anonymo January 14, 2009 Share anonymo Member January 14, 2009 Projectors end up costing more in the end when you factor in the replacement bulbs which costs A LOT just by themselves. Is the 120hz just a marketing play or what? I went to Sams-club at Christmas and saw a 120mhz lcd that was was playing Wall-e on a blue ray player. I couldn't tell much picture quality difference over it and my 720p plasma. Can anyone else tell the difference or is Wall-e just a poor movie to catch the difference? I haven't looked into the 120hz buzz cause it's gonna be a while before I buy another tv. Are they making 120hz lcd monitors? I ditched my lcd last year and went back to crt due to the blurring but I don't think that has anything to do with refresh rate. Really they help for things like HD sports the most, any fast moving images. They also help in games as well (obviously). The 120hz on HDTVs is not the same as it would be on a CRT PC monitor or LCDs even. It's basically using processing on the TV's end to double the standard 60hz so that it appears to be double. So sending a 1920x1080 120hz signal probably won't work as the TV is making the image 120hz regardless of the source. M2 might be better to answer this question as I don't have HDMI out on any of my computers to actually test if my LCD TV will accept a 120hz signal or not (as my TV won't accept anything over 1920x1080 @ 60hz over VGA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Chip Douglas January 14, 2009 Share Lord Chip Douglas Member January 14, 2009 Every thing I input to my TV says 60hz, pretty sure its all up to the TV to double the hz. It deally does make a big difference in sports n such, but it also makes other things look really weird/terrible... hence the niceness of being able to adjust it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage January 17, 2009 Author Share ZeroDamage Member January 17, 2009 I am considering one of two options. One is the more expensive 120hz Samsung 52-inch. I could either go this one for the sale price of 1999: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16889102201 Or I could go with this from BestBuy which had a really nice picture and is a bit bigger if not necessarily as good as the LCD above. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1202649425028 It is that price in store at my local BestBuy with a green do meaning they are negotiable and I could talk them down another 100-200 bucks. The had the same LCD there as above but 400 more and I am not sure if the slight difference in quality is worth the extra cost even with Newegg's lower price. If I go with the LCD, I will have to for sure buy TV stand for it (not going to mount it) and probably a moderately decent sound system. I will say though that you can definitely tell the difference between the standard 1080p's and the 120hz TV's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher January 17, 2009 Share Preacher Member January 17, 2009 You did notice the 2nd one is DLP not LCD right? I did notice it actually weighs less than the LCD though lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage January 17, 2009 Author Share ZeroDamage Member January 17, 2009 You did notice the 2nd one is DLP not LCD right? I did notice it actually weighs less than the LCD though lol Yeah, I noticed that. It is larger than the one I have now and is actually 1080p. It is also a 1000 bucks less than the LCD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaM2 January 17, 2009 Share akaM2 Member January 17, 2009 If your not gonna hang it on the wall or have a stand that has a LCD mount on it, I would say go with the bigger DLP then spend that extra money on a nice sound system. People dont realize that a sound system is half the experience. I would rather have a lower grade tv (Even thought the DLP will still be amazing) and a amazing sound system then an amazing TV and a half-butt sound system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwack January 17, 2009 Share bushwack Member January 17, 2009 If your not gonna hang it on the wall or have a stand that has a LCD mount on it, I would say go with the bigger DLP then spend that extra money on a nice sound system. People dont realize that a sound system is half the experience. I would rather have a lower grade tv (Even thought the DLP will still be amazing) and a amazing sound system then an amazing TV and a half-butt sound system Exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaM2 January 17, 2009 Share akaM2 Member January 17, 2009 also if you look at all the new CES tv's this year there is a huge jump coming in TVs in the next 2-3 years with LED tv and also alot of the TVs will be upgrading to streaming content directly to the TV as well as instant netflix on the tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwack January 17, 2009 Share bushwack Member January 17, 2009 I want my OLED! I will finally ditch my CRT monitor when I can get my hands on a descent sized OLED, sooooooooo faaaaassst. No more LCD blur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher January 17, 2009 Share Preacher Member January 17, 2009 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...