[rmcaj]

I'm strictly in the market for a TV around $1500-2200 that is the best in giving the best picture for sports. I wanna get at least a 40" flat screen. Basically I just want a sick TV to watch sports on, I had in mind a Panosonic because I've seen those at a lot of sports bars lately and the picture looks outrageous. I wanted to know if anyone had any good ideas on this. Of course I'd like to get the TV in 1080p, but those sometimes can get real expensive.

[ShamsWoof10]

I STRONGLY recommand LED TV's... They are very close in price to LCD's and Plasmas and are better in EVERY way... I believe this will be the last upgrade before Holagram TV's... We still have 20 years before that though...

[jjgold]

Smaller the the the better the picture, buy an off brand because they are cheaper and quality just as good.

[ShamsWoof10]

Smaller the the the better the picture, buy an off brand because they are cheaper and quality just as good.

This is not the case for LED's... Also I don't believe there are very many that make this so you may be limited ..at least for now...

[Utah]

I'm strictly in the market for a TV around $1500-2200 that is the best in giving the best picture for sports. I wanna get at least a 40" flat screen. Basically I just want a sick TV to watch sports on, I had in mind a Panosonic because I've seen those at a lot of sports bars lately and the picture looks outrageous. I wanted to know if anyone had any good ideas on this. Of course I'd like to get the TV in 1080p, but those sometimes can get real expensive.

If it doesn't have to be flat you can go DLP and get yourself a sick 65" that will blow you away for the same price range.

There is nothing better than watching sports on a big screen and for me, the bigger the better. I have 2 samsung 61" TVs that I watch sports on and I am going to get a 73" from onecall.com.

If your space space requires flatscreen then you dont have a choice. But, if your space can handle a depth of 16 inches or so, you can get a much better price per inch of viewing space and a perfect picture that I personally like better than the LEDs.

[rmcaj]

I was looking at the LED's and they were getting good reviews for this 56" I saw at circuit city. The onecall.com site seemed to have very expensive prices for the tv's. Usually I use nexttag.com for the best prices which gives me a list of distributors. Send me a link of this 73" tv your talking about.

[ShamsWoof10]

If it doesn't have to be flat you can go DLP and get yourself a sick 65" that will blow you away for the same price range.

I believe you are mistaken in this statement... DLP is not specific to flat screens and LCD's... DLP or Digital Light Processing exists in all of them including my LCD Mitsubishi XD projector...

The LCD's or Liquid Crystal Displays are like the displays you see on printers and fax machines where the background is grey with dark lettering... The LED's or Light Emmulating Diodes are like the displays on a stereo reciever where the background is dark and the lettering is light... Those things are bright and last forever... I do not believe anything has a better picture then LED's... They are also best because they will have little problems as they have much less parts then anything before them... Less parts means less things can do wrong generally speaking...

BestBuy has the 61" for 3K.. How was the picture quality of the one you saw..? Are they even thinner then the LCD's..?

Forgive me for repeating but as I said these will be around for a good while until the holagram TV's come into play.. Scroll down slightly and click on the hexagons... One of them will discuss holagrams in the future... They will be everywhere TV's, Billboards, People's companions, our screens for computers and phones...

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence...tour/tour.html

[betplom]

BestBuy has the 61" for 3K.. How was the picture quality of the one you saw..? Are they even thinner then the LCD's..?

Best Buy's prices are usually not very competitive.

Have you tried TIGERDIRECT

[ShamsWoof10]

Best Buy's prices are usually not very competitive.

Have you tried TIGERDIRECT

I was not able to find the LED's unless I just flat out missed it which is possible.. They have everything else though even GPS so if I ever need to fly a plane I know where to go to get GPS... just playin'... Anyway thanks for the link....

[rmcaj]

Heres a 56" LED that circuit city is selling http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/produ...&cm_keycode=92

And here is a 65" DLP I saw on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-TALEN-...4907362&sr=1-2

Both are about the same price which is making me lean toward the bigger one, but I wanna get a TV that has that crisp looking HD look. I don't know how to really explain it because I've only seen that type of picture like twice and both tv's were a panasonic, however the panasonic's have like 1 tv that is 50" that fall around my budget of 2k, other tv's they have are smaller then that which I don't really want or when i go bigger the price goes up to 3k. I don't wanna go huge just to go huge and then have like un-crisp picture quality.

I like the tv's at Circuit City also because they provide you with 18 months no interest and you can finance the TV. Which also right now is leaning me towards the LED tv I found.

[ShamsWoof10]

Heres a 56" LED that circuit city is selling http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/produ...&cm_keycode=92

And here is a 65" DLP I saw on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-TALEN-...4907362&sr=1-2

Both are about the same price which is making me lean toward the bigger one, but I wanna get a TV that has that crisp looking HD look. I don't know how to really explain it because I've only seen that type of picture like twice and both tv's were a panasonic, however the panasonic's have like 1 tv that is 50" that fall around my budget of 2k, other tv's they have are smaller then that which I don't really want or when i go bigger the price goes up to 3k. I don't wanna go huge just to go huge and then have like un-crisp picture quality.

