Looking for a good 1080p HDTV for gaming.

I have been looking for a good 40 - 50 inch 1080p gaming tv for a while now, and a few RPTVs have caught my eye, such as the Samsung HLT5076S, the Sony KDS50A2020. A Flat panel LCD has me interested as well, the Samsung LNT4065F.

I don't know nearly as much about RPTVs as I do about LCDs so I thought it would be a good idea to ask the experts about them. I can see silk screen effects rather easily and I haven't seen rainbows before if that makes a big difference. And for those who know Plasmas I can see yellow flashes which plasma experts say is similar to rainbows on DLP, and that has me worried. I have all three of the new systems (PS3, 360, and Wii) and I plan on watching a few Blu-ray movies through my PS3 as well. So 1080p through Component and HDMI is a must, and good 480i/p scaling is needed as well.

I have read the Cnet reviews on the Sony SXRD and the Samsung LCD but they have yet to review the Samsung DLP. I have also read the owners threads for the above HDTVs as well. I plan on picking which ever one I decide on in a few weeks time so I'm not in a hurry, although I am very excited upgrade my old 20inch CRT SDTV to a larger HDTV.

Any input or suggestions would be appreciated.

Does anyone have any advice or recommendations?

I am in no hurry for a new TV, but the main concern that I have with LCoS is that it has a 2.5ms responce time, which is much slower than DLP. I will look into the 50A3000 to see how it stacks up (and to see just how bad the sticker shock will be)

The price on Sonystyle.com is high, but CC and BB prices should be much lower and the glass screens should prevent geometry issues.... but the 50 inch comes out a month later than the 55 and 60 inch models..... come on Sony.

I have read the owners threads on all three of the TVs that I listed (although I think that I am going to drop the LCD from the running) And the geometry issues with the Samsung slim dlp have me worried about that as well.

Could you post a link to information about the A3000?

How much better is the A3000 going to be from the A2020? I know that the 2020 has a few problems but is it worth the extra cash to upgrade? And how does LCoS's 2.5ms response time stack up against DLPs sub 1ms response time? I have read that a few people do have problems with motion blur on LCoS that does not happen with DLP.

I don't think that I can see rainbows with DLP, but I have never really looked for them, is there an easy way to spot them in a store display? (walmart has a cheap RCA that might be a good guinea pig to check out for the RBE)

I also saw that BB has a very cheap 50inch Toshiba that might be worth looking into for the price, though it is only 720p the very low price makes it tempting.

The fact that the Toshiba is nearly $800 cheaper than the Sony is reason enough to at least consider it. I have yet to see either in person, since the nearest CC or BB is 55 miles away, I have very few chances to see TVs in person so I try to learn as much as I can so that when I do get to look, I know what to look for. I will have to see the A2020 in person to tell if the A3000 will be worth waiting for and if it is, then I will wait a few months for the price to drop (and to see what problems emerge). Even though playing all the Fall games on a 20inch Emerson SDTV will be painful, knowing that I will get to replay them on a 50 inch 1080p will help me through the wait.

The Sony is a LCD RPTV with a 12ms response time which isn't very good these days. The JVC LCoS is the better pick but I have never seen one in person, so you might want to wait for someone who has to chime in. A Sony SXRD LCoS isn't that much more than the JVC either....

I plan on holding out for the 50 inch A3000 even though it comes out a full month after the 55 and 60 inch models I don't think that I have that much room and anything over 50 inches is probably too big for gaming on in my small space anyway.
By then the A2020 will probably be near imposible to find and the price difference won't be that big after a month or two of it being out. (I hope)

One thing that I noticed about the A3000 vs the A2020 is that the 3000 has 3 HDMI and 2 component, while the 2020 has 2 HDMI and 3 component. This seems a bit odd that they would drop a component input, although you still get 3 extra 1080p inputs on the 3000 over the 2020.

But the 2020 doesn't have 1080p over component only 1080i (I have a premium 360 so I need 1080p over component), and the 2020 has color accuracy problems that the 3000 probably won't have. And to top it off the 50 inch A3000 has dropped to a $2299.99 MSRP on the Sony site and it is still 2 months from release.

I keep looking at pictures of the 2020 vs the 3000 and I actually like the 2020 design a bit better, I might ask a few questions on the 2020 owners thread about the 1080i deinterlacing and the color accuracy issues to see if the 3000 is worth the wait.

Wow, you got a good deal, congrats. I don't plan on using the HD-DVD drive anytime in the near future but thanks for the info.

Or I could run it in 720p and let the TV scale it to 1080p that way the 60fps progressive scan should be left intact (most 360 games run in 720p anyway) Would this work?

Would this work, or should I hold out for the 50A3000? (And miss out playing Halo 3 day 1 on a big screen)