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Any thought's out there?????????? Looking for quality, dependability and bang for the buck!
Hey I agree with Dan go with a sony lcd. I have a 42inch Vizio I bought from costco. i work there too. It was on coupon for a thousand bucks back in November and its been great. O its a plasma. I would rather have lcd but couldnt pass up on the deal. Plus I can return it whenever I want. But now we have a new return policy which is still better than any other retailer so I suggest you try costco.com cause you can return it to any store if you dont like it or just buy from the store. This would be a good way to try a couple tvs. I know I shouldnt recommend all that returning but want to help a fellow can-ammer. Hope that helpsI've got a Hitachi 51 " 51swx20B, rear projection, purchased in Jan. 2003. The RED bulb looks to be out of adjustment. Only the extreme 12 to 14 inches on both the right and left are out of line. It has a "Majic Focus" setting but that is not fixing the problem. Manual focus doesn't seem to help either. Anyone have any experience with something like this? I've run out and bought a Sony LCD 52" yesterday so I'd like to try and fix this one and donate it. Thanks for listening.........TJ
Hmm, I don't see any distortion of the picture on my DLP anywhere in the room. I have a couch that is about a 30 degree angle from the TV and the picture from it is just as clear and precise as the couch that is directly in front of it. That, and the price, were the selling points for me because I have an odd-shaped room.I can set anywhere in my rec room and the picture doesn't distort. Try that with a dlp. Plasma's are the only others (besides tubes) that you can do this with.
I've got a Phillips 65" HD 1080i rear projection that is pretty darn nice, but I recently purchased a LG 42" 1080p plasma.
I looked over and over between LCD and plasma...The plasma was on sale for $1000.00 and couldn't pass up the deal...Includes 4 year extended in home warranty with humidity coverage also.
The HD channels it recieves have incredible color...Only way to go.
It does run on the warm side.
I have heard good reports on those...great pricelcd
+1 on the 47inch vizio. VERY nice price and picture
We like the plasma better, my wife got the Sony LCD for the bedroom and its nice but not as nice as the 60 inch Pioneer Elite we have in the family room. I find the colours are much cleaner, even the blacks and whites are more vivid.My Hitachi 51" rear projection tv is finally crapping out! What do I do now? I've been to 5 different stores and can't make up my mind
. There's to many to pick from. Looking to stay between 50 and 60". Sony has some new rear projection unit that are pretty darn close to plasma quality for 1 to 2000 $'s less. My friend researched this a year ago and decided on a Panasonic plasma 50 something inch. So I went to where he bought his (a large appliance store, Bill Smith, here in Ft Myers) and they said that they stopped selling Panasonic due to repair problems. Holy $hit, they had the top rating when he bought it. It seems that Samsung is now one of the top tv's out there. Years ago Samsung was the bottom of the barrel along with Sharp, who is another big brand out there now.![]()
Any thought's out there?????????? Looking for quality, dependability and bang for the buck!
Does the picture quality deteriorate over time? Will years 5-7 be worse than new, etc.Plasma cons over LCD: more heat and electricity, reliability (10 years vs 15-20)
plasma gets burn in to!,, not good for video games or non HDTV viewing..I have a 47" Vizio LCD in the bedroom and a 50" Phillips plasma in the living room and prefer the looks of the plasma.
Plasma pros over LCD: more vivid colors, the appearance of more detail
Plasma cons over LCD: more heat and electricity, reliability (10 years vs 15-20)
I also have a Sharp DLP front projector in the home theater room projecting onto 120" wide Stewart screen and it is simply AWESOME. The downside is you have to be able to eliminate almost all ambient lighting(pitch black) to make the most of it. Dedicating an entire room to home theater is not always easy and sitting around in a dark room with your bud's watching hockey just seems wierd. But if you have the extra room....holy $#% it is better than going out to the movies.