Thread: Looking for new TV. Advice??

Originally Posted by nayagamj

they want to spend less than $1500, so i am on the hunt for sales. They watch HD cable, dvds and blu rays. because of they have a blu ray player, my dad wants to get a 1080P tv. i've seen the samsung and sharp in person and they both look great. i've yet to see the panasonic in person. my only concern with the panasonic is whether its big enough. do you guys see a big difference between a 42inch set and 46 inch set?

Not much of a difference in my opinion.

Originally Posted by SirJW

Time Warner Discount?

Circuit City black Friday ad stated that certain HD subscribers could save on purchases of LCD/Plasma televisions.
Then if you have AAA you save a additional 10% on purchases.
Pretty much if you combined both it was close to 20% discount.

Originally Posted by SirJW

Just saw a survey that said most buyers would go bigger next time.

FYI, this thread is about TV's.

I went with grncobra's set's smaller brother (40") for $1150 at BB. This LCD is awesome!

Have you callibrated it yet, grncobra?

i've basically come to the conclusion that all of these tvs are awesome. i'm leaning towards the panasonic plasma right now because its on sale this week. kingtaco, are you talking about the sharp lcd? because i calibrated my sister's sharp for her. if you are talking about the sharp, it looks AMAZING after calibration.

Originally Posted by nayagamj

i've basically come to the conclusion that all of these tvs are awesome. i'm leaning towards the panasonic plasma right now because its on sale this week. kingtaco, are you talking about the sharp lcd? because i calibrated my sister's sharp for her. if you are talking about the sharp, it looks AMAZING after calibration.

Are there any DIY calibration tools out there? I just can't afford to spend the $300 for a prefessional. Any suggestions?

DIY calibrations are better than no calibration, Video Essentials and AVIA are good discs to use. Keep in mind that different video inputs sometimes have separate memories. You might need to write down all the settings are copy them to the other inputs.

Stay away from the Sharps. A couple of years ago my Parents bought that gave them nothing but troubles. I happened to be in the market for a tv as well and when I went to best buy every open box/refurbished models were all Sharps. Im at Costco the other day and noticed a guy returning his TV, casually asked him what was wrong and he said the Volume is very erratic; sure as hell it was a Sharp.

Their products may have gotten better but with that kind of money why risk it?

For the Record-Ive got a Samsung that has never given me any problems at all.

Originally Posted by Kingfan

DIY calibrations are better than no calibration, Video Essentials and AVIA are good discs to use. Keep in mind that different video inputs sometimes have separate memories. You might need to write down all the settings are copy them to the other inputs.

If you really wanted to go on the cheap the THX demos on the Star Wars discs are passable as well.