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Money is rather tight, though I pray will be opening up soon (if I ever get employed).
When I actually did make money, we bought a Hitachi 60SX12B, which we loved (for the last 12 or so years) until it done died. We therefore have the huge pier cabinet structure that I also bought to surround said set, and intend to somehow make the new set aesthetically fit into the space (with a little extra wood-working on my part).
I have been reading about plasma vs lcd, 1080 vs 720, Vizio, Panasonic, Samsung, Sanyo, Magnavox and a host of others (I refuse to ever buy Sony again if I can help it as they are the Nazis of electronics).
My wife is the primary watcher, usually in low ambient light (how nice it would be if they made a set that would NOT receive that LifeTime garbage).
I don't want to make the mistake of not buying technology that we will use more in the future, but presently we watch all SD - of course, not having a hd set might have influenced this...
I think the choices are down to the 47" Vizio lcd, a Panasonic 50" plasma and a Sanyo 50" plasma, but that is strictly from cram research over a few days and somewhat limiting the stores to local that we could return to if need be, and from the choices I believe you can pretty well identify those stores (I do not recall if board policy prohibits naming stores in this area and as being new, I am hesitant to chance violating policy).
I HATE gambling this much money, even though it is but a third of the previous set's cost, and really, really appreciate all guidance from you folks.
btw, if you have a vested interest in one of these companies, please give me a break and don't push me toward your product; this is a decision I am going to have to live with for some time to come - I appreciate your understanding.
Is there a clear choice? Are there any other factors I should take into consideration?
I greatly appreciate you help!
When I actually did make money, we bought a Hitachi 60SX12B, which we loved (for the last 12 or so years) until it done died. We therefore have the huge pier cabinet structure that I also bought to surround said set, and intend to somehow make the new set aesthetically fit into the space (with a little extra wood-working on my part).
I have been reading about plasma vs lcd, 1080 vs 720, Vizio, Panasonic, Samsung, Sanyo, Magnavox and a host of others (I refuse to ever buy Sony again if I can help it as they are the Nazis of electronics).
My wife is the primary watcher, usually in low ambient light (how nice it would be if they made a set that would NOT receive that LifeTime garbage).
I don't want to make the mistake of not buying technology that we will use more in the future, but presently we watch all SD - of course, not having a hd set might have influenced this...
I think the choices are down to the 47" Vizio lcd, a Panasonic 50" plasma and a Sanyo 50" plasma, but that is strictly from cram research over a few days and somewhat limiting the stores to local that we could return to if need be, and from the choices I believe you can pretty well identify those stores (I do not recall if board policy prohibits naming stores in this area and as being new, I am hesitant to chance violating policy).
I HATE gambling this much money, even though it is but a third of the previous set's cost, and really, really appreciate all guidance from you folks.
btw, if you have a vested interest in one of these companies, please give me a break and don't push me toward your product; this is a decision I am going to have to live with for some time to come - I appreciate your understanding.
Is there a clear choice? Are there any other factors I should take into consideration?
I greatly appreciate you help!