Sharp Aquos 42d64U

I think I might buy this one.

Plasma is a little bit too tempermental for me...and I didn't see any
advantages at the store. Plus I don't want 720p (even though it's
only 42 inches)...I could see the screen door like lines from about 5
feet away.

So it's the Samsung 4266 (Best Buy's version of the 4265) which looks
nice but has kind of a shiny reflectant screen. Or the Sharp Aquos
above. That looked good and had good reviews although they did
mention "banding" plagued former sets.

The SHarp has a 4ms "reponse time" which i vaguely understand. Not
the same as 120hz...

Thanks for all your help.

I'm also going to try DirectTV. We'll see how that works.

I'd be using an antenna for local stations...right now I use one for
OTA SD TV and it works pretty well. So hopefully it will be able to
pick up the HDTV station broadcasts?

"kpb" wrote in message
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I think I might buy this one.

Plasma is a little bit too tempermental for me...and I didn't see any
advantages at the store. Plus I don't want 720p (even though it's
only 42 inches)...I could see the screen door like lines from about 5
feet away.

So it's the Samsung 4266 (Best Buy's version of the 4265) which looks
nice but has kind of a shiny reflectant screen. Or the Sharp Aquos
above. That looked good and had good reviews although they did
mention "banding" plagued former sets.

The SHarp has a 4ms "reponse time" which i vaguely understand. Not
the same as 120hz...

Thanks for all your help.

I'm also going to try DirectTV. We'll see how that works.

I'd be using an antenna for local stations...right now I use one for
OTA SD TV and it works pretty well. So hopefully it will be able to
pick up the HDTV station broadcasts?

Samsung doesn't make 42" LCD's. Its the 4065 or 4066. I have the 4065 and am
completely satisfied with it. I have no reflection problems, but I don't
have a window directly behind me when I am viewing the TV.

On Jan 1, 12:27*am, "Mark A" wrote:
"kpb" wrote in message

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I think I might buy this one.

Plasma is a little bit too tempermental for me...and I didn't see any
advantages at the store. *Plus I don't want 720p (even though it's
only 42 inches)...I could see the screen door like lines from about 5
feet away.

So it's the Samsung 4266 (Best Buy's version of the 4265) which looks
nice but has kind of a shiny reflectant screen. *Or the Sharp Aquos
above. *That looked good and had good reviews although they did
mention "banding" plagued former sets.

The SHarp has a 4ms "reponse time" which i vaguely understand. *Not
the same as 120hz...

Thanks for all your help.

I'm also going to try DirectTV. *We'll see how that works.

I'd be using an antenna for local stations...right now I use one for
OTA SD TV and it works pretty well. *So hopefully it will be able to
pick up the HDTV station broadcasts?

Samsung doesn't make 42" LCD's. Its the 4065 or 4066. I have the 4065 and am
completely satisfied with it. I have no reflection problems, but I don't
have a window directly behind me when I am viewing the TV.- Hide quoted text -

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Yes, that's right the 4066. It's $1499, kind of expensive.

Do you ever see motion blur or pixel blocking or anything? Some of
these sets it seems that there's kind of fuzziness when people
move....kind of a noise around the edges of things. Maybe it's just
normal.

"kpb" wrote in message
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Yes, that's right the 4066. It's $1499, kind of expensive.

Do you ever see motion blur or pixel blocking or anything? Some of
these sets it seems that there's kind of fuzziness when people
move....kind of a noise around the edges of things. Maybe it's just
normal.

I have not noticed any motion blur (or any other problem) with my 4065, and
I watch mostly sports. Maybe I would notice some improvement with a set that
had 120 Hz refresh rate in a side by side comparison, but I have absolutely
no complaints.

$1499 is not expensive for a set of that quality IMO. At one time it cost
significantly more (well over $2000) when it first came out.

On 1-Jan-2008, kpb wrote:

Yes, that's right the 4066. It's $1499, kind of expensive.

Do you ever see motion blur or pixel blocking or anything? Some of
these sets it seems that there's kind of fuzziness when people
move....kind of a noise around the edges of things. Maybe it's just
normal.

I got my Samsung 4066 on black Friday for $1149. I have no problems with
reflection or motion blur. I love this TV. You won't be sorry you bought it.
Read the reviews on Best Buys web site.

kpb wrote:
I think I might buy this one.

Plasma is a little bit too tempermental for me...and I didn't see any
advantages at the store. Plus I don't want 720p (even though it's
only 42 inches)...I could see the screen door like lines from about 5
feet away.

So it's the Samsung 4266 (Best Buy's version of the 4265) which looks
nice but has kind of a shiny reflectant screen. Or the Sharp Aquos
above. That looked good and had good reviews although they did
mention "banding" plagued former sets.

The SHarp has a 4ms "reponse time" which i vaguely understand. Not
the same as 120hz...

Thanks for all your help.

I'm also going to try DirectTV. We'll see how that works.

I'd be using an antenna for local stations...right now I use one for
OTA SD TV and it works pretty well. So hopefully it will be able to
pick up the HDTV station broadcasts?

I have that model Sharp connected to a DirecTV HR20-700 PVR and find the
results quite satisfactory. The only downside I've found, and it won't
apply to most people, is that when I used the TV as a computer display
for the new HTPC I built and use full 1080P resolution the text is too
small no matter what I do. The text and graphics are razor-sharp but
from eight feet away in my recliner they are just too tiny to be
comfortably used. I could always select another resolution since the TV
supports others for VGA display purposes but somehow that would seem
like wasting resources...

--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com

Bill's News wrote:
"John McGaw" wrote in message
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kpb wrote:
I think I might buy this one.

Plasma is a little bit too tempermental for me...and I didn't
see any
advantages at the store. Plus I don't want 720p (even though
it's
only 42 inches)...I could see the screen door like lines from
about 5
feet away.

So it's the Samsung 4266 (Best Buy's version of the 4265)
which looks
nice but has kind of a shiny reflectant screen. Or the Sharp
Aquos
above. That looked good and had good reviews although they
did
mention "banding" plagued former sets.

The SHarp has a 4ms "reponse time" which i vaguely
understand. Not
the same as 120hz...

Thanks for all your help.

I'm also going to try DirectTV. We'll see how that works.

I'd be using an antenna for local stations...right now I use
one for
OTA SD TV and it works pretty well. So hopefully it will be
able to
pick up the HDTV station broadcasts?
I have that model Sharp connected to a DirecTV HR20-700 PVR
and find the results quite satisfactory. The only downside
I've found, and it won't apply to most people, is that when I
used the TV as a computer display for the new HTPC I built and
use full 1080P resolution the text is too small no matter what
I do. The text and graphics are razor-sharp but from eight
snip...

Don't change res to change text size, use Windows' features
found in: Display Properties - Appearance - Advanced, and
Internet Options - Accessibility. Don't forget also that IE has
a zoom feature. For those items which fall outside these
parameters, keep a magnifier handy (either on the desktop or in
the primary Start list).

The display settings can be stored in profiles, which allows for
quick change when moving between a large screen viewed from a
lounge chair to a smaller screen used at your workspace.



Thanks for the reminder. I had already cranked up the font size under
appearance but had forgotten entirely about the DPI setting. At 125% it
looks better and maybe it will be more usable when I get time to fine
tune it a bit. I know about the sizing options while browsing (I use
Firefox rather than IE for various reasons) but browsing is something
that almost never happens on that computer and display.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com