Buying an LCD TV

[wacki]

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Can someone straighten me out/point me in the right direction?

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[BottlesOf]

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One thing to keep in mind is that while LCDs can look insanely good (not some brands, though) on HD and DVD signals, they don't look that good on plain ol' broadcast TV signals.

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Is this true? How bad? I don't know how much HD I'm gonna be watching right away, but I really don't want a heavy CRT.

[Analyst]

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there are several companies i would recommend for plasmas before panasonic.


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Not disagreeing, as I haven't seen them all, but who would you recommend? I've seen the Pioneer and Pioneer Elite as well as the new Sonys, all of which are quite good and do come close to Panasonic. However, other than some Faroudja-tweeked displays at CES (not really a fair comparison), I haven't seen a plasma that equalled Panasonic overall. Most of the plasmas fall well, well short and given the recent price drops it does not make sense to buy anything less than a great plasma if you're going to buy one at all.

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One thing to keep in mind is that while LCDs can look insanely good (not some brands, though) on HD and DVD signals, they don't look that good on plain ol' broadcast TV signals.

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Is this true? How bad? I don't know how much HD I'm gonna be watching right away, but I really don't want a heavy CRT.

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Bad is a relative term, of course, but we recently opted to buy a $280 tube set rather than a Sharp LCD as a stop-gap for a couple of years while the networks shift to digital.

I really, really wanted the flat-panel, but knew that the display would drive me crazy, except when watching DVDs, of course.

[daveymck]

The new panasonic Viera range is getting very good reviews over here, along with pioneer and the 37 inch Sony although it seems expensive.

[fsuplayer]

JBB:

I bought my gf a 32" polaroid LCD tv, its pretty solid, although not quite the clarity of the sharp, which was $2.2k at the time, compared to the 1500 i paid.

they make a 25" which can be had for maybe $1kish now, I recommend it.

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