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im buying a new tv help me out (ie. im a n00b) : p (pg. 3)
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| Dr. DAS |
I've rented a lot of different monitors to a lot of people, Sharp Aquos is the way to go...31" or larger.
Don't waste time on plasmas, cost aside - if you 'burn in' your set, by leaving a logo (CP24, CBC, TSN, etc) on screen for too long, you're S.O.L.
The Sharp units are nice and clean, compatible with a variety of stands and brackets and offer the most punch for that price range.
110%.
Good hunting. |
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by infinity HiGH
fixed ;)
(don't listen to any other posts made in this thread) |
How is 1080p a marketing gimmick? Resolution is resolution.
As for plasma, I always suggest staying away, because LCD's don't burn in, and now they are around the same price. That feature alone gives it the advantage in my books.
Westinghouse is a good brand, and is good value for the money. They were actually bought by Toshiba recently. |
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| Dr. DAS |
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
Don't over-buy your resolution for your use. |
+1
1080p is nice, and is a good bit of advice, but if you can save yourself some cash, 1080i will do just fine.
Can anyone here honestly say they see a marked difference between inter and prog scan? |
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dr. DAS
Can anyone here honestly say they see a marked difference between inter and prog scan? |
Of course. The resolution is the same, but at half the frame rate. 1080i is very choppy. My TV is 1080i and 720p, I always run at 720p, so that its nice and smooth. |
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| exstasie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Things you need to know.
- Get LCD. There is no reason to get a plasma anymore. LCD is far superior tech.
- Get 8ms response time at the maximum. Otherwise you will see ghosting, which is not nice.
- Get HDMI 1.3, to make sure you can play back Hi-Definition video, without any compatibility problems.
- Get 120Hz, if you can. It will make movies and TV shows look smoother than they look on standard 60hz TVs.
- Get an ATSC tuner. This will allow you to get Hi-Def programming over regular antenna. Normal TV signals stop in 2011, so its a nice future proof feature. I use it now, and get hi-def on old school rabbit ears.
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+1 !!!
Now that you have a TV, you definitely need to look into Audio equipment.
You can have the best TV, but if you don't have a nice sound system, then its virutally worthless. |
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| Abercrombie |
This thread could not have come at a better time.
Last week, my 9 year old RCA 52" projection just broke down, and I'm in the market now myself.
After getting used to a screen that size for many years, I won't go anything smaller than 50".
Coincidentally, I subscribe to Consumer Reports and my lastest issue goes into detail regarding TVs, and also received my consumer reports 2008 Buying Guide. Perhaps I could scan some pages when I get home.
I was looking at Plasma and LCD yesterday, and side by side, I could tell the difference between them. Plasma had much better contrast, howver I can't justify the difference in price to go plasma. |
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| Dr. DAS |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Of course. The resolution is the same, but at half the frame rate. 1080i is very choppy. My TV is 1080i and 720p, I always run at 720p, so that its nice and smooth. |
Frame rate is the same between 1080i and 1080p, in fact for all video (please no discussion on 29.9 drop/non-drop), at 30 frames/sec.
SCIENCE CONTENT:
The i and p refer to interlaced and progressive scan, respectively.
Basically, your TV draws the image line by line. In the case of 1080p, the image is drawn progressively from line 1 to line 1 080. With 1080i the image is drawn starting with line 1, then line 3, then line 5, etc and after line 1079 it goes back to colour in line 2, line 4, etc up to 1 080....in an interlaced fashion - all within 1 frame, or 1/30th of a second.
The reason film looks different than video is that film is run at 24 frames/sec. 30 fps was chosen as NTSC standard because it's impossible for your brain to process that much information individually, and so we have one smooth, moving picture, without the 'flicker' associated to a 24 fps rate.
What source and what output from that source did you see the choppiness from? What is your response time? What input are you using? What cabling are you using? |
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| exstasie |
Does anyone know a good technician who can calibrate my TV for me for a decent price?
I'm semi-colour blind so trying to calibrate it myself just doesn't work out to well lol |
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| Dr. DAS |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
Does anyone know a good technician who can calibrate my TV for me for a decent price?
I'm semi-colour blind so trying to calibrate it myself just doesn't work out to well lol |
Get a case of beer and a friend and Calibrate it yourself |
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| exstasie |
...i guess lol.
I got DVE somewhere lying around. |
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| zoogla |
lcd > plasma.
Sony Bravia ftw! ;) |
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| MarkT |
| quote: | Originally posted by terrytutone
this is the only advice you should listen to from this guy. he doesnt know anything. dont get plasma. best tvs are made by sharp. |
Sharp has had major quality issues with their 1080p sets...banding...very well documented on the A/V nerd forums. This *should* be addressed with newer production, but you may want to check that whatever store you hit doesn't have old stock on hand.
my personal suggestion is to consider Samsung's LCD sets. I picked up this one earlier this year and have zero complaints.
http://www.samsung.com/ca/products/...nt4665fxxac.asp
specs only tell half the story. what about actual image quality, reliability, owner issues, etc...so an excellent source of info is the forums here and elsewhere:
http://digitalhomecanada.com/ |
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