I am trying to make a decision between these three sets. The tv will be in a living room and be viewed from approx 10 - 12 ft away. There are no windows, but will often be viewed with the lights on. I do not currently own a blu ray player, but plan on purchasing one within the next year. I like to watch a lot of sports - baseball, football, and basketball, and do not watch much SD tv. I plan on buying another HD tv in approx 2 years, that is much larger and plan to move this set into my bedroom, or possibly somewhere else.
pdp4280hd was a display model that i saw at a BB. The price was similiar to the samsung a650. My two concerns are that it is only 720p and has a decent amount of viewing hours on it as it was used as a floor model. It was not hooked up so I could not see its picture.
ln40a650 - watched pirates of the carribean on a blu ray dvd on the 50in 650. I was absolutely blown away by the PQ, i had never seen anything so crisp or colors so vibrant. The one thing that turned me off was the soap opera effect of 120mhz, it would def take some getting used to. When they ran the demo of 120on/off split screen, the 120mz side looked noticably crisper, but it made me even more aware of the seemingy unnatural movements.
42pz800u - I have only seen this set with a hd cable feed, and not with a blu ray. I was not that impressed and it seemed like the other models 80u and 85u. I did watch spiderman 3 on an 85u with blu ray, and while i may have been a little close, i was not at all impressed with the PQ, it looked a lot better on an older 700u that i had seen in another store. I watched Irobot on a 700 in the theater section of a BB and was fairly impressed with the PQ. Should i be considering a 700, even though it is in older model?
The 800u is the most expensive of these three, and the pdp4280 and the a650 are about the same. Which one should i go with considering there is a $300 range in the prices.
Thanks
pdp4280hd was a display model that i saw at a BB. The price was similiar to the samsung a650. My two concerns are that it is only 720p and has a decent amount of viewing hours on it as it was used as a floor model. It was not hooked up so I could not see its picture.
ln40a650 - watched pirates of the carribean on a blu ray dvd on the 50in 650. I was absolutely blown away by the PQ, i had never seen anything so crisp or colors so vibrant. The one thing that turned me off was the soap opera effect of 120mhz, it would def take some getting used to. When they ran the demo of 120on/off split screen, the 120mz side looked noticably crisper, but it made me even more aware of the seemingy unnatural movements.
42pz800u - I have only seen this set with a hd cable feed, and not with a blu ray. I was not that impressed and it seemed like the other models 80u and 85u. I did watch spiderman 3 on an 85u with blu ray, and while i may have been a little close, i was not at all impressed with the PQ, it looked a lot better on an older 700u that i had seen in another store. I watched Irobot on a 700 in the theater section of a BB and was fairly impressed with the PQ. Should i be considering a 700, even though it is in older model?
The 800u is the most expensive of these three, and the pdp4280 and the a650 are about the same. Which one should i go with considering there is a $300 range in the prices.
Thanks