what properties of LCD TV should be considered before buying one?

Question

What should one see before buying a LCD TV

Answer 1

With due respect to scryer_36 he is correct on many issues but is distorted on a couple.

Contrast ratio is not a regulated figure, thus each manufacture makes up thier own ratio, so comparing one manufacture to another is not a valid comparision. What looks good to you is the answer.

As to Monster Cables, they are severly overpriced. Monster does not publish their specification, and will not when asked directly. I have tried and been rejected. I have found a web site, monoprice.com that does provide specification and cable makeup, which conform to HDMI 1.2a specification as of Dec. 2005 (Wikipedia.com). There is a newer specification (June 2006), that they will have available in the first quarter of 2007. Their 6 1/2 foot (2 meter) is less than $20.00, well below the $100.00 plus cost of Monster. If you were running a 500 foot cable, monster might give you a minor improvement, however most consumer are running 10 foot or less. Please save your money and use it toward your TV.

As to screen resolution, check the native resolution. If it is 1366X768, it has to upconvert the 720p to 768, this is distortion as you are making something out of nothing. In the same regard, if your signal is 1080i, you are having to downconvert the signal to 768, thus loss of definition. If you pocket book will allow, stay with the nartive 1900X1080 set. This will provide you not only the best DVD picture (as they are 1080P) but will provide you the best in future pictures as they move from 720p to 1080i.

Answer 2

One: your room size. How big can you go? Will it overpower the room to have to massive a TV? Will it be to small for the room?

Find an appropriate size.

Second, make sure it has a high contrast ratio. If you can get better than 4000:1, you are doing good. Contrast ratio is the difference in your colors, the higher the contrast, the darker your blacks will be, the brighter the whites, and the colors inbetween will be juicier and glossier.

Also, see how many HDMI inputs it has. HDMI is really the best way to get a digital signal to your TV: it is an all digital cable, compared to components (which have digital ends and analog cords), and HDMI splits the video into 15 different channels to help clean it up. HDMI also carries stereo audio to your TV, hence you only need one simple cable, preventing all the mess that usually happens behind the TV.

The best cables are Monster, and I recommend either a 800 series or a 600 series.

Next, consider your resolution. Do you have a PS3, Xbox 360 or Blue Ray player? All will do 1080p high definition, the best high-def available (the Xbox 360 needs a software update to do so).

If you do not need 1080p, than any HDTV LCD screen will be fine, as all that do 720p will also do 1080i (well almost all, the ones that do not are almost freeks of nature, and they are very rare).

Then consider this: what is your source of High-Def? Do you have HD cable or Satellite? You will need those in order to see a high-def image. Also, consider an upconvert DVD player: it takes a standard definition image and makes it high-def, either in 720p or 1080i. It is not going to look as good as a TRUE high definition DVD player or a Blue-Ray, but it will get close.

If you have all that, you are set. Just find the size you like and a good contrast ratio, and you are A-O.k!

Answer 3

1 best size for room and price.
2 look at pixle resilution