Can anyone recommend a widescreen TV?

Question

The one we have is on its last legs. We can spend up to $2000

prefer to spend around $1000

Also: What is "top of the line", LCD or plasma?

Answer 1

The answer you received, Polaroid, is obviously from someone who doesn't know what he is talking about. Polaroid is a third tier, junk TV assembled from cheap god-only-knows what Chinese parts, like Vizio, Insignia, Dynex, RCA, and Westinghouse, to name but a few. IMO, trusted brands are Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba, Sharp and perhaps Samsung. It gets too 'iffy' after that, for me.



You don't really say how big of a screen you want/need, or the primary purpose of the TV, but I assume from your question it's mainly to watch TV and DVDs. Just remember, you will need HD service from your cable or satellite provider, or by antenna if close enough to a transmitter tower, to be able to take advantage of an HDTV!!!

For $1000 or less, the very best buy right now is the high quality 42" Panasonic Viera 720p plasma.

Here is a tutorial for you on HDTV that may help: http://www.cnet.com/hdtv-world/

Answer 2

Top choice in LCD is the Sumsang, Panasonic (32" and small), Sony and Toshiba. Just keep in mind that you won't be able to tell the difference bwtween 720P and 1080P in screen size 46" or smaller. The only source of 1080P is the Blue Ray disc movies. The 120HZ and 240HZ will also increse the price of the tv and some what reduce the motion blurness on the tv watching fast action sports. Plasma is less expensive and suffers no motion blurness. Go online to Home Theater Magazine and read review on LCD and Plasma tvs. You should demo the tv at a retail store with your own source material for viewing and writing the pro's and con's for each tv. Retail store only display what they want to for viewing.

Answer 3

I have a 32" Polaroid which i got about a year ago for approx $650, im very satisfied with it mainly because of the incredible price (comparable ones from different brands went for $800-900 easy at the time). The price on that has probably come down a good amount, but if you are looking to spend a little more I'm sure Polaroid makes a larger and newer version of it. The exact model number of mine is FLM-323B, and it came with everything i could ask for, with features including the HDMI input (to get the most out of blue ray quality), VGA in (for an easy computer connection), 2 YPbPr in connections, and a AUD IO out including a digital optical and coaxial port for stereo connection (even though i think the sound quality is absolutely fine. id say it took me all of 15 minutes to get the tv functional upon opening the box