[DB]

Costco.

Best price, best warranty.

[goldstategop]

The choice is clear: a Sony Bravia LCD TV. I have the 40" set and I'm very happy with mine. For $2,0000 you can't go wrong with Sony. Its simply value for your HDTV dollars.

[AlexW]

I would not pay $20 for a TV.
What do you want to see? Baba WaWa? Perky Korupt?
Dan Blather? Fancy Polozzzi? Stupid sitcoms?
Alphabet garbage? Oh, I know, you lust for Rozy O DooDoo

There is nothing on TV worth two cents, much less $2000.

[Red_Devil 232]

I bought a Panasonic Plasma 50 inch at Sam’s in Meridian. It was $1,900 and change. I am not a vediofile and could care less about all the hype for or against LCD - Plasma. I like the picture, good from any angle and it mounts on the wall which saves a lot of space.

[Tarpon]

I have been ogling the new Samsungs at Walmart, 40” is about $1500, the ones with the PC port. With IPTV just around the corner, you may want to make sure your next display is PC connectible.

Been a big fan of Sony for the longest while, but lately Sony has been going down hill and the prices been going up hill. After buying a Samsung 22 widescreen monitor last Christmas, became a Samsung fan... excellent quality displays. The new displays are top notch in my book, and to my old eyes.

In any event, you likely want to make sure it tunes digital QAM signals so you can direct attach to digital cable without a cable company box and the attendant fee. The law forcing the cable companies to support un-bundling the set top box and enabling cable cards goes into effect July 1, 2007, so waiting a few weeks and see what develops might be wise.

[TexasAg1996]

I’d highly recommend a JVC HD-ILA. You can probably get a 60” or so TV for around $2000. It’s the equivalent of the Sony SXRD-brand TVs. It’s a LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon). It’s got 3 1920x1080 chips in it (red, blue, and green, I think), so it gives you true HD resolution. It also doesn’t have problems with rainbows that DLPs have or burn-in like plasmas do (although both problems have gotten significantly better). The JVC is one of the best TVs I saw when looking for a new one. Check out avsforum for all the info you’d ever need.

[ulm1]

Consumer Reports lists SAMSUNG LCD or Plasmas as #1

[Las Vegas Dave]

Pinging the list..

[buck61]

Would appreciate any recommendations from Freepers that have made recent purchases.

NO, but I can tell you what not to buy, a Sony.
My daughter purchased a Sony, 1-1/2 years ago, large screen with the extended warranty from Sears. It has taken them two months to repair the TV. The part that was bad!?/ they no longer produce it so, she had to wait for them to make it.
Sears tried to void the warranty, wanted them to purchase another TV. WHAT A CROCK!!!!!!!

[Hot Tabasco]

Check out some of Las Vegas Dave's postings on HDTV topics.......He's turned us on to some pretty good sites where you can get great info

Here is one for starters:

http://www.highdefforum.com/

[TruthWillWin]

First of all size does matter. Get the largest screen that your room can accommodate. For most in the widescreen format a 40" is too small. Most people when asked say they wish they would have purchased a bigger screen. 60 to even 70" is what I'd strive for unless your room is very small. -

The largest TV's at the best prices are the DLP. They are deeper than plasma and LCD but not near as deep as the old projection TV's. Unless you plan on mounting the TV on the wall the extra depth of a DLP should not matter.

[Poser]

Buy the new Vizio 47” LCD and use the extra $1,000 for a new Barcolounger, keg-fridge, hot dog steamer and a keg of Guinness.

Then, all you will need is one of those portable urinals and you won’t have to leave your chair all day.

[RichardW]

I’ve got a 60” Hitachi “Ultravision” that I purchased in 1995 and it has never missed a beat. Although it is not HDTV the picture quality is as good as one could get back then. Obviously it is obsolete today but until I find something as reliable and as good in HDTV I’m going to continue to watch this one until it stops working. But I need a minimum of 60” and 70” would be even better. I also agree about the Samsung LCDs. I have a 21 inch LCD computer monitor and it is the class of the field in my opinion. I can’t imagine what a 60” or 70” LCD HDTV would cost but that would be my choice if I had my druthers. But like most, I don’t have a clue to ask to get the right answers either.

[LanPB01]

I have the Westinghouse 42 and 47” 1080p LCD sets. I would highly recommend them. Both are well under $2000, and you’ll have enough money left over to buy an HD DVD or Blu-Ray player.

[gondramB]

>>I've been setting aside money for a new HDTV and have about $2,000 to spend. Would appreciate any recommendations from Freepers that have made recent purchases. Obviously, I'd like the biggest screen for my buck, but am most interested in picture clarity.<<

I shopped for a couple of years and about a month ago I bought a Mitsubishi 57 inch DLP. Its not a flat panel like an LCD or a Plasma but the new Technology makes it only 18 inches deep.

A few years ago a projection TV like this would have weighed 300+ pounds. This new model comes in at 88 pounds.

For that kind of money you want a TV with a native resolution of 1920x1080 that fully supports 1080p hi definition. It should have HDMI inputs and to support protected Hi Def or Blu ray disks it needs to HDCP compliant.

If you play computer games or do movies or graphics on the PC, the presence of a DVI input will allow you to use it as the best computer monitor in the world.

This is the one I chose. The list price is down from the $3099 it was six months ago to $2500. Its frequently on Sale for about $1800. I bought an open box model at HH Greg for $1100. The stand is about $300 but I got mine open box for 90% off.

This is the review that convinced me. I didn't understand why the color looked so much better than other TVs until I read about Mitsubishi's use of 6 color guns instead of the the standard three (red, green blue).

Mitsubishi WD-57731 DLP Rear Projection TV

[gondramB]

One more thing and I'll stop bothering you.

Nextag has a really cool feature that helps figure out what a good price is for a model. I used this even though I decided I was only going to buy local so I could return it more easily.

[elkfersupper]

Don't us them myself. Couldn't tell you.

Send me the $2,000 and kill your TV.

You'll be better off in the long run.

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[IndyTiger]

Last month I bought a Sony Grand WEGA™ 50” LCD Projection HDTV (KDF-50E2000). Paid $1199.00 at Circuit City. Great picture, really like it. This set is not a true flat panel, and you need to use a stand, but I am very impressed with the quality so far.

The only cons are the 10 second delay from powering on the TV to seeing the picture (the bulb must warm up first), and the bulb will need replacing every 4 or 5 years.

[IndyTiger]

One big reason I chose a 50 in. LCD projection over a plasma is power consumption. Looked at a 50 in. plasma from Vizio, but it uses 500 watts of power continuous. The 50 in. LCD I got uses 200 watts.