Posted on 12/31/2006 4:45:17 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave
Some of you may have purchased HDTV's over the Christmas break.
Please share your comments on your quest for HDTV.
The 40 LCD is nice (or 42 or even 47) because theyre somewhat manageable 40 particularly.
When you get into the large plasmas you can have your hands full unless you have help.
I helped a guy put a 58 plasma up on a display stand. F-ing thing weighs about 175 pounds and is about the outer limit of what two people can put up on a 5 display stand.
63 Toshiba plasma went up on the shelf with a forklift. Box says 245 pounds net weight and I was wondering how they were going to handle that because I had my fill with the 58.
50 set is a monster until you set it up next to the 63 set. That's when it looks puny...
The cable thing is crazy. The Movie Studios helped design the cables (HDMI) for DRM. I would like to avoid the HDMI route, I saw a HDMI to DVI cable at Micro Center a while back. Any thoughts?
The best thing to watch are sports, concerts or nature shows in HD...once you go to HD, you can never go back.
Read an article a few weeks back that HDTVs, plasmas and LCDs will drop prices again by up to 40% by summer. I can wait.
Is 1080p worth holding out for? Costco now has a Aquous 52" 1080p LCD for $3300, more than twice what the Visio 46" 1080i/720p LCD. How does a flat panel with 720,768 et al, vertical pixels display a 1080i picture, isn't it missing nearly 300 lines? What about DLP?
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Since when? I own both a Samsung CRT HDTV 32" and a Toshiba DLP Big Screen DLP. Of the two I use the Toshiba more due to the picture quality.
Further, any sort of trailing / ghosting would be most noticibible when using my XBX 360 and I assure you that Gears of War looks solid.
I'd understand ghosting on a plasma but DLP?
Can you explain?
I expect more HD will be coming at both DISH and DIRECT TV in the near future.
Agreed.The NFL in HD is amazing.And some of the stuff they show on Discovery HD is breathtaking.And,IMO,CRT is *the* way to go...although they're being phased out.I have the Sony 34XBR960 which is widely believed to give the best PQ ever for home TV.The only disadvantages are that it weighs a ton and it's only 34".
I have been playing with the idea of getting Comcast digital cable. I'm paying $100 a month for cable & Internet now, why would I want pay $45 more a month for only 7 to 9 digital channels? Someone please convince me!
Correction: 7 to 9 HD digital channels.
I bought a 40 in SONY Bravia, directly from SONY, based on Consumer Reports ratings.
It's awesome.
I've had HD for three years delivered via cable. The HD is great, but there are too few programs broadcast in HD to buy HD just for the HD. Non-HD digital channels deliver much better signal quality than analog channels, and there are numerous digital channels.
Please put me on your list.
COSTCO changed the return policy on TV's to six months, (was unlimited). (VIZIO has high returns - I read earlied today.)
Right now, ZERO 1080P broadcast are out there, and probably will not be for a very long time, (has something to due with available bandwidth) only SONY's Blu-Ray DVD @ $1000, the other (posibly Samsung?) is about $500. Like VHS and Betamax they are not compatable.
720P vrs 1080i are about the same to the human eye until you go to a 50 in and above screen, (as I recall from one of the HD web sites I frequent).
Hmmmm...I've read that the PQ with both Dish and Direct TV leave something to be desired.I've got Comcast and pay a fortune for it but the PQ I get on my Sony XBR960 is breathtaking.
I can't wait for Verizon cable to come to my town.I've read that the PQ equals anything else out there and that it's far cheaper than cable...and they offer lightening fast internet.
During setup, I noticed that "Energy Star" sticker, so I went Hmmm, and checked the website for our electric utility. Sure enough, it qualified for a $100 rebate - which I received a couple of weeks later.
I prefer DISH, I believe we have about 25 or 30 HD stations, and do not subscribe to HBO/Showtime etc., we never watch them enough to justify an extra $10/mth charge for each.
I have Comcast too. With phone, internet, HD and DVR, my monthly bill is $180.00. We have something like 10 Mbps down here, but I can't wait for FiOS so Comcast has some competition.
GOOD FIND!
IMO...HD via DirecTV is not the best option.
The Picture Quality is not the best and you need to purchase the box (which may be obsolete in a year).
With cable you rent the box and can replace it whenever you want. Plus the HD signal is typically better than Directv.
I've had both...prefer cable today. Will probably look at Verizon Fiber Optic when it becomes available in my area in the next 12 months or so.
I have a 5 year old 51" Sony RPTV in the family room and a 1 year old 27" Westinghouse LCD in the bedroom. About to buy a Sony 32" LCD for the new kitchen.
In my opinion...LCD's are getting better every few months and are now the leading HDTV technology.
Best place to get info on the various types of HDTV's
is the AVS forum...
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/
Tons of great info from people who are totally immersed in HDTV.
As someone else said...once you watch a HD Football game on a large screen...you will never go back!
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