I am looking at buying a new TV this week, and am wondering what people's opinions are on the new HD TV's. I have my eye on an LCD 1080p 42 inch+ TV, but am not sure how much is useful as opposed to being excessively high tech for my purposes. I was thinking of getting it with a blu ray DVD and PS3 or xbox360, because I would mainly be using it for movies/games. I don't watch a lot of sports or tv, so even if I get the HD cable package I probably won't be using it that much. Money isn't an issue here but I don't want to spend all that $ if I am not going to get the use out of it. Thoughts or advice?
buying HD TV's
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Hubba is right. If money is not an issue the Pioneer Elites are the best pictures hands down. If money was not an issue, I would own them instead of my two Samsungs.
I like both of my Samsungs. The Sony Bravia's are very slick looking and have great pics also.
and yes, get it geared up before the UFC. Thanks heavens that Shaw finally came through with HD for UFC.
JC
I like both of my Samsungs. The Sony Bravia's are very slick looking and have great pics also.
and yes, get it geared up before the UFC. Thanks heavens that Shaw finally came through with HD for UFC.
JC
HD is awesome, i can't even watch any shows that are not anymore. I have two plasma LG's and I'm very happy with both. Make sure you get an HD receiver though and dont worry about getting blu ray player if you're getting the PS3 as it will play blu ray too, so it'll save you about $500.
I just bought the 550 series, Samsung 50" plasma. Everything else is Elite
but I couldn't see the $2000 difference in the Elite TV. Most of the Elites are not 1080P and they are cheaper.
Unfortunately I can't get an Elite Blu Ray as they are discontinued. Does anyone know of anybody that has one available?
but I couldn't see the $2000 difference in the Elite TV. Most of the Elites are not 1080P and they are cheaper.
Unfortunately I can't get an Elite Blu Ray as they are discontinued. Does anyone know of anybody that has one available?
i have a sony bravia 40 inch, and a toshiba regaza in 32''. im happy with both. i'm thinking of upgrading around christmas, but havent really shopped around.
if you're going with a player of some sort all i could say right now is go with the PS3 for blu ray. apparently some of the stand alone blu ray players have load times of over a minute. the ps3 loads quickly, updates online, it's wi-fi capable and functions as a dvd player as well.
if you're thinking of an xbox 360 i would hold off. the xbox with all its features and with xbox live (you can download movies in 720p) doesn't have a viable hi-def option anymore. they have a portable HD-DVD drive but with toshiba dropping out of the high definition movie market they are more or less obselete (think beta-max back in the 80's) there are whispers of microsoft releasing a new version of the xbox 360 with a built in blu ray player but i don't think that's been made official yet.
oh and one more thing. as for your cables. don't get sucked in to buying "top-end" brand cables. brands like monster cables, or next-tech, are just brand names. you can get generic hdmi cables, or component cables from places like ncix.com (broadway and burrard in vancouver) for literally 10% of what future shop or best buy is selling them for. i picked up a 8 foot hdmi cable for 16 bucks at ncix, while future shop wanted minimum $50.00 for their bottom end models.
if you're going with a player of some sort all i could say right now is go with the PS3 for blu ray. apparently some of the stand alone blu ray players have load times of over a minute. the ps3 loads quickly, updates online, it's wi-fi capable and functions as a dvd player as well.
if you're thinking of an xbox 360 i would hold off. the xbox with all its features and with xbox live (you can download movies in 720p) doesn't have a viable hi-def option anymore. they have a portable HD-DVD drive but with toshiba dropping out of the high definition movie market they are more or less obselete (think beta-max back in the 80's) there are whispers of microsoft releasing a new version of the xbox 360 with a built in blu ray player but i don't think that's been made official yet.
oh and one more thing. as for your cables. don't get sucked in to buying "top-end" brand cables. brands like monster cables, or next-tech, are just brand names. you can get generic hdmi cables, or component cables from places like ncix.com (broadway and burrard in vancouver) for literally 10% of what future shop or best buy is selling them for. i picked up a 8 foot hdmi cable for 16 bucks at ncix, while future shop wanted minimum $50.00 for their bottom end models.
Dead on, and for the record Samsung also makes LGs (plasma and lcd) and you can pick them up for a few $$ less