I like the tv's at Circuit City also because they provide you with 18 months no interest and you can finance the TV. Which also right now is leaning me towards the LED tv I found.

Sir the one from Amazon is a flat screen TV and the second one is a "REAR PROJECTION TV" NOT an LED...

Check this out... They give a nice presentation for the LED DLP's...
http://www.nuvision.com/ledptv/

[rmcaj]

I'm sorry, here is the 56" LED from circuit city
http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/produ...&cm_keycode=92

Samsung HL-T5687S 56" LED 1080P Slim HD DLP TV -- thats the description on nextag.

[flyingillini]

I had a 42 inch sony and sold it and I now have a 60 inch samsung.. it was 3 grand but the picture is better than any of the other ones I compared it with.. you cant go wrong with any of them.. stay away from vizio..

[ShamsWoof10]

I'm sorry, here is the 56" LED from circuit city
http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/produ...&cm_keycode=92

Samsung HL-T5687S 56" LED 1080P Slim HD DLP TV -- thats the description on nextag.

Yes that's one but not one of the better ones athough it's close enough and even still 10K to 1 contrast ratio...? That's high as f*ck and the higher the better... Contrast ratio is the difference between the whites and blacks... The higher the number the greater the difference... What did you think of it..? They give it a perfect rating for picture quality..5

ALWAYS KNOW THE CONTRAST RATIO OF YOUR TV when looking for one as that should be near the top of the list for things to look for...

I had a 42 inch sony and sold it and I now have a 60 inch samsung.. it was 3 grand but the picture is better than any of the other ones I compared it with.. you cant go wrong with any of them.. stay away from vizio..

Did you have an LED or LCD sir..?

[rmcaj]

I think I'm gonna go check out that LED at my Circuit City tomorrow and compromise the couple of inches and take your word that LED's are the way to go.

[DrSlamm]

pioneer plasma

[rob]

I bought a 42" Westinghouse LCD with 1080p a few months ago. I bought it on the internet for $1,250 delivered to my door. At that time, it was rated as one of the best values by consumer report. The HD picture is great. However, non-HD shows are only average.
I would have certainly rather had a Sony, but they were about three times the price. I'm happy with my purchase and I haven't been able to find a better value around in a 1080p 42".

[onlooker]

I think anyone would be happy with any HDTV. The quality from standard definition to high definition isn't even close. It is truly hard for me to watch anything in non-HD. I can't wait until virtually everything is broadcast in High Def.

So if your budget isn't that high for a new HDTV, then go for the best value, and not the brand name.

I have a Sony 46" 1080p Flat Panel LCD. The picture is amazing. I just need to get me a Blu-Ray player so I can take full control of the TV.

[ShamsWoof10]

I bought a 42" Westinghouse LCD with 1080p a few months ago. I bought it on the internet for $1,250 delivered to my door. At that time, it was rated as one of the best values by consumer report. The HD picture is great. However, non-HD shows are only average.
I would have certainly rather had a Sony, but they were about three times the price. I'm happy with my purchase and I haven't been able to find a better value around in a 1080p 42".

Yeah I hear ya but that's like someone saying "I'm happy with my Razor phone" in comparison to the IPhone... I am sure they are still good FOR NOW but just watch in a very short time they will be as outdated as the Razor Phones...

The only reason I am switching from a Mitsubishi XD350U to the XD390U is because I like my screen size AT LEAST 120" and the picture is very good too... Even still LED's are going to knock them out as well as Flats, LCD's, and Plasmas...

TECH BOOOM I have been saying it but maybe the CEO of CISCO has more creditbility...

Joining in that steady drumbeat higher, of course, will undoubtedly be the techs, which have really been quite strong throughout the year. After all, where would the growth be without growth companies?
Driven in part by the phenomenal overall expansion of world markets and the commercial emergence of new technologies, the tech sector now seems to be actually leading the way higher into the new rally.
In fact, to some observers, such as Cisco's (CSCO:NASDAQ) CEO John Chambers, the rally in techs these days is just the beginning. A new era that will "surpass the dot-com boom," he says, is just around the corner.According to Chambers, the introduction of consumer-driven Web 2.0 technologies into the workplace is set to usher in a new phase of productivity growth that could outdo the levels achieved during the Internet boom of the 90s.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Chambers said, "We are at the very beginning of the next phase of creativity that will last, I think, a minimum of 10 years, probably 15 years. But it will have more impact because the power of connecting the many to the many allows you to do things at a dramatically different speed."Social networks, wikis, teleconferencing and other technologies that allow interaction on a large scale, says the head of the networking giant, could change entire business models.

