Sometime around the 1st of year 2008

What size are you looking at and how much do you want to spend?

 

OK, well here's my answer to your poll. Both my HDTVs are Panasonic and I love them - CRT in the bedroom, Plasma in the living room. FYI The current Consumer Reports reviews LCD and Plasma HDTVs. Panasonic, Samsung, and Sony seem to be their top brands.

 

Seriously give a size at the very least, and is the room very sunny or not?

And an approximate budget.

 

Any specific model recommendations given now will be obsolete when you are buying. The latest Consumer Reports had a good rundown of options and I don't disagree with its findings regarding LCD sets.

 

CRT RPTV Has the best picture you can get. But they dont make to many of them anymore. And you cant hang it on the wall. I think i would go with a plasma. there are no 300.00$ bulbs to replace on a plasma.

 

You have raised my curiosity but not enough to rush out and purchase the magazine this afternoon.

General summary of their LCD comments???

 

Sony Bravia or Toshiba Regza for best picture quality
Samsung and Panasonic also well thought of
Sharp is inconsistent in quality
Olevia and Westinghouse are decent and cheap

 

Well, I have a 40" Sony - I got it with a decent coupon from Costco but it is a year old model. It works for me. I'm sure that there are better pictures and more features on other models.

My big problem these days is that the "voice channel" is overwhelmed by sound effects (car crashes or whatever) and sound track music. A friend suggested that models with CENTER CHANNEL can be more easily "tuned" to help. I finally went out and got a separate receiver. But it might be my age or my hearing.

S2000 Bravia - generic model which has screen size prepended to it.

 

The Sonys are excellent. The new 40" 3000 models have seen very agressive pricing already this year - only out a couple months. By/after the holidays you'll see some great prices on 40" LCDs. 46" LCDs will head toward mainstream and see aggressive pricing too.

 

I have the top rated Samsung 40" LCD listed in CR the 1080p model along with the TivoHD its a great setup.

 

I've got the JVC LT-46FN97. 46", 1080p. CR rated it (last year) #2 right behind the top Sony Bravia XBR. Looks great out of the box, even better when calibrated. Simple bezel design. Looks great hanging on the wall.

 

In most cases, the wiring is run inside the wall and connects to the TV from the back. This concept doesn't work well if you can't run wiring in the wall.

Also, a lot of these installations are for "show" and not real-world use. Consider, for example, the frequent image of placing a flatscreen TV above a fireplace, one of the worst possible locations you could choose.

 

Even when you can run the wiring in the wall, trying getting 2-HDMI, 1 RF, 10 coax for component + audio, 1-RJ45, plus a surge protected AC outlet behind a 26" LCD. Once was enough for me. Yes, most are for show.