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[Cyprus]

I'm thinking about buying a 1080p T.V. I wanted to know if you guys can give me some hints and tips. I'm planning on mounting the tv on my wall, so rear-projection T.V's are out of the question. I'm thinking about getting either a plasma or LCD. I know that plasma T.V's are a bit cheaper, but I've heard that they suffer burn out problems, especially with gaming. So it seems that I'm leaning toward an LCD. The problem is I don't know what company is reasonable. I found this, but I've heard that Vizio's support isn't helpful at all.

[The Drizzle]

www.avsforum.com

Your TV

Go there and research. You will learn alot and they are very helpful over there. They have info on a ton of diffrent stuff too

[Ezekiel]

I have a 25" Sceptre and I love it.

There's a 42" one too which is pretty cheap if you want to save some cash. There tech support is good too, pretty fast responding.

[TheCincinnatiKid]

Well a plasma is like a light bulb and can burn out, but the plasma has a darker, sharper black since it uses lack of any light rather then creating black as a color. This is said to create a sharper picture.

These are the things that I have heard about the differences between the two types.

[Mandraque]

that i know of plasmas have longer response times which are supposedly bad for action movies(a lot of movement int the screen).

[*3RD sfg* killswitch]

Sharp AQUOS 46" 1080p LCD HDTV

picked that one up a while ago while I was on leave... super dope. clear pic, and you should see it on HDDVD or Blueray... baller son...

[Link2086]

Sharp AQUOS 46" 1080p LCD HDTV

picked that one up a while ago while I was on leave... super dope. clear pic, and you should see it on HDDVD or Blueray... baller son...

Fsk yeah. Same TV (as far as I know) that I have. Excellent.

I'd recommend LCD, simply because of the burn-in issues. It might not happen, but if it does, you're out one HDTV. I'd personally rather not take that risk.

[Cyprus]

Yeah, sceptre and vizio seem appealing to me. But, I don't know if its worth the money to go for something like the Aquos even though it's hot. I'm looking for reliability, I want something that would last me a couple of years.

[DocSeuss]

I personally wouldnt buy either of those two. IMHO either get an Aquos or a Sony Bravia XBR. There is some new Sony out that is supposedly amazing, the name slips my mind right now though.

Dave

[Justin Sane]

I've got the Sony XBR2, mine's not 1080p, but the picture is absolutely amazing. I was looking at it in a row of TVs in a store and it just stood out so much more than any of the other ones.

[Ezekiel]

I've got the Sony XBR2, mine's not 1080p, but the picture is absolutely amazing. I was looking at it in a row of TVs in a store and it just stood out so much more than any of the other ones.

Note to self: If I somehow end up selling a TV to justin, just bump up the brightness on the shittiest TV and mark up the price.

[Justin Sane]

Note to self: If I somehow end up selling a TV to justin, just bump up the brightness on the sh*ttiest TV and mark up the price.

I didn't buy it at the store, they wanted too much for it. But it wasn't a jacked up brightness, they were all pretty even. The picture was so much better than any other TV there.