Sizing Up Screens

Who's gone big-screen: A look at Washington-area TV owners.


Viewer	Occupation	The main/biggest TV in house is...	Notes of Interest

Jon Felts	Best Buy manager	92-inch, high-def home theater	One of four high-def, surround sound systems in townhouse, including one in his kitchen.
Gilbert Arenas	Basketball Superstar	120-inch, high-def home theater	Arenas plans to host Wizards team Super Bowl party.
Steve Czaban	Sports Radio Host	65-inch, high-def rear projection	Uses radio show to keep guys abreast of TV and snack-food trends.
Ben Olsen	Midfielder, DC United	52-inch, high-def rear projection	Wife came home to their one-room Adams Morgan condo to find him surrounded by wires, setting up the TV.
Nancy Pelosi	House Speaker	32-inch, flat-panel plasma	Baltimore native still smarting from Colt's leaving there in 1984.
Lee Hamilton	Co-Chair, Iraq Study Group	32-inch, high-def LCD	One time Indiana high school and college basketball star will cheer for Colts on Sunday.
Herb Miller	Developer	113-inch, high-def home theater	Media room has 113-incher flanked by four other TVs.
Ted Leonsis	AOL Executive, hockey team owner	60-inch, high-def	Son plans to watch Super Bowl with him in home theater while Instant Messaging friends.
Richard Lugar	U.S. Senator	25-27-inch, old technology	Indiana senator expects to be too anxious during game to eat anything.
Kingdon Gould III	Developer	Has no TV	Done with TV a decade ago, he chucked set out third-floor window into construction dumpster at his Howard County home.
Olie Kolzig	Pro Hockey Player	65-inch, high-def rear projection	Thinks high-def will help hockey more than any other sport: "Widens playing surface and people can actually see the puck."
Jim Abdo	Developer	61-inch, high-def plasma	Hidden in 140-year old French cabinet. Former Mayor Anthony Williams and wife Diane plan to come over for Super Bowl.
Douglas Jemal	Developer	19-21-inch, old technology	"It's one of those old fatsos."
Richard Durbin	U.S. Senator	Roughly 26-inch, high-def flat-panel	Picked it out at Circuit City. Recalls intoxicating experience of sports fans watching rows of cool TVs: "It's a man-love thing."
Rich Roca	Director, Applied Physics Laboratory	32-inch, cathode ray	Would like to upgrade, but not sure how to fit it into existing furniture. "It's a systems problem," he says.
About 30 staffers, mostly men	Army Operations Center, Pentagon	60-inch, high-def capable	Center has five video screens, any of which can be switched to TV. Game likely to be on one.
Tim Russert	Host, Meet the Press	63-inch, high-def plasma	Will cheer for Colts, owing to their team president's link to home-town Buffalo Bills.
Kevin Luskin	Owner, The Big Screen Store chain	73-inch, high-def	Sports used to be the leading driver in big-screen sales. Now it's sports, movies, prime-time TV.

The Washington Post