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alomar721:
i was wondering if anybody out there knows of a web site that shows the differences in TVs or there own ideas. my wife and i want to buy a new big screen TV or just a bigger TV than 27". i have no idea the difference in them.  ??? i don't want to spend 3000 on a TV, limited budget but would like something nice. Any help form you guys would be great. thanks to all those in advance for your help.
Scott
TOK:
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I have a 65" Toshiba that's been great, but even though it's not even 4 years old, it's looking pretty old school because its a CRT set with a huge cabinet. Think I'd go DLP if I was buying a set now.
shmokes:
Personally I think the best value on the market today are DLP rear-projection screens.  They aren't nearly as big as the old-shool rear-projection TV's, and they don't cost nearly as much as a similarly sized flat-panel TV.  They also have a phenomenally good picture. 

Look for something with an HDMI input, as that's the way everything is going (PS3 has an HDMI output, for example) and you don't want to be stuck wanting a new TV five years down the road because your otherwise perfectly good, high definition TV, won't play HD DVD or BluRay high definition titles because your TV is not HDCP compatible.  Some DVI inputs will also do HDCP, but the component industry looks like it's going to support HDMI over DVI so between the two you should definitely go HDMI if possible.  HDCP is a copy protection scheme that can protect digital content by sending an Image Constraint Token to the TV and if the TV doesn't say, "Oh, an ICT, I'm HDCP compliant so go ahead with the HD content," your player will down-rez the video to plain-old DVD quality.  So your high def BluRay disc in your high def BluRay player on your high def big screen TV won't look any better than a regular old DVD.  It's a few years out, but it is coming.

If you're going flat panel I'd say go with whatever gets good reviews on picture quality and fits in your budget.  It used to be that LCDs had kind of a crappy viewing angle and Plasmas stunk (seriously, they smelled like burning plastic) and the picture could burn in.  This has all been ironed out on both fronts and you'll be happy with either technology.

FWIW Sharp Aquos screens get very high ratings, but I don't know how much they cost.  Phillips also has this thing called Ambilight (I think) that looks really cool.

Good luck, and check out www.onecall.com.  They usually have really good prices.
Nannuu:

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I have a 65" Toshiba that's been great, but even though it's not even 4 years old, it's looking pretty old school because its a CRT set with a huge cabinet. Think I'd go DLP if I was buying a set now.


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There's nothing wrong with the good old proven CRTs!  No dead pixels, no bulb repacement, all good stuff.  I have the 65" Mitsubishi and won't be getting rid of it anytime soon.  But I'm not worried about HDMI yet as it isn't being used.  I could get the HD-DVD player that uses component cables.  My hope is that they never implement the copy protection since so many people don't have HDMI ports.  So uh, don't get a TV with HDMI, fight the man!
USSEnterprise:
I've never heard of a CRT TV over 36", unless you are refering to CRT projection.
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