We did some Christmas shopping over the weekend.
I bought a 50" plasma this weekend for $650 at best buy... manager was helping to ring it all up and said he'd seen the BF ad and that they wouldn't have anything to touch what I bought. I started at a decent 32" LCD for $400 and ended up pulling the trigger on the other one because it was too good of a deal to pass up.
There's also a 50" LG plasma that just went down to $650 at Costco my friend just picked up. Pretty nice.
these days you have to go to 1080 p and 120 hz cause plasma and the rest are old tech
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Last edited by ChumpDumper; 11-25-2009 at 05:27 AM.
You're right, he told me the wrong specs -- it's actually a 720p. There is absolutely no motion blur though. I'm of the impression that the negatives of the plasmas for the same resolution as lcds have been reduced to the point where one can be happy with either.
The only negative with my plasma (have 2 LCD's that I'm used to) is the reflection you see in the picture/glass from the sharp side angles but I/we never watch it from the side. Otherwise, the color and the picture is much better than my LCD once I got it calibrated. Both are 1080p, I assume the LCD is 60Hz because I bought it before the Hz numbers even mattered... while the plasma is naturally 600 Hz. Obviously looks much better on sports but Uverse's compression doesn't unleash it's full potential.
I absolutely love the LEDs but I couldn't justify the price difference when I landed the set I did for 1/4 the price of the LED.
chumpdumper is lying to you you ing guy.
he gets his info from the 9/11 commission report
I bought a 50" 1080p Panasonic plasma from Costco about a year ago and it kicks ass. No motion blur and pristine Blu Ray movies.
If you go LCD, check out the Samsung LED LCD TV's. Amazing picture but on the high end price wise. If you like Sony I read someplace the Sony and Sharp actually get their LCD screens from the same manufacturer. The software running the screen is different, but the screen is the same - so Sharp might give you more bang for your buck.
When I was looking I was originally going to get a Sony -its a solid choice.
Isn't Black Friday kind of like the tax free weekend? People spend more money than they normally do because they believe they're saving money with the sales.
Just spent 6 hours waiting in line at Wal-Mart with my dad. He got a 32" LCD and I picked up a HP G-60 laptop.
Thanks. I have to "work" this morning because you idiots wake up at 3 am and stampede each other like a bunch of cattle because you think you'll save a few dollars. I really can't complain - I'm just sitting here sippin my coffee keeping an eye on things with my ptzs, but I should be sleeping if not for you assholes who actually show up to this giant sham perpetrating this ritual every year. you all.
mookie prefers watching Betamax tapes of non-blockbuster movies that nobody else watched on a 7-inch black and white TV because he is contrarian.
Wife got me the PS3 Bundle at Wal-Mart. We were actually lucky because we got there at 4:30 and still managed to get in line and still barely get one. Now the question is, do I go with NBA2K or Live??
They are both absolutely terrible this year.
We just got a few cameras, Wii Fit, Ipod Touch, Rock Band and that was it. Is it true that if you use the HDMI hookup for Blue Ray you can't tell much difference if the TV is 720p? I'm not real particular about it. As long as the picture isn't fuzzy it is good enough for me. I don't need to be able to count nose hairs to enjoy a good movie.
I just love HDMI because, in the first decade of the 21st century, they FINALLY came up with ONE CORD to connect a video device, complete with state of the art audio, to a TV output.
very true. As long as there is an idiot willing to go to it, there is anwilling to make money off of said idiot.
I can tell the difference, but I'm a snob. If you are running out of HDMI ports, the component (three color) ports can display in HD as well though the sound will be only stereo.
I think there are only 2-3 LCD panel manufacturers period.
Don't spend your money (or credit) on depreciating assets, but don't invest either!
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