View Poll Results: how big is your TV?
31 and below
75
23.96%
32 and up
50
15.97%
40 and up
72
23.00%
50 and up
116
37.06%
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how big is your TV? why? does it matter?
#47
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You would think with my wife working for Panasonic we would have a HUGE TV! haha.... I hear they make a good plasma....but my 27" CRT Sony Trinitron will not DIE! I might need to move that humidifier just a tad closer.......Im with Lary...cant justify a buy to replace something that is working just fine IMO. AND no….I can’t get any discounts on that new 110” Plasma…..I’ve checked already!
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I got bit by the HD bug.... 21" Sceptre 1080P (amazingly clean image and doubles as desktop computer monitor), 32" Olevia (most frequently used and decent quality picture), 12' HD front projection driven by Infocus DLP projector (perfect for making yourself feel like you have front row seats to the football game you are watching).
Now I see where all my bombing money went...
Now I see where all my bombing money went...
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We ve had a 32 Sony for a couple of years and love it.
Getting ATT Fios and dumping Dish was the best move we have done.
Watching shows in HD is great.
Especially the local news. HD shows every little wrinkle on the people.
Next is a surround sound system.
Getting ATT Fios and dumping Dish was the best move we have done.
Watching shows in HD is great.
Especially the local news. HD shows every little wrinkle on the people.
Next is a surround sound system.
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Honestly, I think it's sort of wasteful to upgrade to HDTV yet. First, the Plasma, DLP, and LCD technology is not "mature" yet, imo. There's still a lot of progress to be made, and in 2-3 years when OLED displays are commonplace, everyone will be kicking themselves for wasting money on far-inferior sets that have poorer image quality and higher energy consumption.
Trust me, right now, there is nothing better (to me) than sitting on the couch, on a Saturday or Sunday, drinking a beer, and watching the football game in HD. It doesn't get much better than this.
Mickey Mouse looks pretty good on a upconvert DVD also. Hey, I watch it with my daughter... there's nothing wrong with that!
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I have a 26 inch LCD Sony. It was the biggest thing that would fit in my entertainment center. Plus I don't care much for TV anyway. I'd rather be on a horse or out in the woods hunting something. And I've never been into the couch potatoe sports thing. I can't sit still that long and I prefer rodeo to any other sport out there.
#54
i have a 50" samsung hd. i was getting my tail kicked at video games on my old tv so i had to upgrade. its one of the best purchases i have ever made. it really is the gift that keeps on giving! i strongly recommend getting an lcd, plasma or dlp.
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I'm like HOHN. I'm rocking a 19" Sanyo that I bought from Walmart back when play station 1 first came out. I think it cost 250, and having a controller with glow in the dark buttons made it the creme of the crop. I've got a tivo connected to it that's usually recording 5-6 hours a day. Whatever it misses, I download and then play on my TV.
Then again, my truck payment is smaller than my payments for my other toys...
Then again, my truck payment is smaller than my payments for my other toys...
#56
Yahoo had an article about TV power usage. The worst one was Sharp LCd that had an anual electric usage of 223.52. If you drop 6 grand on a TV does a couple hundred bucks a year to power it make a difference?
Heres the chart with powe usage.
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6475_7-...3.html?tag=arw
Heres the chart with powe usage.
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6475_7-...3.html?tag=arw
#57
Yahoo had an article about TV power usage. The worst one was Sharp LCd that had an anual electric usage of 223.52. If you drop 6 grand on a TV does a couple hundred bucks a year to power it make a difference?
Heres the chart with powe usage.
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6475_7-...3.html?tag=arw
Heres the chart with powe usage.
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6475_7-...3.html?tag=arw
brett
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13" in the kitchen
19" in both of the grandkids rooms
19" in our bedroom
19" upstairs in the den where nobody goes but me
and did have a 19" in the front room until I came home from work one day and Wifey was singing "Merry Christmas to us,,,, Merry Christmas to us,,,," and pointing to a 42" LCD HD in a box. Strange thing is,,,, she was the one that I would have thought would be the LAST person to buy what she did. I do watch more TV than I should (honey-dews get put on hold at times) ,,, but I do like it and it's the perfect size for our not-so-big front room. I wouldn't mind having it upstairs,,,, but I ain't carrying it up the spiral staircase to put it there, besides it wouldn't fit the entertainment center anyway.
19" in both of the grandkids rooms
19" in our bedroom
19" upstairs in the den where nobody goes but me
and did have a 19" in the front room until I came home from work one day and Wifey was singing "Merry Christmas to us,,,, Merry Christmas to us,,,," and pointing to a 42" LCD HD in a box. Strange thing is,,,, she was the one that I would have thought would be the LAST person to buy what she did. I do watch more TV than I should (honey-dews get put on hold at times) ,,, but I do like it and it's the perfect size for our not-so-big front room. I wouldn't mind having it upstairs,,,, but I ain't carrying it up the spiral staircase to put it there, besides it wouldn't fit the entertainment center anyway.
#59
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53" Panny HD (5yrs old) Hoping to relocate her soon to a game room and replace her with a new LCD, just a tad smaller maybe 47"? It's either that or the wife has to let me get a 37" LCD for the bedroom, I want to see just how hot Jenna really looks in HD.
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GEESH ! I GUESS MY 2.5 IN DIAGONEL -RADIO SHACK -HAND HELD-IS -IS - WELL OUT CLASSED BUT I CAN SEE IT FROM ALMOST ANYWHERE IN THE HOUSE-BOUGH IT TO KEEP UP WITH SHOCK AND AW THE FIRST TIME WE WENT TO IRAQ & KEWEIGHT - STILL WORKS GOOD THOUGH,
CLAUDE-SITTING HERE ON THIS SAC-O-SEEDS
CLAUDE-SITTING HERE ON THIS SAC-O-SEEDS