Help buying a big screen tv - BodybuildingForYou

moneyshot11 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-07-2006, 01:36 PM

need some help with buying a tv. i have about $2000 budget for my new TV.

Is it worth it to get a 52" projection that has 1080p resolution

or get a LCD 42" that only has 720p resolution.

basically around the same price.

trying to decide if its worth getting a projection in higher reslution compared to a lower resolution tv but it being LCD.

NiteHawk · #2 (**permalink**) 11-07-2006, 01:59 PM

Buy a DLP Hi-Def television.

zrod · #3 (**permalink**) 11-07-2006, 02:02 PM

DLP is great!!!

moneyshot11 · #4 (**permalink**) 11-07-2006, 02:02 PM

the projection is a DLP.

you can get a DLP in high def TV in either projection, plasma or LCD.

NiteHawk · #5 (**permalink**) 11-07-2006, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by moneyshot11

the projection is a DLP.

you can get a DLP in high def TV in either projection, plasma or LCD.

Go with the DLP. Stay away from plasma.

virus · #6 (**permalink**) 11-07-2006, 02:48 PM

i agree, stay away with the plasma.

2000 is enough to get something really nice.

PADZZ · #7 (**permalink**) 11-07-2006, 03:57 PM

I have a Sony SXRD. Better than DLP.

Traps · #8 (**permalink**) 11-07-2006, 04:00 PM

Blah projection television and video projectors....LAMPS can get expensive as hell, especially if they blow on you....

Traps · #9 (**permalink**) 11-07-2006, 04:03 PM

Why not get a 1080p LCD television?

http://www.sharpusa.com/products/Mod...8,1761,00.html

#10 (**permalink**) 11-07-2006, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by moneyshot11

need some help with buying a tv. i have about $2000 budget for my new TV.

Is it worth it to get a 52" projection that has 1080p resolution

or get a LCD 42" that only has 720p resolution.

basically around the same price.

trying to decide if its worth getting a projection in higher reslution compared to a lower resolution tv but it being LCD.

if u get LCD be sure to get a warrenty there technology isnt really ready yet...and i heard some of them fcuk up i think

Rickster · #11 (**permalink**) 11-07-2006, 09:26 PM

www.cnet.com reviews on just about everything out thier

RRAdam · #12 (**permalink**) 11-07-2006, 09:48 PM

I am in the same situation. DLP is my front runner right now, but a hi def plasma is still in the running if i decide to put it on the wall. You cant go wrong with dlp, and I am too worried about burn in to even consider a RPTV.

zrod · #13 (**permalink**) 11-08-2006, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by iwannaplaylock

if u get LCD be sure to get a warrenty there technology isnt really ready yet...and i heard some of them fcuk up i think

warranty is great...my lamp blew out like in 9 months

(prolly during my move from one apt to another). but the warranty sent a new me a new lamp 2 days later

hrpiii · #14 (**permalink**) 11-08-2006, 08:43 AM

Oh great, a topic on my second favorite hobby

This could turn into a long long tread. But we need more information, just like you asking about a routine, we ask about age and experience.

So....

We know the budget.

What do you watch a lot of? TV or DVD

Do you have Cable or Sat.?

Do you currently have High Def? (are you familiar with 720,1080, etc.)

What is your viewing distance from you TV to couch?

Can you control the light source in the room (is it open to lots of windows, or in the basement)

Do you have a desire to go with HD DVD or Blu Ray?

What devices do you currently have to connect to the TV? VCR, DVD, Game Console, Sat., PC, etc?

Do you currently have a Home Theater Reciever, or a 5.1/7.1 setup for sound?

There are advant. and disadv. to DLP, Plasma, and LCD. This is like asking which is the best tasting protein.

mitchcumstein · #15 (**permalink**) 11-08-2006, 08:45 AM

Dlp's are cool if youre looking straight at them. Get off to one side or the other though and thats where the plasma shines. Not to mention the bulb having to be replaced in the dlp pretty frequently is an added cost to figure in.

joe526 · #16 (**permalink**) 11-08-2006, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by hrpiii

Oh great, a topic on my second favorite hobby

This could turn into a long long tread. But we need more information, just like you asking about a routine, we ask about age and experience.

So....

We know the budget.

What do you watch a lot of? TV or DVD

Do you have Cable or Sat.?

Do you currently have High Def? (are you familiar with 720,1080, etc.)

What is your viewing distance from you TV to couch?

Can you control the light source in the room (is it open to lots of windows, or in the basement)

Do you have a desire to go with HD DVD or Blu Ray?

What devices do you currently have to connect to the TV? VCR, DVD, Game Console, Sat., PC, etc?

Do you currently have a Home Theater Reciever, or a 5.1/7.1 setup for sound?

There are advant. and disadv. to DLP, Plasma, and LCD. This is like asking which is the best tasting protein.

Do you wear a blue shirt with yellow letters that say "Best Buy"? LOL

hrpiii · #17 (**permalink**) 11-08-2006, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by mitchcumstein

. Not to mention the bulb having to be replaced in the dlp pretty frequently is an added cost to figure in.

not true on the newer models. Most bulbs now average 7000 hours, as opposed to 3000 hours when they were first introduced last year. This will soon be replaced with LED's, which will never need to be replaced. Mits is currently working on this and should be something we see next fall/winter.

joe526 · #18 (**permalink**) 11-08-2006, 08:50 AM

We bought a 50" Pioneer Elite a while back and haven't had any problems. It's a plasma and the picture is better then anything i've seen in the stores.

hrpiii · #19 (**permalink**) 11-08-2006, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by joe526

Do you wear a blue shirt with yellow letters that say "Best Buy"? LOL

I did for 6 months as a second job to pay for some xmas presents (years ago). It was great being treated like a genius at a store where the average age seemed to be 18. HT has been a hobby of mine for about 8 years.. just a youngen'.

I hated that job, and hope to never have to do that again. Just idiots. You should see me drilling those young guys. I mean questions that they should know and have no clue about. The past weekend I overheard one of the blue shirts explaining what Progressive and Interlaced means. It was so bad, even my wife looked at me and said "..that is so wrong". I told her I loved her right then and there. She's not the most technical, but she recognize someone talking out their ass.

zrod · #20 (**permalink**) 11-08-2006, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by joe526

We bought a 50" Pioneer Elite a while back and haven't had any problems. It's a plasma and the picture is better then anything i've seen in the stores.

Plasma look very good, dlp are just i notch lower but you are able to change the setting on the screen to be a little more brighter. looks just as good as the plasma.

I have a 52 toshiba dlp. and i kiss it almost everynight