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Since the last TV lasted 25 years you need to go all out and get one of those huge wall mount plasma TVs. You will be the envy of your neighborhood!
That's an awful long time to be in the shower, don't you think??
A few years back, my 28in Fisher TV started to give up the ghost. I went to a TV/electronics repair shop. They had a real nice 31in Magnavox there the guy only wanted 100 bux for. Since electronics was his business, I asked what if it dies? He said if it dies in 6 months, bring it back and we'll do something else.
Works as good now as it did two years ago, so I'm happy.
Some additional information would be helpful.
How will you use the new TV and where? Family room, bedroom?
Do you currently have cable TV service or standard over-the-air broadcast?
In the meantime I'll pass on some additional things to consider.
1) The impact of HDTV (High Definition TV). Even if your not interested in HDTV, you will be impacted by it within the next few years. At some point (could be 3-10 years) all over the air broadcasts will go to HDTV. If you have a standard TV receiver you won't get any broadcast without a HDTV tuner. Even if you have standard cable service now, they may push you to HDTV/digital broadcast in the future.
2) That being said above, I would still purchase as standard broadcast LCD or DLP TV. (You'll need to learn about the difference) They will continue to work fine with DVD players and external tuners if necessary. With the hundreds of MILLIONS of TV's in households today, it's not likely they will be gone over the next 15-20 years.
3) Suggest you avoid Plasma TV - very expensive compared to other options.
I think the plasma and lcd tvs are terribly expensive, and if you are not going to mount it on the wall, think about the tube tv.
I love that TV. The best HDTV show for checking out the picture is CSI Miami. Vibrant sunny scenes of Miami. CSI NY is too gray, and CSI the original always seems to be at night. But if you want to consistently see a good picture, check out CSI Miami for the panoramic shots of Miami.
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Look at the reviews. They've never let me down.
I've recently purchased a RCA 27" "SDTV" at Walmart. It's a "standard" resolution television, which has both analog (NTSC) and digital (ATSC) tuners. It has separate inputs (co-axial cable) for both.
IMO At just over $200, it was a relatively inexpensive (compared to HDTV sets) way to see what digital signals were available to me.
One thing I've discovered: In my area, many (most) stations inexplicably transmit their digital signals at a fraction of the strength of their analog signal. I.E. 316,000 watts for VHF-analog, vs. 30,000 watts for UHF-digital. If you live in the sticks, and/or don't subscribe to digital cable/satellite, they may not be a whole lot on the digital dial.
If it's digital, you'll not have to use a digital converter.
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I recommend a color set. See if you can get one with a remote control.