Help me choose an HDTV!!!
 

All I really know of HDTV’s is that I want need one.

Am I too greedy thinking I can find a decent 42” 1080p LCD/Plasma with good response time for gaming around, say…$900-$1,100? I’m tired of playing my PS3 on my 15 inch tube TV, and I want to actually utilize that Blu-Ray player, dammit.

I was thinking something like this:


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CompUSA had this on sale for $999, but no longer :(. Anyways, this is just one set that I was looking at, and I've never even heard of Olevia. I just want to get the most bang for my buck, and was wondering your guys thoughts/suggestions, or any deals you may know of. Thanks.

Heh, if you're willing to go a couple $100 higher, I'd recommend going bigger and better and getting a DLP TV. Actually, I've seen the Samsung HL50A650 (50" DLP HDTV) go new for about $1150, only $50 more than your price range, not including tax/shipping. The picture is epically godlike, and you don't have to worry about response times since you'll be using an HDMI cable anyway (plus DLP response times were always in the microseconds anyway). Even your SD signals from any other machines you may have will be pretty much perfect since the technology these days is good. Yeah... 1080P LED DLP HDTV FTW, GG.

Not that I work for TI or anything.

If you're not too particular on it being 1080p or 42", I'd go with a smaller 36" TV with 720p. HDTV isn't broadcast in 1080 and PS3 and Xbox 360 look really good over 720.

Most 720s can reach 1080i, which has, of course, a noticeable rate of pixel increase. The only drawback for PS3 is that you have to switch back to 720p if you want to play PS1/2 games.

Blu-Rays at 1080 resolution look really nice as well at 720, and with the large amount of crappy transfers, 720 actually really helps with grain problems (I wouldn't even want to imagine Fifth Element Blu-Ray on a 1080 screen).

The best part is I've seen decent 36" panels at electronics stores for $550 (MicroCenter).


Aside from that, I don't think what you mentioned above is greedy, you'll just have to deal hunt like no one's business.