[Dark Horse]

Hard to keep up with latest developments for me. In the time you think about buying something a better variety is on the market. Impressed with HDTV, but was blown away by Blu-Ray on a Samsung screen. Looked more real than real life. Don't remember which screen.

[onlooker]

Yeah DH. The broadcast HD is 1080i, and the Blu-Ray is 1080p. I think it is 2 time better then 1080i. I seen a Blu-Ray movie in the electronic shop, and it almost looks like real life.

Thats the thing with electronics. You never win, because how fast things advance these days. Thats good though, because if it didn't, things would be overpriced.

[ShamsWoof10]

Yeah DH. The broadcast HD is 1080i, and the Blu-Ray is 1080p. I think it is 2 time better then 1080i. I seen a Blu-Ray movie in the electronic shop, and it almost looks like real life.

Thats the thing with electronics. You never win, because how fast things advance these days. Thats good though, because if it didn't, things would be overpriced.

There is another format coming but I can't remember what it's called... Blue Ray will be short lived... This other format has double the storage capability... This will not last all that long either... LIGHT.. yes LIGHT will be used and to send and recieve info. AS WELL AS TO STORE IT and the amount it will hold will be AT THE VERY LEAST 1000 times more then today's blue rays...

[Dark Horse]

This is from the latest 'Sound and Vision' magazine:

" Samsung 61 inch rear-projection LED HDTV
LIGHT FORCE
LEDs are superior to regular bulbs in many ways. They last longer, eat up less power, produce more uniform color, and achieve full brightness almost the instant you turn them on. No surprise, then, that Samsung is putting LEDs in a bunch of its 1080p rear-projection DLP sets, including the 61 inch, top-of-the-line HL-T6189S. For DLP, it might be a bright future after all.
CONTROL PATHS
THe three HDMI 1.3 connections don't just bring you the deepest color possible; you can also operate your other gear through them via CEC tech. Bluetooth is onboard, for wireless headphone listening too. Now if I could only sync my phone with this baby...
Price: $3.199"

Question. Does 'other gear' mean that the screen can serve as computer screen as well, for surfing the internet or working on other stuff?

[onlooker]

There is another format coming but I can't remember what it's called... Blue Ray will be short lived... This other format has double the storage capability... This will not last all that long either... LIGHT.. yes LIGHT will be used and to send and recieve info. AS WELL AS TO STORE IT and the amount it will hold will be AT THE VERY LEAST 1000 times more then today's blue rays...

Ok, it will hold more data. I am not worried about data storage, just the 1080p it produces.

You seem to know your tech, so will there be higher definition then 1080p anytime soon?

[ShamsWoof10]

This is from the latest 'Sound and Vision' magazine:



Question. Does 'other gear' mean that the screen can serve as computer screen as well, for surfing the internet or working on other stuff?

Yes sir it does... and you can....

[ShamsWoof10]

Ok, it will hold more data. I am not worried about data storage, just the 1080p it produces.

You seem to know your tech, so will there be higher definition then 1080p anytime soon?

It's not just storage it's sending information via light so there will be almost no delay in anything at any point so internet, sat. tv, or anything else will be almost instantious...

Yes 1080p will see the door soon but not until the LED's have taken over... My guess is 3-4 years and it will be a universal format that eveyone will agree on...

Thanks for the compliment

Hey DH thanks for the article clip I can use some of that info. oh yeah by the way the price is $2,349 with amazon's price cut... That's cheap wouldn't you say..? Relative to it's size, superior quality over what's on the market, and it's efficiency...

[onlooker]

Thanks for the tech update, I don't keep as up to date as I use to.

That would be great, if there will be less of a delay on those things.

If the new format is still 3 to 4 years off, then I am good. That will be around the time for a new TV anyway.

[Dark Horse]

Hey DH thanks for the article clip I can use some of that info. oh yeah by the way the price is $2,349 with amazon's price cut... That's cheap wouldn't you say..? Relative to it's size, superior quality over what's on the market, and it's efficiency...

I may go for it. Good price.

If I can find out how to transfer computer stuff to the screen without wires, and without losing picture quality. Read something about X-box doing this.

[ShamsWoof10]

No problem OL ...yeah I'd say you're ok for a bit... By then LED's will be cheap and really big too so 100"+ for 2K might be a reality... The speed and no delay will be because info. will be sent/recieved through light.. The new format will be compatable to handle it.. Google "OPTO-CHIP MSNBC".. This was a break through in 98' and is behind most of what has and what will come in tech...

I may go for it. Good price.

If I can transfer computer stuff to the screen too.

If you don't mind and if you do get one please tell me what you think.. I might get one anyway for a computer monitor... My projector can even be used as a monitor but I agree that the LED would work much better...

Ahhhh "WIRELESS"... hmm I dunno to be honest...