Posted on 01/07/2006 8:08:19 PM PST by george76
" Samsung is expected to exhibit their new screen technology at CES2007 that is far superior ..."
Please let me know what you learn during CES.
We have the DISH gold package, and local HD from ($10/mth) basic cable.
NOTE: basic cable has the local HD statations with zero upcharge IF you have a built-in HD tuner, simply bypass the cable box with a splitter before the box, and run a line to your 75ohm connector, program the TV to find stations, and there you go!
(My basic cable has over 352 digital signals that the SONY XBR found, most are just blank digital signals, but the locals are there in HD.
Tha cable company wanted me to pay $6/mth more for their HD box, I simply declined for the HD built-in tuner finds them.)
I have a 50 inch LCD Sony. Didn't get plasma because it's on so much it would have FOX NEWS imprinted on it!!
I did a lot of reading up on them on the internet.
Thanks,
Would you still buy a LCD Sony again today ?
Where is your favorite store ? Best Buy...others ?
If you leave your TV on many hours a day a plasma will be bad in 6 months time, the screens have a 'half life' that goes down rapidly if used a lot.
Don't know about the Sony. It's highly touted but has had a few minor quirks. I need closed caption because of some hearing loss in my 30's and it doesn't work on CNN!
Bought it at a REX store, don't know if that's a nation wide store or not.
I have not read through the thread but have heard that DLP might be something to check into.
Blue pulsar TV - shoulda put two of them there for eerie blue eyes!
I am not the right person to ask.
I am just doing research before I decide Christmas day.
For me other than wanting a quality 50 incher TV the other important points are.
In home set up service and repair in the contract.
Warrenty.
Sound without having to set up the home theater system, again.
Possible extended warrenty.
Cost, ease and part availablity effectiveness is something does need fixin.
Gadget tech fun is not one of my loves in life it is right up there with assembly out of box stuff.
I tend to pay attention to the experts and try and learn to the best of my ability.
Plasma's I read give 60,000,00 viewing hours and as I posted earlier on our home bound dayz (one of us in the team here is a quad) when resting up to get back into action in the world (school, social ect.) We have the tv on about 20 hrs a day for entertainment and news.
We have a REX store here in upstate NY. We were told they were a southern chain. Funniest thing. They never have any customers. The only other place in town to buy TV's is Wal*Mart.
Good advice about the plasmas. Our TV is on all day. I had no idea the plasmas would deteriorate.
Rex is never crowded when I've been in there but we have bought a number of things from them. They have good sales.
I have urls from my research but that was a year ago, do some investigation before buying. Plasmas WILL imprint.
been hearing about HDTV, for at least 12 years at NAB.
DLP is the way to go. It mounts on the wall if you can still get one of these.
I have a big-screen projection TV at home -- we set it up this way to avoid burning in the screen at different rates for normal TV vs. widescreen. You'd be amazed at how quickly your brain adjusts for it... it only took an hour or two and now everything looks "normal" at that setting.
24 was broadcast in HD last season.
Yup, and buyer beware. Most of the "matching" stands that are sold with the sets are barely 15" deep ... which is perfect for the set itself, but useless if you've got full size AV electronics to go in it ... they require depth of at least 19" and maybe a tad more what with the 800 miles of cables in a normal hookup config.
LOL. True. One of these days, everything will be wireless. That'll be nice.
You are right. It just bugs me.
I am a bit more picky since I have done a little video production. We watch the analog/SD stations at the correct aspect ratio. No one seems to mind that there are black bands on either side. And we have a DLP monitor so we don't have to worry about burn in.
Agreed. BTW, nice console.
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