LoneShadow
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Originally posted by: Wag
Walmart sells two true 32" 4:3 CRT based HDTVs, a Sanyo for $649 and a Philips for $749. The Philips is a true flat screen. Nice monitor. But then if I was spending that much I'd go $100 more and get a 30" 16:9 one.
Originally posted by: Wag
Which Philips is that? I know they have a new one with DVI. It's not a Sony, but on AVSForum people are having lots of problems with Sonys. The new superfine pitch tube Sony uses costs $500-$1000 more than their standard models. I'm a little annoyed none of them support 720p, since this is where CRTs excel over RPTVs and fixed pixel displays.
Originally posted by: LoneShadow
Originally posted by: Wag
Walmart sells two true 32" 4:3 CRT based HDTVs, a Sanyo for $649 and a Philips for $749. The Philips is a true flat screen. Nice monitor. But then if I was spending that much I'd go $100 more and get a 30" 16:9 one.
COSTCO has the Philips widescreen 30inch TV for 899-100 off coupon = $799. Not sure how good this TV is, wish it was a panasonic instead
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Originally posted by: Wag
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Originally posted by: conjur
Wider is better.
'nuff said.
Originally posted by: superflysocal
Okay,
what is everybody's obsession with widescreen? Is it just the aesthetics? Use the ratio calculator above and you will see the marginal difference in size.
For example, watching 16:9 material (dvd, hdtv) , 30 widescreen gives you only 4 % increase viewing area over a 32" 4:3 tv.
However, if you are watching 4:3 material (regular non-HD tv), the 32 tv gives you 70% increase viewing area over the 30 in widescreen!!
Think of the 30 widescreen as a 32 in tv that they have chopped off the black bars for you...not exactly but similar.
Not convinced, go to the store and bring a tape measure. Have them play a 16:9 movie on a 32 in tv with the black bars. Measure the actual viewing area without the black bars. Then measure the viewing area on a 30 in widescreen with the same movie. It comes out pretty close.
Wider is better.
DVDs. And...it's the future. More HD channels coming more frequently (the major networks, HBO, Showtime, Discovery, ESPN, Bravo, Cinemax, I think Starz, too). That's quite a bit of programming out there in HD. Yes, 4:3 will be smaller but why a 30" 16:9 set? There's only 2 made that I know of. Get a 42" 16:9 RPTV for under $1500 and you have double the viewing area on 16:9 material over that 32" set.
Originally posted by: superflysocal
Wider is better.
That's just it. Widescreen is not necessarily that much wider. It's really shorter.
DVDs. And...it's the future. More HD channels coming more frequently (the major networks, HBO, Showtime, Discovery, ESPN, Bravo, Cinemax, I think Starz, too). That's quite a bit of programming out there in HD. Yes, 4:3 will be smaller but why a 30" 16:9 set? There's only 2 made that I know of. Get a 42" 16:9 RPTV for under $1500 and you have double the viewing area on 16:9 material over that 32" set.
I brought up 30" widescreen because people brought up the philips 30" at costco. The 30" is the comparable widescreen of a 32" tv, as the 34" is a widescreen version of a 36". You cannot even bring up the 42" RPTV, that's comparing apples and oranges. RPTV will never even touch the picture quality of a tube HDTV. Besides you are talking about spending under $1500 when the rest of us are talking about spending under $700-800. Are you even reading this thread? Heck, if we are goin gto stray off topic and into a different price range, for hdtv, get a 50" plasma that will beat the pants out of any rptv for $7000-10,000.