasonic, LG and Samsung 3D TV sets take a look at the models above. As soon as our 4 year old 60 inch Vizio dies, I will be ordering one of the above 3D plasma internet ready HDTV television sets.

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and Festivus Cheers

Spring and Fall KYA Super Bowls

Steve Parker — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:39:29 +0000

The Falcon Football Family

Steve Parker — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:16:30 +0000

Go Falcons

Steve’s Christmas Wish List, a 40 Something Man

Steve Parker — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:31:32 +0000

Here is my Christmas Wish List for a 40 something year old man. I am 47 so you could say its a wish list for a 50 something male. I hope this helps with your Christmas Gift shopping.

Casio Watch for Youth Football

Steve Parker — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:56:25 +0000

I just bought a new Casio watch to use while coaching youth football, its the Casio Men’s G9000-1V G-Shock Mudman Digital Sports Watch . I had an old Casio for years but it finally gave out in the pool one day. This new G-Shock is so much lighter and cooler. It feels like Casio made the band with lighter and more breathable materials.

KYA Falcons Football Team

Steve Parker — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:42:47 +0000

Zane Parker @ FB

Zane is playing on the KYA Sophomore Falcons football team. They are now 3-0 averaging 35 points a game and the defense has not allowed any yards. Maybe one of the best teams that I have coached. Zane is playing fullback and middle linebacker. He is having a great time.

Subwoofer for Home Theater

Steve Parker — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:04:58 +0000

My old subwoofer went out last year and I’ve been looking for a new subwoofer. The sound quality of my home stereo theater system is so much better with a bass speaker. I like the Yamaha, Klipsche, and the Onkyo subwoofers.

The Polk PSW10 fills in the bottom end of your home theater system. Relieve your main speakers from performing bass duty and let them work on the mids and highs. PSW10 is a great addition to any subwooferless system and will bring your movie watching experience to the next level.

What are you using as a bass speaker in your home theater system? Leave me a comment below.

You can see more about my picks for a new subwoofer below. I will be adding one of these subwoofers to my Christmas list for 2011.

Budget AV Receiver with HDMI for Home Theater System

Steve Parker — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:31:14 +0000

I am ready to upgrade my old JVC AV receiver with a new AV receiver with HDMI inputs. I have been looking around a lot of the last year and I keep coming across the Sony AV receivers. They seem to have the best bag for the buck and have a great name behind them. I think I am adding the Sony STRDH820 7.2 Channel 3D AV Receiver (Black) to my Christmas Wish List.