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Mixiboi · #11 (**permalink**) 03-16-2008, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by shanetheclassic

I work at Best Buy and I know a lot about TV's so let me give you the main things you need to get -

1. MAKE SURE IT IS BRAND NAME!!! - Don't cheap out when buying an LCD TV, if your investing in something spend a little mor eon a sony or sharp etc. dont get olevia, westinghouse or any other cheap brand. Sony is the best if you have the money. Name brands have newer technology and the picture always looks better. plus they usually have better refresh rates, but SONY Bravia TV's are the only ones to have 120ms respnsoe time, which in laimens terms is AMAZING QUALITY!!! esp. w/ blue-ray discs

That is funny, most of the LCD TV are made by the no names then Sony or Phillips just slaps their name on it and calls it a day.

and on Plasmas vs LCD:

http://www.cnet.com.au/tvs/0,239035250,240036500,00.htm

LCD is catching up to Plasma, but right now, Plasma still has the edge(specially Pioneer's Kiro iPhone thin plasmas).

tenzo · #12 (**permalink**) 03-16-2008, 04:45 PM

Its a debate, people have their preferences.

Me?
Having owned a plasma I would only buy an LCD
LCD wiegh less
Plasmas amy seem to cost less, but they really don't. Plasmas suck an amazing amount of electricity.

Lastly, plasmas have a half life of 5 years.
Yep, only five years.

What that means is that in five years the picture will be half as bright. So, you bought that plasma because it looked so crisp in the show room. Just wait a few years.

tenzo · #13 (**permalink**) 03-16-2008, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by shanetheclassic

I work at Best Buy...!

With those 5 words I automatically question your advice

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Originally Posted by shanetheclassic

1. MAKE SURE IT IS BRAND NAME!!! - Don't cheap out when buying an LCD TV, if your investing in something spend a little mor eon a sony or sharp etc. dont get olevia, westinghouse or any other cheap brand. Sony is the best if you have the money. Name brands have newer technology and the picture always looks better.

Funny, consumer reports would disagree with you. At least in value.

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Originally Posted by shanetheclassic

, but SONY Bravia TV's are the only ones to have 120ms respnsoe time, which in laimens terms is AMAZING QUALITY!!! esp. w/ blue-ray discs

120ms response time.
Holy **** that sucks! Your videos must be blurry and distorted!
Minimal should be one tenth that. Preferably 1/20th that.

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Originally Posted by cnet

Response time of LCD HDTV sets is surely among the latest battlegrounds between display manufactures, with some quoting response figures as low as 8, 6 and even 3msec!

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Originally Posted by shanetheclassic

3. BUY THE EXTENDED WARRENTY - I know some people say otherwise and I know you think I might just be trying to sell Best Buy services etc. but no, the service plan is well worth it let me tell you , and BUY THE SERVICE PLAN/EXTENDED WARRENTY!!

OK, now I know you are either grossly misinformed or a troll.

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Originally Posted by shanetheclassic

well I'm a Geek Squad Double Agent and A+ certified so yea I guess im pretty technical

Well, that would have been my third guess. But I was trying to be nice and assume the first two.

tenzo · #14 (**permalink**) 03-16-2008, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by sch

I have been putting off buying a flat screen b/c I despise the amt of research involved. LCD or plasma? ...

By the way.....
If you decide on Philips, send me a PM
I have an employee discount from an old consulting gig.
I get up to 40% off.

dnbsoul · #15 (**permalink**) 03-16-2008, 09:03 PM

I just bought a Vizio 42" LCD, paid just over $1000 bucks for it. Its got a great picture, the set looks nice and it wasnt all that expensive. My neighbor bought a 46" Sony Bravia, also a great looking set, fantastic picture. He also paid about $1300 more for his. I can see a difference in the picture but I don't think its worth paying almost 150% more for. Go to an electronic store and check a few out, Samsung has a few nice ones too

My $.02...

halfmoonbaygal · #16 (**permalink**) 03-16-2008, 09:36 PM

We did the research and ended up with a Sony Bravia and are pretty happy with it. It is a 42" and we paid about $1,600 and they threw in a very nice stand; we didn't want it mounted on the wall. We did get sucked into the brand because we have a lot of Sony stuff (camcorder, higher-end camera, Vaio desktop computer, VCR/DVD combo, etc.) and we've had such good luck with all of it. We know we are spending for the brand name and the advertising, but we are willing to do it.

The plasma screen had so much glare on the screen that it would have been a problem in our bright living room. We can also see the picture from way off the to the side, so I think this has improved from earlier models.

In the end, anything was better than the relic we were watching. We don't watch tons of TV and we aren't gamers, so our demands are not as high, perhaps.

antibooster · #17 (**permalink**) 03-17-2008, 11:42 AM

no competition. any real techie knows SONY is best.

LCD vs Plasma...that's a debate. but, bottom line, LCD uses MUCH more energy, which is better for the environment and your wallet.

personally, have the 46" sony bravia and LOVE IT!

btw, many people also don't realize that you get a better quality picture with your antenna on the roof than with cable or satellite. reason for this apparently has something to do with the less amount of compression required in the antenna signal than with cable/satellite.

i have 14 channels using my antenna and get NO, repeat, NO blurriness, pixels distortions, etc. 99.9 percent of the time. every blue moon i'll get a little pixelation, but not the regular and constant problem that i see my cable friends have.

if i had to chose, i say screw comcast and go satellite.

KByrd · #18 (**permalink**) 03-17-2008, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by shanetheclassic

LG makes a very good overall TV. There LCDs have a lot of features and the picture quality is pretty good. There are better brands out there if you have the money, but if you're only getting a 32"-42" then an LG will be perfect for you.

Although there are good brands out there, for LCD TV's the best you can get is a SONY BRAVIA. They are simply amazing tvs. They are a little pricey, but well worth it. Pretty much everything Sony is the best, and it shows with there tvs. When your shopping for one take a look at the differences and youll see what I'm talking about.

damn I sound like a sony rep haha

Some of you may remember the GoldStar brand. Afaik, Goldstar morphed into the
LG brand. I still have a Goldstar that's almost *14* years old. I've never had a problem
with it which is why I will probably get an LG LCD later this year.

robot · #19 (**permalink**) 03-17-2008, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by tenzo

OK, now I know you are either grossly misinformed or a troll.

Those extended waranty plans are a scam.
At least he didn't recommend that you buy expensive video cables...

tenzo · #20 (**permalink**) 03-17-2008, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by antibooster

LCD uses MUCH more energy, which is better for the environment and your wallet.
.

Other way around
Plasma uses a lot more, Plasma even requires electricity to set a black spot.