Thinking about moving into the LCD world

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simon741

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Im looking to purchase a vizio 37" lcd tv for $599. I could go the 32" route for $100 less but the extra money seems to be good for an extra 5 inches. I cant find too many reviews of this tv but it seems that most people have been happy with it and it blows other equivalently sized lcds out of the water in price. The fact that I am running 720p on my 19 CRT and this new lcd will be running the same res kind of sares me considering its a whopping 20 inches bigger. Will this be fine or should I go and get a smaller monitor with 1080p for a little bit cheaper. This also has lots of inputs and hdcp support. Thanks
P.S.: Will this tv last me for awhile or will I want some 1080p goodness after awhile?
 
For PC usage I definitely recommend 1080p. 720p is just not enough space to work with IMO, it's like running 1024x768 but longer in the horizontal and even smaller in the vertical :( Stretch that on a 32" = no. Fine for movies, TV, and gaming at that size, no room to work with on a PC. Your choices for 1080p are pretty much the 32" Sharp panels ($900 + ) or a regular 24" 1920x1200 PC monitor, which is what you're gonna get for $600. I'm not going to go into the 24" debate, pretty much there's no perfect monitor at that size out there and it's a tough choice to decide. The Gateway FHD2400 is the closest it's come IMO, with a P-MVA or S-IPS it would be a no brainer with it's good scaler and variety of useful features.
 
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