32" or 37" lcd?

[nageov3t]

I need to buy a new tv this week, but for the life of me, I can't decide on whether the extra couple inches are worth the extra money to go with a 37" over a 32. (I've pretty much decided on an LCD over a plasma or dlp)

any thoughts? the living room in my new apartment is somewhat small, and the couch, arm chair, and beanbag chair will all likely be within 6-7' max of the tv (probably closer, if I can find a way to squeeze my desk into the living room once I'm done moving furniture).

I spent like half an hour at bestbuy yesterday trying to decide and was ultimately unsuccessful, so I'm looking for some advice from AT the FiOS guys are coming on Sept. 5th, so my goal was to have the tv in the apartment before then so that I can test out the hd and whatnot while they're still here.

 

[CalvinHobbes]

My feeling is bigger is better assuming they both have similar specs. I've never heard anyone say, man I wish my TV was smaller but I do know lots of people who think, "I could/should have gone bigger"

 

[kalrith]

You could go all the way to 42" at that viewing distance, so I would definitely go with the 37". Like CalvinHobbes said, you won't be wishing that your TV was small 6 months from now.

I'm actually going to recommend taking a look at the 42" LCD TVs at Sears. They have a promotion right now to get $150 off of 40+" TVs when you use your Sears card. Someone on Fatwallet said that they had a 42" 720p Vizio LCD TV on sale for $850, and he got it for $700 with his Sears card. If that doesn't work, you can get the 1080p version for $1,200 up front and roughly $986 in the end. The way to get that is to go to fatwallet.com and create a username. Click the 5.0% cash rebate link on this page, and you'll get a 5% rebate through fatwallet (it'll take a few months, but then they'll send it either by check or paypal; I've gotten $51 in cash back from them over the years). You'll also have to use a Sears card for this, and the $150 savings is in the form of a mail-in rebate that is linked to on the Vizio product page.

 

[Chickan]

As stated above, I'd also say go for as big as you can afford, with 37"-42" being a good sweet spot in LCD's now. I wouldn't spring for 1080p unless you have and can see the difference, and you are planning on getting a PS3 or something else than supports 1080p. One rule of thumb I've heard, you need a 60" screen and need to be within 10' of the screen to tell the difference between 1080p and 1080i/720p.

 

[nageov3t]

damn you all

I ended up going with a 40" from CC (http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd...eid=k3787&mid=FW5nk8c4, with the 10% off from fatwallet)