This is the best LCD I have seen

I saw one of these just put on display at Best Buy. The HD picture was
amazing. I still have issues with any LCD or Plasma with their broadcast of
SD, and I was unable to see an SD broadcast on this set. This set has a
6000 to 1 contrast which rivals plasma contrast. Also has an ATSC for over
the air HD and a DCR tuner so cable tuner not needed even for HD channels.
Samsung seems to be setting the standard for LCD. Just need a little time
for the price to drop from its $3100 cost.

http://www.samsung.com/Products/TV/L...4096_final.pdf

RobH wrote:
I saw one of these just put on display at Best Buy. The HD picture was
amazing. I still have issues with any LCD or Plasma with their broadcast of
SD, and I was unable to see an SD broadcast on this set. This set has a
6000 to 1 contrast which rivals plasma contrast. Also has an ATSC for over
the air HD and a DCR tuner so cable tuner not needed even for HD channels.
Samsung seems to be setting the standard for LCD. Just need a little time
for the price to drop from its $3100 cost.

http://www.samsung.com/Products/TV/L...4096_final.pdf
Excellent tv.

Sharp also puts out excellent 1080p LCD sets. The best LCD set I've
seen is a Sharp Aquos 45" 1080p LCD set. Sony is also coming on
strong, after getting a late start.

Got a Sharp AQUOS LC-37D90U three weeks ago. 1080P yes! HD Cable at 1080i
simply by plugging in. By my aging eyes there is nothing close to clarity
other than bigger version of same. Went with 37" as front of house is
mostly glass and the Aquos is against the one spot where there is 40" of
wall. Zero glare on the screen regardless of light conditions.
Impatiently waiting arrival of Denon DVD-2930CI DVD/CD/SACD/DVD-Audio
Player with 1080p video upconversion. September supposedly. Never had a
single moment of buyer's remorse.

--
Big Island Bob

I paid Best Buy $1500 for a 42" Westinghouse (LVM42W2) 1080P LCD a month ago
and I am very happy with this purchase. After watching it for a month, I am
still amazed of the colors from the HD channels. The PC looks great too.
It is like having a big LCD monitor.




"RobH" wrote in message
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I saw one of these just put on display at Best Buy. The HD picture was
amazing. I still have issues with any LCD or Plasma with their broadcast
of
SD, and I was unable to see an SD broadcast on this set. This set has a
6000 to 1 contrast which rivals plasma contrast. Also has an ATSC for over
the air HD and a DCR tuner so cable tuner not needed even for HD channels.
Samsung seems to be setting the standard for LCD. Just need a little time
for the price to drop from its $3100 cost.

http://www.samsung.com/Products/TV/L...4096_final.pdf

On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:03:30 -0400, John wrote:

I paid Best Buy $1500 for a 42" Westinghouse (LVM42W2) 1080P LCD a month ago
and I am very happy with this purchase. After watching it for a month, I am
still amazed of the colors from the HD channels. The PC looks great too.
It is like having a big LCD monitor.

It isn't like a big monitor, it *is* a big monitor :-).

I friend of mine who in interested in the 47" westy kept
bugging best buy to see if they would get them in stock
and was told they aren't going to carry any of them
anymore because people kept buying them and returning
them because they couldn't get TV on them (which seems
like a reason to move them over to the computer section,
not a reason to stop selling them).

I love mine because it is just a monitor. Who needs
the expensive OTA receiver and cable card slots and other
junk that just makes it cost more? I'm gonna get all my
signals from a computer or cable box anyway...

On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:58:48 GMT, Tom Horsley
wrote:

On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:03:30 -0400, John wrote:

I paid Best Buy $1500 for a 42" Westinghouse (LVM42W2) 1080P LCD a month ago
and I am very happy with this purchase. After watching it for a month, I am
still amazed of the colors from the HD channels. The PC looks great too.
It is like having a big LCD monitor.

It isn't like a big monitor, it *is* a big monitor :-).

I friend of mine who in interested in the 47" westy kept
bugging best buy to see if they would get them in stock
and was told they aren't going to carry any of them
anymore because people kept buying them and returning
them because they couldn't get TV on them (which seems
like a reason to move them over to the computer section,
not a reason to stop selling them).

I believe that any TV sets over 32", or 37" (I've forgotten the
current limit which is going down with time) sold as TV sets are
required to have a built in tuner. I don't know how they handle the
"monitor" issue.

I love mine because it is just a monitor. Who needs
the expensive OTA receiver and cable card slots and other
junk that just makes it cost more? I'm gonna get all my
signals from a computer or cable box anyway...

Yah, but the big screens don't have the resolution of the really good
computer monitors, but then again they aren't usually viewed from as
close a range either.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

I believe that any TV sets over 32", or 37" (I've forgotten the
current limit which is going down with time) sold as TV sets are
required to have a built in tuner. I don't know how they handle the
"monitor" issue.
Yep. If they call it a tv, it's got to have an internal digital tuner
for those sizes.

