I Need help picking out a new TV

[speciale]

Re: I Need help picking out a new TV

at the rate technology is progressing, you always want to buy the best grade out there because the 2nd / 3rd down the line will get outdated mighty quick. DEFO go with 1080p.

I agree but I need some better excuse to convince my wife to go for the better TV

[toasty]

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what about 720p vs 1080p? 1080p will be the standard, but from what I heard 720p is the highest plasma can go? Will I really suffer without the 1080p HD?

You can get a plasma that is 1080p, but you're really talking about videophile-level equipment there -- much more expensive than a 720p plasma.

If you're amenable to a DLP or LCD projection set, you should definitely look to get 1080p. The reality, though, is that there is zero broadcast programming in 1080p right now and I have seen no indication that that will change any time in the near future. If you're mostly just watching TV, you're probably not going to be able to use 1080p any time soon and that premium you'd pay for a plasma that displays 1080p prolly isn't worth it.

If you plan to play a bunch of PS3/Xbox 360 games and/or watch HD-DVD/Blu-Ray discs, though, you will benefit from the increased resolution right now. Really depends upon how you plan to use it.

[rbuffetta]

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I know you wanted an lcd or plasma but this is the tv I got two months ago. I got it from Tri State with good service.

http://www.pricegrabber.com/p__Samsung_HL_S6187W_61_DLP_Projection_TV,__19233815/search=6187w/sort_type=bottomline

[Kamal]

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Dude if you have not picked up a TV yet, this is the one IMStrongestO

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Samsung-40-LCD-HDTV-LN-T4065F/sem/rpsm/oid/175543/catOid/-12867/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

I was at Circuit City last weekend just checking stuff out and walked up to the LCD wall. They had Samsungs, Sony's, Philips, Panasonics, Toshiba's etc. on display and even just walking toward the wall, this sucker stood out, not only in looks but picture quality. 15,000:1 contrast ratio just killed every single display on the wall. Even the Sony Bravia looked kinda dull against the beautiful blacks that TV put out.

I also picked up the remotes for the Sony, Panasonic and this Samsung and fooled with the display settings to make sure they were all even (in the time that i had) and shit this guy was ridiculously gorgeus looking (compared to the others)

I also only recently learnt that there are 2 kinds of Contrast Ratios, i.e. static and dynamic.

Anyhow that TV was about $2399 on Sunday and is already at $1999 on their site. Check it out at a local circuit city asap before the prices go back up.

[speciale]

Re: I Need help picking out a new TV

Dude if you have not picked up a TV yet, this is the one IMStrongestO

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Samsung-40-LCD-HDTV-LN-T4065F/sem/rpsm/oid/175543/catOid/-12867/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

I was at Circuit City last weekend just checking stuff out and walked up to the LCD wall. They had Samsungs, Sony's, Philips, Panasonics, Toshiba's etc. on display and even just walking toward the wall, this sucker stood out, not only in looks but picture quality. 15,000:1 contrast ratio just killed every single display on the wall. Even the Sony Bravia looked kinda dull against the beautiful blacks that TV put out.

I also picked up the remotes for the Sony, Panasonic and this Samsung and fooled with the display settings to make sure they were all even (in the time that i had) and shit this guy was ridiculously gorgeus looking (compared to the others)

I also only recently learnt that there are 2 kinds of Contrast Ratios, i.e. static and dynamic.

Anyhow that TV was about $2399 on Sunday and is already at $1999 on their site. Check it out at a local circuit city asap before the prices go back up.

nice tv, but the wall is pretty big so I am looking at least 46". That is a hell of a tv

[Kamal]

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the thing that I couldnt gauge was the refresh rates cause they had a standard Blu Ray dvd player displaying static shots of buildings, parked cars etc. so I couldnt really tell how bad the ghosting was. I did a little research on the TV itself and turns out that it has an 8 ms refresh rate which is slightly on the higher side. The ideal would be 0 but I've read (and even seen) refresh rates upto 5ms are minimal / bearable.

[speciale]

Re: I Need help picking out a new TV

I just cant wait to get the tv up there. They start putting the drywall up next week on the house and I am having them run conduit about 1" in diameter from above the fireplace down to the side of the fireplace since I do not know what cables I will be running to the tv. The one thing that sucks is that I will not be able to run a monitor cable to is since it won't fit through the conduit.

I have about 2 months until the house is built so I am hoping the tv prices drop a little in that time.

[Kamal]

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dude you'll get some crazy deals 2 months down the line.....

[beanzncheez]

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I just cant wait to get the tv up there. They start putting the drywall up next week on the house and I am having them run conduit about 1" in diameter from above the fireplace down to the side of the fireplace since I do not know what cables I will be running to the tv. The one thing that sucks is that I will not be able to run a monitor cable to is since it won't fit through the conduit.

I have about 2 months until the house is built so I am hoping the tv prices drop a little in that time.

Why didn't you have them run a thicker conduit? you can always cut off one end of the cable, pull that through and then re-terminate the cable and BOOM... you're set.

[speciale]

Re: I Need help picking out a new TV

Why didn't you have them run a thicker conduit? you can always cut off one end of the cable, pull that through and then re-terminate the cable and BOOM... you're set.

not so easy to do on a monitor cable though.

[hambino21]

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Yeah redoing a VGA connector sux. It can be done but I 'm not a fan of doing that shite. There are convertor cables that go from VGA to component that you might want to look into. They're a little on the expensive side, but I think its better than redoing a VGA connector anyday.

[beanzncheez]

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^ ^ Too bad I don't live near you. I can do that in about ten minutes for ya.

[hambino21]

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^ ^ Too bad I don't live near you. I can do that in about ten minutes for ya.

Yeah, I mean 10 minutes is about the norm , but I always get stuck with doing multiple ones and I'm always short of the correc tools, etc. It's just tedious. I had to solder a 50 pin audio cable connector once. I seriously almost lost my shit and killed someone that day.

[beanzncheez]

Re: I Need help picking out a new TV

^ ^ In one of our outdoor audio classes we had to make this connector that had a combination of 86 pairs of pins. Meaning, we had to pair these cross pins together, solder them in, and then seat them properly until we got essentially, all 172 connectors in the proper place. You mess up just one, you have to do the whole thing over.

[hambino21]

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^^^^^That shit would've drove me nuts. I remember taking this fiber optics course and learning how delicate you have to be making those connectors.(My past was a little too party filled to be that still) Then just a couple of months ago I was able to use a crimped on fiber connector and was blown away. I didn't even know they had that stuff out there.