Buying a TV, advice plz

[FredK]

Well, the Aquos 42d62u is $1300 at Circuit City, and that's not even a Black Friday special. It's a pretty sweet 42" 1080p LCD.

Also, you can definitely tell the difference between a 720p football game (FOX) and a 1080i football game (CBS). Of course, there are some scaling artifacts because you're not running native res on a 1080i screen when you're watching a 720p game, but still, I'd rather get a higher res screen just so I can run next gen video discs without scaling issues.

[JGood]

OK, what about this one...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...X0DER&v=glance

Plus a 4-year warranty for $119, and free shipping.

I think I'm going to order it, the reviews are great.

[Jand3rson]

Not a brand of TV that I'd look for good performance in. Again, you get what you pay for.

[JGood]

What about this one?

http://bfads.net/Sylvania-42-Full-1080p-LCD-HDTV-at-Sears

[surebimmer]

I think your going to be hard pressed to get a TV for 1000 out the door with a warr and tax. There's lots of good deals out there. Best Buy isn't cheap though. The TV that I got Sharp Aquos 42 was 2100 at best buy, and the wall mount was $179. Check out jr.com

[Turf1600]

Doesn't 720p upscale to 1080i?

[JGood]

this caught my eye the other day:

http://bfads.net/Panasonic-42-1080p-...r-990-at-Sears

One of my good friends picked that up at the Sears Employee/Family Day, for the same price. I'll have to ask him what he thinks of it so far and report back...

[benDASHDASH]

this caught my eye the other day:

http://bfads.net/Panasonic-42-1080p-Plasma-HDTV-for-990-at-Sears

[Jand3rson]

Again, unless you had 2 of the same TV side by side, one running 720p and one 1080p, you would be hard pressed to see the difference. It would be easier to spot, 720p just isn't going to be quite the same as 1080p. But for the average person, 720p will look pretty fucking good. It's all in how well the image is calibrated. Like I said earlier, I have a 480p Samsung flat screen CRT, and I think it looks pretty good.

[JGood]

If you were on the West coast i would tell you to get your TV from Video Only. Best in store prices. I have a nice Sharp 42" LCD aquos that I bought from there with a wall mount and a 3 year warranty for $1800 out the door no interest for a year.

Well that's about $600 over my max price....

[JGood]

Your average consumer, and even those who have a pretty keen eye for TV detail, wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 1080i and 1080p if I were to put 2 of the exact same TV's side by side, and not tell them which is which. The same goes for HDMI and component video, but I won't get started on that. Where you start to notice is when you do that same comparison (1080i vs. 1080p) between an LCD and a plasma. I can tell, and most people who actually work in the industry calibrating and really getting into them can, but we're trained to nitpick.

what about 720p vs. 1080p? Is this a no-brainer? None of the display models at circuit city had a 1080p feed. The 720p didn't look bad to me...

[Jand3rson]

And from what I hear, 1080p isn't noticeable until you reach 42" screens...someone correct me if I'm wrong. Just looking at Best Buy, you can get the HP 42" 1080p TV for $1000 off the retail price on black friday. Good luck

Your average consumer, and even those who have a pretty keen eye for TV detail, wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 1080i and 1080p if I were to put 2 of the exact same TV's side by side, and not tell them which is which. The same goes for HDMI and component video, but I won't get started on that. Where you start to notice is when you do that same comparison (1080i vs. 1080p) between an LCD and a plasma. I can tell, and most people who actually work in the industry calibrating and really getting into them can, but we're trained to nitpick.

[trashcop 80s 80s]

The best thing to do, if you can, is to get your TV from a specialty shop that does home theater.

++1, I love supporting small business when possible. A friend has a Hitachi and it looks really nice. I don't know anything about tvs, so it might look bad to a trained eye.

[M42Technik]

Since you're going to be sitting out on Black Friday, at least know where to get the best deal:

http://www.blackfriday.info/

All ads from major businesses for the day, and their corresponding pages. Its a very useful link.

And from what I hear, 1080p isn't noticeable until you reach 42" screens...someone correct me if I'm wrong. Just looking at Best Buy, you can get the HP 42" 1080p TV for $1000 off the retail price on black friday. Good luck

[surebimmer]

If you were on the West coast i would tell you to get your TV from Video Only. Best in store prices. I have a nice Sharp 42" LCD aquos that I bought from there with a wall mount and a 3 year warranty for $1800 out the door no interest for a year.