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TheNewDude

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Hi guys,
I'm looking to purchase a big screen TV soon, so was looking for some advice here. Plus it's off season for riding, so we can spend some time chatting about this... :)

Here is my list of "Wants"

- 60" or 65"
- 3D (Passive preferred)
- SLIM (Plasma or LED)
- Under $1500 (60")
- Under $2000 (65")
- Has to have excellent picture quality and good quality/depth 3D.

I would like a decent receiver and speakers to go with it too if it's reasonablity priced.
I have 3 rear speakers already installed in my basement. I will need the Front 3 speakers and a sub.

So far this is what I'm liking TV wise...

LG 60LM7200 at FutureShop but it's $1799
Panasonic 65ST50 at various retailers but it's out of stock most places. It was on for $2200 during boxing week at Gibby's but no longer. The picture quality on this TV is supposedly excellent.

I'm wailling to wait a few months if the new stuff coming down the pipes is any good.

Any one have any other recommendations or advice?
 
I'd say Panasonic for plasma...best to pm Newman, he seems to know alot about tv's
 
Keep an eye out for the unwanted soap opera effect on these 240Hz LEDs. Most of them now should have the option to turn off the feature if needed. Some of these new LEDs have a ridiculously high dynamic contrast ratio. Make sure the TV doesn't crush all the details in your blacks and blow them out in the whites or allows you to dial back the dynamic contrast enough to avoid this problem.
 
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Kool said:
I'd say Panasonic for plasma...best to pm Newman, he seems to know alot about tv's
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Boom King said:
Keep an eye out for the unwanted soap opera effect on these 240Hz LEDs. Most of them now should have the option to turn off the feature if needed. Some of these new LEDs have a ridiculously high dynamic contrast ratio. Make sure the TV doesn't crush all the details in your blacks and blow them out in the whites or allows you to dial back the dynamic contrast enough to avoid this problem.
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See that's why I'm a bit torn.
The Panasonic Plasma definitely has the best picture. I would've sacrificed my need for the "Passive 3D" for the ST50 if I can get one in stock for that price now.
Unfortunatley it's becoming impossible to find that TV anywhere. Seems like people bought it all up even at $2500+
 
Seriously Plasma? I thought Plasma should be avoided due to the burn in and other problems and it was best to stick with LCD/LED now?
 
Plasmas CAN have those issues if you are a specific kind of user.
I currently have a Samsung plasma from a few years ago and it's great. The picture quality is amazing and people with newer TVs ask me how my picture looks so good all the time.

The Plasma is still around purely because the picture quality is amazing and the price is low for large sizes.
 
I have an older Samsung non-plasma screen and it's always had wavy lines at times that I can see in deep shadows. Is this just a calibration problem?

As far as the reciver goes I can highly reccommend a Yamaha Aventage model. I got the 720 on sale for around $500ish and it's amazing. Built to a little higher spec than most consumer receivers and it feels a lot more solid and everything just works. You can power multiple zones too which is going to be handy. Also from my limited experience make sure your front speakers match your centre and then everything else should be fine. Personally I'm now building a system that's all Paradigm. My centre and sub arrive in a bit and then I just need to save up for the surrounds.
 
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I have an older Samsung non-plasma screen and it's always had wavy lines at times that I can see in deep shadows. Is this just a calibration problem?

As far as the reciver goes I can highly reccommend a Yamaha Aventage model. I got the 720 on sale for around $500ish and it's amazing. Built to a little higher spec than most consumer receivers and it feels a lot more solid and everything just works. You can power multiple zones too which is going to be handy. Also from my limited experience make sure your front speakers match your centre and then everything else should be fine. Personally I'm now building a system that's all Paradigm. My centre and sub arrive in a bit and then I just need to save up for the surrounds.
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Thanks I'll look into that one.
That's the issue, sound equipment costs so much! And the cheap stuff really does sound cheap.
 
jc100 said:
I have an older Samsung non-plasma screen and it's always had wavy lines at times that I can see in deep shadows. Is this just a calibration problem?

As far as the reciver goes I can highly reccommend a Yamaha Aventage model. I got the 720 on sale for around $500ish and it's amazing. Built to a little higher spec than most consumer receivers and it feels a lot more solid and everything just works. You can power multiple zones too which is going to be handy. Also from my limited experience make sure your front speakers match your centre and then everything else should be fine. Personally I'm now building a system that's all Paradigm. My centre and sub arrive in a bit and then I just need to save up for the surrounds.
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Good call on the Paradigm system. I have one and have no regrets.
 
Wait, 4k resolution oled TVs hit next month. Its about $12,000 for a "55

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Stick with the Panasonic. LG is crap.

Plasma is still around because it still has the best picture.

I agree on the passive 3D. The active will make you sick. Mind you the 3D craze is already done imo.

I can check if I have a 65ST50 in stock and what our price is if you'd like.
 
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stick with Plasma.

LED or LCD have weird visual effects with fast motion movies/video... and you tend to get the "soap opera cam" style quality on certain programming.
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the modern ones with a half decent response time don't do that anymore...

Plasma for movies/theater rooms, LCD/LED for games and general purpose viewing...
 
my preference is Samsung panels (I think we are down to 2 actual panel makers now), most just put their own brand and software on it. I work with 4k content, and there are 2 issues with it. 1.) lack of supply, this will change with time, but its going to be a while, so avoid the premium today 2.) As it turns out, most people cannot actually tell the difference between HD and 4K in a movie theater. 4K has existed for a while, it is just now making it to the consumer market. Go Pro has 4k now, but its only 15 fps or so. I'm still a fan of high-res content, but frame rates are more important IMO at this time. 120Hz and 240Hz TV are often interpolated outputs, but most TV's today still have limited bandwidth input. e.g. 1080p @ 60 Hz. So don't think your going to put your new AMD radeon card @ 120Hz into your TV. Check the input specs carefully. Even with 600 Hz claimed outputs, most content, i.e. movies are still only recorded at 24 - 30 fps (with the exception of The Hobbit @ 48 fps now).

One thing to consider is power usage. Plasma and LCD panels consume magnitudes of power over LED TV's. May not seem like much, but over time, it will add up.

Be careful what you see at the store, often they turn on demo modes, which is max drive on all colours. They will often put crap content, or "turn down" the lower cost TV's to make the higher price TV's look better. With max drives, the output looks bright and flashy, but most movie content and actual viewing will not be that way. It will drive your eyes nuts.

Quattron (the 4 colour tv) by sharp is gimic. Content is always stored in some form of RGB. The yellow will skew the colour gamut, but the source is your limitation, not the output.
 
i have a 55 lg lcd 240hz and i love it and i have a 50 inch lg plasma and from the two for watching tv the lcd 240hz is alot better and alot crisper and lcd and led bulbs are supose to last alot longer and depending where you buy it warranty doesnt cover bulbs in plasmas but it covers the led and lcd bulbs
 
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