Buying a New Television

[Analyst]

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Speaking of devices, I need more suggestions.

Unless, of course, you all just want to hand the thread off to that Jerry Garcia SOB who stole my thread.

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Kidding. I have heard a handful of useful things so far.

I want the thinnest, biggest, clearest-picture television available for under $2K. It doesn't need to be "pimp," it just needs to be a decent value.

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As has been said, you don't need a 1080 set unless you are getting a very large screen and/or are sitting very close.

If you have a $2k budget, I'd take a serious look at the Pioneer 4280. OneCall has it for $2300; others may be cheaper (but OneCall is exceptionally reliable). Stretch the extra couple of hundred dollars and sacrifice some size - the new generation ("Kuro") from Pioneer simply is in a different league from any other consumer display. Other companies make some very good displays - especially Sharp and Sony (LCDs), and Panasonic (plasmas) - but once you've seen a Pioneer, there's no going back.

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I just got a 60" Pioneer plasma 6070, for $3000 at Sam's club.

Sweet!!!!!!!!

not sure if this link will work

http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/nav...mp;item=376117

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oops, just read your last post, as this TV is most definitely pimp and it costs 3k.

[MrWookie]

One thing to definitely make sure of is that you have 2 HDMI inputs. That's pretty common, but when it comes down to it, having enough ports is probably more important than 1080p. You're going to have 1 HD source from either cable or satellite, and that's best using HDMI. Then, you might one day have a HDDVD/Blu-Ray player, a PS3, a Xbox360, or who knows what else, and they'll probably want a HDMI cable, too. My TV has 2 component inputs as well, and that's pretty nice to have, too. I have my Wii hooked up to one and my DVD player to the other. It's easy to think only about picture quality, but being able to plug in everything is something to check.

[z28dreams]

This thread has been done a LOT.

Short and sweet: For around $1000, I think a plasma is a better bet than an LCD. Panasonic is usually the best bang-for-the-buck brand here.

If you want to go LCD, Samsung seems to be the sweet spot - very close to Sony's quality but considerably cheaper. If you go LCD you might as well go 1080p - it's not much more expensive.

Asofel just showed me a 50" plasma (pioneer I think) on clearance for like $1300 - so you can definitely find some good deals if you dig.

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can you send me the link for the 50" plasma on clearance because if it is a Pioneer (I doubt it), then it is pretty much a steal.

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can you send me the link for the 50" plasma on clearance because if it is a Pioneer (I doubt it), then it is pretty much a steal.

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Was it the pioneer? If it was, send me the link too. I'll buy this in a second.