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sunil247 on 22 December 2008
SMcc1887 said:
djs said:
SMcc1887 said:
More importantly make sure the TV runs at 1080p and was made by either Samsung or a Japanese company.

Why is that?

I'm planning to get a Philips with a 2ms responce time.

Oh, Phillips are great to so no worries. I just said that because its a well known fact that you cant go wrong with a Japanese TV (Panasonic, Sony, Pioneer, JVC, Toshiba, Hitachi etc). But you also cant go wrong with Samsung and Phillips.

 

I can vouch for that... I have owned a sony for 20 yrs (no issues), sharp for 3 months (died) and now samsung for 2 yrs (read that Samsung uses sony parts, but make better LCD HDTVs - I cant see the difference though)

 




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candy2500 on 23 December 2008
souixan said:
Hz is related to the TV's refresh rate, More hz = better for fast moving images. It really won't have so much impact on live TV as the method of filming is a limiting factor.

Tube Tv's have a refresh rate, it's just not advertised. Current LCD TV's can hit up to 120hz there should be no detriment to your picture especially while playing computer generated inputs(games PC etc.)

I'd actually pay more attention to these factors: Dynamic Contrast Ratio, Contrast Ratio, Brightness rating, Backlight type, and Response time.

 

 

Bingo, good post. your Contrast Ratio, Brightness rating,Backlight type, Response time. (what he said) that makes for your good gaming experience.



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cool48 on 23 December 2008

BTW , I don't know if the TV your looking at has 1080p or not but if it doesn't it's not a very big deal. Unless you're buying a massive TV 50"+ than you will probably not be able to tell the difference between 1080p and 720p.



BenVTrigger on 23 December 2008

hey i'm looking at a 42" 1080p Vizio that has really good stats and is really highly rated on every web site i check it on. anyone know anything about it?



cool48 on 23 December 2008

^^I gotta admit that I never heard of Vizio...



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BenVTrigger on 23 December 2008
cool48 said:
^^I gotta admit that I never heard of Vizio...

 

 

really? maybe they don't sell them in canada i see them in america all over and the one i'm looking at is from best buy.



cool48 on 23 December 2008

If you haven't already I would check out Cnet usually the have some pretty reliable reviews. And remember a 7/10 is a a pretty high score for Cnet.



valen200 on 23 December 2008
souixan said:
djs said:
SMcc1887 said:
More importantly make sure the TV runs at 1080p and was made by either Samsung or a Japanese company.

Why is that?

I'm planning to get a Philips with a 2ms responce time.

 

I think mostly because samsung is regarded as one of the best developers of LCD

Samsung, Sony,and Sharp tend to have good pictures. Of the tv's we sell Samsung and sony have amazing pictures. RCA is often lacking in terms of quality. i don't recall any phillips of the top of my head in terms of quality.

 

 



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valen200 on 23 December 2008
BenVTrigger said:
hey i'm looking at a 42" 1080p Vizio that has really good stats and is really highly rated on every web site i check it on. anyone know anything about it?

WE sell those. I have had one in my living room and it looks great. Not the best of the bunch but still respectable.

 

 



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BenVTrigger on 23 December 2008
valen200 said:
BenVTrigger said:
hey i'm looking at a 42" 1080p Vizio that has really good stats and is really highly rated on every web site i check it on. anyone know anything about it?

WE sell those. I have had one in my living room and it looks great. Not the best of the bunch but still respectable.

 

 

cool thats what i'm hearing thats it not necessarily the best tv ever its still a pretty great set especially for the price.