[mythtv-users] Recommendations for HDTV?

[jedi]

On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 12:18:00PM -0800, Karl Newman wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> My wife and I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that it's time to
> enter the HD age, so we're looking for a TV. I'm interested in
> recommendations from the MythTV community, specifically pitfalls (or

    Here is a graphic to consider. It's a graph of screen sizes versus 
viewing distances and percieved visual improvement. My own experience
lines up nicely with it.

    http://www.avsforum.com/photopost/data/2089333/4/4c/4cd4431b_200ppdengleski.png

    I have a respectable size set in the living room that is not particularly 
impressive when displaying HD because of the long viewing distance versus screen 
size. 

> brands!) to avoid. I think I'd like a full-array LED screen, probably 46-50
> inches. Beyond that, I'm not sure. Samsung and LG seem to be decent brands,
> and possibly Sharp and Philips, or even Vizio? I don't know if the
> super-high refresh rates (120/240 Hz) are useful or just cause problems
> with audio/video sync on MythTV. I was shying away from a "smart" TV
> because my impression was that they took longer to turn on, and we wouldn't
> use any of the "smart" functions (we don't subscribe to any streaming
> services... and we have MythTV!). But at my brother-in-law's yesterday I
> saw his LG smart TV turned on quickly enough, and it seems to be near
> impossible to get away from "smart" TVs these days. My initial plan was to
> send the audio over HDMI to the TV and then take a passthrough/passback
> SPDIF from the TV to the receiver (which doesn't have HDMI) in hopes of
> maintaining A/V sync.
> 
> So, what's the recommendation from the hive mind? Oh, and I'm in the U.S.
> (in case the screen measurement in inches wasn't a dead giveaway)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Karl

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