Shopping around but am still unsure

Bert Hyman wrote:

Still, the idea of shipping a large fragile TV makes me a bit queasy.
You're going to end up paying sales tax anyway,

Why?

Sony will add it to your bill.

Depends what state your are in. If an online vendor has a physical store
or business office in your state, they will add sales tax. Many online
vendors, such as Amazon, have NO physical stores and add NO sales tax.
Most are cheaper than Sony, too. For example, the KDL-32M4000 is $599
including shipping at Amazon.com. It sells for $749 plus tax from Sony.
It's $649 including shipping from Vann's.

Nobody buys online through Sony.

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| | "Christoph" wrote in message
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| || I've been shopping around at several of the electronics stores in the
| || area (and online, but mostly offline as S&H would be ungodly
| || expensive) for a decent LCD HDTV but am still not sure which look
best
| || to me. I am looking for a 40"+ tv (and some satellite speakers) and
| || have approx $2k to spend. I'd be interested in hearing some
| || suggestions you might have as to which tvs, specifically, I should be
| || looking at.
| ||
| || thnx,
| || Christoph
| |
| | Consumer Reports ranks the Samsung models at the top of the LCD heap.
| |
|
| How about the top of ther plasma heap--say 37"-42" ??
|
|
| I guess it would be Panasonic, they seem to have more Plasmas in their
| lineup.
|

Ahhh...
But are they "top of the heap?" :)

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Regards,
Richard Harison

Christoph wrote:
I've been shopping around at several of the electronics stores in the
area (and online, but mostly offline as S&H would be ungodly
expensive) for a decent LCD HDTV but am still not sure which look best
to me. I am looking for a 40"+ tv (and some satellite speakers) and
have approx $2k to spend. I'd be interested in hearing some
suggestions you might have as to which tvs, specifically, I should be
looking at.

thnx,
Christoph


A tad larger than 40", but....

http://www.cinematicviewingexperience.com/press.html

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iws wrote:
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||| I've been shopping around at several of the electronics stores in the
||| area (and online, but mostly offline as S&H would be ungodly
||| expensive) for a decent LCD HDTV but am still not sure which look best
||| to me. I am looking for a 40"+ tv (and some satellite speakers) and
||| have approx $2k to spend. I'd be interested in hearing some
||| suggestions you might have as to which tvs, specifically, I should be
||| looking at.
|||
||| thnx,
||| Christoph
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|| Consumer Reports ranks the Samsung models at the top of the LCD heap.
||
|
| How about the top of ther plasma heap--say 37"-42" ??
|
| --
| Regards,
| Richard Harison
||
The 42" and 46" plasma models are topped by Panasonics. Larger 50" and 58"
ratings are topped by Samsung and Pioneer.



CR recommended a 32" Insignia plasma at $500, nothing else, less than a
42" screen.

In 42" plasmas, it was Panasonic $900, LG $1000, Hitachi $1200, and
Samsung $800.

bj

Jer wrote:

A tad larger than 40", but....

http://www.cinematicviewingexperience.com/press.html

And are they gonna put pillar bars on all STANDARD 16:9 broadcasts, or
are they gonna stretch it? They are very vague:

"Using highly advanced formatting technology, regular 16:9 content from
sources such as TV broadcasts and games consoles is also adapted to fill
the 21:9 screen."

"chicagofan" wrote in message
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| iws wrote:
| "Richard Harison" wrote in message
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| | "iws" wrote in message
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| || "Christoph" wrote in message
| ||
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| ||| I've been shopping around at several of the electronics stores in
the
| ||| area (and online, but mostly offline as S&H would be ungodly
| ||| expensive) for a decent LCD HDTV but am still not sure which look
best
| ||| to me. I am looking for a 40"+ tv (and some satellite speakers) and
| ||| have approx $2k to spend. I'd be interested in hearing some
| ||| suggestions you might have as to which tvs, specifically, I should
be
| ||| looking at.
| |||
| ||| thnx,
| ||| Christoph
| ||
| || Consumer Reports ranks the Samsung models at the top of the LCD heap.
| ||
| |
| | How about the top of ther plasma heap--say 37"-42" ??
| |
| | --
| | Regards,
| | Richard Harison
| ||
| The 42" and 46" plasma models are topped by Panasonics. Larger 50" and
58"
| ratings are topped by Samsung and Pioneer.
|
|
|
| CR recommended a 32" Insignia plasma at $500, nothing else, less than a
| 42" screen.
|
| In 42" plasmas, it was Panasonic $900, LG $1000, Hitachi $1200, and
| Samsung $800.
|
| bj

Thanks!!

