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Author Topic: OK...DLP, D-ILA, SXRD...now I'm really confused. Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-12-2007 02:08 PM                     The prices of large, flat panel displays (bigger than 50") have definitely come way down in price compared to levels from just a couple years ago. When I finally buy a HDTV set (probably this Spring) I'm very likely going to get some kind of LCD TV. The Sony Bravia and Sharp Aquos models look pretty good. Originally I had intentions of getting a larger rear projection TV. Not anymore. LCD performance in general has improved a lot. Viewing angles are better. The images are brighter and sharper looking than the rear projection TVs. And they don't have the cabinet depth and weight of a refrigerator.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 12-12-2007 04:00 PM                        A couple months ago I comparison-shopped flat-panel LCD sets, primarily the Sharp Aquos and Sony Bravia. The Sharp did not impress me. It seemed like it had no grayscale, like things were either dark or light but little in between. And by "dark" I mean dark gray, not black. I diddled around with the screen controls and could not get it to display an image I would be satisfied with. The Sony Bravia LCD seemed *much* better to my eyes. Very good blacks, no loss of subtle gradations in dark areas. RPTV is a relative bargain nowadays for larger screen sizes, but they're clearly on the way out.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-12-2007 05:26 PM                     Ya can't judge any tv's in a store that is not properly set up to display them. There exists a standard for TV viewing areas... grey back wall with so many candellas of indirect lighting on it. Few stores excepting high end audio/video places are ever set up this way... When you find a place that has this its amazing what it does for viewing different tv's. Mark  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 12-12-2007 06:19 PM                     Also don't forget if your looking at LCD models the Response time factor of the set.  |  IP: Logged Steven J Hart Master Film Handler Posts: 282 From: WALES, ND, USA Registered: Mar 2004 posted 12-13-2007 07:45 AM                        quote: Bobby Henderson And they don't have the cabinet depth and weight of a refrigerator You are right about the cabinet depth, but not the weight. A Samsung 61 inch dlp projection weighs about 75 lbs while a sony bravia 52" LCD weighs in at 108 lbs. Plasmas are really heavy. I just helped my freind install a Panasonic 58" plasma which weighed a whopping 141 lbs un-boxed! If you plan to hang one of these suckers on the wall you must be very secure with your mounting. Steve  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-13-2007 01:19 PM                     I plan to get one of those entertainment stands with the steel pylon running up the back of it to hold a flat panel TV. Even if the TV weighed only 50 pounds I still wouldn't want to mount it into the wall unless I was absolutely sure I was anchoring it into studs.  |  IP: Logged

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