Buying New TV would like opinion?

Best LCD for Xbox 360. Please help?


I would like to purchase a 42" LCD HDTV in a couple of months. I plan to use it about 50% of the time for games on my xbox 360 and the other 50% split between tv and movies. It will be my first HDTV so I'd like some help.


I'm not around HD enough really to appreciate the differences between 720p, 1080i and 1080p although I could be wrong. I understand you get what you pay for quality wise and don't mind spending a liitle more for a better performing more reliable TV.


My plan is to spend around $2500 CAD after tax and maybe warrenty(is it worth getting 2 year warrenty?). So in your opinion what TV is going to give me the best gaming experience with consideration for movies and television.

Buying New TV would like opinion?
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Reply:Personally for what you plan to use it I woud recommend a samsung or sony LCD. The resolution can be as high as 1080p so this will be useful if you have the HD DVD player for the x-box( not sure if it outputs 1080p). 720p/1080i is virtually close to the same. "i" is interlaced which means you get picture everyother pixel line and progressive is every line and you will get a much more defined and detailed picture. 1080p is twice the resolution as 720p/ 1080i. 1920 by 1080 and the price for a FULL HD tv will be higher than a 720/1080i. In the other hand if you subscribe to an HD signal it is only transmitted up to 1080i.





As far as a warranty I would say yes because most stores offer in home service and replacement if your tv ever goes bad. Beats having to send it to the manufacture and they will NOT replace your tv.





Shop around, do some research and see what tv feets your needs. Try consumer reports to see how the tv's rate against each other.
Reply:This is what to look for;


1. Respose time- Between 4ms to 8ms. Perfect for gaming and fast moving objects.


2. Contrast ratio- At least 1600:1 on an LCD higher if you can afford it.


3. Brightness of at least 500cd.


4. At least 2 HDMI inputs.


5. 1080p


If you have $2500 to spend, you should have no problem at all finding these specs. Good luck.
Reply:save your money to buy a oled tv when they hit the market instead. it will be superior quality
Reply:I PREFER the LCD PANEL TV over the LCD Projection TV....you don't have to pay for the bulb every 3-4 years at $250 a bulb.....





1080P is the only 1080 out there....any NON-1080P unit is just 720....and there is a big difference in picture detail.


Since you own an X-box, get the maximum detail you can get from it......





Wait until September if you can. That's when the 1080P TVs will drop in price because thats when the NEW models come out.....





While Sony is the big LCD-panel KING....as long as you buy a well known BRAND you won't go wrong....avoid the strange names that have appeared recently.
Reply:LCD flatscreens are a lot lighter than Plasma TVs which weigh over a 100 lbs. Nevertheless, LCD flatscreens may have limited viewing angles and can suffer from dead pixels. While Plasma TVs are very suspectible to ghosting which is the result of having a fixed image inadvertently left on the screen for a long period of time. This fixed image will literally remain as a ghost image backgrounded to the screen. Usually the solution is to install a floating screen savers which is activated when the screen is not active.





And then there are rear projection LCD's and DLP's which use mirror panels and color wheels to filter and project a very large screen image [ranging from 65" to 72" diagonally measured]. The major concern is replacement cost of lamps which usually cost between $200 - $300 and last any number of hours depending on how the TV is shut off. Failing to properly shut down either LCD or DLP units which involves leaving on the main fan running for some 20 minutes -- will result in early failure of projection lamps. And there's the added concern regarding the use of "organic" material which make up the LCD panels/mirrors and usually causes the blue panel to fade over a period of time. So you may have to look forward to purchasing a new LCD projection TV. But getting back to DLP projection TV, there is the issue of viewers seeing the dreaded "rainbow effect" which are color flashes appear in highly contrasty dark scenes. Their sighting can cause headaches and is quite annoying to the viewers. And a possible cure is to choose a color wheel which operates faster than 3X; say 4X which seems to be the threshold speed that virtually eliminates the rainbow effect.





And finally, we should also consider the "ultimate, best" TV technology: "Front Projection."





You may well want to check out another technology: DLP front projection which produces a movie-like experience of HD television, DVDs, videos and games. And according to Consumer Reports, "front projection has a superior image -- better than CRT's, LCDs or plasma."





Check out the reviews for a "92" DLP generated [front projection] TV image at amazon.com by submitting the search query: "Infocus SP4805." There are any number of customer submitted pictures of projected HDTV image(s) along with other high-quality regular DVD-movie images projected on bare white wall surfaces. And the price for a refurbished ScreenPlay 4805 is about $550 with lamps costing around $330 which will last around 4,000 hours. Also check out various reviews at Consumer Reports [November 2005 %26amp; December 2006] in which front projection is rated "superior" to plasma, lcd.





Good luck!

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