[mythtv-users] Which TFT to get?

[Brian Wood]

On Mar 17, 2006, at 11:45 AM, Ben Edwards (lists) wrote:

> Was recently in a shop and was a very nice Multimedia TFT with very  
> good
> depth and colour saturation.  Generally all the TFT screens I watched
> video on made everything look flat and washed out.  It tends to be the
> ones with a shiny, rather than a matt, finish that are good for  
> watching
> TV on.  I think?
>
> So do people have any recommendations.  What makes/models are good.
> Preferably widescreen.
>

Hmmm... Very dangerous to make suggestions, you will be blamed if it  
doesn't work out, but:

I bought a "Hisense" TL-3220HD 32" LCD from TigerDirect.

Nice unit. 1200:1 contrast, 800 cd/m2 brightness, 8ms. response. Take  
these specs with a bit of a grain of salt because everyone measures  
them differently,  but it does look very good and I don't see any  
motion artifacts while watching it.

Unit has HDMI, VGA, component, composite and S-Video inputs. It has  
built-in NTSC and ATSC tuners (separate RF inputs). Does PiP, split- 
screen etc. 1366x768 resolution (16x9) It has the HDCP for "content  
protection" decoding. It will do 1080i but not 1080p. It has a USB  
connector but I can't figure out what it is for, the manual doesn't  
even mention it. Built-in (cheesy) speakers, SPDIF output.

My main complaint is that I have not found any "universal" remote  
that knows the codes, but a learning remote does work. The included  
remote is supposed to control other units as well as the TV but it  
basically sucks.

But if the worst thing about it is the remote it can't be too bad.

Oh yeah, $999.