HDTV - by Scoble
I was reading Scoble’s post about picking out an HDTV. He’s totally right, in my mind…skip the plasma. My wife and I bought our rear projection 55″ Mitsubishi 6 years ago. It’s a fantastic television (although I’m getting the itch to upgrade just to get digital inputs) and it was reasonably priced (about $3,500). Nowadays, you see the monster plasma and LCD screens. Shame is, they also have monster pricetags to go along with them.
Rear projections, on the other hand, are the sweet spot. You can get a good sized screen without too much green (I can’t believe I just said that). And unlike the rear projection I got 6 years ago, the new ones aren’t 3 feet deep and 4 feet tall. They’ve shrunk them down to the point where they’re not the moving burden they once were (you should have seen us trying to get our TV to the second floor apartment we used to live in). In addition, the picture is fantastic. And with the money you save, you can afford to go big on a good surround sound system (I’m ashamed to say we still haven’t taken care of our surround sound situation).
December 4th, 2006 at 3:48 am
I have a LCD TV since 3 years and at the time it was a great contrast to my old CTR. But since I saw the picture of a Laser TV prototype it’s my confirmed goal to buy one as soon as they are on the market (which will be early 2007 but might be later). The color richness and depth is far beyond anything I have ever seen on a TV. And they say a Laser TV will consum 75% less power than Plasma. and even LCD-TVs. 50″ screens shall be in an affordable price range. Let’s see :-). Anyway, for such a TV I’m willing to wait another year till I upgrade and to pay more than $2500.