[mythtv-users] Which TFT to get?

[Brian Wood]

On Mar 17, 2006, at 12:25 PM, White Joe wrote:

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>> On Mar 17, 2006, at 11:45 AM, Ben Edwards (lists) wrote:
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>>> 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.
>>>
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>> Hmmm... Very dangerous to make suggestions, you will be blamed if it
>> doesn't work out, but:
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>> I bought a "Hisense" TL-3220HD 32" LCD from TigerDirect.
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>> 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.
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> What sort of setting are you using the TL-3220HD in, Brian?  Are you
> using as a TV?


I'm using it as my Living Room TV set. It's being fed by my MythTV  
system's 6200 card via the VGA input. I'm running the computer's  
output at 1024x768. The myth system has analog cable and SD  
(composite) satellite going into it.

  For HD I have an antenna connected to the ATSC RF input for the  
(one) digital OTA station in the area, and I have the HDMI output of  
my DishNetwork receiver connected to the HDMI input for satellite HD.  
I do not do any HD with the Myth system (yet).

It's not perfect, but as far as color quality, blacks etc. it is  
quite watchable. I worked in the broadcast business for 30 years so I  
am probably more picky than most about image quality, but I also  
realize that I can't afford an Ikegami HD monitor. The thing that  
bugs me most about LCD sets is "smearing" from slow response times,  
and there is almost none of that visible.

I think the actual panel on this Chinese-built set was made by LG  
(Korean).