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Started by Monsterlover, July 01, 2009, 09:33:47 AM

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Monster Dave

#45
July 27, 2009, 06:54:40 AM
The cost is higher, but the picture quality is amazing and much better than LCD/Plasma.

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#46
July 27, 2009, 07:08:52 AM
LED is just the backlight, not the "imaging" component.
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Monsterlover

#47
July 27, 2009, 08:01:48 AM
^

That's what I thought. . .
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Popeye the Sailor

#48
July 27, 2009, 11:22:44 AM
Forget the dang $1,000+ tv and put the money into the truck you're looking to buy  :P
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Raux

#49
July 27, 2009, 11:29:56 AM
uh can a Wii controller cracked LCD TV be fixed?

ducrider45

#50
July 27, 2009, 12:06:42 PM
Quote from: NAKID on July 01, 2009, 10:41:17 AM
Here's the thing. Shop in store, but buy online. I got my tv for easily 400 less than any other store from Amazon. Shipping was free and I had it in less than 5 days...
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#51
July 27, 2009, 12:12:02 PM
Quote from: MrIncredible on July 27, 2009, 11:22:44 AM
Forget the dang $1,000+ tv and put the money into the truck you're looking to buy  :P

It's a wedding present from her folks. . .
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Monsterlover

#52
August 06, 2009, 10:47:06 AM
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Pakhan

#53
August 06, 2009, 11:06:01 AM
is there a best buy near you?  If so see it first hand for almost the same price.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8793898&st=PN58A650&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1205537515326
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Monsterlover

#54
August 06, 2009, 11:34:06 AM
There is but they don't carry that exact size tv. I'm going up to check them out now [thumbsup]

online buy saves me 6% state tax btw.
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NAKID

#55
August 06, 2009, 12:04:12 PM
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Monsterlover

#56
August 09, 2009, 06:54:23 AM
Here's the latest front runner. . .

Link

We went to a local TV/appliance shop and looked at LCD, LED and Plasma side by side.

The LED and LCD tv's seemed too color intense.  The plasma seemed a little hazed or dark.

We left that area and went an looked at the LG they had on the wall and it seemed perfect from a color/picture standpoint.

For me, half of it was the picture quality and color, the other half was the sheer size of the image.  60" is rockin.

I've found deals online as low as $2100ish with a 5year warranty and no shipping.

I intend to buy local and use pricing we found online as leverage.

Thoughts?
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

CairnsDuc

#57
August 09, 2009, 02:38:52 PM
Just remember, when looking at TV's in the Store's the various manufacturers will pump up the brightness, colour and contrast, to grab your attention and make you think there's is the best. Also the area that most places have there TV's are to bright, a lot brighter than where you would run them at home.

A lot of people go into Shops and purchase the brightest most colourfull TV on display thinking that is the best.
I always say to people, the hardest things for most TV's to get right is Skin tones, look at skin tones, if the skin colouring and shading is good, than your more than halfway there.

Look into the shadows on the TV's, see which handles the Dark areas better, I used to show people on a demo disc I have, it is a tour of a Cave shot in high Def, there a bright zones and other areas that are almost pitch black,  on the poor TV's the dark areas were black, on the better TV's you could make out some detail, on the high end TV's you could see the patterns on the cave wall.

personally I am not a big fan of LG, try to see the TV running something high speed, like MotoGP or Nascar, something with fast Panning shots and/or fast action/motion, I used to find the Deinterlacer on the LG's used to put a lot of noise and blocking into the picture when the Deinterlacing system had to work hard. slow gradual HD pictures were fine, but work em hard, and most of the LG's lost the plot.

mookieo2

#58
August 09, 2009, 03:16:29 PM
Quote from: CairnsDuc on August 09, 2009, 02:38:52 PM
Just remember, when looking at TV's in the Store's the various manufacturers will pump up the brightness, colour and contrast, to grab your attention and make you think there's is the best. Also the area that most places have there TV's are to bright, a lot brighter than where you would run them at home.

A lot of people go into Shops and purchase the brightest most colourfull TV on display thinking that is the best.
I always say to people, the hardest things for most TV's to get right is Skin tones, look at skin tones, if the skin colouring and shading is good, than your more than halfway there.

Look into the shadows on the TV's, see which handles the Dark areas better, I used to show people on a demo disc I have, it is a tour of a Cave shot in high Def, there a bright zones and other areas that are almost pitch black,  on the poor TV's the dark areas were black, on the better TV's you could make out some detail, on the high end TV's you could see the patterns on the cave wall.

personally I am not a big fan of LG, try to see the TV running something high speed, like MotoGP or Nascar, something with fast Panning shots and/or fast action/motion, I used to find the Deinterlacer on the LG's used to put a lot of noise and blocking into the picture when the Deinterlacing system had to work hard. slow gradual HD pictures were fine, but work em hard, and most of the LG's lost the plot.


Same thing with the Samsungs. I find they`re video processing to be very poor. the new LED ones are better and look beautiful on still/slow moving images. Put on a football game and really check out the blur. I`m really picky and am not happy with most TV`s theses days for regular cable viewing. That upconversion from the cable box to the 1080p TV that everyone must have is a killer.

As a certified video calibrator, The TOC thing is BS. All it does is attract your eye to it in the store. If it is red it`ll make the picture seem redish. As far as factory setting Carins Duc is 100% spot on. The Sony`s for example set all their TV`s to VIVId mode. This mode is horrible when you bring it home. There is sooo much added artifacts to the picture it is unbelievable. If you look at say the white lines on the football field with a players foot on it there is a huge ring of white outlining it from the contrast maxed out. The worst part is I go into people`s houses and they are happy with it. Then I calibrate it to proper specs and they can`t believe how real it actually looks.

If LG every puts out their LED backlight TV that they displayed last year it is beautiful.

GAAN

#59
August 09, 2009, 02:17:02 PM
My parents bought a TV back in 1982 for about 200 bucks

it works just fine and when you watch race cars and football

no IZ_ or blocky issues at all

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