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HDTV recommendation

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stnicralisk

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Looking for a good bang for the buck television. I would prefer a non plasma. Projection is ok as I have plenty of room. I have been reading up on some LCDs but there is a lot to know so I thought I would seek your opinion.

I would prefer a widescreen television 37" seems like a good size. I am going to hookup the television to a computer that has a satellite tuner (there is no box) so im not sure if i need a tuner installed or not. It is going to be in the living room so i really need good brightness.

Thanks for helping me out I have been trying to research the subject for a while but there is a lot of information to sift through and it seems difficult to find a quality screen at this price level.
 
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Man if you could stretch that a little you can find the old gen (still excellent) 720p 42" Samsung DLP with QAM tuner for $900. That's what I would go with especially since you have the room. If you won't do that I would wait a little while, LCD prices still haven't hit rock bottom and hopefully soon the 1080p panels will start dropping more.
 
Thanks I am going to go ahead and get the Westy I think it is a good price on that panel all the others in my range are 720. I knew you could help me out 🙂
 
i just purchased this tv yesterday.

it came out to $895 total with tax and shipping to illinois.

i am also returning a dell 2407 monitor i bought a month ago from costco for $717.

so really i'm getting to upgrade from 24" to 37" for $180 🙂

yay!
 
What cables do you guys recommend for running the Westy with a PC:

1) DVI to DVI or
2) DVI (graphics) to HDMI (Westy)?

Does it really matter for picture quality?
 
Originally posted by: RussianSensation
What cables do you guys recommend for running the Westy with a PC:

1) DVI to DVI or
2) DVI (graphics) to HDMI (Westy)?

Does it really matter for picture quality?
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Well I thought DVI and HDMI is the same thing except that HDMI can carry digitial audio as well. So if that is true I don't think the picture quality will be affected.
 
Originally posted by: thepd7
Man if you could stretch that a little you can find the old gen (still excellent) 720p 42" Samsung DLP with QAM tuner for $900. That's what I would go with especially since you have the room. If you won't do that I would wait a little while, LCD prices still haven't hit rock bottom and hopefully soon the 1080p panels will start dropping more.
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DLP is the way to go : )
 
Originally posted by: tuteja1986
Originally posted by: thepd7
Man if you could stretch that a little you can find the old gen (still excellent) 720p 42" Samsung DLP with QAM tuner for $900. That's what I would go with especially since you have the room. If you won't do that I would wait a little while, LCD prices still haven't hit rock bottom and hopefully soon the 1080p panels will start dropping more.
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DLP is the way to go : )
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I really like my 50" DLP, but the bigger DLPs I've seen look kinda funny to me. Sometimes I can see like distorted colors. I dont know how to explain it. Like a rainbow I guess. Seems to be more pronounced as the size gets bigger.

Anyone else noticed that?
 
Originally posted by: tuteja1986
Originally posted by: thepd7
Man if you could stretch that a little you can find the old gen (still excellent) 720p 42" Samsung DLP with QAM tuner for $900. That's what I would go with especially since you have the room. If you won't do that I would wait a little while, LCD prices still haven't hit rock bottom and hopefully soon the 1080p panels will start dropping more.
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DLP is the way to go : )
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Regular DLP is kinda crap IMO. We've had a 52" Toshiba DLP for 18 months now, and it's got dubious quality control. The TV has become very dark over the last 6 months, even though the bulb is on high brightness and it's been calibrated properly. The colour wheel makes a grinding noise upon startup (18 months of fairly heavy use). Fortunately our TV is under warranty and the technician placed a new light engine, bulb and colour wheel on order for us.

Still, I wouldn't go down the DLP path with much lower maintenance options (like LCD) out there. The new LED DLP's are nice because they do away with the bulb and colour wheels.
 
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