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Thinking of grabbing one for Xmas. Seems like alot of choices out there. Plasma, LCD, rear-projection. Which one to get? Some are HD "ready". What's that mean? Please discuss.
HD Ready means you will have to BUY a separate HD reciever.
As for the rest, Plasma is said to be the best (and most expensive), but I like the DLP screens myself.
I have a 42" plasma that I would put up against anything. The HD picture is AWESOME! My tv is just a monitor, it doesn't have a tuner. So you have to get your HDTV signal either thru cable or satellite. A friend of mine just purchased the new Sony projection tv that has the highest resolution picture they have ever produced. It's a 50" and he paid 4k. He says it's awesome. How much $ are you wanting to spend?
I would make sure you do some comparisons at some stores if you can. There are good and bad in any Catagory. I have seen some standard rear projection TV's that blow away some cheaper Plasma TV's. From what I have seen, the DLP's are pretty consistent.
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As good as my LCD monitor looks for the PC, most i see for tv like in all the sports bars look like crap..
Whats that about? Specs I guess ehh?
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LCD's are great for still images which is what you see most times on a PC but there is a reason why most manufacturer's are dropping the LCD format and opting for Plasma or DLP. Every LCD TV I have seen looks crappy in my opinion. The picture almost always looks fake to me and there is such a huge difference when they go from a picture with a lot of white to a darker one.
I wouldn't be too concerned with TV resolution. You basicly have the standard TV resolutions that will still be with us for a while and the 2 HDTV resolutions.
It's a matter of personal opinion. Some say that LCD's are too saturated and have too much pixel drag. Others cry saying that plasma's easily burn in. Goto a midlevel and a highend store and start looking for yourself. I personally love my 42" plasma.
One thing that I would like to mention though. Read carefully and make sure what your buying is not EDHD(think?) It has much less the standard amount of pixels horizontally and vertically then a "True" HD system. All the companies out there sell them as their low end HDTVs and depending on what you watch, you can really see the difference.
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So you have to get your HDTV signal either thru cable or satellite.
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Or get it for free with an HD reciever and antenna and see a real HD signal in action.
Cable and satellite HD signals are compressed and are not a true HD quality signal.
They're close.
I bought a 55 inch Sony Grand Wega last year that is LCD. HD video ay 1080i looks great, 720i is really good and NTSC I cant stand to watch anynore [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
I actually just did a bunch of research on this subject as I'm thinking about picking one up. From I read it's tough to see the difference between a good quality LCD and plasma. LCD's seem to have a longer lifespan and are much lighter, plus they require less power to operate. I read a few reports that said the plasma TV's have a little bit better contrast between bright whites and dark blacks.
Consumer Reports preferred the Panasonic plasmas over just about everything else, for whatever that's worth.
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So you have to get your HDTV signal either thru cable or satellite.
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Or get it for free with an HD reciever and antenna and see a real HD signal in action.
Cable and satellite HD signals are compressed and are not a true HD quality signal.
They're close.
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I have both Over the Air and DirectTv, and The over the air stuff is awesome, even though few of the channels now run uncompressed HD, they did a few years ago, but now they are running multiple channels(hence 7-1,7-2,7-3 for example). So it's not a alot better than DirectTv anymore.
On another note HD on video is way nicer than HD film, to me at least. I just prefer the video look over the grainy film look.
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Myself, like others, will eventually upgrade to one or the other. You gotta be a individual or family that spends alot of time watching TV/movies or host alot parties and such, to spend big bucks on the more exspensive TV's/monitors. Personally, before I'll spend $4,000 on a TV/monitor, I'll use the money on other toys, like a custom guitar. [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] Nonetheless, to each their own.
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