LCD for about $1000

[Trean]

I want to spend about $1000 give or take a little. I have been trying to research the various technologies but truthfully I think I have to go into a store one of these days and just look at the TVs and see if I can personally tell the difference between the fancy named add-on technologies.

I was wondering if I could get some of your input on what kinds of TVs to research, where to possibly go and what to look for when trying to distinguish between a few televisions. I have been concentrating heavily on Sony as a few of my friends have suggested that brand but they have so many TV series its a little discombobulating.

My seating locations can range from 5-9ft from the television depending on how I decide to arrange the living room; I am guessing the main seats will be somewhere in the middle of that range (7ft'ish). I have an Onkyo TX-SR605, Polk Monitor 50's, CS1, and Monitor 30's + older HTiB sub for 5.1 speaker setup... now all I need is a TV. My roommate is taking his 32" Westy (720p) when he departs sometime in the next two weeks; I have a ton of vacations so won't be using TV much so plan on purchasing one around Labor Day (plenty of time for research).


Thanks in advance.

[Herr Schmidt]

Im thinking about picking up the 55 inch vizio 120 hz The price for it is around 1500.00 at walmart right now.I own a 32 and 52 inch vizio had the 32 for 4 years and the 52 for 2 years now.No problem wiht them at all.
A very nice tv for the money.

[langn08]

I would stick with Sammy or Sony IMHO. Is there a specific size you are looking at? do you want 120hz?

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by langn08

I would stick with Sammy or Sony IMHO. Is there a specific size you are looking at? do you want 120hz?

I agree with langn....for an LCD, you can't go wrong with either manufacturer....I have had both and they both had excellent PQ.

[clownface]

You can get a nice 42" to 46" Sony, Sharp or Samsung for that price. Check JandR.com or Bestbuy.com.


http://www.jr.com/sony/pe/SON_KDL46V4100/


http://www.jr.com/sony/pe/SON_KDL40V5100/


http://www.jr.com/sharp/pe/SHA_LC40E77U/

[langn08]

You can pick up the sammy 630 40" for $999 if you want 120hz at bestbuy.com

[K_Williamson42]

Keep saving up and get a Sony XBR! you'll thank your self for saving when you get it setup in your house and are blown away

[Badboyztn]

Originally Posted by Herr Schmidt

Im thinking about picking up the 55 inch vizio 120 hz The price for it is around 1500.00 at walmart right now.I own a 32 and 52 inch vizio had the 32 for 4 years and the 52 for 2 years now.No problem wiht them at all.
A very nice tv for the money.

+1

[Trean]

Originally Posted by langn08

Is there a specific size you are looking at? do you want 120hz?

The price point seems to put me in the 40-49" size range. 120hz also seems the way to go, but of course seems to add to the price. Don't know why really other than its popular right now and thus has become a tech buzz term that people will pay extra for.

I was wondering what makes certain TVs at stores so life-like and in the action, I tried to find a concrete answer to this but the search feature is always terrible to me on these forums. I am referring to both regular and animated movies.

[langn08]

Originally Posted by Trean

The price point seems to put me in the 40-49" size range. 120hz also seems the way to go, but of course seems to add to the price. Don't know why really other than its popular right now and thus has become a tech buzz term that people will pay extra for.

I was wondering what makes certain TVs at stores so life-like and in the action, I tried to find a concrete answer to this but the search feature is always terrible to me on these forums. I am referring to both regular and animated movies.

In terms of lcd, the 120hz will smooth out panning shots during a movie. Now I am not sure about the "life-like" look of a LCD, you may be referring to a type of motion enhancer which people either love or hate. Personally I love it.

LCD sets are moving more towards 120hz or 240hz. So I do not think this is a "buzz" feature but is a newer technology that will become standard on LCD sets.

[Trean]

Originally Posted by langn08

LCD sets are moving more towards 120hz or 240hz. So I do not think this is a "buzz" feature but is a newer technology that will become standard on LCD sets.

I did not mean that it wasn't a good tech or a newer tech that will become more standard. Simply that it is a tech buzz word that corps can toss out there. Then there is this imagery of a dimwitted consumer going "Wow that sounds wonderful, I surely want one with that!". A higher refresh rate that merges better with all sorts of camera work and media is certainly better, but the 120hz logos are right up there in my mind with the logos of yesterday offer True HD and Full HD... two meaningless terms that unless tied to numbers off no information.

