|   Need recomendation for new 36' TV +dvd | byteboy11
Apr 24, 2003 5:04 PM | | I would like some help on deciding which TV to buy...Id like a 34/36' TV HDTV ready ect. I have about $2000 to spend, also I'd like to pick up a progressive DVD player. Is the Sony KV-36HS500 a good buy or is there something better for the money?. Hopefully I can get some good info before spending the hard earned $$$ -). I guess if you had bout $2000 to spend on a home system, speakers and all, what would you get?. |
| re: Need recomendation for new 36' TV +dvd | byteboy11
Apr 24, 2003 5:37 PM | | I've decided that I want to go with a RPTV, now I guess the question is whats are good model for around $2500?..or are they all the same pretty much?. |
| Wow! That's a goddamn big TV! | Slosh
Apr 25, 2003 4:30 AM | | I like Pioneer's 53" which you should be able to find for less than $2500 (non-Elite).
They are <i>not</i> all the same. My friend has a 48" Mitsubishi and while it looks great with anamorphic DVD and HD broadcasts, its 4:3 stretch mode is terrible. Pioneer's stretch mode is much, <i>much</i> better.
Toshiba's stretch modes are pretty good too, but I find their picture to be a bit soft with HD directly compared to Pioneer. That being said, the Toshiba's are a little more common and a few hundred dollars cheaper and without a direct side by side comparison are far more impressive.
BTW, I can make these claims (which are my opinion only) because a nearby store that does ISF calibration to all of their display models puts them all side by side and feeds them a HD Dish Network signal. |
| Wow! That's a goddamn big TV! | byteboy11
Apr 25, 2003 9:43 AM | | Im thinking bout going with the Toshiba 42H82, since this TV is for an apartment so its not a really big room, and the Toshiba seems pretty nice. |
| re: Need recomendation for new 36' TV +dvd | odingd101
Apr 29, 2003 6:06 AM | | There's a new Sony RPTV 46" that is one to look at, has all the nice features of the much larger ones, its still small enough being a 'set-top' and with a good input the image is very very clear |
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