Hawaii fans want their Colt Brennan in HD

December 18th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

So, I read this story about Colt Brennan a few months ago, and it made Hawaii (Hawai’i?) seem like a real drab place, the kind of locale where rain and sewage can really detract one from having a swell time there. It sort of ruined the mystique of the islands for me because I’ve always imagined them as they’ve been presented for eternity — sun, surf, sand and leis. It’s sort of like finding out that favorite coach of yours in high school was fondling your female classmates in the janitor’s closet. (Not cool, bro. Not cool.)

But through the eternal rain and storms and in celebration of Hawaii’s undefeated football season springs something so beautiful, so eye-opening you can’t help but stare at for hours on end. It is, quite simply, high-definition TV. From the Honolulu Advertiser:

“We were doing 300 to 400 new HDTVs a week,” said Norman Santos, Oceanic’s vice president of operations. “It’s been pretty wild.”

Santos said requests for HDTV boxes for the week of Dec. 3 climbed to more than 1,000. “And that was the week of the storm,” he said.

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Not only are the winning Warriors fueling more business for the cable company, but stores that sell high-definition televisions and big, flat-screen sets are seeing a boom along with the morale boost across the state.

Counting on customers who may be teetering on the brink of buying a new TV, retailers say they wouldn’t be surprised to see the surge go right up to New Year’s Day, when the Warriors take on the University of Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.

Over at Best Buy off Nimitz Highway, big-screen TVs dominate wall after shining wall.

General Manager Shawn Troup said a big jump in business there is directly attributed to the Warriors.

“Everything about the Warriors is positive. Customers are in a good mood. We’re winning, and everybody’s in a good mood,” he said.

Oddly enough, Knicks fans are returning their new HDTVs in record numbers this month. BA-DUM-CHING!

{HT: SbB}