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I'm somewhat interested in getting a new tv of sorts and I was wondering what is the way to go for a middle of the line tv capable of all that high def goodness i hear abuot for 360/ps3 as well as the high def channels.
I sort of know the types lcd plasma etc but I have never really bought a tv before so I was looking for advice. Best bang for buck type of thing that will last me. thanks pals
maybe pros/cons of types and or any specific model reccomendations woudl really help. at the moment i dont really have lots of room for a tv as i only really have my room to put it in :S
I sort of know the types lcd plasma etc but I have never really bought a tv before so I was looking for advice. Best bang for buck type of thing that will last me. thanks pals
maybe pros/cons of types and or any specific model reccomendations woudl really help. at the moment i dont really have lots of room for a tv as i only really have my room to put it in :S
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LCD : best picture quality, can't do deep blacks, most expensive
Plasma: slightly worse picture quality, better blacks, higher power consumption, weighs a ton.
DLP/Projection: slightly worse picture quality still, crappy viewing angles, huge screen size/$, weighs a ton
FWIW I have a 46" Sharp Aquos LCD.
CRT has the best picture quality.
There aren't any large CRT HDTVs and they don't do 1080p so it's pointless to even mention it.
Samsung SlimFit CRT HDTVs. They only go up to 30", so if you have a smaller area it's really perfect. I have one and I sit about 8 feet away and am perfectly pleased with its size and picture quality. All of the perks of HD, the quality and reliability of proven CRT technology, and still slim enough to fit in smaller areas. They're only 17" deep and their build gives off the idea that it's a more expensive LCD or Plasma unit. I paid 700 retail for my 30" last year and I think the prices have gone down with the newer models. Seriously I'd recommend looking into it if you can do with the 30."
No god no this is the worst investment ever, sorry, but it is.
Im pretty sure sony has some of its CRTs still hovering around circuit city and stuff, they are a million trillion times better than samsungs.
How much are you looking to spend?
Refirb Westinghouse LVM-42W2 42” 1080p HDTV Ready LCD TV monitor (no tuner)
$1049 +$5 shipping
http://www.woot.com/
Haha I think that's the TV my dad and I bought a few weeks ago, got it for $900 at Best Buy, and it's wonderful. We already have a 5.1 receiver that also does all the video switching, but we had to plug some things into the TV itself (we had component and composite coming out of the receiver into separate TV inputs), and the TV automatically switches the the input that's getting a signal (i.e., when we switch from cable to the VCR, the TV automatically switches from component input 1 to composite input 1). There's a pretty damn big amount of settings you can mess around with too.
In other words, I highly approve of this TV.
FIX'D
I'm a total cinemaphile, and so, in an appropriately lit room, nothing reminds me more of the theater experience than a huge, high quality DLP, as the projection tends to soften the pixelated look.
But yes, there are marked issues with the format.
Could you explain to me why? The two Samsungs I have (one slimfit widescreen and one regular CRT 4:3) have given me absolutely no troubles in the years I have owned them. Picture quality is great. HDMI on my DVD player is beautiful and they have no troubles with my 360 (720p on the regular and 1080i on the slimfit). These two have been far better than the Philips, Magnavox and Sony TVs I've had in previous years.
AFAIK bestbuy exclusively carries the W4207, which is 720p. The LVM-42W2 is true 1080p - no upconverting.
Sony XBRs have vastly superior image quality to Samsung. That's why.
I stated "You know what's a pretty good HDTV that's not too expensive?"
Not "You know what's the best CRT HDTV out and others are so much worse?"
The Samsung CRT HDTVs are pretty good HDTVs and they're not too expensive.
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/OLEVIA-32-2-Series-LCD-HDTV-232V/sem/rpsm/oid/163702/catOid/-12869/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
From what I've heard, the Olevia LCDs are pretty okay.
Sony's are pretty much the same price, which is why I said that. Looking online, a 34" Sony XBR widescreen CRT is $650 at circuit city while a 30" Samsung widescreen CRT is $700.
Anyways the OP probably doesn't want to consider a CRT, most people don't simply because they think it's antiquated technology. But you really can get something quite nice for very little in terms of cost and only sacrifice an extra foot of space behind it.
If you prefer grainy, middling resolution images, sure, I guess plasmas have the best picture quality. Personally, I recommend buying a better quality LCD and you'll have black levels that are just fine. The new Sharp Aquos and Samsung displays have (claimed) 15,000:1 contrast ratio, which puts them on par with the vast majority of plasma displays. The black levels may not be quite as dark, but in every other regard they're as good or better than plasma.