I've heard contrast ratio is a load of crap manufactures come up with just to make it sound better. It's an edge lit LED but they're pretty good still. Anything LED is at least decent, especially considering the price.
My advice is too look around a bit more but the deal you linked does seem pretty good. Sharp TV's are usually of good quality too.
So I found another TV for a decent deal at Costco
http://www.amazon.com/LG-47LS5700-47-Inch-1080p-LED-LCD/dp/B006ZH0LNS
I can get it for $699
I have a Wii U so I don't even need a TV
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| eFKac said: Well the thing with the higher refresh rate is a bit tricky. I have a 100hz TVs and play with motionflow enabled which artificialy puts another frame into the picture beetween two normal rendered frames and the result is something resembling games in 60fps when they are normally 30fps. The more stable the framerate (uncharted, Killzone) the result looks better. But. 1. Sony has really good algorithms in their Motionflow option, don't know about Sharp. 2. It might add jaggies and artifacts in the picture, and always adds a lot of lag so most gamers would crucify me for using it ;-P although I don't really feelthe inconveniece from the added lag but only use it during singleplayer not multi. When it comes to watching TV with higher refresh rate a lot of people say it makes this "soap opera" effect and don't use so I wouldn't say it's a dealbreaker although I personally would search for a TV with 100hz or higher refresh rate. If I recall correctly 240hz is the highest, higher stated refresh rate is marketing bs not a actual number. |
There is no such thing as 100hz in North America we have 60hz, 120hz, and 240hz as the main options for LCD and LED TVs.
| Gilgamesh said:
So I found another TV for a decent deal at Costco http://www.amazon.com/LG-47LS5700-47-Inch-1080p-LED-LCD/dp/B006ZH0LNS I can get it for $699
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The best TV I currently have in my house is a 42 inch 120hz LG LCD it pretty good I'm sure that one is even better.
| Gilgamesh said:
So I found another TV for a decent deal at Costco http://www.amazon.com/LG-47LS5700-47-Inch-1080p-LED-LCD/dp/B006ZH0LNS I can get it for $699
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You can get a VIZIO Smart 3D HD TV (both LCD & LED, your pick) at that price or lower, so you will have much more pixel density then lousy 2D TVs.
Kaizar said:
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1080p 3D TVs don't have a higher pixel density than same sized 1080p 2D TVs
Lafiel said:
1080p 3D TVs don't have a higher pixel density than same sized 1080p 2D TVs |
Even if thats so, it's still a more better deal to get a Smart 3D TV for that price & size.
You want a TV you don't have to replace for at least 15 years, and this year alone has 67 3D Movie premieres vs. 45 3D movie premieres in last year.
With more & more movies being made in 3D like Iron Man 3 & Iron Man 4 & Avengers 2 & the new superman movies & the new X-Men movies like the Wolverine & the new star trek movies & all the other new action and other genre movies. So you really don't want to spend $700 twice to upgrade to a 3D tv in the next 3 years when you can pay $700 one time only and be cover with over 100 3D movies coming out each year starting in 2014 or 2015.
Plus VuDu streams 3D movies & Hulu Plus will start streaming 3D movies later this year. Netflix will get around to it LOL.
Plus 60 fps is the standard for 3D content since the 1930's but 24 fps is the standard for 2D content since the 1930's, so 2D HD movies are still recorded in 24 fps, while 3D movies are recorded in 60 fps like Dial M for Murder (1954) & Avatar 2, just to name a fraction of a fraction, even the Hobbit 3D is recorded in 48 fps. Only 3D Blu-Rays can do 1080p at 60 fps per image and while showing 2 images at once with 22.5 MB a second disc speed. 2D Blu-Rays can only do 1080p at 30 fps.
| Kaizar said:
You want a TV you don't have to replace for at least 15 years, and this year alone has 67 3D Movie premieres vs. 45 3D movie premieres in last year. With more & more movies being made in 3D like Iron Man 3 & Iron Man 4 & Avengers 2 & the new superman movies & the new X-Men movies like the Wolverine & the new star trek movies & all the other new action and other genre movies. So you really don't want to spend $700 twice to upgrade to a 3D tv in the next 3 years when you can pay $700 one time only and be cover with over 100 3D movies coming out each year starting in 2014 or 2015. Plus VuDu streams 3D movies & Hulu Plus will start streaming 3D movies later this year. Netflix will get around to it LOL. Plus 60 fps is the standard for 3D content since e 1930's but 24 fps is e standard for 2D content since the 1930's, so 2D HD movies are still recorded in 24 fps, while 3R movies are recorded in 60 fps like Dial M for Murder (1954) & Avatar 2, just to name a fraction of a fraction, even the Hobbit 3D is recorded in 48 fps. Only 3D Blu-Rays can do 1080p at 60 fps per image and while showing 2 images at once with 22.5 MB a second disc speed. 2D Blu-Rays can only do 1080p at 30 fps. |
You know, personally I'm totally pro-3D, but I'm sure it will always remain an option and Gilgamesh seems to be not interested in using that, so he really is fine with a 2DTV.
Btw The Hobbit currently is the only recent 3D movie (shot within the last 30 years) that features a higher fps rate than 24 fps per eye and then there will be Avatar 2 like you mentioned. But even the 3D BR of The Hobbit only contains the movie in 24fps per eye, because there is no specification for higher than that meaning that 3D BR players wouldn't be able to play the content if it was in 48fps per eye and HDMI 1.4 a/b can't transmit the image in higher than (frame-packed) 24fps per eye. So a TV really would need HDMI 2.0 (expect first sets in 2014) or maybe atleast full-duplex DVI or display port to be able to receive a 48fps/60fps per eye 1080p 3D signal.
| Kaizar said: Plus 60 fps is the standard for 3D content since the 1930's but 24 fps is the standard for 2D content since the 1930's, so 2D HD movies are still recorded in 24 fps, while 3D movies are recorded in 60 fps like Dial M for Murder (1954) & Avatar 2, just to name a fraction of a fraction, even the Hobbit 3D is recorded in 48 fps. Only 3D Blu-Rays can do 1080p at 60 fps per image and while showing 2 images at once with 22.5 MB a second disc speed. 2D Blu-Rays can only do 1080p at 30 fps. |
I wonder where you get that idea from? As far as I know 3D movies in the past were shot on dual strip 35mm at 24 fps, TOD-AO 70mm was 30fps, IMAX HD 70mm introduced 48 fps but that didn't arrive until the 90's
There is 1 60fps movie format, Showscan, which is mostly used for amusement park rides.
It is coming though, NHK is working on 8K 120fps super hi-vision sensors.
Be careful what 3D tv you get anyway, the passive glasses type like the Vizio smart 3D tv are not as great for 2D and 3D image quality.
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