First congrats on the new HDTV ^^

Does HDTVs have lower res modes like 720p or 720i or even 480p? This is the mode Wii runs on?

And what blu-ray player r you looking at, issit pe-es-three?

you are probably correct, and dtewi has issues. Now before you start spewing crap about how HD looks bad, try going and watching some real HD source material hooked up either via HDMI or Component vidio, until then you aren't allowed to complain about HD. Now if you want to say that you prefer SD to HD, fine, but right now you are just complaining about nothing.

@scruffy

LCD TV's only have 1 native resolution and almost all of them scale all the "normal" resolutions to the native one. Depending on the quality of the TV some look bad while others look good while upscalling. My TV looks fine while upscalling my 480p DVD player, but looks like crap if I put my Wii in 480p. However, my parents 480p Wii looks great on their TV. Your best bet to make sure you get a good upscaller is to try out the TV yourself. Bring whatever source material you want to watch and plug it straight into the TV.

@smoked

make sure you adjust your TV with the settings. The factory settings really aren't meant to be used at all. Most people never really adjust their TV's because they think that the default settings are fine but their TV could look so much better with a little tweaking.

What I've noticed so far is that when I watch an SD Channel on my new television, pictures in motion seem to look like they're popping out of the screen. I think I miss SD.

was thinking of gettin 1 i still have the old 4:3 box tvs i bought a few lcd hdtvs including sonys samsungs and lg didnt like none of them gave them back

will wait till march 2010 to buy one new lcd tvs come out every year at that time heard all the lcds brands will be going to led instead of the standard tube or even oled next year making the standard lcd inferior

i just dont want to buy something now and in 3 months go to the store and see wat i could of had

Then you better hold off for at least 5 years. The TV industry is in a major tech explosion and they already have 4-5 new technologies planned out and I'm sure they are working on more. TVs were in a stand still for a long time, but with the HD explosion we've seen DLP, LCD, Plasma, LED, OLED, and more.

I personally plan on buying one of the LED TVs next year, as I think they look really nice and I'd rather enjoy a new TV now than wait until "the best thing" finally hits the market.

SmokedHostage said: What I've noticed so far is that when I watch an SD Channel on my new television, pictures in motion seem to look like they're popping out of the screen. I think I miss SD.

Do you have motion enhancer enabled?

If so, turn that shit off! That thing is seriously awful. My friends call it "soap opera" mode... (actually I just googled it, and seems we're not alone on this).

edit: Grats on the new TV btw. I can't wait till I get to replace this SD one, not just because I love HD (not really the case), but I want to be able to connect my laptop to use it as a monitor! Also, HD games nowadays can have ridiculously small text (annoying).

no i need one soon with gt5 coming out next year

my eyes are killing me too with the tv i currently have my ps3 on its small and isnt wide screen i will buy one around march 2010 im done waiting i just dont want to buy one now all the current models in stores are from march 2009

i know wat u mean bout the 5yrs i hate how tec is moving so fast now theres something new every yr nowadays

im a old fasion guy i remember the days wen buying tvs wasnt a hastle back in the 80s and 90s u didnt have to worry bout contrast rarios and response times and all the extra features 

The picture quality on LED TV's is amazing. You can really tell the difference when they are side by side to say an LCD or Plasma. Of course they are much more expensive.

I've seen a few of them go on sale for $1700 for a 55" TV. If it wasn't for the fact that I don't really have the money now, I'd totally buy one. I figure if I wait till next year that will be the normal price and I could possibly catch a sale for even less.

Actually that's not too bad, when you take into account how much better they look. But I've seen some 50" (1080p) plasmas for around $900. The good thing is that they become more affordable every year. I hope to get a LED TV soon to replace my LCD, I'm just waiting for a good deal.