Flat Panel TV

[Ginzburgh]

Ok so, I am buying a flat panel TV. I have about 2-2.5K to spend and I am looking at the 46" Sharp Aquos 1080P LCD with built in HDTV tuner.

It ranges from 2k-2,800k.

Anyone have any suggestions?

[Ginzburgh]

And no, I don't want rear projection. I need flat panel. We're getting this piece of furniture with a mount built inside and the TV is hidden inside the furniture and you hit a button and the top opens and the TV rises up from the inside of the box.

[Tossica]

If you have the room for it, get a projector. All my friends with fancy LCD's shit their pants when they see the picture quality on my 9' ft screen.

[leah]

ginz, our pubs have always had good things to say about that particular model. i'll dig around in our archives to see if i can find anything else.

[Xaiveir]

The Sharp you are talking about is a pretty good TV. You may want to check out the Samsung or Sony Versions of the same size though. iirc those both were rated higher, and about the same price.

[Xaiveir]

Not sure how JVC's name is either right now, but i have a 61" HD from JVC and absolutly love it.

[leah]

lordy, that's a huge tv lol . . . i have a 23ish (25, maybe?) inch samsung that i absolutely LOVE.

[Tikker]

Ok so, I am buying a flat panel TV. I have about 2-2.5K to spend and I am looking at the 46" Sharp Aquos 1080P LCD with built in HDTV tuner.

It ranges from 2k-2,800k.

Anyone have any suggestions?

the Aquos are fantastic

I'd also recommend looking at the 46" Sony Bravia 1080p
it's also amazing

Another one to check out would be the 47" Westinghouse 1080p

the BestBuy here has all 3 in a row, and they all look great (the Sony looks best imo, but most expensive. the westinghouse looks about same as sharp, but it's $700 cheaper than either sharp or sony)


also, for what it's worth, the westinghouse will do 1080p on the dvi, hdmi and component inputs. the sony and sharp only do it on the hdmi(1080i everywhere else)

[Ginzburgh]

I happend across a westinghouse in my searches. Thought it was a cheapo company, shows how much I know. I'll give it a second look.

If you have the room for it, get a projector. All my friends with fancy LCD's shit their pants when they see the picture quality on my 9' ft screen.

As I said in my second post, we're getting a piece of furniture that the TV goes into and rises out of when you hit a button on a remote. It only accomodates up to 50" flatpanel.

And 9 feet is overkill imo rofl.

[Ginzburgh]

Is this the Westinghouse TV you are talking about Tikker? Looks better all around.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 8317794037

[Tikker]

yup

Lyion and Jay both have the 42" versions of it and seem to really like it

Like I said, the big advantage of it is that component inputs accept 1080p
main limitation is just 1 HDMI input (most high end receivers do HDMI switching tho, so not really an issue)

personally, I'd go look at them all in a row at the store. take a laptop with content you know of

take your own cables

hook up the laptop and watch YOUR content on all 3 screens and then pick the one you like best

[Lyion]

If you aren't PC gaming on it, you really have no need for 1080p. It's complete overkill.

I have a 42" Westinghouse and absolutely love it.

Panasonic and Toshiba make killer Plasma TVs, which are worth a glance, also.

The best way to determine what you want is to hit Best Buy and actually look at the TVs, side by side.

[Tikker]

If you aren't PC/PS3/Xbox 360 gaming on it, you really have no need for 1080p. It's complete overkill(for the next 3 years).

fixt

[Naethyn]

Ok so, I am buying a flat panel TV. I have about 2-2.5K to spend and I am looking at the 46" Sharp Aquos 1080P LCD with built in HDTV tuner.

It ranges from 2k-2,800k.

Anyone have any suggestions?

My brother has the exact same and its amazing.

[The Kizzy]

Our Magnavox 42" Flat Screen LCD HDTV was only $1499, now they have them for $1199

[Jay]

Westinghouse is rated the best TV by home theater mag, it's also the best selling 1080p set and quality is extremely comparable to the Sony Bravia. Only drawback to the westinghouse is the remote absolutely licks donkey balls but I have it running on a cable box now so I don't really use it that much. Seriously, I'm pretty much extremely impressed with the Westinghouse 42. You can buy it on Amazon now for like 1300. It was 1400 when i bought it.

[Tossica]

And 9 feet is overkill imo rofl.

Then I guess going to the movie theater is overkill as well. It's the same price as a good quality LCD yet offers theater quality viewing in your living room. If you can accommodate it, it's a no brainer. If you watched Sin City or played Gears of War at my house, you'd understand.

I didn't see the post about the James Bond table you are getting.

[Gargamellow]

here is my suggestion:

put that 2k toward some other waste of money u are paying payments on already

[Harrison]

$2k to spend, I'd go on a short vacation...fuck a TV.

[Ginzburgh]

Then I guess going to the movie theater is overkill as well. It's the same price as a good quality LCD yet offers theater quality viewing in your living room. If you can accommodate it, it's a no brainer. If you watched Sin City or played Gears of War at my house, you'd understand.

I'm sure the picture looks great, however I just think a nine foot tall television is too large for a 300 square foot living room. I'm upgrading from a 27" tube to a 46" 1080p flat panel, so it's a big step up as it is.

here is my suggestion:

put that 2k toward some other waste of money u are paying payments on already

We have no payments other than utility bills and mortgage and we don't "waste" money.

$2k to spend, I'd go on a short vacation...fuck a TV.

We have a seperate savings account for vacations.

[Lyion]

As much as I use my LCD TV, it was a great investment. I'd highly recommend the 42" Westy TV.

If you aren't going to game on it, then you don't really need 1080p, Ginz. 720p is fine.
I don't think PS3 or Xbox really scale well to 1080p, even if they support it.

[Zanchief]

Don't get plasma.

[Ginzburgh]

Yeah, I guess I just want to prepare for whatever is coming. If 1080p is going to be the standard in a few years, I'd like to spend a few hundred extra dollars now to be ready for it.

Don't get plasma.

Yeah, after all the research I guess I"m leaning toward LCD.

[Tikker]

My inlaws got a 50" panasonic Viera plasma for christmas

it's only 1080i, but it looks spectacular

technology wise, I still prefer LCD tho, and I'm likely getting a Westinghouse myself in the not too distant future (we should get a NT discount for the number of us that have them)

[Jay]

Yeah, I guess I just want to prepare for whatever is coming. If 1080p is going to be the standard in a few years, I'd like to spend a few hundred extra dollars now to be ready for it.

Don't get plasma.

Yeah, after all the research I guess I"m leaning toward LCD.

Get a ps3. It's the cheapest blu ray player you can get. Games come rendered in 1080p and you can enjoy upcoming movies in 1080p that way (if you buy movies that is). I dunno if you use netflix or just drive on over to blockbuster, but I dunno what netflix has in the way of bluray and I know blockbuster is gonna be renting HD-DVD instead of bluray.