AtticA Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 My brother just got a huge Samsung and the picture is excellent as well (and I am a skeptic of paying thousands of $$$ for a TV when you can get a perfectly good 32' for $350). For $350 you're not going to get HDTV so why even bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassow Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 2700.00 from Sams Club delivered!!!!We may have a winner. This may be a stupid question, but here goes. Once it is turned on and connected to my Directv, will I need to do anything to get HD? You have to connect your Directv to your tv with a DVI or HDMI cable. They run about 100 bucks. Other than that, nothing. I would also recommend a DVD player that upconverts to HD. I bought a sony one for about 100 bucks and its nasty...makes all my regular dvd's look HD (only thing is you have to connect it with an HDMI cable...so another 100 bucks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOF44 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 You have to connect your Directv to your tv with a DVI or HDMI cable. They run about 100 bucks. Other than that, nothing. I would also recommend a DVD player that upconverts to HD. I bought a sony one for about 100 bucks and its nasty...makes all my regular dvd's look HD (only thing is you have to connect it with an HDMI cable...so another 100 bucks). Could have saved yourself alot of money. http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Samsung-6ft-HDMI-to-HDMI-cable-for-HDTV_W0QQitemZ200008637026QQihZ010QQcategoryZ64631QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighPlainsDrifter Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 2700.00 from Sams Club delivered!!!!We may have a winner. This may be a stupid question, but here goes. Once it is turned on and connected to my Directv, will I need to do anything to get HD? I think you need a HD Directv reciever, I could be wrong though. They have gotten alot cheaper recently. BTW I absolutely love my Panasonic plasma. :2cents: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjcdaman Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Okay, I was going to start a new thread for this . . . but anyway. Here's my 56" Samsung DLP . . . Yeah, yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 cjdaman, that looks awesome.. how much was the entire setup? and was the table included with the table Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjcdaman Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 cjdaman, that looks awesome.. how much was the entire setup? and was the table included with the table :laugh: I would hope that the table is included with the purchase of a table. Seriously, it was over $3,000 but because I bought it all at once . . . I got deals on everything. The table I purchased seperately right off the floor. I saved 75 bucks instead of buying a brand new one. The TV is only half the fun. The sound that comes out of war movies(and movies with good sound) is INCREDIBLE! If you look all the way to the left of the pic, you can see my sub. With the hard flooring, it rumbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 12th Commandment Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 That's sweeeet cj! I'm getting me one before the season starts. And if anything, you understate the sound. Having a good a surround system makes good flicks great. Nothing like seeing my dog looking around for what's making that noise (before she went deeef). Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Looking for the best, biggest with a budget of 3000.00.Any help appreciated. Kilmer. You need to look at the big picture, so to speak. I have a 65' Mitsubishi, its not a plasma, but it is HD. It takes up 25 square feet of floor space, but the pic is crystal clear, and it cost me 1800. With the remainder I got the the HD/TiVo box. The big TV is key, but its nothing without TiVo. http://reviews.cnet.com/Mitsubishi_WS_65315_projection_TV_65/4505-6484_7-31106113.html http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7713851&type=product&id=1140394006250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbasye Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 After years of putting it off.... deciding which one to buy.... I have finally bought that big screen that I've wanted since college! Okay, I kinda wanted the bigger 50" plasma, but a 42" is plenty big, and not so heavy that I couldnt muscle it up a flight of steps and into my car by myself. I ended up with the 42" Pansonic Plasma- and IT LOOKS AWESOME (its replacing a 19" samsung crt- big upgrade) I'm quite certain that the Redskins should win with my ability to experience the game in HD for the first time!! Hail!