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Originally Posted by paulbochner
Here is the answer..........................
Most people (you guys) have no clue what a good image is supposed to look like. Go to best buy or PC richards and pick what looks best to you. (i just did an install with a 12k plasma panel, and the stupid fuck client compared it to the 1200 dollar samsung in the hamptons and tried to tell me the samsung looks beter.......case in point......the plasma was ISF tuned with fancy devices and things i can't even pronounce)
If you reallly , truely, honestly care about the image quality AND (big AND) have the money to spend. I can lean you towards making a good decision. F 3D.......is sucks and makes you dizzy as hell so don't even ask yet.
my personal pic if 46" Samsung 8000 series or sony ex700 series, but both are not that cheap...........if you can find a pioneer elite hanging around anywhere or even broad line pionner BUY IT!!!!!!.........with out question the best image you will find.........KEEP IN MIND........if you tv will be in high light situations then stay with LED LCD.
sorry for jumping around, but i hope my rant helps you a bit. if not i will tell you where joe lives and you can go steal his tv........LOL
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Actually the store is a pretty bad way to judge a set for several reasons. For one the lighting conditions at the store are not going to be the same as in your home.
Second, it's anybody guess what picture settings were set on which TVs, and its not likely any of the sets were properly set up, with the possible exception of the higher end set in the Magnolia room (and even that is questionable).
Finally most of the sets are fed a feed thats being split numerous times. With analog signals I know this was an issue. I don't know what method they are using to split the digital signal these new sets are getting, but if there is any signal conversion taking place, this is an issue. I doubt this is happening , but I really don't know.
Back to Ant's original question on wether $400 was worth the "upgrade" to an LED set. Well that depends on if its full-array LED or just edge-lit. I probably wouldnt pay that much more for edge lit unless I really needed a 1.2" thin TV. Secondly, is the only "upgrade" of the LED set the fact that it has LED backlighting, or does it also contain other features like VGA input, additional HDMI inputs, DLNA support, etc. For all we know he could be comparing two very unequal sets.
And of course, when you are ready to buy, make sure you do some shopping around for price.. 6th Ave, Best Buy and Sears often have sales.. PC Richards seems to have terrible prices, so I'm guessing you will have to work at getting the price down.
What sets are you comparing Ant?
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