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In Reply to: RE: Couple questions on LCD TVs posted by jackrandom on July 20, 2008 at 16:29:10
* Does a 120 Hz refresh rate make a significant improvement..is it worth the extra $$?
If you're referring to the interpolation process which makes film/video look more "live", that's up to you. I would spend some serious demo time with any display having this feature to be sure you, and any family members or other viewers, can watch this for an extended period of time. As others have said, at first it looks cool and seems to be something that would make the viewing experience that much better. However, after extended viewing time, the effect may affect you in a less desirable way (like when you start noticing the artifacts).
If you're referring to the ability to properly refresh, without interpolation, at 5x the rate of film, then see the link at the bottom of this post for a list of displays which carry out this process correctly.
* My viewing distance is 9-11 feet from the TV....is 46" too small and is 52" too large? I'm leaning towards 46"
If you get a 46", there's the chance you'll regret not getting the 52" later on. If you get the 52", you won't regret having 6 extra inches. [insert dick joke here]
* Is it worth getting an extended service plan? I'm considering Samsung, LG, and Toshiba Regza
Is it still legal to get a Samsung without an extended service plan? Just axin'.
:-)
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Thanks. I guess I'm not sure about the 120hz. The store called it a refresh rate and said it helps with sports and fast moving images from looking jerky.
Are Samsungs considered unreliable? Should I avoid them? The guy at Circuit City sure liked them, but he probably is paid to push them
According to Consumer Reports, The most reliable LCD (and Plasma) is Panasonic. Sony, Sharp, Samsung, Toshiba and JVC come in second, and are tied for reliability. Next is Philips, followed by Hitachi, with Dell in last place. This is based on nearly 75,000 responses about flat panel TVs, so should be a good indicator.
Yup.
I've sold several Sam Sung products in the past three years, and all of them have performed flawlessly except for one rear projection set which had the light control PCB replaced under factory warranty. I've had no issues with the plasma sets, nor with the blue Ray machines.
IIRC, Sam Sung also is the major subcontractor for Sony and builds all their LCD sets. So any reflection of their workmanship should be reflected on Sony products which admittedly have suffered more failures than ever before, again in my experience. The higher Sony failure rate was evident long before Sony inked the deal with Sam Sung , though. Their 60 inch plasmas, when available, seem to suffer repeated failures on a timely basis.
As usual YMMV.
Stu
Or rather, my friend Greg's mileage. Very bad luck with his 2 Sammy DLP RPs and his current Samsung BR player. The line appears to offer good bang for the buck but I'd be nervous based on his experiences. I like to plug 'em in and forget 'em.
I haven't bought a recent Sony product but I liked the looks of their latest XBR LCDs, at least for an LCD.
Oddly, I have a Phillips HDTV, a company which I think most people think has a terrible reliability record. But other than some UI quirks, this has been a good, issue free display.
As I owned a Samsung BRP with the updated firmware in place I can’t be happier with its performance as it’s much better against my PS 3 (which was my reference for over a year or so) in every aspect of video and sound quality again with all the firmware upgrades in place.
I’ve read most of the blogs in the ‘net about the Samsung blu-ray player's shortcoming and issues but so far I haven’t experience them with this model the BD-UP5000 could be that the one I bought is a lemon.
If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
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