The TV: http://www.crutchfield.com/S-mHLw2zxOEAy/cgi-bin/prodview.asp?i=158KV27HS4
I've been researching this tv for about a week now and haven't really read anything negative about it. Any of you happen to own this and can provide some info? I'm going to buy it from Circuit City for $712 and plan to look at it there tomorrow. Having a few concerns though. As for it being 3:4, I actually prefer that (I seem to be a minority in regards to that).
What will normal non-hd channels look like since there are lots more of those than HD channels(I have Time Warner). Crutchfield says the tv has "Digital Reality Creation (upconverts non-HD signals to 960i or 480p)." Now, would it be better to have a tv that upconverts to 1080i or will that look worse than upconversion to 960i since base quality is all the tv has to work with?
Lastly, what do you think about the price? The cheapest I found it for was $560 from some obscure online vendor (and they want $130 for shipping), so it's almost the same as getting it at a chain retail store. The $70 3-year warrant is a must for a purchase like this, correct?
Any input is greatly appreciated,
Stephen
*edit - Tv armoire thing will fit the Wega with about 3 inches to spare on the left and right sides. tv must also be under 24" high, so that limits me going to 32".
edit2* - Now that I've reconsidered the whole 4:3 situation, I'm leaning toward the Samsung 30"
http://www.circuitcity.com/rpsm/oid/120...ccd/productDetailSpecification.do#tabs
$899 sale
*edit3 - Between that Samsung and this Sony: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Sony-30-...sm/oid/93014/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
***edit again: Went to Circuit City this morning and compared the two 30" widescreens. WIth SDTV, the Samsung blew the Sony away, imo. However, they couldn't show me the HD in the Samsung because they didn't have a feed hooked up to it! The guy said he could show me another brand tv and it looks the same. :-/ He couldn't tell me anything about the upconversion and recommended the Samsung somply "because it's better." If I'm spending $1000 on a tv, I want some goddamn competent people informing me about the product. *sigh* I will, however, be getting that Samsung. Need to find another place that will match the $899 CC price.
I've been researching this tv for about a week now and haven't really read anything negative about it. Any of you happen to own this and can provide some info? I'm going to buy it from Circuit City for $712 and plan to look at it there tomorrow. Having a few concerns though. As for it being 3:4, I actually prefer that (I seem to be a minority in regards to that).
What will normal non-hd channels look like since there are lots more of those than HD channels(I have Time Warner). Crutchfield says the tv has "Digital Reality Creation (upconverts non-HD signals to 960i or 480p)." Now, would it be better to have a tv that upconverts to 1080i or will that look worse than upconversion to 960i since base quality is all the tv has to work with?
Lastly, what do you think about the price? The cheapest I found it for was $560 from some obscure online vendor (and they want $130 for shipping), so it's almost the same as getting it at a chain retail store. The $70 3-year warrant is a must for a purchase like this, correct?
Any input is greatly appreciated,
Stephen
*edit - Tv armoire thing will fit the Wega with about 3 inches to spare on the left and right sides. tv must also be under 24" high, so that limits me going to 32".
edit2* - Now that I've reconsidered the whole 4:3 situation, I'm leaning toward the Samsung 30"
http://www.circuitcity.com/rpsm/oid/120...ccd/productDetailSpecification.do#tabs
$899 sale
*edit3 - Between that Samsung and this Sony: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Sony-30-...sm/oid/93014/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
***edit again: Went to Circuit City this morning and compared the two 30" widescreens. WIth SDTV, the Samsung blew the Sony away, imo. However, they couldn't show me the HD in the Samsung because they didn't have a feed hooked up to it! The guy said he could show me another brand tv and it looks the same. :-/ He couldn't tell me anything about the upconversion and recommended the Samsung somply "because it's better." If I'm spending $1000 on a tv, I want some goddamn competent people informing me about the product. *sigh* I will, however, be getting that Samsung. Need to find another place that will match the $899 CC price.
