SDTV? Where'd they go?!

[Kwaad]

shams said:

Kwaad said:

I was at wal-mart the other day, and spent about 2 hours looking at their TVs. I was amazed I saw HDTVs from 200$ Up to 1500$. What amazed me more, was I saw a 42inch LCD HDTV for 950$. As I was leaving I noticed something major. The smallest TVs were HDTVS. The biggest were HDTVs. The cheapest were HDTVs. And the most expensive were HDTVs. Wait. Where's the SDTVs?!?!

My local wal-mart no-longer sells SDTVs. HDTV is here, HDTV is today. It is no longer the future.

EDIT: HDTV is still the future as well, but it is also the present.

C'mon Kwaad, lets be a little more specific than that ;)

For instance - most sets now sold in Australia would count as "HDTV" in some form.

BUT - and its a big BUT - essentially NONE OF THEM are full 1080p sets. None. Zero. Zilch. Last time I checked out a major TV retailer, I counted two 1080p sets in the entire store - and they started at about $5,500. The other 100+ sets were either 480p or 720p.

People are pretty happy with either solution, and the average person wouldn't have any idea what the difference was anyway - besides the price.

I'll probably be getting a new display soon - and I'll be aiming for a 720p plasma 42'' display (preferably Panasonic or Phillips, and preferably with NaturalMotion/100hz interpolation tech).

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So yes - HDTV is the future. But this isn't the HDTV that is PS3 friendly (if that was the point you were trying to make?).

 

Ok. In responce to you shams, first I want to whine about the personal attacks/trolling.

Second - Your right, wal-mart only has 720p sets. However every set they have is 720p. No 480p.

Third - I'm not sure what the prices look like there, but look into the new Samsung LCD TVs. Their image is just as good as plasma, but almost guarenteed to work for years. Plasma has... problems long-term. I can not reccomend plasma for that reason. When your paying 2,000$ on a TV. It better last 5-10 years without problem. Plasma is having problems after 3-5. LCD... well, my dad has a 10 year old notebook, that he leaves on 24/7, and has done so for the last 7 years, and it works just as well as it did day1.

Fourth - Look into a Laser TV.

Fifth - Look into investing those few extra pennies to get a 1080p set. They do cost more, but they are future-proof. I invested in 1080p for mine, and I'm not saying spend 8000$ on a TV. I feel a 1080p HDTV purchaced today will work on the X720, PS4, and the Wii4. While a 720p, will be sub-par, and not 100% supported.

 

Biggerboat -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e6y3pOqm_Y 

At 2 minutes and 30 seconds he says it. 

 

GhaleonUnlimited -  I assure you, a CRT will not look better than a new samsung LCD side by side.

Hawk - I am not saying the Wii sucks. I am saying the Wii is a SD console. 100% fact. The link above is why I say it will have a short life, and following nintendo's current trends they will have foot in the door in HD with the Wii2, and then in 3-5 years after that the Wii3 will bring in full HD. That is my prediction.