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darendt on 11 June 2007

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8203552&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat95100050007&id=1165610378944

This one is sweet!! It will even handle the power of the Wii.



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omgwtfbbq on 12 June 2007

I play my Wii on a 50" Samsung Plasma and it looks fantastic. Absolutely stunning and no jaggies whatsoever.

I have played a Wii on an LCD and there were jaggies galore. Not sure what causes the difference (I think LCDs are sharper and tend to emphasise the low resolution), but I think Wii looks 10x better on plasma than LCD



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omgwtfbbq on 12 June 2007
Kwaad said:
superchunk said:
The best TV on the market IMHO is the LCD Samsung. (Sony's LCD screens are also made by Samsung btw).

See the particular one I want @ http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Samsung-40-LCD-HDTV-LN-T4065F/sem/rpsm/oid/175543/catOid/-12867/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

Samsung LN-T4065F.

Yes, Samsung makes the best TVs out there almost. The Sony's are damn near as good. But for a Wii. No.

Get a CRT. The bigger the better. Chances are, the more expensive, the better.

The Wii looks sub-par on digital screens. I run mine on my 40inch samsung 1080p, or my 26inch magnavox 720p.

CRT's are a no go for most people. They usually offer the best picture quality but they're just too damn big. Convenience trumps quality 99 times out of 100.

 



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digitalkarma on 12 June 2007

http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/8247/8247131_ra.jpg

you need a white samsung lcd. it will look good with your wii.



HasteKilled on 12 June 2007

I'd go with a Samsung LCD. Just as good as the Sony Bravia but $1000 cheaper. I'm personally saving up for a 61" Samsung DLP. This one to be exact.

http://www.samsung.com/Products/TV/DLPTV/HLT6187SXXAA.asp

I don't know how the Wii games will look on it but I'm getting it no matter what.



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twesterm on 12 June 2007

I have a 40" Sony Bravia S Series LVD TV and it looks pretty good on that. Before I got the component cables I could very much notice the jagged edges, but after using the cables the only game I only notice them on in Zelda and I only notice them when I look for them.



 

darendt on 13 June 2007
superchunk said:
darendt said:
superchunk said:
The best TV on the market IMHO is the LCD Samsung. (Sony's LCD screens are also made by Samsung btw).

See the particular one I want @ http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Samsung-40-LCD-HDTV-LN-T4065F/sem/rpsm/oid/175543/catOid/-12867/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

Samsung LN-T4065F.

Oh so very wrong. Sony uses Samsung panels, but the video processing is all Sony, as is the Power regulation for the panel. The Samsung LCDs and Plasmas are OK, but Pioneer kills them on the Plasma front, as does Sony on the LCD front.

Umm I said 'screens' which would be the same thing as 'panels'. I never said Samsung makes thier internal other parts. Just the screen itself. Which means that regardless of the other internal peices it will only look as good as the screen that Samsung built.

Let's see buy a Sony with less features that looks nearly identical for $1000 more. Sure sold.

 


Thats the problem, they look nothing alike. The Sony LCDs kill the Samsung LCDs in terms of picture quality. They may use the same panel, but they process the image much better. The same thing applies to all DLP sets. They use the same texas instrument DMD but vary a great deal in terms of picture quality. The processing is the most important part. LG makes the panels for HP, yet the LG sets look much better than HP. Its all in the processing.

 

 

As for the comments from a previous poster about LCDs and Plasmas using a backlight so there blacks suck.....WHAT?!! Your rear pro Sony has 3 panels that all get there light from a 120-132W halagen bulb....a white one. The reason the black levels are decent is due to the Iris thats built into the lens assembly that is controled by the software in the set. Plasmas have the closest blacks you can get right now. Sony and JVCs rearpros are second to this followed by DLP then LCD. Bottom line though...any SD source will look better on a CRT based TV. Unless you have HD feeding your HD set you are wasting your money.