LED/LCD Flatscreen TV

[IZ]

Going to pick this up today for the "family" (the s/o and I) Christmas present this morning..

Insigniaâ,,¢ 46" Class / 1080p / 120Hz / LED-LCD HDTV

This seems to fit the bill for the basics and at $849, it appears to be a good deal.  
I guess the sounds isn't the greatest..as with most of the new TV's but it's going to be hooked up to the home theatre system anyway.  Several positive reviews in the link below.  

http://reviews.bestbuy.com/3545/9687054/insignia-46-class-1080p-120hz-led-lcd-hdtv-reviews/reviews.htm


Any feedback from the DMF?

[MendoDave]

Go for it. I have an Envision that's just fine. I kind of wish it had more than one HDMI input but so far 1 is all I need. I guess what I'm saying is look for one with a couple of those.

[Buckethead]

GRRRRRRR!!!!!! 

SOOOOOOOOOOOO many rude comments and little person jokes I want to make but can't bring myself to...

Happy Holidays, IZ.

[IZ]

:p

[lethe]

:p

kinda like an Imax screen for you

[djrashonal]

Honestly,  regardless of how good the tv is, i say wait about 2 weeks or so. Prices usually drop to better than what they are now so you could in theory get a bigger, better tv for around the same money....just a thought....the tv you chose is pretty good too :-)

[mookieo2]

Get a Panasonic plasma for that price. The picture quality will be far superior. I can envision the blur across the screen with insignia's state of the art video processing. Its not an LED but you will have black and little motion blur.

[corey]

love my LED/LCD. is that one fully backlit w/ local dimming? or just edge lit?
either way, i feel like they are the best compromise between LCD durability and the color-richness from a Plasma.

[Monsterlover]

Id recommend highly that you take a movie you're familiar with and go watch parts of it on the TV you're considering.

Also, TV's in the store have the contrast/brightness cranked to 11 to increase curb appeal.

It won't look the same at home.  Google for some average color settings and then set the tv to those.  Watch your movie.  Buy or move to the next tv.

Instead of a honeymoon my wife and I spent like $2k on a 58" Samsung plasma and we did a ton of research before we bought.  LED wasn't a better picture, but it was just different.  I couldn't justify $1400 more for it, for a slightly smaller screen.

[Veloce-Fino]

Get a Panasonic plasma for that price. The picture quality will be far superior. I can envision the blur across the screen with insignia's state of the art video processing. Its not an LED but you will have black and little motion blur.

+1

Too many reasons to explain here why the plasma is a better option. Better and cheaper mind you.

[hbliam]

I bought a 50" Panasonic plasma for $699 Saturday night. Our Panasonic LCD's lamp went out for the forth or fifth time and I opted to stop buying new lamps at $200 a shot and just get a better TV. The picture on the plasma is noticeably better and with three HDMI's I finally have the blu ray and cable set up for optimum performance.

[mitt]

Buying a new set today, having a built in internet connection and browser would be high on my must have feature list. 

mitt

[djrashonal]

Choose one of these: http://goo.gl/zD96M

No tax and free shipping with amazon prime (if you don't have it I can set you up on one of my accounts for free) you could get a 50" intent ready sexy pannasonic plasma for about a G.....damn good deal in my book

[Veloce-Fino]

Choose one of these: http://goo.gl/zD96M

No tax and free shipping with amazon prime (if you don't have it I can set you up on one of my accounts for free) you could get a 50" intent ready sexy pannasonic plasma for about a G.....damn good deal in my book

Great options.

Good luck finding a 55" LCD/LED for the same prices as those plasmas.

It's amazing that a little over a year ago I paid $1300 for a 40" LCD, now a 54" plasma is the same price..

[TJR178]

Go to www.avsforum.com for all your audio/visual desires.  You'll find what you're asking for and more.