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkHog Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Look at the new 60" A2000. It compares well with the Samsung DLPs and you can get it for under $2500: http://reviews.cnet.com/Sony_KDS_60A2000/4505-6484_7-31901232.html?tag=lst This is the model it replaces which has the best review an HD has ever gotten on CNET but some have color uniformity issues: http://reviews.cnet.com/Sony_KDS_R60XBR1/4505-6484_7-31481141.html?tag=lst Otherwise I would get a Samsung DLP but I see rainbows. The new ones apparently don't make rainbows (or they aren't as bad). Whatever you do, make sure to actually see the TV before you buy it and it's a much better idea to buy from a store and not online so the set is easily returnable if you can't live with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Look at the new 60" A2000. It compares well with the Samsung DLPs and you can get it for under $2500:http://reviews.cnet.com/Sony_KDS_60A2000/4505-6484_7-31901232.html?tag=lst This is the model it replaces which has the best review an HD has ever gotten on CNET but some have color uniformity issues: http://reviews.cnet.com/Sony_KDS_R60XBR1/4505-6484_7-31481141.html?tag=lst Otherwise I would get a Samsung DLP but I see rainbows. The new ones apparently don't make rainbows (or they aren't as bad). Whatever you do, make sure to actually see the TV before you buy it and it's a much better idea to buy from a store and not online so the set is easily returnable if you can't live with it. Shocked the DLP can not get 1080, is that normal for DLP's?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkHog Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Shocked the DLP can not get 1080, is that normal for DLP's?? They can get 1080. I'm not sure where you got that info from. All the new DLPs and LCOS (similar but different technology used by Sony and JVC) will do 1080p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 They can get 1080. I'm not sure where you got that info from.All the new DLPs and LCOS (similar but different technology used by Sony and JVC) will do 1080p. The review on the Sony said not 1080 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkHog Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 The review on the Sony said not 1080 Which one? Both are 1080p panels but the older model (XBR1) cannot take a 1080p input, only 1080i. The new one can take 1080p inputs and is a 1080p panel. If you could give the quote maybe I can clear up the confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Which one? Both are 1080p panels but the older model (XBR1) cannot take a 1080p input, only 1080i. The new one can take 1080p inputs and is a 1080p panel. If you could give the quote maybe I can clear up the confusion. ah it said 1080p what is the difference between 1080i and 1080p?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 12th Commandment Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 That's sweeeet cj! I'm getting me one before the season starts. And if anything, you understate the sound. Having a good a surround system makes good flicks great. Nothing like seeing my dog looking around for what's making that noise (before she went deeef). Very nice! I got it last friday. A sony wega 46 and I got superfan and the hd setup from direct tv. The lcd rear projection for normal tv isn't great, but I have a tube in a different room. HD on that puppy is AWESOME. And the price was right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOF44 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 ah it said 1080p what is the difference between 1080i and 1080p?? One is interlaced one is progressive scan. Two things with 1080p. 1. There are no TV/Cable/Sat broadcasts in 1080p and most likely won't be in the next decade. 2. Its not just enough that the TV can display 1080p to view it properly you need the right version of the HDMI connector. There are TV's out there that are 1080p panels but cannot take a 1080p signal. The only place I have heard of that will be outputting a real 1080p signal are the game consoles and the next gen DVD players BluRay/HDDVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkHog Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 ah it said 1080p what is the difference between 1080i and 1080p?? 1080p is a progressive signal whereas 1080i is interlaced. TVs generally update the image at 60 frames per second. The difference between 1080i and 1080p is that an interlaced signal only carries half the lines of resolution in every frame. In the first frame the signal contains all the odd lines and in the next frame all the even ones. Processors in the TV compare each frame to the ones directly before and after and fill in the missing lines. Using interlacing is a good way to provide a high resolution signal when you have limited bandwidth because only half the picture information is sent each time the screen updates. There is a better explaination of what I'm trying to say here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlace Check out the animated images about a third of the way down the page, they illustrate the concept very well. However, there are currently only a very small number of 1080p sources available. Second generation HD DVD players and Blu Ray players can output 1080p. So can PCs that are connected to a TV as long as their graphics cards are powerful enough. The PS3 will also support 1080p when it comes out. Otherwise, there are no other 1080p sources out there. All broadcast HD is either 720p or 1080i because 1080p requires roughly double the bandwidth and the improvement in quality is not that much, many people can barely notice a difference. However, a progressive image is better for high speed broadcasts such as sports and that is why all football games on FOX, CBS, NBC, and ESPN are broadcast in 720p rather than 1080i even though the resolution of 1080i is higher. Broadcast TV in 1080p will not be available for a long time to come because cable and satellite companies are already having serious issues getting enough bandwidth to supply lots of HD stations as is and as I said before, the improvement is minimal. If you have anymore questions just ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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