"RobH" wrote in message
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I saw one of these just put on display at Best Buy. The HD picture was
amazing. I still have issues with any LCD or Plasma with their broadcast
of
SD, and I was unable to see an SD broadcast on this set. This set has a
6000 to 1 contrast which rivals plasma contrast. Also has an ATSC for over
the air HD and a DCR tuner so cable tuner not needed even for HD channels.
Samsung seems to be setting the standard for LCD. Just need a little time
for the price to drop from its $3100 cost.

http://www.samsung.com/Products/TV/L...4096_final.pdf

LCD...BLEH! Plasma...BLEH!!
A JVC HD-ILA will eat its lunch, and provide a better picture,
with no screen door effect, and its cheaper. 56" is $2600, or less.
And it has one other thing that LCD cant provide...BLACKS, not shades of
grey.
Watchagonna do when your LCD light source dies?
The HD-ILA light source is replaceable, by the customer, in their home.
Find a JVC dealer and go look. Its hard to find a JVC HD-ILA in a big box
store, because they make all the other TVs look soooo very bad. True story.
Go look for yourself. Get your nose up there about a foot away from the
screen, and look. No pixels, no lines, no screen door.

Deke

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Deke wrote:
"RobH" wrote in message
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I saw one of these just put on display at Best Buy. The HD picture was
amazing. I still have issues with any LCD or Plasma with their
broadcast
of
SD, and I was unable to see an SD broadcast on this set. This set has
a
6000 to 1 contrast which rivals plasma contrast. Also has an ATSC for
over
the air HD and a DCR tuner so cable tuner not needed even for HD
channels.
Samsung seems to be setting the standard for LCD. Just need a little
time
for the price to drop from its $3100 cost.

http://www.samsung.com/Products/TV/L...4096_final.pdf

LCD...BLEH! Plasma...BLEH!!
A JVC HD-ILA will eat its lunch, and provide a better picture,
with no screen door effect, and its cheaper. 56" is $2600, or less.
And it has one other thing that LCD cant provide...BLACKS, not shades of
grey.

Kind of hard to hang on the wall. The LCDs I've been looking at, the
blacks looked pretty good. Pictures actually looked brighter and
sharper, and they have a much better viewing angle, and you can hang
them on the wall! Pretty cool not to have a big honkin TV taking up
floor space.

Say what? Youre buying something because you can hang it on the wall?
Dude! The JVC only weighs around 100 pounds. Build a shelf! Buy a stand!
Picture quality is what counts, not the fact that you can hang something on
the wall.





Watchagonna do when your LCD light source dies?
The HD-ILA light source is replaceable, by the customer, in their home.
Find a JVC dealer and go look.

I have a friend who bought a new Toshiba DLP. He has gone through two
bulbs
in less than a year, under waranty, but he's still not too thrilled.
The LCDs light source is rated 50-60,000 hours. That's like 22 years,
but who knows.

Irrelevant. Toshiba is not a JVC. Different technology.
Different bulb. Under warranty anyway.

Its hard to find a JVC HD-ILA in a big box
store, because they make all the other TVs look soooo very bad. True
story.
Go look for yourself. Get your nose up there about a foot away from the
screen, and look. No pixels, no lines, no screen door.


Costco Carries them, probably not the top of line version, but they did
look nice.

Now you get it! Go buy one! Only they dont look nice...they look
incredible.

Deke wrote:
"ToMh" wrote in message
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Deke wrote:
"RobH" wrote in message
...
I saw one of these just put on display at Best Buy. The HD picture was
amazing. I still have issues with any LCD or Plasma with their
broadcast
of
SD, and I was unable to see an SD broadcast on this set. This set has
a
6000 to 1 contrast which rivals plasma contrast. Also has an ATSC for
over
the air HD and a DCR tuner so cable tuner not needed even for HD
channels.
Samsung seems to be setting the standard for LCD. Just need a little
time
for the price to drop from its $3100 cost.

http://www.samsung.com/Products/TV/L...4096_final.pdf

LCD...BLEH! Plasma...BLEH!!
A JVC HD-ILA will eat its lunch, and provide a better picture,
with no screen door effect, and its cheaper. 56" is $2600, or less.
And it has one other thing that LCD cant provide...BLACKS, not shades of
grey.

Kind of hard to hang on the wall. The LCDs I've been looking at, the
blacks looked pretty good. Pictures actually looked brighter and
sharper, and they have a much better viewing angle, and you can hang
them on the wall! Pretty cool not to have a big honkin TV taking up
floor space.

Say what? Youre buying something because you can hang it on the wall?
Dude! The JVC only weighs around 100 pounds. Build a shelf! Buy a stand!
Picture quality is what counts, not the fact that you can hang something on
the wall.



It's important to me. Don't want a huge shelf or stand. Besides, the
picture didn't really look any better to me. If you have to stare at
one, look at another, and keep going back and forth trying to decide
which one looks better, then the difference isn't enough to worry
about.




Watchagonna do when your LCD light source dies?
The HD-ILA light source is replaceable, by the customer, in their home.
Find a JVC dealer and go look.

I have a friend who bought a new Toshiba DLP. He has gone through two
bulbs
in less than a year, under waranty, but he's still not too thrilled.
The LCDs light source is rated 50-60,000 hours. That's like 22 years,
but who knows.

Irrelevant. Toshiba is not a JVC. Different technology.
Different bulb. Under warranty anyway.


Only for a year! Point is you really don't know how long those bulbs
will last and at 2-3 hundred a pop, the rear projections could be more
expensive over a few years, but then again I really don't know about
the longevity of LCD either, but I have a feeling they will be more
reliable than rear projections.


Its hard to find a JVC HD-ILA in a big box
store, because they make all the other TVs look soooo very bad. True
story.
Go look for yourself. Get your nose up there about a foot away from the
screen, and look. No pixels, no lines, no screen door.


Costco Carries them, probably not the top of line version, but they did
look nice.

Now you get it! Go buy one! Only they dont look nice...they look
incredible.

I did compare, and decided on LCD. Personal preference. People just
have different
criteria for a TV.