Buying a New Television

im really lucky, i just go the new 52" sony with HDTV compatable last year.  i really need to get the component video cables though

[nO-One]

Well it doesn\'t make any difference to me if it\'s spelled wega or vega.But if you check the A/V forum on Ars they have had some pretty interesting discussions about home theater setups.
Me I just bought a nice Philips 29" flat screen TV the 29pt9006.(It\'s really sad that in my line of work I know the serial numbers of alot of products).I decided not to go 32" because most of the things I watch aren\'t 16.9.

I went to Best Buy today.  They have the best TV I\'ve ever seen.  It\'s a Panasonic Hi-Definition right up next to 3 Sony Vegas and it looked better than all of them.  It was about $200 more and 4" smaller than the Vegas next to it.

Sony WEGAs are not always the best TVs on the market.  The Panasonic Tau line is VERY competitive with the V-series WEGAs and comes in at the price of the S-series TVs.  Do not be pigeon-holed into thinking the WEGA is the best just because everyone says it is.

Originally posted by brian_riendeau
Do not be pigeon-holed into thinking the WEGA is the best just because everyone says it is.

Amen to that!  Also do not believe anything you can get at Best Buy is High-end, especially their audio.

Hey THX, do you mind explaining a bit more on the Dolby Digital/DTS thing?  I just bought a DVD that has the Dolby Digital logo.  Only when I play it thru my PS2 it doesn\'t decode into surround, it just stays in 2 channel.  I know my receiver is set up correctly b/c I just watched Perfect Storm and had good sound decoding.

Am I wrong in thinking all Dolby Digital DVDs are true surround encoded?

Yeah, sorry about that, I almost forgot to recommend the Panasonics. You have the standard models that offer component video-ins, and then you have the Superflat series(very nice), then finally you have their Tau series(top of the line). All of them are great and the Tau series is comaprable to the Wega FV series, but the Wega XBR400 is still king of the hill. Oh by the way, JVC also offers a great 27-inch d series TV that has a 2-line digital comb filter, as well as component video and a nearly flat screen for about $350. You should give it a look.


Peace

Don\'t over look Phillips magnavox, its seems to be underrated here. I\'ve got a 36in with all the options, and a friend of mine has a 36in Sony(not Wega)and he agrees with me when I say that the picture and sound are a lot better on my tv. Plus the price on the Phillips magnavox is pretty good. You could also look at the floor models, they will drop the price a great deal.My tv was $599.00 on sale and since it was a floor model they dropped it to $399.00, and since it was missing the manuel(sp?) they dropped it down again to $299.00. So I got a really good 36in tv with all the options for $299.00, so look around alot before you buy.

TC where did you get that!?

I got it at BestBuy, but any big chain will make you a deal on the floor models.

Ok i couldnt help notice a lot of talk about this wega TV.
Perhaps i should\'ve mentioned that im 15 and have a paper round, not exactly the kind of job which brings in the money for a wega tele.
thanx for the help anyway though guys. much appreciated.

[nO-One]

S your on a butchet I recomend you start small and just get a cheap 50" plasma TV;)

i think sony wega is kinda overprice?  well, the picture quality is extremely awesome but i am thinking about buying a widescreen projection LCD hdtv.  hopefully there is a hdtv that can support 60 fps progressively.

i have a 27 inch wega tv, set me back bout 800 bucks at the time. i regret it now, i think i shouldve gotten the toshiba 36 inch tv, with the same amount of money. size does matter when it comes to television sets, and the jump from 27-36 inches is tremendous.

sure the clarity is good, but overated, almost all the channels look like poo, on the wega anyway since the filming of the programs are grainy low quality stuff(looks the same as on a regular tv). plus i dont have a dvd player, i bought the tv soley for my dreamcast, with s-video, looks kinda sweet, but the the positives outwiegh the negatives with the 36 inch toshiba, i wish i ve gotten that instead, with s-video on the toshiba i dont hink the picture clarity between the two tv\'s will be much different, just flatter on the wega, and a bit sharper. but shiyet, 27 inch moniter seems tiny now when i look at my friends 36 inch wega, or when i go to the local electronic stores.

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