http://www.costco.com/Browse/Produc...lang=en-US&Sp=C&ec=BC-EC10605-Cat2341&topnav= LCD sucks. Unfortunately, the fact that you can tan off of an LCD television and the bad rep plasma HAD for burn in has pretty much given LCD a stranglehold on the market. IF you watch sports, and I think you probably do...duh....get a plasma. Pioneer is getting out of plasma and they were the best. My panasonic 50 1080p plasma is awesome and this Pioneer should be better. Better blacks and whatnot.
no, no it doesn't. Especially if you play any video games or your kids play any video games on the tv
fixed it for you. LCD viewing angle sucks Motion blur sucks. Speaking of video games, sports look like sonic the hedgehog on LCD. You get a trail on LCD, as of now there isn't anything that has been done to get rid of that. If you are watching tv outside in direct sunlight or want to use your tv as a computer monitor or only to play video games get an LCD. Otherwise, until OLED or whatever new technology comes around, get a plasma while you still can. If I had kids that wanted to play video games all day, I would have bought a panasonic 720 50 inch plasma from costco for 899 a couple of months ago. check out www.avsforum.com and read each section for plasma and lcd. You get proponents of both, but if you watch sports and movies plasma is for the win.
If you don't care about hanging the tv on the wall you should check out one of these models. This is the one I bought, it's bigger than you want, but will probably cost less than a 50" LCD/Plasma HDTV. http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-HL67A750-67-Inch-1080p-Powered/dp/B001413DWQ Everyone that sees it can't believe the pic. Since it's LED you never have to change the lamp. Quick edit, while you couldn't hang this on the wall it's not near as big as the old projection tvs. And man, sports are unbelievable on this! Like you are there! One other thing, lights don't bother it one bit.
There's a pretty big price differential between the better LCD TVs and the lower quality ones. Perhaps 2x the price even. By "better" I mean 120Hz refresh rate, which makes watching sports more tolerable. The DLP TV you link to is interesting because of the LED. DLP has long had a reputation for having a nice picture for a lower cost, but also for needing repairs or even being lemons due to the bulb and color wheels wearing out. I'd want to research this model to see if it still has a color wheel (my guess is yes). Anything with moving parts (color wheel) will wear out in time, guaranteed
When it comes to significant purchases, I would still recommend checking ot Consumer Reports ratings. They extensively test products, and are very reliable.
I have 4 HDTVs... 3 at home and one at beach. One is Sony XBR CRT, amazing pic but amazingly heavy TV and only 34", LCD DLP... good TV but only 1080i... bulb burned out once. The new one at the beach... Toshiba 120hz 1080P is amazing. Jaw dropping. Samsung and Sony would be even better but they were quite a bit more expensive. Blue Ray DVDs are freaking awesome. Even regular DVDs look amazing. So... newer LCD's... I say are very good. I dare you to find motion blur on that Toshiba LCD... I am the most sensitive person in the world for motion blur... I literally can't watch a lot of movies that do the camera shaking shit... can't play first person shooter type video games etc... but the 120hz LCDs are fantastic. Also... go to video only... they do have awesome prices... and you can usually talk them down even lower than what they have listed... or get them to throw in Blueray or something.
I have the 50" Panasonic Viera 1080p. I quite enjoy it. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889187083
From what I have been reading on the avs forum, the 120hz LCD tvs look awesome on bluray and movies in general but still have problems with sports. That is the killer for me and I have witnessed it in person at my friend's house. His LCD is 120 so he says. The superbowl looked like crap. We watched it live over the air, which should give you the best picture. I recorded it on my direct dvr and watched it on my plasma at home and it was awesome.
I have the 46-inch Samsung LCD, and I couldn't be happier. People are astonished at the picture. Samsung makes the best TVs around, and they're rated #1 by Consumer Reports.
How much was it? I don't mean to say that any of the newer hdtvs are bad. They are all amazing, especially when you first get one. Some are just better than others. I would buy a few Pioneer Elite plasmas and keep them in storage if I had extra money to burn.
JUST BUY THE BIGGEST DAMN HDTV YOU CAN GET. I gave away an old Mitsubishi big screen when I got the new tv and I feel like George Jetson from the future. woo hoo.
Digital over the air on my tv doesn't have near the pic that Directv has. Over the air depends on the distance as well as the antennae and the way it's pointing. Also digital doesn't mean it's HD.
Ya, sports looks amazing on my HDTV too. A live HD telecast is the best pic! Cars look great on HD too. I love watching HD travel programs too. Such beautiful scenery. Breath taking at times. What's really amazing on the one I have is how bright and vibrant the colors are. Just unbelievable how many colors. Btw, mines a samsung too. I liked the ones at the Rose Garden so I figured they are pretty good. But I did a lot of research before I bought my TV and for the price especially you won't get a better pic. The only thing that isn't as good as my last projection is the sound. The sound is ok, but my last one had giant speakers on the bottom while this one doesn't. But like I said it's ok and I have a nice surround sound receiver so it doesn't matter. I mainly wanted a great pic.
