HDTV upgrade

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

I may be the guy to go to for building a new system or to fix a computer or any of that, but my mom sent me an email last night that was forwarded to my uncle also because he should probably know a little more than I do.

Anyways here's what it says

My choices for 1080P DLP HDTV are:
1. Mitsubishi WD-57732 $3200
2. Mitsubishi WD-52631 $2700
3. Smasung HL-S6188W $3700
4. Samsung HL-S5688W $3200

My choices for 1080P LCD HDTV are:
1. Samsung LN-S4696D $4800
2. Samsung LN-S4096D $3800
3. Sony KDL-46XBR3 $4600
4. Sony KDL-46XBR2 $4300
5. Sony KDL-40XBR3 $3800
6. Sony KDL-40XBR2 $3500

Ehh, any recommendations guys? Last time I visited my parents, I saw that our old@$$ projection TV is really dying. It's got some double imaging issues and sometimes it refuses to power on, so I pushed my mom to go buy a new TV although she was reluctant. Of course I knew my words had some effect because she then jumped on the web and did some research and I get this email this morning.

BTW are there any plasma 1080P displays? Which should I go with? DLP or LCD? Or Plasma?

 

[SLCentral]

I suggest either of the two Samsung 1080p DLP's. One's a 61", and ones a 56", so it's really up to you as to which.

1080p plasmas aren't widely available, and are very expensive. Not worth it. You don't really need 1080p to begin with, unless you're going for a 50"+ TV. You won't see the difference otherwise, not to mention that there is NO 1080p content available, except for Blu-Ray/HD-DVD, and the HD-DVD players currently out don't even do 1080p.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: SLCentral
I suggest either of the two Samsung 1080p DLP's. One's a 61", and ones a 56", so it's really up to you as to which.

1080p plasmas aren't widely available, and are very expensive. Not worth it. You don't really need 1080p to begin with, unless you're going for a 50"+ TV. You won't see the difference otherwise, not to mention that there is NO 1080p content available, except for Blu-Ray/HD-DVD, and the HD-DVD players currently out don't even do 1080p.

Uh, 1080p is VERY useful for hooking it up to your PC for big screen gamin'.

 

[keeleysam]

Here's another vote for the Samsung DLPs. Just pick whatever size fits best, the price difference isn't much.

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: SLCentral
I suggest either of the two Samsung 1080p DLP's. One's a 61", and ones a 56", so it's really up to you as to which.

1080p plasmas aren't widely available, and are very expensive. Not worth it. You don't really need 1080p to begin with, unless you're going for a 50"+ TV. You won't see the difference otherwise, not to mention that there is NO 1080p content available, except for Blu-Ray/HD-DVD, and the HD-DVD players currently out don't even do 1080p.

Uh, 1080p is VERY useful for hooking it up to your PC for big screen gamin'.

Yeah, his mom might want to play some Half-Life 2!

Seriously, 1080P is pointless at this point for the masses. DVD's are the only thing that will be 1080P, but it's going to be serveral years before even a standard is narrowed down. The battle between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray isn't good for the end-user.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: SLCentral
I suggest either of the two Samsung 1080p DLP's. One's a 61", and ones a 56", so it's really up to you as to which.

1080p plasmas aren't widely available, and are very expensive. Not worth it. You don't really need 1080p to begin with, unless you're going for a 50"+ TV. You won't see the difference otherwise, not to mention that there is NO 1080p content available, except for Blu-Ray/HD-DVD, and the HD-DVD players currently out don't even do 1080p.

Uh, 1080p is VERY useful for hooking it up to your PC for big screen gamin'.

Yeah, his mom might want to play some Half-Life 2!

Seriously, 1080P is pointless at this point for the masses. DVD's are the only thing that will be 1080P, but it's going to be serveral years before even a standard is narrowed down. The battle between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray isn't good for the end-user.

I didn't read the OP, alright?

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: SLCentral
I suggest either of the two Samsung 1080p DLP's. One's a 61", and ones a 56", so it's really up to you as to which.

1080p plasmas aren't widely available, and are very expensive. Not worth it. You don't really need 1080p to begin with, unless you're going for a 50"+ TV. You won't see the difference otherwise, not to mention that there is NO 1080p content available, except for Blu-Ray/HD-DVD, and the HD-DVD players currently out don't even do 1080p.

Uh, 1080p is VERY useful for hooking it up to your PC for big screen gamin'.

My parents aren't going to upgrade their TV for years. The only reason we're upgrading now is because our TV is screwed up. I've pushed them to go HDTV for the past year and they didn't care. To them our 60" rear projection was very clear in image quality compared to other competitors, and they thought that the TV still kicked @$$ despite the capabilities of HDTV..

So I think 1080P would be nice to have. Plus I'm not fully out of the house yet. If I don't go directly to grad school, I'll likely be working near my home and my parents will surely want me to stay home rather than to waste money on an expensive bay area apartment, so if my parents don't play HL2 on the TV, I will be doing that =P. 1080P content will be through HD-DVD and BluRay, and I'm sure in a few years we'll be having one of those players too.

So it seems that after some reading, the Sony KDL-46XBR2/3 is very very good, and chosen over the Samsung by many. We can't fit more than 56" DLP into our wall, or was it 52".... our old TV was a jacked up aspect ratio, and so it was 60", but there's no way we can fit a 16:9 60" in there, so i think 52 or 56 would be the largest we can fit. I don't mind a 46" LCD, beause the loss isn't that big of a deal. IF the image quality is really that much better, I would probably pick the LCD. My parents arent concerned with price right now, so LCD or DLP is fine..

 

[richardycc]

sony has a non-XBR 46" 1080p LCD coming out soon, something-46v2500, msrp is around $3799, so street price should be under $3500. I am debating if I should get their 1080i 46s2000 for around $2600ish or wait for this new one to come out for ~$900 more.



if go with DLP, make sure your parents can't see rainbow.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: richardycc
sony has a non-XBR 46" 1080p LCD coming out soon, something-46v2500, msrp is around $3799, so street price should be under $3500. I am debating if I should get their 1080i 46s2000 for around $2600ish or wait for this new one to come out for ~$900 more.



if go with DLP, make sure your parents can't see rainbow.

Whats non XBR supposed to mean?

 

[Raduque]

It means it's not an "XBR###" model.


Man, 1080p sets are expensive! :shocked:

 

[DaveSimmons]

I'm happy with my Samsung 50" DLP. I do sea a rainbow once or twice a night when I look away from the TV and back, but better that than LCD's stuck pixels and screen door effect 24x7.

 

[5150Joker]

Get plasma or LCD, DLP sucks--at least until Samsung introduces their new LED based DLP.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: Raduque
It means it's not an "XBR###" model.


Man, 1080p sets are expensive! :shocked:

I meant feature-wise... how do the non XBRs compare. Why are they so cheap?

 

[MustISO]

The LED DLP's should be available now. I thought some people on AVS had them.

Have you considered one of the LYCOS sets? Sony SXRD is nice as is the latest JVC.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: richardycc
sony has a non-XBR 46" 1080p LCD coming out soon, something-46v2500, msrp is around $3799, so street price should be under $3500. I am debating if I should get their 1080i 46s2000 for around $2600ish or wait for this new one to come out for ~$900 more.



if go with DLP, make sure your parents can't see rainbow.

Whats non XBR supposed to mean?

$$$->sony

 

[Raduque]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: Raduque
It means it's not an "XBR###" model.


Man, 1080p sets are expensive! :shocked:

I meant feature-wise... how do the non XBRs compare. Why are they so cheap?

I can't honestly tell you. I don't know much about Sonys.