[mythtv-users] TV Recommendations
Ian Newby
ian at codex.org.uk
Wed Feb 7 11:13:51 UTC 2007
Brian Wood wrote:
> On Feb 7, 2007, at 1:52 AM, Daniel Agar wrote:
>
>
>> This is somewhat off topic, but I thinking about getting a new TV,
>> but I'm
>> not really sure where to start. I'd be looking for a flat screen TV
>> suitable for a living room that gets a lot of sunlight. Should I go
>> LCD or
>> Plasma? I was thinking the screen should be 30"-40" and I think I
>> could
>> settle for 720p. The screen would be used entirely for myth. So I was
>> wondering what the mythtv community looks for in televisions. I
>> live in
>> Ontario so I was thinking best buy or futureshop would probably be
>> where
>> I'd go. This would be my first HDTV. Any recommendations, tips, review
>> sites, etc would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>
> In that size range I'd go with an LCD, but I'm sure others would
> disagree. Myth systems tend to have menus up a lot and plasma screens
> are susceptible to burn-in due to that. A 32" or 37" LCD is getting
> pretty cheap, at least in the US, I know Canadian prices are higher.
>
> I wonder if you could drive down to Buffalo and tell customs on the
> way home that it was "used" (throw the box away in the US). Depends
> on where in Ontario you are I guess :-)
>
> I think you would wind up regretting going with 720p. 1080i sets are
> not all that much more these days.
>
> Look for a VGA input so you can fed the set easily from a cheap video
> card.
>
Just a side point on the VGA, I have a cheap £300 27" LCD TV, and can
only get the panels native resolution from a DVI-HDMI cable than from
the VGA-VGA route. Using the DSub I got 1024x768 but using the DVI-HDMI
I get 1280x720 resolution.
Regards
Ian Newby
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