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Saw one at the local Best Buy. It was playing some sort of trailer off a Blue Ray player. Just looked for a couple minutes with only that source.

During the brief pauses between scenes the screen went totally black, nice. The colors were amazing, I'd say the perfect picture we all have been waiting for, BUT . . .

There was some of that annoying 120Hz correction stuff showing up on ocassion. Every once in a while the movement and appearance of something or another just wouldn't look right. I'm not sure if it was this TV or another LCD 120Hz that showed a football player running close up. As you could imagine, his jersey was moving around, the folds on it dancing across as he moved his arms and twisted his torso. Well, the jersey looked like a real mess, the movement was really blurred and looked way unreal. Then the bizarre jumble suddenly took on some sort of pattern and it looked like an alien was popping from his chest for a split second. It actually startled me.

Another short coming is the reflection of the screen. You could clearly make out the light's reflection in the TV.

For myself, I have been feverisly researching TV's. The biggest one I can fit in my hutch is a 50 inch screen, it just matches the opening in width. I am starting to be turned off by the LCD's due to their motion artifacts. I may be forced to go plasma, despite the increased heat and reflections, but not all of them are real reflective.

At present I have a top-of-the-line Sony XBR cerca 1999. A flat tube 36 incher at standard resolution, 480i. Great TV, but it is time. Being 4:3 it's image height is 21.6 inches. Should I get a 46 inch HDTV, its image would only be 22.55 inches, not even an inch higher image. Not much for watching regular TV. A 50 incher would be 24.51 inches high, nearly three inches taller, that could be worthwhile. Of course the 50 incher would be 43.58 inches wide compared to the 36 inch TV's 28.8 inches of width, nearly 15 inches wider.

We'll have to agree to disagree about human caused global warming until the next global cooling scare comes along.

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Can you please post your thoughts once you decide? -t - Sordidman 11:43:07 10/15/08 (0)
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If you think you're going to faint, go out in the hallway
Sorry, it was a LN55A950 nt - Brian A 09:47:03 09/06/08 (1)
We'll have to agree to disagree about human caused global warming until the next global cooling scare comes along.
- RE: Sorry, it was a LN55A950 nt - Hornlover 08:55:07 09/08/08 (0)
  I still prefer plasmas to LCDs. Lovely picture, even though they are heavier and a bit more power hungry. The Panasonic plasmas put the speakers below, so are usually narrower than some of the others, making them a better fit, in some cases. I have both a 50" Panasonic plasma, and an LG 37" LCD, both calibrated, and the picture is better from the plasma, although the LCD is still pretty good.
News flash - Gmood1 22:44:04 09/05/08 (3)
News flash Brian..Plasmas also have artifacts during live sporting events. It isn't all of the panels fault..some of the blame lies with the transmission of the signal and the cameras used to record the event.
You may be better off just staying with your CRT.There's much more viewable picture even on a 42 inch wide screen when comparing it too the 36" Sony CRT. I wouldn't go on physical dimensions as it can be misleading.
My CRT 36" picture looks squashed compared to the 42"..lets not even go there when comparing it to a 50" panel or larger. ;-)
I would personally get the largest one you can afford and fit in the space..but that's just me.

Edits: 09/05/08 09/05/08 09/05/08
- News flash read and appreciated - Brian A 09:45:07 09/06/08 (2)
  Thank you. I probably didn't make it clear in my post, but a 50 inch screen is exactly the biggest possible screen I can fit in my hutch, for its opening is the same as the width of a 16:9 screen. The left and right edges of the TV will be behind the facing of the hutch.
  
  A million thanks for stating that some of these artifacts can be from the source and not the TV. I will go and check out plasmas for motion artifacts too.
  
  I could just hack off the top of my center hutch, it comes in three sections, and put an even larger TV in. But I may loose a wife in the process.
  
  We'll have to agree to disagree about human caused global warming until the next global cooling scare comes along.
  - RE: News flash read and appreciated - Gmood1 10:31:48 09/06/08 (1)
    Hey Brian I wish you luck man. Yeah..I probably wasn't clear myself. I was referring too the actual picture size not the TV dimensions itself. You need a thin framed panel to get the most out of your space. Both Sharp and Mits are pretty darn thin. Sony isn't known for thin framed panels.The Samsung are pretty good in that area as well.
    You should also check out the new Mits LCDs. They have a great picture! Blu ray looks phenomenal on these units. The new Mits uses a 16 Bit processor..which obliterates the competition easily.
    Just about everyone else is using 8 and 10 bit processors.
    My next panel will be a Mitsubishi!
    
    Edits: 09/06/08 09/06/08 09/06/08
    - RE: News flash read and appreciated - audioAl 04:09:26 11/01/08 (0)
      Thanks for the update info on the Mits, I own a Samsung 32" and am very satisfied. But I will look into the Mits now, Cheers!
      Now I Understand

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