Earlier this week I purchased a Sony 34" widescreen (kv34hs510) for roughly about 1800. However I just discovered today that the Best Buy in my area has the Phillips 34" widescreen (34PW850H) on sale for 799.99. Personally I think that price might be a mistake but since they have it displayed I can likely make them sell me the set for that price.
So my first question is: How much of a difference is the picture quality between the Sony and the Philips?
Whats the overall opinion on the Philips set?
I'm thinking with the 1000 bucks I can save if I returned the Sony and bought the Philips I can afford to pick up a couple of quality LCD panels for my PCs. Decisions, decisions.
My other question has to do with satellite feeds. I have the Dishnetwork service and I'm using the dishpvr501 receiver, I never had a problem with the receiver before but seeing the feed on the Sony I realized that the picture sucks. I'm using the S video output from the sat. box and the picture is very pixelated. Is this just a weakness of that particular receiver or do I need to calibrate the TV? Are there any sat. boxes that have component outputs?
Finally my last question is dealing with the home theatre units (DVD receivers and speakers). I bought a Samsung unit (HD-DB120TH) for about 199.99, it outputs 250w and has a 5.1 setup with Dolby Pro Logic and DTS decoding. The picture quality of the DVD is really good with progressive cables, however the sound is a bit weak. I tend to crank my speakers up really loud when watching certain movies and unfortunately the 40w per channel is just a little underpowered in my opinion. So I'm thinking of going with another home theatre system with a little more power. Does anyone have some suggestions on a better HT system?
So my first question is: How much of a difference is the picture quality between the Sony and the Philips?
Whats the overall opinion on the Philips set?
I'm thinking with the 1000 bucks I can save if I returned the Sony and bought the Philips I can afford to pick up a couple of quality LCD panels for my PCs. Decisions, decisions.
My other question has to do with satellite feeds. I have the Dishnetwork service and I'm using the dishpvr501 receiver, I never had a problem with the receiver before but seeing the feed on the Sony I realized that the picture sucks. I'm using the S video output from the sat. box and the picture is very pixelated. Is this just a weakness of that particular receiver or do I need to calibrate the TV? Are there any sat. boxes that have component outputs?
Finally my last question is dealing with the home theatre units (DVD receivers and speakers). I bought a Samsung unit (HD-DB120TH) for about 199.99, it outputs 250w and has a 5.1 setup with Dolby Pro Logic and DTS decoding. The picture quality of the DVD is really good with progressive cables, however the sound is a bit weak. I tend to crank my speakers up really loud when watching certain movies and unfortunately the 40w per channel is just a little underpowered in my opinion. So I'm thinking of going with another home theatre system with a little more power. Does anyone have some suggestions on a better HT system?
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