Can you help me with HDTV purchase?

Question

I am looking for an HDTV and I know what I want, but I need help.
I am wanting a 720P Widescreen LCD HDTV between 37 and 42 inches. I do not want 1080P, 1080i, Plasma, DLP, CRT, or EDTV. I would prefer a brand that I know like Sony, Toshiba, or some other well known brand, and not Phillips or Magnavox. I want something with a good picture and good sound. I also don't have a lot of money to work with, $2,100 is my max amount. Where can I find my dream HDTV and what will it cost? I do not want one from the Internet, I want to see the TV myself IN PERSON. But for the most part I just want a reference of what your opinions are, and what you recommend.

And I know 1080P and Plasmas look the best, but I have reasons on why I prefer 720P and LCD.

Answer 1

You sound like you know what you want. I can't suggest where to look since you didn't indicate where you are. That said I would recommend reading reviews of HDTVs on the internet to allow you to develop a short list to try to find for "personal testing".

That said, a couple of things for you to consider.

You state you don't want 1080p, and certainly it is not necessary now, but within a couple of years (a short time in the lifetime of a $2000+ TV) you may wish you had the capability ... so I suggest you not reject it IF you don't have to pay (much) extra for it. That said, I doubt you will find any 1080p TVs in your price range. But 1080i WOULD be worth having since some HDTV signals are 720p and others 1080i and it is always preferable to use the native resolution when possible.

Thinking outside the box I wonder whether you have considered another option entirely --- a front projector. For $2000 you can get a good HD capable projector (the Panasonic AE900 and Sanyo Z-4 are both well within your price range and LCD based) and get a 100" (or less if you want a smaller) picture on a plain wall ($30-40 worth of paint). Fed from a good DVD or HD satellite or cable tuner the picture is immersive ... like being at the movies. Personally, I'd never go back to a TV after using a projector. And it doesn't dominate a room like a TV. The only real downsides are they work best in a light controlled room and every 3 years or so you will have to replace the bulb ($300+). See the links for some reading.

The link to AVS forum is a good place to start reading. Note there are fora (accessible via the links on the left of the homepage) for HDTVs and projectors (the under $3500 projector forum is a good one).

Good luck.

Answer 2

in case you're starting to be a television smaller than 50" 720p would desire to be wonderful, even nonetheless my over the air HD channels and DishHD are in 1080i. in case you circulate above 50" 1080 is fairly needed to get a crisp photograph. I had a 50" 720p and now a Sony 60" 1080p and that i admire my sony. yet I even have blu ray movies and generic dvd's and there is not a great distinction. yet HD channels as against SD are a great distinction on a HD set. issues to evaluate what share diverse units you're or would be hooking as much as the television. make constructive the type you get will handle those units (HDMI), (element), (Composite) and so on as needed. guarantee, those new fashions can and could fail in spite of sort. i might verify on cost of prolonged guarantee from adventure. shops like Wal-mart grant it at a fragment of cost over shops like superb purchase and so on... additionally, do not anticipate those new television 's to final as long because of the fact the previous CRT fashions and in the event that they fail, the fix cost could be as much as a clean television. 1080p is the genuine of the line and could be for some years because of the fact it rather is comparable to 35mm movie that movies are filmed with. even nonetheless, the better high quality is in simple terms not as great on displays smaller than 50" as against 60+" quickly, those new television's have an exceptionally short shelf life (9-365 days) and in alot of circumstances the factors are actually not reused interior the hot sort variations, so the factors could be not common to discover and extremely costly not basically like the previous CRT fashions. i will say SOny has great client provider unlike different manufacturers, yet all have their lemons. in simple terms purchase the only you sense maximum needed, yet once you haven't got any HD source, then there rather isn't a reason to purchase one in case you get the converter on your previous one.

Answer 3

Check out the 40" Samsung LCD.

Answer 4

try snytax olevia, sounds like a knockoff, but they use all lg,phillips, and magnavox parts. i cannot give specific model numbers , because they change quarterly due to different retailerrs, and whose parts are available at what time. i know frys electronics carries them,but the internet can show you other retailers in your area./