LCD for about $1000

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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.