Pick my new TV

obieone

My tv got smoked last week, along with a few other things, by a lightning strike, and I need to replace it.
It's going to be 40", 1080p, 120hz(hopefully) LCD.
As they say in Chicago, vote early and often:eek::D

Sherardp

Epson 8100 and screen. Fits your budget perfectly.

bigaudiofanatic

Sony or samsung

kawizx9r

How much you looking to spend?

I know it's bigger than you want but the 47" LG (last generation Infinia series) can be had for 1.8k.

Stellar LED/LCD TV if I do say so myself

leroyjr1

Samsung.......

billbillw

Each brand has some good ones and some bad ones. Any idea on a budget? What type of room? Bright windows? Dim basement?

I'm still a Panny Plasma guy. I see lots of these new LCDs that are supposed to have realistic blacks, but the plasmas always look better to me. Smoother, more realistic, better motion (yes, even with the 120 or 240Hz LCDs). If you are doing any off angle viewing (more than 10 or 15 degrees R or L of center), then plasma will trump any LCD. LCDs loose contrast and color accuracy as you go off center.

obieone

Prolly should have mentioned WHY it cant be >40": Nothing else will fit the entertainment stand. As far as budget, eh <$700? It's replacing a 5 y.o. 32" 720p lcd.
I don't need super highend.
My eyesight sux:p

mantis

How far away are you going to sit?
What is your budget?
Tell me about the room you wanna put it in?
What about wall mounting or on top of furniture?

I gotta tell you from experience and not to mention I am ISF certified. I prefer Plasma every day of the week due to the fact I can calibrate a plasma where as LCD does not come in most of the time. Not to mention terrible off axis viewing sucks and Motion blur is terrible on all LCD sets. They try to get it close with higher refresh rates but it don't come close to a quality Plasma. Still to this day , Pioneer Elite last models still can't be beat.
Look into the best Panasonic Plasma you can afford or the new LG Inifini series. They are also very nice. THX models are IFS Calibrate-able.

bklynNupe

be sure to check out amazon's warehouse deals; I saved a lot vs. the local chains.

ViperZ

Panasonic G-series for plasma. Sony Cinematic HX or Presence NX for LCD. Period.

decal

Pick my new TV

You're kidding,right?

billbillw

obieone wrote: »

Prolly should have mentioned WHY it cant be >40": Nothing else will fit the entertainment stand. As far as budget, eh <$700? It's replacing a 5 y.o. 32" 720p lcd.
I don't need super highend.
My eyesight sux:p

Time to think about a different stand. 40" is very limiting. If you eyesight is poor, a larger image will be even more beneficial! 50" plasmas are often coming in under $1000 these days.

mrbiron

If you play your cards right, they might introduce Braille-o-Vision with the new 3D tech coming out :rolleyes:
Make sure that new TV is 3D ready!

Pauly

Guess im the only Toshiba fan.

Love my REGZA!

Pauly

ViperZ

Pauly wrote: »

Guess im the only Toshiba fan.

Love my REGZA!

Pauly

Pauly, Toshiba just introduced a 3D TV which does not require glasses. I am very curious... But I don't like Toshiba flat panels - everything looks too cartoon-ish, even after calibration - the colours are way oversaturated on them.

Pauly

Just got an email from Vanns. Check it

http://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=5d66d5082cff5521352df484a&id=5d5ba7c403&e=3c57585494

Pauly

exalted512

deals.woot has a 42" philips for $500
http://sellout.woot.com/?ts=1282913385&sig=a62d55d53a2b0308

I voted for Samsung
-Cody

gdb

Plasma, Panasonic Plasma.:cool:

tonyb

gdb wrote: »

Plasma, Panasonic Plasma.:cool:

Ditto...unless he can find a nice pioneer elite Kuro hanging around,the panny is the next best thing.

Ricardo

sherardp wrote: »

epson 8100 and screen. Fits your budget perfectly.

+ 1,000,000

cstmar01

Ricardo wrote: »

+ 1,000,000

agreed. the cost is low enough and the PQ is awesome. Cost will be around the same as a TV as well so to me best way to go...

ViperZ

Why do people still consider Kuro the best thing around??

Last series of Pioneer plasmas used Panasonic panels and were excellent TVs. Then Pioneer stopped making plasmas and sold Kuro technology to Panasonic. The 2010 Pannies come with Kuro technology - it's called Infinite Black.

So if you are to buy a modern Panasonic plasma (G or V series) you will get next-generation panel (compared to Pioneer) WITH Kuro technology.

camp21178

My son bought a 46 inch LG LED 240hz TV and it is awesome. I love my Sony 52 inch LCD as well. I have two Philips LCD TVs and I really dislike them. Price was good though.

obieone

Thank you all for participating. I ended up going with a Samsung 40" LCD 60 hz, 1080p. It was on sale @ BB for $675, which is $225 LESS than what I paid for my 32" 5 years ago:o
They had some tv's set up with split screens, showing the difference between 60 & 120 hz......Couldn't see it?
Like I said, my eyes suck:p

I've got about 3/8" on either side of the tv. If I had gone with the Sony, it may not have fit:eek:

And no, the PQ isn't as bad as the photos look. My camera was set on 'simple' mode

tonyb

Congrats on the new TV.
Gotta ask though, whats with the baby center channel speaker ?:)

leroyjr1

Nice setup !!!! Polk VM series?

obieone

tonyb wrote: »

Congrats on the new TV.
Gotta ask though, whats with the baby center channel speaker ?:)

LOL, that was part of an 'upgrade' I made at Tweeter. Really long, and confusing story.

And no, Leroy, those are Def Tech Mythos STS's. Those are my front's and my Monitor 60's are the backs, then I've got a PSW303 under one of the end tables for a 5.3 set-up. I was just listening to Roger Waters In the Flesh dvd, and I LOVE my set-up.:D

cfrizz

Congrats, enjoy.

danz1906

Congrats!

cstmar01

congrats!