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

I need a quick newbie tv guide here....the 1080 and 720 numbers are related to the resolution I assume. I don't know what the difference is between i and p or which is better. I need to start doing a little research just to get the basics down. Never was an issue with my current 25" tube.

I agree about believing what they say...Best Buy salesman or otherwise, take anything any of them say with a big grain of salt.

Scratch the first part...I'm doing some reading...got the i (interlaced) vs. p(progressive) and the pixels as well.

Semi_On was too gentle on that one!

I would rather say, never, ever believe ANYTHING told by a salesperson from ANY stores, B&M or online, low-end or high-end. Period. The quality and quantity of information available in these forums and other internet resources are FAR SUPERIOR than any opinions told by an (even highly knowledgeable) salesperson, who may have tons of other agenda that have nothing to do with your own best interest as a consumer.

From reading posts on avsforum, some Samsungs are only getting about 100 hours on the bulbs, and they are hard to find. That's about the only bad thing I've heard about them. 20 yr life span is laughable at best, I'd of told the salesman to go bother somebody else at that point and leave me alone. Now if it had a 20 yr warranty then I'd think twice about that statement.

I would agree with that...I'll talk to them to get different opinions, but certainly not believe what you hear. That's what places like this are for...to get more input from more sources and make an informed decision when the time comes.

I too have seen the Samsung and was planning to purchase one myself because its smaller depth footprint and picture quality vs RPTV. In a room with ambient light it has a great picture. Yes pretty good but not as good as vivid as a plasma. But in a light controlled room I have seen DLP projectors that can rival and best the Samsung rear projection DLP TV in picture quality and contrast. You also loose PQ if you view the Samsung at greater angles.

Saturn

But it's ok to get advice from techs who happen to work for companies that might potentially sell you something, right? *grin* 'Cause I usually try to have my clients as my main concern, except when I might be able to sell them something I want to play with....

If another of those sales people make that comment about 20 years again, ask them how it was determined. The technology from TI behind it is only a little older than a year. Making claims like that when the technology has been available for such a small time smells of outright lying to me.

Yes, I agree. I wasn't too concerned about it at the time, since I was just browsing anyway, but I did think of that after the fact. I'm guessing he just heard the 20 year number from someone else, and on it spreads.