[mythtv-users] Which TFT to get?

[Warren]

Brian Wood wrote:
> On Mar 17, 2006, at 12:58 PM, Ben Edwards (lists) wrote:
>
>   
>> On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 12:19 -0700, Brian Wood wrote:
>>
>> Was thinking more of a 20-25" TFT, preferably under £400 (due to some
>> strange maths/logic the us dollar/UK sterling cost of things is often
>> very smiler!). I have also noticed the ones with tuners (i.e. TFT TVs)
>> are a LOT more expensive and often have artifacts.  I have a 20"  
>> Samsung
>> SyncMaster which I got for around £200 and its has a better picture  
>> than
>> 17" LCD Tvs which are over twice the price.
>>
>>     
>
> Sorry, I keep thinking everyone lives in the USA, us Americans are  
> very bad at that. I read a couple of Linux mags from the UK and I've  
> noticed that prices there seem to be outrageous by US standards.
>
> Funny how 20 years ago they would remove the expensive RF and IF  
> components from a TV set, and replace them with a 75-cent BNC jack to  
> create a "monitor". Somehow this seemed to increase the price by 50%.
>
> Now they add a $20 tuner to a "monitor" and increase the price by  
> $100 - $200.
>
> I've noticed that there is not a direct correlation between price and  
> quality, and you do seem to pay a lot for a "name". That might be  
> important if you have a problem and need service, but it's worth  
> nothing if the unit works OK.
>
> The specs can be jiggled to be anything you want (response time to  
> what? black to white to black?, gray to gray ? Black to white ? Off  
> to off ?). I was very leery of buying a monitor sight unseen but it  
> has worked out OK.
>
> The best looking 20" 16:9 LCD screen I have seen is the one on my  
> iMac, and with the Intel machines out now you might be able to pick  
> up a G5 refurb unit cheap enough to be worth it for the screen :-)
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This is also a USA-centric answer, but with that in mind, I have found
that in the "bang for the buck" category with HDTVs you just cannot beat
Samsung.  I have a DLP of theirs at home, had a 23" widescreen LCD TV of
theirs on my desk at my last job and have recommended them to several
friends, all of whom are thrilled with the results.  They look better
than TVs costing far more.

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