Well our 32'' Hitachi from 15 years ago is finally to the point to where its loosing color. So we went shopping for a TV tonight and this is what we may be going with. What do you guys all think?

This is the TV but the one we will get will not be REFURBISHED...it will be brand new from best buy.

http://www.plasmabay.com/plasma/Prod...ku_Y_HLN437WRB

 

I also went shopping for tv's at best buy tonight and I'm thinking about the Phillips Ambilight 42" that thing is awesome, it displays the dominant color of the screen on the wall behind it via flourescent tubes. However the Samsung is also a very good tv. I don't think you could go wrong with it!

 

Were looking at about 1688 for the it. Plus all the cables and new dvd....That adds up fast.

 

Looks good man. Samsung makes a good TV.

So what are you aiting for, just go get it...


BREW

 

I don't have a TV...Do have cable for the coumputer...but no TV.

 

You're not missing anything. 200 channels of which I probably watch no more than 12.

 

that samsung is a nice tv. Alot of people who purchase DLP's and take them home kinda don't like the warm up and cool down time on them Just one thing I have experienced from selling and installing.

The 3lcd Sony Grand Wega is actually one of my favorite t.v.'s Rear Projection LCD. Absolutely beautiful picture.
Runner up would be Toshiba. You just can not afford to listen to consumer reports and home theatre magazine rave about their t.v.'s.

No offense roushlimited but the last thing I would ever buy is a phillips t.v. All I have to say is hope nothing brakes on it! Long story short. My good friend bought a 10k plasma. It took 7 months to get a new one replaced after it died 2 weeks after the purchase. The whole story is really sad how Phillips works.

Don't get ripped off on cables either man. Best buy carries acoustic research cables which are nice yes but UNNECCESSARY!!!!! TRUST ME TRUST ME TRUST ME! They will very easily sell you component cables that cost well over $50. These are the R.G.B. or red green blue cables need to show a 720p dvd image or 1080 hi-def program. The secret is that you CAN use just regular RCA or red white and yellow cables instead. Just make sure you match your colors up. These can be found at walkmart for 10 bucks a piece. OR many people have these floating around there house.

I just got out of the home theatre biz for 5 years running my uncles shop. I have learned alot of tricks and discovered how the big companies will make some dollars on ripping off customers. Any more questions PLEASE ask. I hate to hear from friends about all this stuff they bought when I could have saved them hundreds of dollars

 

All right Stuckinmuck, how about some advice?

1) I understand projection TV's, I understand LCD's, what is this hybrid
projection/LCD TV?

2)http://www.mitsubishi-tv.com/televis...ils.asp?id=183, is Mitsubishi
worth it?

 

My advice is Get the biggest one you can find

 

If you're going to go DLP, then the Samsung models are quite nice. I like the 5085 (unfortunately it comes with this rather funky modern stand and I'm not sure if the monitor can be removed form it). Great picture. 50" screen. Cost, just shy of 2000 dollars.




If you want Plasma, then I like the Panasonic TH42HD7UY. I'm not sure if it's a consumer model, but it's got a sweet picture. For that matter, any of the Panasonic plasmas are sweet. 42" screen. Price, about 2250 bucks




and if you're thinking about an LCD, then the Sharp makes exceptional LCD monitors, but those babys get expensive!


Whatever you get, make sure it's HD and not ED.

 

I was looking at TV's not too long ago. Ended up purchasing a Projection TV. Half the cost of the LCD, HDTV and awesome quality nowadays. I got a 53 inch screen and it seems like you are at a movie theater. So if you want to save big bucks, go for the projection. My advice would be to go check them all out and see what fits into your budget and to see how much money watching TV actually means to you.

 

I don't know about the Mitsubishi TV's but I have a Sony LCD projection. The LCD projection and DLP projection TV's are very similar in size. LCD projections TV's project light through a LCD chip to project the image and DLP's use thousands of little mirrors to reflect the light into a spinning color wheel.

Here is an article http://www.projectorcentral.com/lcd_dlp.htm
The Technical Differences between LCD and DLP

LCD (liquid crystal display) projectors usually contain three separate LCD glass panels, one each for red, green, and blue components of the image signal being fed into the projector. As light passes through the LCD panels, individual pixels ("picture elements") can be opened to allow light to pass or closed to block the light, as if each little pixel were fitted with a Venetian blind. This activity modulates the light and produces the image that is projected onto the screen.

DLP ("Digital Light Processing") is a proprietary technology developed by Texas Instruments. It works quite differently than LCD. Instead of having glass panels through which light is passed, the DLP chip is a reflective surface made up of thousands of tiny mirrors. Each mirror represents a single pixel.

In a DLP projector, light from the projector's lamp is directed onto the surface of the DLP chip. The mirrors wobble back and forth, directing light either into the lens path to turn the pixel on, or away from the lens path to turn it off.



Mine is a Sony KDF-E50A10 and I love it. It is a 50", 14" deep and weighs 77 pounds.

 

I got me one of these last month and couldn't be happier.


Hooked it up to a sound system too.

 

I have a 61" Samsung DLP and love it. It replaced my 60" inch Sony CRT which is now in our bedroom.

My advice is that if you are going to get a new tv make it HD and don't stop there. HD is nice, but the LCD, DLP (my fav), plasma, and HiLA are much MUCH better. Also, be sure to get the HDMI connection along with extra DVI and optical connections along with the component cables. H

My ideal way to connect between your picture source (cable, sat, OTA) would be:
1) HDMI
2) DVI
3) Component
4) for HD there is nothing else that matters.

For digital signal/pictures you want to stay with digital connections so you don't have to convert from the digital signal from the source to analog (component, etc) to the tv and then have the tv attempt to covert from analog back to digital for the HD tv. This will cause signal loss. I can watch the same channel on my tv and the HDMI will always produce a better picture than the component (RGB) connection.

Now I will say, though, that like anything else a lot of this is personal opinion. One more thing, never pay for Monster brand cables when the walmart version of the same thing (HDMI, RGB, optical, DVI) will work just as well. Digital is digital and it is either there or not. The name brand doesn't magically make something appear.

Anyway, that's my take on tvs.

 

I got the 103 inch Panasonic.
It's a wall mounted unit that you basically have to leave the room to watch.
If you are in the same room with it, it's kinda like watching a tennis match.