your gmen are going to cover, i love them. although i have to say i want history to be written before my eyes, in the good kinda way tho'
anyway, im not a gamer. im just a discriminator. i hate pixelization. HATE. and have turned my nose up at most every lcd and plasma ive seen due to that. tw On Jan 23, 2008 11:57 AM, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 22, 2008 7:07 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > anyone own one? > > seen one in person? > > > > ive seen a buncha lcd's lately and quite honestly this seems to be the > > best look to me. > > coming in kinda late here, but i'll agree with rick. "off brands" > have never much scared me. i think they're generally made with most > of the same components as the big name brands... they just lack the > hood ornament :) > > my first HDTV was an akai 47" rear projection. got it for under $1000 > (this was around 3 years ago... so that was a great price). i knew it > wasn't going to be "good" HDTV, but it was better than what i was used > to, and that was good enough for me. i'm not an audio/video-phile, so > a few artifacts here and there don't really concern me. > > in the bedroom we had a Niko 26" lcd. for a brief period of time, > that actually became the "main" tv, again, i was always pretty happy > watching it. it might look bad next to a top-of-the-line sony 1080p > at best buy... but luckily there was no 1080p sony hanging next to it > in my living room :) > > we no longer have the akai, and our current "main" tv is a hitachi > P42H401. saw it at best buy as an open box with an additional 10% > off, and got it for $710 and change a couple of months ago. i wasn't > necessarily in the market for a plamsa (versus an lcd), as plasmas > tend to be darker... but again, without a wall full of lcds > surrounding it in my living room, i'd be hard pressed to tell. > > i guess it all depends on your "pedigree" and what you're using it > for. you've mentioned that you can see the washed out blacks, so you > probably have a much more discriminating eye than i do. i also don't > game on the tv... sounds like some of the issues you're noticing are > during game play. so can't really offer up anything there (unless > someone wants to buy me a wii... i'll play it for a few weeks and > report back) :) > > i may not have top-of-the-line equipment, but lemme tell ya... my > giants are lookin' damn good in even mediocre HD :) > > > > -- > "Scientists tell us that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed > of 120 feet per second, is a cow that has been dropped out of a > helicopter." - Dave Barry > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:251725 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
