Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Opinions on widescreens....I cant decide!

Alright then....for picture quality, size being secondary, what would be the best thing out there? A widescreen HDTV non projection (tube) tv around 36" or however big they can get them now without going to a projection?

And then if size wins over quality, the biggest rptv widescreen (or front...had to throw that in for sushi )

I always assumed plasma was a better picture then either from the little I have seen, but maybe that's not a correct assumption, so we can throw out the plasma option if that is not better in either case.

Is this the general gist, or am I trying to make this too simple and this is all still open to debate as well?

Naaah, how about an Audi RS2? Station wagon that hauls!

I'd recommend a Volvo V70R, but I've got an 850 Turbo and it's costing me a fortune.

Plasma has it's draw backs as well.. Colors are not as strong in many cases, and they cannot produce black with the same depth or richness as a RPTV.. In my none-tech term, they just dont make a believable image.. It's like I'm watching a playstation or X box screen ?
Sonys new LCD RPTV's seem to be heading in a do it all direction ? Not to be out done by Toshibas 1080p LCOS, or Liquid Crystal on Silicon ! Sounds like fun to me..

Nice ride, but I'm more of a Porsche man myself.. Hard to beat the sound of an air cooled flat six approaching redline !!
Not that I have anything against beamers.. Get this, I test drove the little 1600 when back in '68 ! Man, I was impressed.. The salesman even had us drive it off road !!?
Cars were a whole lot simpler back then.. Ohhhhh yeah...

I'm gonna have to try one of those things sometime. From all that I've read, they (Porsches) sound like a blast!

The Samsung DLP's are about the best I've seen, even rivaling plasma. Price is a little prohibitive yet, but the picture is outstanding. They come in 43, 50, and I think 60 inch now.

I saw one of the new samsung dlp's in my search for a tv....he is right, they are amazing. I had to slowly walk away when I saw the price tag though =)

Interesting that you bring that up...I just saw my first DLP over at Best Buy. On first glance, it seems like the best of both worlds...bigger picture with better quality and a 20 year lifespan (at least according to the sales guy). Does anyone with more knowledge know how DLP compares with other options out there? They also mentioned that LCOS was coming out, and it is supposedly going to be even better then DLP. Any input here?

I own a 50" Mits...about 3 years old now....and I love the picture quality. I believe it is a silver series. I can't recall the model number at the moment....W55051..something like that.

Anyway, I purchased the Mits for 2 reasons:
1. I got a good price ($700 used from my buddy)
2. I had heard that the RGB guns in the Mits will generally outlast the competition and have much more longevity. To put it short...Mits uses better guns than most and they will continue to provide the color and picture quality longer than 'Brand X'. My friend basically told me that 7-10 yrs down the line I will be glad I purchased a Mits and not another brand....because mine won't fade over the years like most other brands.

I guess I will find out if that is true or not with time.

Rule number one, never, ever, ever believe anything a Best Buy sales person says. I've heard Best Buy sales people say the strangest BS. When I bought my Xbox the other day, one actually told me the Xbox has better video capabilities than the PS2 because it has a Hard Drive. WTF?

That aside, DLP does present a fantastic picture. The major drawback right now is that the IC behind it doesn't do 1080i and is limited to 720p (which still looks fantastic mind you). I've heard there's new gear coming out this fall that will change this situation as well as LCOS based sets that do 1080p so I'm waiting to see what new models come out Q3.