Looking for a TV

swerve
swerve Posts: 1,862
edited August 2007 in The Clubhouse
Hi everyone,
The g/f and I just received our associates degrees and are moving away to finish school. For our graduation gift we are getting a TV. Can you all please suggest something based upon the following criteria:

Budget: $1,000 to $1,300

Size: 42" - 50"

Questions -
What is the difference between 1080p and 1080i?
What contrast ratio should we be considering/is higher always better?
What televisions have a higher chance of experiencing burn in?
What other equipment (cables) do we need to experience High Definition?

Thanks,
Adam
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited August 2007
    http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/S-fRp8kYEFbp1/learningcenter/home/tv.html

    Plenty of good beginner info.
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited August 2007
    Thanks MacLeod.

    does anyone have any opinions on any models within that size/price range?
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,771
    edited August 2007
    My TV died 2 weeks ago, so I picked up one of these:
    http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/tacpassets-images/models/42hl67/docs/42hl67_spec.pdf

    List is $1399, I found it locally for $1080 out the door. It is only 720p, but after looking at many TV's, it seemed the 720p sets always looked better on SD signals. Most of the programming here is SD, so that was one of my main concerns. As far as HD, I watch from aprox. 14ft away, and at anything over about 8 ft., it was hard to tell any difference between 720p and 1080p.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited August 2007
    My favorite TV's are Pioneer plasmas. Just beautiful picture. I play a lot of video games so Im worried about burn in but I hear a lot that its not much of an issue anymore.

    Pioneer's 42" plasma is $1400 and thats the one I plan on buying one day.

    Walmart has some pretty good buys on several as well. They have a Sanyo 50" plasma for $1400 and a Phillips 50" plasma for $1500.

    Walmart has 50" Sanyo plasmas for $1400 and 42" Sanyo LCD's for $1000.
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    MECA SQ Rookie of the Year 06 ~ MECA State Champ 06,07,08,11 ~ MECA World Finals 2nd place 06,07,08,09
    08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited August 2007
    anyone here own a samsung tv?
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  • dholmes
    dholmes Posts: 1,136
    edited August 2007
    I just got a new Samsung dlp 61in with led lamp, so far its great, blu-ray looks great!!! I got it for 2400.00
    My HT set-up Panasonic front proj, 120 in ws screen, ATI amp,Integra 9.8 pre-pro, 2 Polk rti150, cp 1000, 4 fx 1000, Pioneer blu-ray 2 SVS sub pb 12-ultra 2, & Paragon popcorn popper. ps 3 Coaster leather HT recliners.
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