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Games make me happy! PSN ID: Staticneuron Gamertag: Staticneuron Wii Code: Static Wii - 3055 0871 5802 1723
Not so much as a glare, but the screen has to be VERY bright. I would have gone with a plasma, but they are too problematic to loseing pixels etc. (dont even get me started on burn-in... wich for the most part has been fixed) So I went with the next best thing. LCD. Projection screens are cheaper and such, but as a rule of thumb, their not normally as bright. (and if you get one as bright your paying almost the same) I also dont like the way the projection screens are done. They dont look as good as the LCD/plasma. I think Plasma looks the best IMO. Then DLP for a dark room, and then LCD. For a bright room, it's Plasma, LCD, then DLP. However Plasma has more problems than I am willing to risk buying a 2000$ MSRP TV. LCDs usually... dont loose many pixels. I've read that alot of Plasma screens loose dozens of pixels. Almost every demo screen at the stores I go to with Plasma, have a few missing pixels. (their hard to spot becuase their so small) But over 5-10 years. There will be ALOT more. And that means bad image. I have learned LCDs, usually... as long as they work fine at first. Work forever. (I have only witnessed 1 LCD screen fail, and that was on a notebook and that was the connecting wire harness failing, not the screen itself) My old LCD TV had problems in this room. from 8AM to 2PM. The sun is ON the window half the size of the large wall. Nothing I can do besides buy a new house. And the rat, I had a pet rat once. I loved it. I just bought the rat for 1.50$ from a place that was selling it as a feeder rat. It sits on my shoulder while I troll here sometimes. :P Rats are VERY tame. (best rodent pet there is)
PSN ID: Kwaad
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During my 3-week Asia trip, I took some time out to investigate and have a *real* good look at TV displays (LCD, Plasma, projectors). The most noticeable (and disappointing thing) I found in 99% of the stores I visited - was they had no idea what they were doing. Most of them were trying to sell a really expensive display unit - by hooking it up to some crap input signal, on some crappy show, through a crappy cable playing on a crappy DVD player. Even the ones that did get it (half) right were playing some horrible DVD on expensive equipment - and it looked like crap (I suspect they may get these display things right in the US :>). ... I have no desire to go for a full 1080p display - many of the ones I saw looked worse than the 720p displays (which are plentiful). My personal preference is something like a Phillips or Samsung 1024x720p Plasma display - with all the bells and whistles. The Sony ones in particular I looked at were bordering on terrible - especially for the price (I'm very harsh on bluriness, and fussy-ness). I currently have a 4+ yr old Phillips "TrueMotion" TV (does 480p / 1080i + PAL modes), and I think it looks amazing - still better than most of the sets on the market (its just getting a little small, at 82cm). The reason it looks so good, is that it up-samples the frame rate to 100hz (and does it properly) - which when you think about it, is quite a feat. Cost me about $1600AU (factory 2nd - has a scratch somewhere), and it is worth every cent. After speaking to many people, I believe the issues with Plasma (burn-out, losing pixels) are greatly exaggerated - and have improved a lot over the last few years. They also have better colour reproduction, less issues with refresh time, require less power (the new ones anyway), and have perfect viewing from every angle. Kwaad - Im impressed that you have a rat :) One of my friends had one as well, and I really liked the creature (I doubt my cats would be as forgiving though ;).
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1. If you think 1080p is imporant on a 27inch TV. Go do yourself a favor. Go find a 27inch 1080p TV. Oh wait. They dont exist. At all. Go find yourself a 26inch 1080p computer monitor for 700$ (no tuners at all) and hook your computer up to it. And sit 3 feet away, and then switch the resolution INGAME down to 720p. If you can notice the diffrence. Congratulations. You have better than 20/20 vision. If you cant. Your like 95% of people out there. 3feet from a 26inch screen is WAAY too close. I have a 40inch 1080p Screen. And the diffrence... visually is not that great. The contract/color/brightness is by FAR the most imporant thing. And they LIE on their numbers. Go to a place that has them hooked up right. (HHgregg is the only place I've found so far that does it right) And look at them. 720p is all you need unless your getting a big-screen. I actually wish I would have saved 500$ and got my 40inch screen in 720p. That is how highly I think of 1080p. COLOR, CONTRAST, BRIGHTNESS. That is what matters. And you have to see it, to know it. The numbers all lie. *ALL* If the TVs arent hooked up right. You cant tell. So obviously most people on this forum have never seen a HDTV in action. That answers my question. "How many of you have experienced HD." The answer is. "Not many." EDIT:
PSN ID: Kwaad
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PSN ID: Kwaad
I fly this flag in victory!