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RE: Couple questions on LCD TVs

Posted by Ky Colonel on July 21, 2008 at 11:14:54:
It's still pro's and cons on brand and questions.

1) Is Samsung reliable? A friend of mine was buying a LCD at Christmas and wanted to know the difference between 720 and 1080. I told him that on the size and whether he was using a blu-ray player made the decision. He was told at CC that to avoid Samsung products like the plague. I and all my friends have nothing but Samsung DLP and Plasma's. No they don't look as good as the Panny or the Pioneer but they are good for the price.

2) Is 120hz worth it? I still see stacatto artifacts in 120hz, especially in sports. Plasma is much better if your room doesn't have a lot of sunlight.

3) Should I get 4x" or a 5x". The rule of thumb is this is decided by your wall space. You want the largest size you can fit, unless you sit less than 4' from it. The average is 9 to 11 so I would go with a 58" Panny or 60" Pioneer. This is decided by your wallet, you may opt for Samsung when you see some of the prices.

4) IMO and experience is that the Panny 58" is the best price per performance TV made. The Pioneer 60" is marginally better at a higher price.

5) Should I listen to suggestions from brick and mortar sales people? IMHO, NEVER! I was looking for a Blu-Ray player. I have allways used Denon players and have the old 2900 for the last five years. When I asked about Denon players the salesperson told me Denon didn't make DVD players albeit he was standing next to the 2500 Blu-Ray model! Realta HQV chipsets and Burr Brown Dac's were beyond his interest. I have gotten the best advice from this forum as far as price and performance and good regard to brand loyalty.

Hope this experience helps. I have sold and been a end user for many years in Audio and have suffered from the upgrade bug, which is stupid because the Marantz SR8002thx I bought in Feb will be format obsolete by the time I finish this email.