A couple of weeks ago, I posted this thread, requesting guidance in our purchase of a flat-screen type of television. Thanks again, springears, for your link, which was of great help to us in making our selection. Mr. Pug found a great deal on a 42" Panasonic from an online dealer in another state which does not charge sales tax, so this was not as big of an investment as it sounds.
Wow, I’m hooked. Wide-screen movies and IMAX-type films are turning me into a complete couch potato. Even episodes of Monk are captivating, as the show is filmed exceptionally well. And we save a mess o’ space, as we have mounted the thing on the wall and sold our old “big black box” television.
Has anyone else here gone the plasma or LCD route?
I’ve got a 50" DLP. It isn’t as thin as a plasma, but it is only about 16" deep and weighs less than 100 LBS. Great picture. I can’t wait until everything is HD.
This year I’m planning on getting a 34" HDTV and I’ll probably go rear-projection. We have a nice armoire to put it in which already contains tons of audio equipment anyway.
I could probably get one right now, but I really expect the price to drop over the next 6 months.
I was originally thinking I’d get one before the Superbowl and Daytona. Now, I’m thinking before next football season. I’m normally not so restrained.
I think football is beautiful on HD and it’s my favorite thing to watch.
They have a set lifespan, i.e. they will eventually burn out inside of 10 years and are not repairable.
(I went with a LCD projection. It uses a bulb that should last 5000-8000 hours.
If the bulb goes it can be replaced for $200)
So do I, and mine was either free or several hundred thousand dollars, depending on how you look at it. The previous owners of our house were moving into a much smaller house, and there was no way they could fit that giant TV in their new living room, so they threw it in as an incentive for us to get off our asses and decide whether or not to buy the house.
It’s pretty damn cool, no matter what Eleusis says.
How’s the market for used TVs? Just wondering as I moved recently and regretted moving the 305-pound 40" Trinitron. Once we had the thing in its new home, I was musing how I could have bought a flat TV and saved three hernias by selling the beast before moving.
Welcome to the club! I have a 42" Panasonic EDTV, and love it, love it, love it. The saved space is great, and I really enjoy watching whatever HDTV programs come through cable.
No surround sound system, though… that will have to wait until I move to new digs.
A cigar-shop buddy of Mr. Pug’s bought our ten-year-old TV for $75. The screen was beginning to go a bit wonky on it, but the buyer didn’t mind. That sucker weighed a ton and I’m glad we’ll never have to move it again!
We know that the price will probably come down in the next year or so, but we were doing a bit of wall work in our living room and Mr. Pug wanted to make sure he was doing the wiring correctly for the new technology before we started to put up drywall. It was a tradeoff of price now versus future hassle in case of renovation mistakes.
Planned rentals this week: Winged Migration, and Master And Commander.
Everything looks better, and the shows that are shown in HDTV are unbelievable…even crap like afternoon soap operas look better, let alone really good shows. Watching DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, 24, Lost and even The Tonight Show in HDTV on the plasma, well - you have to see it.
Plus, even though I am not a big sports fan, any guy who takes a five second look at a football game on this television will be hightailing it to the nearest electronic shop when they leave the house. You can see the blades of grass on the field and the pigment on the football.
The Oscars are going to be televised in HDTV this year and some comedian did a riff on how the botox shops and make up artists are going to do bang up business the week before, now that you can see a zit on Nicole Kidman’s ear and a nose hair protruding from DiCapro.
We also got a Pioneer surround sound system, with wireless back speakers. When you watch a DVD - especially the big Hollywood Blockbuster type of film, all that is missing is the sticky floors and you would swear you were in your local cineplex.
And you are right with the price…since November, the same set we got is about $200 cheaper…but I don’t care. And if this set should “die” in 10 years, well…I still think I got my money’s worth and will lose no sleep. By then I will have my eye on the new holographic projector…or the 120" plasma…or the…
I bought a 50" LCD Projector in September of 2003. (The link shows the newest model, mines a 50LC13) and I’m nuts about it.
It was a toss up between this and a plasma. The price, the LCD was about $1000 cheaper, and the “no burn-in” issue swayed me towards the LCD. Plasmas can burn if static images are shown too long on them and I have a house full of teenagers and video games. If it wasn’t for the Playstation 2 I might have purchased a plasma.
Playing DVD movie in widescreen is spectacular. Since the TV did not have an onboard HD tuner I had to by a separate box to tune local HD stations. Sports are fantastic and the netward HD shows are a pleasure also.
The only thing we’re pissed about is that there’s no hockey to watch. I’m told, and I believe it, that hockey’s one of the best sports to see on this screen. Putzes.
Again, not a big sports fan, but happened to notice there was a hockey game on INHD channel the other day…we get INHD1 and INHD2 with our rip-off Cox Cable HDTV package.
Hockey is great in HD. You can see the knots in the twine, it is really cool. IMO Basketball isn’t as good in HD, because the refection of the arena lights on the floor is too intense.
