I’ve started the process of looking at TV’s. It’s not our main TV but to me, it’s an important TV. It’s for my Gym so I watch it nearly everyday for quite a while. I mostly watch movies though I watch a bit of TV (and as I watch TV, I’ve become increasingly needing HD TV not plain ordinary TV). We are also getting something for Christmas (it’s kind of a family gift though really it’s mostly for the kids) and I think it’s ultimate home will be the Gym so a good setup will be important there too.
First some quick decisions – I want a flat panel and I want it to be 42″ diagonal.
I want something that won’t be outdated too soon so I want to get a recent technology device though bleading edge is probably not the right product for this room.
That probably means a 1080p TV. It’s really irritating that when you go to shop for TVs that they don’t stick with the common terminology. Literature refers to TVs with 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p. When you go shoping though they will put it in pixel resolution instead so the shopper has to bring a chart to figure out what they need. For 1080p, I need 1920×1080.
I also need something that can do well in a bright room. From what I’ve read, that means an LCD flat panel though there are some Plasma TV’s that might work. The problem hear is that given it is a secondary TV, I’m not really willing to go top dollar for it so Plasma is probably not in my budget.
I’d like it to be good with TV shows, movies and video games as these are my primary uses. LCD will work though Plasma would probably be better. Again, since this is a secondary TV and I’m not willing to go top dollar for it – Plasma is probably not in my budget.
This probably means one of the budget oriented LCD manufacturers such as Vizio, Westinghouse and so on. I have read and heard mixed news on whether or not prices are likely to drop going into the holidays. I’m going to wait at this point at least till after Thanksgiving but after that, all bets are off depending on the market.
If anyone reading this has ideas, shoot me some info via the comments as I’d love to hear other thoughts.