Why is picking a tv so god damn hard these days?
Plasma seems to be the best, but if you want true 720 and at least 1280x768 res expect to pay through the @#$@#$
LCD is a bit cheaper, although you seem to only get 37" and below. Ghosting issues, crappy blacks,bad viewing angles, but they do have at least 1280x768 res for a decent price
Rear Proj. LCD = buying replacement bulbs....need I say more? Also tend to be physically deeper and at least for me, pointless because of their larger size.
DLP = Rainbows, and again, replacement bulbs and aren't small in size.
CRT: Gigantic, best blacks/colors imho. Heavey as s***, not good for small area's, and do last a long long time though.
Then there's the HDTV/EDTV/SDTV nonsense. EDTV is crap, waste of time and money. I don't get HDTV yet, although if I get my sat. receiver updated I could get "some" channels in HDTV (720p). And that is where the problem lies, even with the new receiver, I'd only be watching some channels in hdtv so most of my programming is still in SDTV which means most of the new hdtv tv's will look like crap.
Then there's gaming. Xbox is 720p native. You need at least 1280x768 res to get the best picture. So, buying anything less then that is pointless imho. But, again, Plasma's at the rez are insanely priced. If the PS3 ever comes out, and it actually does have 1080p games.....I guess 720p ain't going to cut it right now. Heck, 1080p sets are right around the corner anyways, so why even get a 720p set?
I need a TV that has excellent blacks/colors, not very thick in size, around 42", I don't need a damn tuner, speakers would be nice, absolutely has to be 720p native but able to play sdtv without looking like crap, has component and perhaps hdmi ( although hdmi is nothing but hype right now imho). All that and besides the fact that I am flat ******* broke right now, if and when I do buy one ( woman wants to get rid of current CRT as it's too large and "ruins the living room") I would love to not have to re mortage the house to get it.
Personally, while both lcd/plasma are getting better, I think they are both going to be replaced by something better because they both have too many disadvantages, and cost too god damn much. LED displays look promsiing but are way....way.... in the future at this point, or at least anyone can afford them. Any until HDTV is actually broadcasted in some universal resolution ( 720 or 1080p) which seems to be a LONG time down the road yet....what's the point?
I'm thinking, if I do get a new tv, get something cheap, wait until all of this nonsense settles down, then get the one that I'll keep a long time.
End of Rant.
ahhhhh!
Plasma seems to be the best, but if you want true 720 and at least 1280x768 res expect to pay through the @#$@#$
LCD is a bit cheaper, although you seem to only get 37" and below. Ghosting issues, crappy blacks,bad viewing angles, but they do have at least 1280x768 res for a decent price
Rear Proj. LCD = buying replacement bulbs....need I say more? Also tend to be physically deeper and at least for me, pointless because of their larger size.
DLP = Rainbows, and again, replacement bulbs and aren't small in size.
CRT: Gigantic, best blacks/colors imho. Heavey as s***, not good for small area's, and do last a long long time though.
Then there's the HDTV/EDTV/SDTV nonsense. EDTV is crap, waste of time and money. I don't get HDTV yet, although if I get my sat. receiver updated I could get "some" channels in HDTV (720p). And that is where the problem lies, even with the new receiver, I'd only be watching some channels in hdtv so most of my programming is still in SDTV which means most of the new hdtv tv's will look like crap.
Then there's gaming. Xbox is 720p native. You need at least 1280x768 res to get the best picture. So, buying anything less then that is pointless imho. But, again, Plasma's at the rez are insanely priced. If the PS3 ever comes out, and it actually does have 1080p games.....I guess 720p ain't going to cut it right now. Heck, 1080p sets are right around the corner anyways, so why even get a 720p set?
I need a TV that has excellent blacks/colors, not very thick in size, around 42", I don't need a damn tuner, speakers would be nice, absolutely has to be 720p native but able to play sdtv without looking like crap, has component and perhaps hdmi ( although hdmi is nothing but hype right now imho). All that and besides the fact that I am flat ******* broke right now, if and when I do buy one ( woman wants to get rid of current CRT as it's too large and "ruins the living room") I would love to not have to re mortage the house to get it.
Personally, while both lcd/plasma are getting better, I think they are both going to be replaced by something better because they both have too many disadvantages, and cost too god damn much. LED displays look promsiing but are way....way.... in the future at this point, or at least anyone can afford them. Any until HDTV is actually broadcasted in some universal resolution ( 720 or 1080p) which seems to be a LONG time down the road yet....what's the point?
I'm thinking, if I do get a new tv, get something cheap, wait until all of this nonsense settles down, then get the one that I'll keep a long time.
End of Rant.
ahhhhh!
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