&CatId=1830 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage January 17, 2009 Author Share ZeroDamage Member January 17, 2009 THat's just too frakin big for my place. My 53-inch is already pushing the limits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwack January 17, 2009 Share bushwack Member January 17, 2009 THat's just too frakin big for my place. My 53-inch is already pushing the limits. I'm gonna need something bigger then that to warrant an upgrade from my 50". I think I could make a Mitsubishi 73" fit no probs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai nightling January 18, 2009 Share samurai nightling Member January 18, 2009 also if you look at all the new CES tv's this year there is a huge jump coming in TVs in the next 2-3 years with LED tv and also alot of the TVs will be upgrading to streaming content directly to the TV as well as instant netflix on the tv. Sheesh thats what i already said, or did noone read my post? The LED TV at BestBuy hadabout the best picture of all the TVs and the contrast was amazing because of the way it turns off the lights rather than traditionally having light shown where black color is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage January 18, 2009 Author Share ZeroDamage Member January 18, 2009 I am torn right now. 52-inch with 120hz for 2000 or the 56-inch DLP Projection for 1100? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher January 18, 2009 Share Preacher Member January 18, 2009 I say go for the bigger one if you have the floor space. Your wife should have at least one thing that's large in her home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage January 18, 2009 Author Share ZeroDamage Member January 18, 2009 Only if you knew what they called me in the Navy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwack January 18, 2009 Share bushwack Member January 18, 2009 I am torn right now. 52-inch with 120hz for 2000 or the 56-inch DLP Projection for 1100? Tuff choice. If you don't have any kind of sound system get the DLP and a decent sound system to complement it. You can also use it to do other things like listen to CDs and stuff. Unless of course you live in an apartment and can't turn it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage January 18, 2009 Author Share ZeroDamage Member January 18, 2009 Best Buy did a lot of high pressure sales crap on me when I went over there to get the TV. They raised the price in store on that TV which is cheaper online. Then in order to lower the price, they tried to get me to get all of these extra services and stuff which very much annoyed me. The TV is only about 1100. Why Would I pay 300 for a service plan that I will probably never need and if the TV dies in two years, I can buy another with better technology anyway. I do not need a bunch of HDMI cable except for my PS3 which I can buy myself. I do not need a super fancy surge protector since I already have one. If I did not buy all of this crap including the Calibration Service, he wasn't going to sell me the TV for the online price. I can of course order the TV online and just go to Best Buy to pick it up if I wanted to do that. Wish I got one of those coupon things in the mail this weekend. That would have been nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX January 18, 2009 Share NOFX Member January 18, 2009 DLP and Projection LCD(What i have) both have bulbs.. They are essentially a projector and screen packed into one box. The bulbs are only supposed to last 2000-3000 hours in those.. My Projection LCD has gotten significantly darker since I bought it two years ago, especially when watching Standard Definition channels, Put a 1 year old DLP and a LCD beside each other in a dark room and I'm willing to bet there will be a significant difference.. I vote LCD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage January 21, 2009 Author Share ZeroDamage Member January 21, 2009 I could not pass up on this deal through Dell. The TV alone is more than this on newegg. This deal came with a blueray player. http://www.slickdeals.net/permadeal/17571/...er-1488-Or-1428 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaM2 January 21, 2009 Share akaM2 Member January 21, 2009 I could not pass up on this deal through Dell. The TV alone is more than this on newegg. This deal came with a blueray player. http://www.slickdeals.net/permadeal/17571/...er-1488-Or-1428 you will love it, i love my sharp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher January 21, 2009 Share Preacher Member January 21, 2009 Sounds like a pretty good deal, hope you enjoy it, I haven't moved to Blue Ray yet and probably won't for some time. The quality doesn't justify dumping DVD like DVD did for VHS. But definately a nice deal. Personally my next TV will be a projector and electric screen to free up space in my living room, plus then I get 110" Screen (which will fit my long room ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclean January 21, 2009 Share Unclean Member January 21, 2009 Whoa, nice find ZD. Be sure to post up impressions after you get it. And Preacher - I hope you have a nice dark room for that projector. Otherwise just get a normal tv and turn the contrast way down to simulate the effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher January 21, 2009 Share Preacher Member January 21, 2009 yeah I keep it dark but also I plan on getting one with at least 2000 lumens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai nightling January 21, 2009 Share samurai nightling Member January 21, 2009 I would get that deal right now if i had $1500 to burn. Man its tempting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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