HDTV help needed

re: HDTV help needed

Keith Combs — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 04:52:18 GMT

Thanks for the comments and links. I'd like to have a 50" LCD or Plasma. We'll see what the new fall lineup is priced at in a few months.

I was drooling over some of the Hitachi products. The 50" rear projection LCD at http://www.hitachi.us/tv/browse/lcd/lcd/50VS810.shtml looks interesting to me.

re: HDTV help needed

Glen — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:18:44 GMT

Consumer reports reviewed a few sets a couple of issues back. They are always reliable. http://www.consumerreports.org/main/detailv3.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=495809&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=29659&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=333133&bmUID=1121807902977

re: HDTV help needed

Brian Hoyt — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:57:38 GMT

While the site doesn't do comparisons as much it has an huge wealth of info. Check out www.avsforum.com.

At the size you are talking about you are pretty much out of the LCD/Plasma flat panel space unless you go really high price wise. Which means you are looking at projection TV's. The big choice then is technology, old school CRT (deeper TV), DLP (cheaper, but rainbow effect for some) or LCD (a little more expensive). For most it comes down to personal taste. If you can go to a real home theater store to see the TV's. While Best Buy and the like have great selections, they are often very poorly calibrated or have lower quality sources.