[langn08]

Originally Posted by Trean

I did not mean that it wasn't a good tech or a newer tech that will become more standard. Simply that it is a tech buzz word that corps can toss out there. Then there is this imagery of a dimwitted consumer going "Wow that sounds wonderful, I surely want one with that!". A higher refresh rate that merges better with all sorts of camera work and media is certainly better, but the 120hz logos are right up there in my mind with the logos of yesterday offer True HD and Full HD... two meaningless terms that unless tied to numbers off no information.

From what members on here have said, you will notice the jump from 60hz --> 120hz much more than the 120hz --> 240hz. LCD’s have needed something to help out with the motion blur problem that plasmas do not have. So much of the technology is focused on refresh times and also more recently auto motion or motion enhancer settings.

[Bluubyu]

Originally Posted by K_Williamson42

Keep saving up and get a Sony XBR! you'll thank your self for saving when you get it setup in your house and are blown away

Nahhhh save up for a Sammy A950.

[langn08]

OP, try to find an educated salesman to demo some LCD's for you. Choose what looks best to you... Which will be a Sammy

[quest88]

Originally Posted by Trean

I want to spend about $1000 give or take a little. I have been trying to research the various technologies but truthfully I think I have to go into a store one of these days and just look at the TVs and see if I can personally tell the difference between the fancy named add-on technologies.

I was wondering if I could get some of your input on what kinds of TVs to research, where to possibly go and what to look for when trying to distinguish between a few televisions. I have been concentrating heavily on Sony as a few of my friends have suggested that brand but they have so many TV series its a little discombobulating.

My seating locations can range from 5-9ft from the television depending on how I decide to arrange the living room; I am guessing the main seats will be somewhere in the middle of that range (7ft'ish). I have an Onkyo TX-SR605, Polk Monitor 50's, CS1, and Monitor 30's + older HTiB sub for 5.1 speaker setup... now all I need is a TV. My roommate is taking his 32" Westy (720p) when he departs sometime in the next two weeks; I have a ton of vacations so won't be using TV much so plan on purchasing one around Labor Day (plenty of time for research).


Thanks in advance.

Jump into a Panasonic Plasma. Great build quality and picture. I've had almost all types of HDTV from CRT, DLP, and LCD. They each have there strong points and flaws but once I made the jump it was a night and day difference. I do not think you will be disappointed.

[langn08]

Originally Posted by quest88

Jump into a Panasonic Plasma. Great build quality and picture. I've had almost all types of HDTV from CRT, DLP, and LCD. They each have there strong points and flaws but once I made the jump it was a night and day difference. I do not think you will be disappointed.

The original poster asked for $1000 LCD options. Hence why this was posted in the LCD thread. He did not sound conflicted between Plasma and LCD so I don't see the need to try to to sell him on a Plasma.

[quest88]

Originally Posted by langn08

The original poster asked for $1000 LCD options. Hence why this was posted in the LCD thread. He did not sound conflicted between Plasma and LCD so I don't see the need trt to sell him on a Plasma.

went back re read the post. Didn't see the title.

Good thing we have members like to set some of us straight.

As far as an LCD O.P. try out Philips you can usually get a good size to price ratio.

[langn08]

Originally Posted by quest88

went back re read the post. Didn't see the title.

Good thing we have members like to set some of us straight.

As far as an LCD O.P. try out Philips you can usually get a good size to price ratio.

haha no problem. Hope everyone’s Friday is going well!

[callas01]

I say look at the sammys too.

my sales rep and I took a minute at lunch yesterday to check out some 32" TVs he wants for his bedroom and without knowing a lot about HDTVs he said, it seems like the samsungs have the best picture... i agreed and showed him some other things as well be I think he is stuck on a 32" samsung.

As far as 120hz or not, i don't have it and never experience motion blur. And it isn't the motion flow that eliminates motion blur its the response time of the pixels, and scientifically speaking your eyes shouldn't see motion blur if the response rate is less then 16ms... unless your right up on the TV 5 inches away from the screen. But from a normal viewing distance, you shouldn't see it... maybe if you buy a POS, but the respectible MFGs should have good enough engines in them.

also understand that motion flow(or whatever each MFG wants to call it) and the 120 hz refresh rate are not the same thing. Motion flow can be on 60hz HDTV also, just ask anyone with a sony v series from last year.

[Trean]

Originally Posted by callas01

also understand that motion flow(or whatever each MFG wants to call it) and the 120 hz refresh rate are not the same thing. Motion flow can be on 60hz HDTV also, just ask anyone with a sony v series from last year.

I know this. But thanks for stating it anyways.