What do you think of this TV?

[murphy55d]

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If I could get it for $650, would it be worth the money? I've been thinking about getting an HDTV sometime soon, I don't have the room for anything above 32" unfortunately(any size widescreen also out of the question), would this be an alright purchase? If not, can you recommend a better 32" HDTV? (and please don't say a Sony VVEGA just because it's a damned Sony, the price premium is just too much, I don't have $1,000+ to spend on a TV) $650 I could swing, but if I'm spending $1,000+ on a TV, it's going to be on a big screen TV, and since I don't have room for one, that's out of the question.

For what it's worth, my current TV is a 27" Sanyo, and it is a really nice TV. But I don't know how their HD sets are. Any legit complaints about Sanyo in this department? I realize they're no Mitsubishi or Hitachi, but anything REALLY wrong with them?

any thoughts and comments are appreciated. Not looking to go buy the TV tomorrow, but I'm doing some research in anticipation of potentially getting one sometime this summer.

 

[Scarpozzi]

It says HDTV ready....

 

[murphy55d]

Doesn't that mean that I just have to use the tuner/receiver my cable company gives me? Or would I need to purchase something else?

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: murphy55d
Doesn't that mean that I just have to use the tuner/receiver my cable company gives me? Or would I need to purchase something else?

You would need some form of signal - Be it an HDTV tuner, a progressive scan DVD player, etc.

I wouldn't buy a 4:3 HDTV, wait until you can get a proper 16:9 - The way HDTV was meant to be.

Viper GTS

 

[murphy55d]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: murphy55d
Doesn't that mean that I just have to use the tuner/receiver my cable company gives me? Or would I need to purchase something else?

You would need some form of signal - Be it an HDTV tuner, a progressive scan DVD player, etc.

I wouldn't buy a 4:3 HDTV, wait until you can get a proper 16:9 - The way HDTV was meant to be.

Viper GTS

So if my cable company offered an HDTV receiver in place of my current digital cable box- that would be all I'd need- correct? I don't need some other $400 piece of equipment?

I wish I could get a widescreen TV- don't have the room unfortunately. I'd at least have to do some major retooling in the basement. What is the optimal distance to sit from say a 42"-47" widescreen TV? I'm really not sure I could pull it off. It really depends on the distance... right now, I probably sit 4.5 feet at most away from my TV. Does viewing distance even apply, since the picture would be HD? I know sitting too close to some big screens makes them look like utter garbage.

 

[Mutilator]

Originally posted by: murphy55d

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: murphy55d
Doesn't that mean that I just have to use the tuner/receiver my cable company gives me? Or would I need to purchase something else?

You would need some form of signal - Be it an HDTV tuner, a progressive scan DVD player, etc.

I wouldn't buy a 4:3 HDTV, wait until you can get a proper 16:9 - The way HDTV was meant to be.

Viper GTS

So if my cable company offered an HDTV receiver in place of my current digital cable box- that would be all I'd need- correct? I don't need some other $400 piece of equipment?

I wish I could get a widescreen TV- don't have the room unfortunately. I'd at least have to do some major retooling in the basement. What is the optimal distance to sit from say a 42"-47" widescreen TV? I'm really not sure I could pull it off. It really depends on the distance... right now, I probably sit 4.5 feet at most away from my TV. Does viewing distance even apply, since the picture would be HD? I know sitting too close to some big screens makes them look like utter garbage.

I got my HD box from my cable co and yes that's all you'll need.
If there is any way you can make room for a larger widescreen TV then DO IT!
I believe you're supposed to sit about 8-10ft away. I'm about 7 or 8ft away from my 51" HDTV and now it seems smaller than when I got it since I adjusted to its size.
IMO if you can't make the room then it's just not worth it to buy a 4:3 HDTV. Not only would your regular cable/digital cable quality look worse than your standard TV (which is true with ALL HDTVs WS or not) but you'd also have black bars at the top and bottom of your screen when you watch HD programming. It's better to get a WS and let it stretch your 4:3 images than it is to have the 4:3 images correct but then letterbox your HD stuff.

 

[Gujski]

I wish they made widescreen picture tube tv's bigger than 34 in. Our Entertainment center can hold about a 40 in wide tv. Crutchfield's largest 16:9 tube tv's are 34 in, which comes to about 29.6 in w x 16.6 in h. (a^2 + b^2 = c^2)

But you can get a 36 in 4:3 and your w/h is 28.8 x 21.6!
So for the same price if not more you are getting less hieght and only4/5 of an inch more width!?

basically a 16x9 movie wil look the same on either.
Am i missing something? I guess I am not dure why they wouldnt make their wide screen tubes 36 diag like the 4:3. It's making me very undecided on my next tv purchase.