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Regards,
Richard Harison

"Richard Harison" wrote in message
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"Rastamon" wrote in message
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| "Richard Harison" wrote in message
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| "iws" wrote in message
| ...
| | "Christoph" wrote in message
| |
...
| || I've been shopping around at several of the electronics stores in
the
| || area (and online, but mostly offline as S&H would be ungodly
| || expensive) for a decent LCD HDTV but am still not sure which look
best
| || to me. I am looking for a 40"+ tv (and some satellite speakers)
and
| || have approx $2k to spend. I'd be interested in hearing some
| || suggestions you might have as to which tvs, specifically, I should
be
| || looking at.
| ||
| || thnx,
| || Christoph
| |
| | Consumer Reports ranks the Samsung models at the top of the LCD
heap.
| |
|
| How about the top of ther plasma heap--say 37"-42" ??
|
|
| I guess it would be Panasonic, they seem to have more Plasmas in their
| lineup.
|

Ahhh...
But are they "top of the heap?" :)


According to iws, they are in the 42"-46" category.

"chicagofan" wrote in message
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| iws wrote:
| "Richard Harison" wrote in message
| ...
| | "iws" wrote in message
| | ...
| || "Christoph" wrote in message
| ||
...
| ||| I've been shopping around at several of the electronics stores in
the
| ||| area (and online, but mostly offline as S&H would be ungodly
| ||| expensive) for a decent LCD HDTV but am still not sure which look
best
| ||| to me. I am looking for a 40"+ tv (and some satellite speakers) and
| ||| have approx $2k to spend. I'd be interested in hearing some
| ||| suggestions you might have as to which tvs, specifically, I should
be
| ||| looking at.
| |||
| ||| thnx,
| ||| Christoph
| ||
| || Consumer Reports ranks the Samsung models at the top of the LCD heap.
| ||
| |
| | How about the top of ther plasma heap--say 37"-42" ??
| |
| | --
| | Regards,
| | Richard Harison
| ||
| The 42" and 46" plasma models are topped by Panasonics. Larger 50" and
58"
| ratings are topped by Samsung and Pioneer.
|
|
|
| CR recommended a 32" Insignia plasma at $500,

One caveat: the Insignia got a pretty low rating score but as you say it was
the only one tested.

nothing else, less than a
| 42" screen.
|
| In 42" plasmas, it was Panasonic $900, LG $1000, Hitachi $1200, and
| Samsung $800.
|
| bj

Richard Harison wrote:
"chicagofan" wrote in message
...
| iws wrote:
| "Richard Harison" wrote in message
| ...
| | "iws" wrote in message
| | ...
| || "Christoph" wrote in message
| ||
...
| ||| I've been shopping around at several of the electronics stores in
the
| ||| area (and online, but mostly offline as S&H would be ungodly
| ||| expensive) for a decent LCD HDTV but am still not sure which look
best
| ||| to me. I am looking for a 40"+ tv (and some satellite speakers) and
| ||| have approx $2k to spend. I'd be interested in hearing some
| ||| suggestions you might have as to which tvs, specifically, I should
be
| ||| looking at.
| |||
| ||| thnx,
| ||| Christoph
| ||
| || Consumer Reports ranks the Samsung models at the top of the LCD heap.
| ||
| |
| | How about the top of ther plasma heap--say 37"-42" ??
| |
| | --
| | Regards,
| | Richard Harison
| ||
| The 42" and 46" plasma models are topped by Panasonics. Larger 50" and
58"
| ratings are topped by Samsung and Pioneer.
|
|
|
| CR recommended a 32" Insignia plasma at $500, nothing else, less than a
| 42" screen.
|
| In 42" plasmas, it was Panasonic $900, LG $1000, Hitachi $1200, and
| Samsung $800.
|
| bj

Thanks!!


If you're interested in one of the above, you should let lws, me or
someone look up the model no.'s for you.

And I hope you noted his comment about the rating on the smaller
Insignia plasma not being very high.
bj

UCLAN wrote:
Jer wrote:

A tad larger than 40", but....

http://www.cinematicviewingexperience.com/press.html

And are they gonna put pillar bars on all STANDARD 16:9 broadcasts, or
are they gonna stretch it? They are very vague:

"Using highly advanced formatting technology, regular 16:9 content from
sources such as TV broadcasts and games consoles is also adapted to fill
the 21:9 screen."


Yeah, I read that part about their 'highly advanced formatting
technology' business and I recall wondering what's the point? I'll
never need it. I'd have to be sure I could turn that business off.

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jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'