I am getting a 32 inch...See lots of commercials but would love to hear from you that have purchased a TV and are you happy or not and what brand did you buy?...Thanks for your feed back
2006-07-22 17:49:32 · 4 answers · asked by FloNightingGale 4 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
For flat screen TV, the choice is between LCD and Plasma. The Sharp Aquos is considered the best LCD, but is expensive. The Sonys are good. The best plasmas are Panasonic. Here are some factors to consider:
Picture quality of plasma is brighter, better color, better blacks than LCD. (There is something about looking directly at glowing phosphors!)
Sharpness is the same for equivalent pixel counts. Some newer LCDs have 1080 x 1920 resolution, most plasmas still in the 720 x 1280 range.
Plasma is heavier and uses more power than flat panel LCD.
There are reports that plasmas are not as reliable or they don't last as long, but that is no longer true with the latest models. Plasma phosphors dim slowly over time (but nt as fast as CRT phosphors); but direct view LCDs use flourescent lamps which also dim and eventually burn out (some are replaceable). Projection LCD sets have bulbs of limited life, but are replaceable and the lifetime is a few thousand hours of viewing.
Plasmas are subject to burn-in. A stationary image left on the screen for a long time could produce a permanent ghost image. The most risk is when viewing a lot of 4:3 ratio pictures (non-HD), which are displayed with vertical dark areas on the left and right to fill in the wide screen. There are ways to minimize this, however. many sets have a "stretch" mode which widens the picture to fill the whole screen.
Plasmas come in largers sizes, although large flat panel LCDs are coming out, but they are expensive. LCD projectors can be 70".
LCD contrast and brightness can be reduced when viewing from off-center (both flat and projector, but sets will vary).
2006-07-22 19:57:21 · answer #1 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Westinghouse. It is a very good television for about two-thirds or less of the price of the Philips. Samsung was the best picture but it was double the Philips price!
I say stick with the Westinghouse because unless you are seeing the TVs side by side, you aren't going to notice a difference. Not only that but you will save like $800.
2006-07-23 00:55:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
best way to figure out what kind of TV you like is see what tv's have the features you want (ie. HDMI, DVI, ect..) and then once you narrow it down you go to a local electrics shop and compare the pictures...i personally own the Samsung S3251...and i couldn't be happier, i got it around 1200ish. but like the person before said if you dint want to spend a lot of money Westinghouse is a good brand. it also depends what you are going to use this for...
2006-07-23 02:01:35 · answer #3 · answered by Steve 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best 32inch LCD TV is the Sony Bravia KDL-V40XBR1 according to www.cnet.com you really should go to this web site and research before you buy the TV it will pay so you can get the best TV for your money go to this link it will help
http://reviews.cnet.com/4566-6475_7-0.html?tag=dffl2_2&filter=500963_12713_500961_47548_&sort=edRating7+desc
Good luck hope this helps
2006-07-23 00:59:10 · answer #4 · answered by nrm590 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