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Need your opinions to help me choose a screen.

1053 Views 9 Replies 6 Participants Last post by chrisclearman, Jan 23, 2007

enfox

Discussion Starter · Jan 16, 2007

I am planning on buying one of three HDTV's. I went to my local store and "tried" to look at them and compare, but due to the horrible placement of the sets I was unable to make a good comparison (running back and forth between the 3 was not a good idea for comparison). The screens in question are the VIZIO P50HDTV10A, Maxent MX-50X5 and the Philips 50PF7321D.

I have tried searching but I cannot find the exact model numbers in the forums (except the Vizio). Also tried looking for reviews via Google (sometimes biased). I would like to get your opinions, those who have done the same comparisons or those that own them.

Thank You

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generalnewbie

· #2 · Jan 22, 2007

The philips 50PF7321D is on sale right now at buy.com .. free shipping and no tax! for the money i would think its the best buy atm... check out the deal.

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GooberedUp

· #3 · Jan 23, 2007

I assume these are made with the LG glass. The LGs look really nice, I assume this one will as well. If so, this is a great deal.

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stills

· #4 · Jan 23, 2007

I've also been investigating this deal and have not found any reviews of this TV. According to nextag, the set has been available since June 2006, so at least it is not too old that it would have burn-in problems etc.

Also, did a search here on AVS for "50PF7321D" and nothing is showing. What gives with this mystery TV?

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GooberedUp

· #5 · Jan 23, 2007

There is a review apiece on the Amazon and Buy.com websites. Are you looking for professional ones?

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stills

· #6 · Jan 23, 2007

Thanks GooberedUp!

I'm was basically looking for either a professional review or at least 5-10 "non-professional" reviews to determine if there is some general consensus. If the quality/features are close to Panasonic then I would consider this set. Otherwise, I'm probably going to wait for a price drop in the Panasonics (leaning towards the professional 50" 9uk).

Had not seen the Amazon review which -- after reading -- I'm deciding to hold off on this TV as there seems (based on the one review) to be a noticeable difference to Panasonic.

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GooberedUp

· #7 · Jan 23, 2007

I think it's almost impossible to not really consider the Panasonics as the front runners in terms of price/benefit for most consumers--especially the 9uk which has gotten great reviews.

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why2not

· #8 · Jan 23, 2007

it might help if you put your displays in the title, I know there are several active people on this board with philipps and vizio displays. They might not click into this post though...

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why2not

· #9 · Jan 23, 2007

it might help if you put your displays in the title, I know there are several active people on this board with philips and vizio displays. They might not click into this post though...

Also, I could have sworn that CNET did a review of the 50" Vizio.

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chrisclearman

· #10 · Jan 23, 2007

The 50" Vizio gets great reviews, the 42" does not. I would absolutely buy the Vizio out of the models you are looking at.

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