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What HDTV did you almost get?
I almost bought this 52 Toshiba Cinema LCD
http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-t...l?tag=pdtl-img
But I cancelled delivery due to the family giving me guilt over a TV almost 3k with tax. What did I love about the Toshiba? Great Blacks and contrasts. Made it feel you were almost there in some scenes. I dont get that with my Panasonic
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but its 1150 bucks cheaper.
I think about that set a lot, is 1150 a lot of money over the long haul on something you will enjoy for years. NO, its not. Half of me wants the sets, half says listen to your family. Its not practical to spend almost 3k on a TV they say.
Oh well, in a few years maybe top notch 52 LCDS like the one above will be near 2k before tax and my family will take it easier if I bring one home.
http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-t...l?tag=pdtl-img
But I cancelled delivery due to the family giving me guilt over a TV almost 3k with tax. What did I love about the Toshiba? Great Blacks and contrasts. Made it feel you were almost there in some scenes. I dont get that with my Panasonic
I think about that set a lot, is 1150 a lot of money over the long haul on something you will enjoy for years. NO, its not. Half of me wants the sets, half says listen to your family. Its not practical to spend almost 3k on a TV they say.
Oh well, in a few years maybe top notch 52 LCDS like the one above will be near 2k before tax and my family will take it easier if I bring one home.
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Because of a bad glare/ambient light issue in my living room I considered going lcd for my next tv purchase. I considered Sony, Samsung and Sharp lcd's and the finally gave up and got a new Panny plasma (77U) instead. No regrets.
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I had a Panny 77U but couldn't get over its weaker black levels vs. my CRT, Intrusive anti glare coating (caused dots / matte effect to appear on solid colors) and less than stellar 480P quality. I ended up with a Kuro 5080 and couldn't be happier
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I almost bought a Pioneer 4280 Kuro but i could see the dreaded SDE at my 8 foot viewing distance so i had to get the Panny 42PZ700U instead. I also didn't like the fact that the Pioneer doesn't give you the ability to change the 4:3 pillarbox bars from gray to black and i hate gray side bars. I would have loved to get the deeper blacks of the Kuro, but i'm extremely happy with the smooth natural image on my PZ700U and the blacks are still plenty good enough
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Actually you can turn off the grey sidebars on the 4280, its in the Sidemask options in the user menu. you can either have it off completely (black) ,a fixed grey, or have it auto adjust brightness of the gray sidemasks depending on scene brightness (which is what I use on my 5080)
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Originally Posted by RandyWalters /forum/post/12855123
I almost bought a Pioneer 4280 Kuro but i could see the dreaded SDE at my 8 foot viewing distance so i had to get the Panny 42PZ700U instead. I also didn't like the fact that the Pioneer doesn't give you the ability to change the 4:3 pillarbox bars from gray to black and i hate gray side bars. I would have loved to get the deeper blacks of the Kuro, but i'm extremely happy with the smooth natural image on my PZ700U and the blacks are still plenty good enough![]()
Actually you can turn off the grey sidebars on the 4280, its in the Sidemask options in the user menu. you can either have it off completely (black) ,a fixed grey, or have it auto adjust brightness of the gray sidemasks depending on scene brightness (which is what I use on my 5080)
Went to try and get the Sharp 46D64U on BF, but the Sears I went to wouldn't price match CC, so ended up with the Sony KDL-46W3000 instead for a bargain
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So they must have added this ability on the Kuros then - i don't think i looked at the black bar menu when i was checking out the 4280 because i'd just assumed it was like the 4270 and 4260 where there was no option to make the side bars black. Ooops
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So they must have added this ability on the Kuros then - i don't think i looked at the black bar menu when i was checking out the 4280 because i'd just assumed it was like the 4270 and 4260 where there was no option to make the side bars black. Ooops
In my opinion the key here is how often do you buy TVs?
If you are one of the type that keeps a TV for a long period of time then I think you should spend the extra money and get what you want.
The chances are that your family does not even see the extra PQ that you are seeing on the Toshiba set that you want. Im sure that this will keep bothering you and you will never be completely happy with the set that you settle for.
Im the type that does keep TVs for a long time (still have CRTs as old as 1994) and when I bought them I got the top of the line in PQ. Now I am spending alittle extra (1500) getting the Pioneer 5010 over the 5080. Part of me would love to settle and get the 5080 but I know that I would always be wondering how the better TV would have looked.
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Originally Posted by 761-honda /forum/post/12831046
I almost bought this 52 Toshiba Cinema LCD
http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-t...l?tag=pdtl-img
But I cancelled delivery due to the family giving me guilt over a TV almost 3k with tax. What did I love about the Toshiba? Great Blacks and contrasts. Made it feel you were almost there in some scenes. I dont get that with my Panasonicbut its 1150 bucks cheaper.![]()
I think about that set a lot, is 1150 a lot of money over the long haul on something you will enjoy for years. NO, its not. Half of me wants the sets, half says listen to your family. Its not practical to spend almost 3k on a TV they say.
Oh well, in a few years maybe top notch 52 LCDS like the one above will be near 2k before tax and my family will take it easier if I bring one home.
In my opinion the key here is how often do you buy TVs?
If you are one of the type that keeps a TV for a long period of time then I think you should spend the extra money and get what you want.
The chances are that your family does not even see the extra PQ that you are seeing on the Toshiba set that you want. Im sure that this will keep bothering you and you will never be completely happy with the set that you settle for.
Im the type that does keep TVs for a long time (still have CRTs as old as 1994) and when I bought them I got the top of the line in PQ. Now I am spending alittle extra (1500) getting the Pioneer 5010 over the 5080. Part of me would love to settle and get the 5080 but I know that I would always be wondering how the better TV would have looked.
That wouldn't have changed my mind...maybe postponed it in case there was a closeout
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Unless they are Out of Stock/unavailable, or they dropped the size you were interested in...
That wouldn't have changed my mind...maybe postponed it in case there was a closeout
Unless they are Out of Stock/unavailable, or they dropped the size you were interested in...
Everyone has their own values. I just spent more on a sub than most will spend on their tv. But my home theater is better than theirs.
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I have a friend that is happy with her 25" tv and she watches a lot of tv. I offered to give her a larger one free and she turned it down cause she knows how to work hers...
Everyone has their own values. I just spent more on a sub than most will spend on their tv. But my home theater is better than theirs.
I have a friend that is happy with her 25" tv and she watches a lot of tv. I offered to give her a larger one free and she turned it down cause she knows how to work hers...
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