we have a house being built, parents want a TV

[onza]

recommend me something

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Projection setup?

 

[notfred]

I wish I was rich and could blow two grand on a TV.

 

[DaWhim]

low-end 42" plasma?

 

[ironcrotch]

DLP.

 

[jammur21]

Pansonic 42" EDTV plasma TH42PWD7UY
search for it on pricegrabber and check out avsforum for tons of threads about it.

 

[onza]

ok.. so what wont go bad.. that is a tough question to answer

but meaning, brand and quality wise? i'm with the computer market, but as for TV's... no idea

 

[imported_amx]

never buy a EDTV. EDTV i snot HD, meaning you are wasting your money for just a flat panel. If you spend that much you should definately look for HD tvs. You should be able to find a decent LCOS or 30" flat panels. Samsung LCOS displays are very good. Fujitsu, LG, Philips, Panasonic and Pioneer Plasmas are good. Sharp LCDS are very good too.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: onza
ok.. so what wont go bad.. that is a tough question to answer

but meaning, brand and quality wise? i'm with the computer market, but as for TV's... no idea

Tell us what kind of room this will go in, how much light there will be, and how much it will be used.

 

[onza]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo

Originally posted by: onza
ok.. so what wont go bad.. that is a tough question to answer

but meaning, brand and quality wise? i'm with the computer market, but as for TV's... no idea

Tell us what kind of room this will go in, how much light there will be, and how much it will be used.

probably, main living room, moderate light, and it will be used probably everyday.. for a few hrs for news and so forth.

 

[dullard]

Depends if you want HDTV or not. For me, it isn't worth the price at the moment. So I'd download a $30 off electronics coupon and go with 6 of these. One for each bedroom, living room, den, etc.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

go to your local sam's club, bj's, costco, etc etc
my sam's had a really nice deal on a 42" Samsung DLP, was about 1699, if you don't mind going a little over, you could use the rest on a nice surround setup

 

[Cristatus]

get a 50' Pioneer. not sure on the price of them but my dad got us one for the house, and they are NICE, to say the least. we also got another Pioneer 42 inch, and a Philips 43 inch, and i prefer the Pioneers

 

[onza]

oh so i see...

All LCD related

- Projection
- DLP
- EDTV
- Plasma

missing anything else?

so, what ones do i want to ABSOLUTLY Stay clear from?

 

[MithShrike]

Originally posted by: onza
oh so i see...

All LCD related

- Projection
- DLP
- EDTV
- Plasma

missing anything else?

so, what ones do i want to ABSOLUTLY Stay clear from?

Whatever you do, do not get a Vizio. I sell computers and TVs at the local Costco and I have seen that one returned twice in the last week.

 

[T2T III]

I know your budget is limited to $2k, but Samsung makes an extremely sweet DLP (HLP series) of flat screens. However, the price is closer to $3k, for starters.

 

[ctcsoft]

I recommend a Sammy DLP 50".

I've heard good things about Toshibas 52" DLP set too.

Don't waste your money on a cheap EDTV plasma set.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: jammur21
Pansonic 42" EDTV plasma TH42PWD7UY
search for it on pricegrabber and check out avsforum for tons of threads about it.

That would be my choice also.

What one to absolutely stay away from? The one that you do not like the look of. Me I don't like RPTV's.

Koing

 

[vi edit]

I'd say just get the biggest DLP from Samsung or Toshiba you can find.

 

[Kremlar]

Depends on your wants, but a 42" EDTV Panasonic plasma would be nice...

I use that for my primary watching, a DLP front projector in my theater room, and a 27" CRT in the bedroom.

 

[0roo0roo]

dlp

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: onza

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo

Originally posted by: onza
ok.. so what wont go bad.. that is a tough question to answer

but meaning, brand and quality wise? i'm with the computer market, but as for TV's... no idea

Tell us what kind of room this will go in, how much light there will be, and how much it will be used.

probably, main living room, moderate light, and it will be used probably everyday.. for a few hrs for news and so forth.

Great information. That's a start. Just a few more questions:

What's the viewing distance?

What kind of source material (ie. 60% cable SD TV, 30% DVD, 10% OTA HD)?

What kind of shows do they like to watch (ie. 70% news, 20% dark movies like LOTR, 10% cartoons, etc)?

What kind of viewing angles are required (ie. Most viewing is straight on. or they like to invite people over, so there's perhaps a 30-40% viewing angle)?

 

[onza]

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: onza

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo

Originally posted by: onza
ok.. so what wont go bad.. that is a tough question to answer

but meaning, brand and quality wise? i'm with the computer market, but as for TV's... no idea

Tell us what kind of room this will go in, how much light there will be, and how much it will be used.

probably, main living room, moderate light, and it will be used probably everyday.. for a few hrs for news and so forth.

Great information. That's a start. Just a few more questions:

What's the viewing distance?

What kind of source material (ie. 60% cable SD TV, 30% DVD, 10% OTA HD)?

What kind of shows do they like to watch (ie. 70% news, 20% dark movies like LOTR, 10% cartoons, etc)?

What kind of viewing angles are required (ie. Most viewing is straight on. or they like to invite people over, so there's perhaps a 30-40% viewing angle)?

DAYUM its like a quiz from college.. but less multiple choice.

- viewing disance is about 10feet max, might hit 12ft
- source will be cable TV, dvd's
- mostly will be regular viewing, weekend sports, news, regular primetime tv.
- i think it will be straight viewing, no angled viewing... let see if i can find a picture of the model house..

sample living room picture, its very similar but not exactly it. linked

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: onza

probably, main living room, moderate light, and it will be used probably everyday.. for a few hrs for news and so forth.



DAYUM its like a quiz from college.. but less multiple choice.

- viewing disance is about 10feet max, might hit 12ft
- source will be cable TV, dvd's
- mostly will be regular viewing, weekend sports, news, regular primetime tv.
- i think it will be straight viewing, no angled viewing... let see if i can find a picture of the model house..

sample living room picture, its very similar but not exactly it. linked

With that viewing distance, you're going to need a pretty big TV, though not quite as big as if most of your viewing is with a higher definition source.

Since you're viewing straight on, with moderate ambient light, you can probably get away with a CRT based RPTV. CRT based RPTV's will probably give you a reasonable picture for the SD source too.

Though you can get a good plasma for that price, it would be 42", which, IMHO, will be a little small.

For CRT RPTV's, there are a lot of great choices. Hitachi and Toshiba probably make some of the best in that price range. You'll probably be looking for about a 50-56" model, or so.

For DLP's, you may break your $2k limit by a few bucks. The Toshiba 52HM84 is the one I'd suggest (though it's probably a bit more than you want to spend at $2.2k plus ship). It's a 52" model, that uses the HD2+ DMD (same one on the Captain Kirk Samsung HLP models, as well as the Mitsubishi DLP). It's a small margin better than the NON-Kirk HLP's, which is the inferior HD3 chip.

If you'd rather get something from Costco (for peace of mind), there's the 50" Optoma DLP set for $1999.99.

 

[StageLeft]

42" Plasma, and you're done 🙂 The big budget big screen tvs are pretty much all sh*t. 55" for $2k and under looks like the cat's ass from anything but dead center.