[mythtv-users] OT: Buying a new TV - Sharp Quattron or 3D?

[Anthony Giggins]

On 04/06/2011, at 6:29 AM, Kingsley Turner <krt at krt.com.au> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've been thinking about getting a new TV, and have been cogitating about it 
> for about 18 months.
> 
> I had decided to get a Sharp "Quattron", and actually got to the point of 
> looking at one in a shop last night.   However the sales dude pointed out 
> that while he thought it had the "best display", it did not do the 3D 
> thing.  Doing some more research, it seems that he was correct.  The 
> Quattrons do not do 3D unless you look at the 60" model.  But there-in lies 
> the problem.  The 60" model in Australia still has a $6000 price tag for the 
> LC-60LE925X (whereas on www.sharpusa.com the LC-60LE835U is $2800).
> 
> Does anyone have a Quattron?  I am hoping to get decent skin-tone colour 
> reproduction.
> 
> Anyway, to my point.  I can't afford $6k for a TV, nor would I pay that much 
> anyway (at $2800 they might have had me).  Is 3D TV that much of a 
> must-have?   To be honest I'm not really so impressed with this "new" 3D - 
> watching the 3D movies is only OK for me (went to see "Tangled" with the 
> kids), and only looked at 3D-TV demos in the shops.  But then again, more 
> and more 3D content is coming out, and for a 10-year investment I don't want 
> to be left out if everything becomes 3D.
> 
> Lots of people I know have Sony Bravias, but I'm still mostly boycotting 
> Sony over the rootkit audio CD thing.
> 
> Any sage advice?
> 
> 
> cheers,
> -kt
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As everyone has said don't buy a new tv for 3d I got a series 7 samsung not because of the 3d but the 2d was hands and feet over the sonys the 3d was just a bonus.

Cheers,

Anthony