[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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