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DarkStar02

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New house, new media center, new TV. Right now I'm looking at the 1080p 46" Aquos at Costco for $1399. They aren't into name brands, and they aren't picky about picture (They use a 42" Magnavox EDTV right now). It's going above the fireplace so it needs to be an LCD or plasma, and they'd rather have a bigger picture than a cleaner picture. 46" is the SMALLEST TV they'd be interested, so all suggestions need to be 46"+ and under $2000 (They set a $2000 budget for TV and audio, but we own a car audio shop and can get Boston Acoustic home audio for practically nothing).
 
46 inch is nice i bought 2 for 1098 a piece on black friday. And then bought a 52 from newegg for 2000 and it is just as good, standard broadcast is not that good but hd is nice on it i feel you cannot go wrong with them myself
 
I'm watching a nice Panasonic 50 Plasma right now. Model TH50PZ700U. Got it last August for about 2500. It can be found much cheaper now. Full 1080p I can't say enough good about it.
 
It does appear that ambient light control is still very important for plasmas compared to LCDs. Similar to CRTs, ambient light limits black level substantially on plasmas due to reflection. (At least on the new 80/85 series Panasonics I was looking at.)

(With computer display, not TV, my primary purpose, I have an LCD. Got a big window and even with blinds, I can't control the room lighting as well. And as such I find the LCD has a superior black level during the day. And the CRT, and presumably a plasma, are superior at night...)

Biggest issue with LCD's is how the picture fails from off angle viewing. I think this would be particularly a problem if the TV is in the corner of the room, which leaves most people viewing from an off angle. However, depending on the LCD, even some seats (e.g., corner seats) on a couch directly across from the LCD can suffer reduced color and contrast.

Best to check out the various sets in person direcly and from off angles of course...and in different types of lighting....
 
DarkStar02 said:
New house, new media center, new TV. Right now I'm looking at the 1080p 46" Aquos at Costco for $1399. They aren't into name brands, and they aren't picky about picture (They use a 42" Magnavox EDTV right now). It's going above the fireplace so it needs to be an LCD or plasma, and they'd rather have a bigger picture than a cleaner picture. 46" is the SMALLEST TV they'd be interested, so all suggestions need to be 46"+ and under $2000 (They set a $2000 budget for TV and audio, but we own a car audio shop and can get Boston Acoustic home audio for practically nothing).
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Nothing like thanking you parents for creating you by buying them a brand new 46" Mitsubishi LCD 1080p HDTV this is probably one of the best tv out on the market it has the 120 refresh rate or whatever and acceps hdmi 1.3

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for a decent price you could get a samung in that range too
 
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