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The Thriller

The Thriller

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So our Sony Bravia has a bad panel... Only after 3 years... A $2000 dollar repair. Yikes. Sony offered to "give" us a "reconditioned" TV for $600 bucks. LOL. Thanks guys...

Gonna buy a new TV soon. Definitely not Sony. Suggestions?
 
LED. It will be in a bright room so I'm pretty sure that will eliminate plasmas...

Something between $1000-1500...

We do have one Samsung Plasma downstairs. I love it. The only issue I've had has been with the speakers. The speakers just aren't that great. While the Sony's were really good. Perhaps a higher end Samsung would have better speakers?
 
Vizio is the best choice unless you're willing to spend a lot of money. I am familiar with their fab, and they use state of the art equipment and world-class engineers. I have had my trusty Vizio for 6 years now, and not a single problem.
 
I have had really good luck with samsungs tv and monitors, great quality, long life, and fair price. Also have a philllips HD LED in our bedroom thats been going strong for 7 years now.
 
The Thriller said:
So our Sony Bravia has a bad panel... Only after 3 years... A $2000 dollar repair. Yikes. Sony offered to "give" us a "reconditioned" TV for $600 bucks. LOL. Thanks guys...

Gonna buy a new TV soon. Definitely not Sony. Suggestions?
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Really tough to say. It depends on how much you want to spend to be honest. I am guessing you want a massive TV? 50+ inches?
 
****. What was your Sony model? Now you've got me all worried. I had a helluva time even getting that thing in the house. Too big.
 
leftyjace said:
****. What was your Sony model? Now you've got me all worried. I had a helluva time even getting that thing in the house. Too big.
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It was a 52 inch Sony Bravia (LCD)...

I'll look for more info... The repair man prior to us calling Sony said that Bravia's have a history of bad panels and a few models were actually recalled.... Ours wasn't one of them. Yipee.

Since this is in one of the main rooms I'll be looking for something between 50-60 inches. Nothing too big...
 
The Thriller said:
The repair man prior to us calling Sony said that Bravia's have a history of bad panels and a few models were actually recalled....
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****ity ****! If mine has issues I'm going to be ****ing pissed off - I didn't pay a ****ing premium for a ****ty TV that doesn't last for 3 ****ing years.
 
Now I'm seriously considering a Plasma.

1. Most Plasma's I've seen show sports in such a pure and fluid picture. The Samsung downstairs is a Plasma and watching the NFL on this TV is just incredible. And that's what this TV will be used for a lot. Sports.
2. I'm seeing some decent deals at bestbuy with Plasmas...

I just have a question, this TV will be going upstairs in a room full of windows (of course, at least some of the blinds are almost always down), do Plasma's REALLY have a lot more glare than an LED/LCD?
 
leftyjace said:
****ity ****! If mine has issues I'm going to be ****ing pissed off - I didn't pay a ****ing premium for a ****ty TV that doesn't last for 3 ****ing years.
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Ha. That sounded like me a few days ago....

We bought it in Sept 08... So it hasn't even been 4 years.... And in all honesty, we only use it from 5pm to maybe midnight off and on.... Usually to watch sports or watch Seinfeld or some show. Never used in the morning or afternoon. So it's not like this TV has been beaten all to hell with nonstop use.

I've heard that Sony has been declining in quality recently. Didn't they replace their CEO a few years back?

Our previous (standard. Not HD) Sony TV lasted a good 20 years. Guess their quality isn't what it used to be....
 
I have a Phillips and I love it. It's my first HDTV. The only gripe I had about it was the speakers. They were not very loud but nothing a surround sound system couldn't fix.
 
I really like samsung. I have a 59 inch 1080P 3d 600hz plasma and it is amazing. Also had a samsung dlp before that and i have a samsung all in one pc with a 23 inch touchscreen moniter that i really like as well. So i say go with samsung.

As far as your question about the glare, i do think that plasmas have a lot more glare in rooms with windows than led, so you should get led if the room has alot of windows in it.
 
We had a plasma for 6 years in bright rooms and it always did well. We recently upgraded to a 70" behemoth (the 80 was just being gluttonous) LED tv. While it is huge, and the picture is easier to see in the bright light, at times I wish we had just done the 65" plasma. The picture on plasma's is better. It is smoother, the LED gets moments when it looks "soap opera-y", it chops sometimes...nothing too big, and 99% of the time it is fine, but it is that 1% of the time that I miss my plasma.
 
The Thriller said:
Now I'm seriously considering a Plasma.

1. Most Plasma's I've seen show sports in such a pure and fluid picture. The Samsung downstairs is a Plasma and watching the NFL on this TV is just incredible. And that's what this TV will be used for a lot. Sports.
2. I'm seeing some decent deals at bestbuy with Plasmas...

I just have a question, this TV will be going upstairs in a room full of windows (of course, at least some of the blinds are almost always down), do Plasma's REALLY have a lot more glare than an LED/LCD?
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Since you have a plasma downstairs, why don't you temporarily unhook it and put it in the room you are considering? That way you can see how a Plasma does in that room for glare.

Personally I have a nice projector in the theater room, plus an old school rear projection big Sony, and 2 Sharp Aquos LCDs. The Sony has been amazing, but is not the type to hang on a wall. The Sharp Aquos TVs have a nice picture, but the sound is about average. I used to have a Vizio, but it died after 1.5 - 2 years and although it was a great price for the specs, I am biased against them now.
 
Pioneer Elite is the best TV on the market by far. I have had mine since 05 no problems but they are pretty expensive
 
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