Plainning on picking up a larger TV to replace my current Sony Wega 42". We now have a larger living room with primary seating at around 9' from the Television and off center seating to the right, at about a 75degree angle, and 5' from the Television. The room has two windows, one beside/behind the television, and one on the far side of the room. The lighting levels in the room are controlled fairly well, but daytime can be bright (nighttime is VERY dark).
I will be using a Yamahaa HTR5660 reciever at least until May. I currently run with Boston speakers (front/center/rear) and a powered Yamahaa sub. I have a Toshiba SD5700 DVD player that I may replace with a better unit right away.
This television will be playing digital cable with a few HDTV options. I am also upgrading to the HDTV Tivo! this weekend. As for uses, the television will find daily use with my wife watching music and all things HGTV, and myself watching HBO, sports and of course DVD movies. There will also be a good amount of X box gaming going on, especially on weekends
Now a bit about me, Im not a videophile per say. I enjoy my movies and sports but I am not the type of person who will be learning much more than the basics on screen settings and calibration. I want a TV that will be impressive in quality without a great deal of tweaking. Whatever I purchase will have an extended warranty on it, as I know these technologies to be fickle.
I've read a lot over the past few days on this forum. It is, to say the least, overwhelming and I find myself reeling from the massive amount of negativity and mixed feelings on current technology. I have read many of the awsomely compiled 'popular' threads compiled here, but many of them are debates which started well over a year ago and as such, do not necessarily take into account current technology.
As an average user, or perhaps just a bit more, what would you purchase with 3 or 4 thousand dollars? I've seen a lot of GWIII rear projection LCD talks, and I've read discussion on the Samsung HLN567. It would appear that there are some great CRT models available as well. I guess Im just overwhelmed and would like opinions from some of you, not the opinions of the salesmen in this area (which have each been catered to THEIR premier brand and each has contradicted the other quite well, that is IF I could get a salesmen that seemed to know anything besides...Dude, this LCD is the bomb..)
Thanks for any and all input
I will be using a Yamahaa HTR5660 reciever at least until May. I currently run with Boston speakers (front/center/rear) and a powered Yamahaa sub. I have a Toshiba SD5700 DVD player that I may replace with a better unit right away.
This television will be playing digital cable with a few HDTV options. I am also upgrading to the HDTV Tivo! this weekend. As for uses, the television will find daily use with my wife watching music and all things HGTV, and myself watching HBO, sports and of course DVD movies. There will also be a good amount of X box gaming going on, especially on weekends
Now a bit about me, Im not a videophile per say. I enjoy my movies and sports but I am not the type of person who will be learning much more than the basics on screen settings and calibration. I want a TV that will be impressive in quality without a great deal of tweaking. Whatever I purchase will have an extended warranty on it, as I know these technologies to be fickle.
I've read a lot over the past few days on this forum. It is, to say the least, overwhelming and I find myself reeling from the massive amount of negativity and mixed feelings on current technology. I have read many of the awsomely compiled 'popular' threads compiled here, but many of them are debates which started well over a year ago and as such, do not necessarily take into account current technology.
As an average user, or perhaps just a bit more, what would you purchase with 3 or 4 thousand dollars? I've seen a lot of GWIII rear projection LCD talks, and I've read discussion on the Samsung HLN567. It would appear that there are some great CRT models available as well. I guess Im just overwhelmed and would like opinions from some of you, not the opinions of the salesmen in this area (which have each been catered to THEIR premier brand and each has contradicted the other quite well, that is IF I could get a salesmen that seemed to know anything besides...Dude, this LCD is the bomb..)
Thanks for any and all input