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I recently got married, and as a wedding present, my parents said that they'd get us a nice TV. They didn't give me a number that they don't want to go over, but I'd like it to be no more than $2,000. My question to you all is this: What is the best TV I can get for that amount of money?
 
Is all Depend What brand you're interested and what model...

Some model offer higher engine to create better sharper and clearer image.

Today, Samsung offering new TV Technology call LED HDTV Which is very expenive right now. if you willing to cough $200-$300 more, you can get a 40" LED HDTV for $2,199. Of course The bigger then more expenive it is ^^; 32" Are $1,899

If you're not interesting on LED HDTV you can get a decent LCD HDTV for the price of $500-$2000 depends what size you want.

I perfer Sony, Samsung, LG Brand since they have better engine and Sharper image than lower name brand like Toshiba, Sharp and Honeywell

Again, is all Depend what are you looking for, I can only give you my opinion on what i would get and some advice.

My best advice is to go to local Bestbuy or any Electronics Store, and see the TV hands on, If you see something you like, write down the model number and compare price on the internet.

Also, Be sure to know what kind of plug you'll be putting on your TV, you don't wanna be short on some kind of plug and force you to buy a switch.

This Sansumg 52" HDTV isn't so bad ^^


Edit: Congrat on your Wedding! Honeymoon GO!
 
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I got a Sony 1080p 46 inch flat screen for about $1599.00 (it was on sale, usually went for a few hundred more) directly from Sony Store and it is an awesome TV. 1080p so you can watch Blue Ray on it as well as high def so the quality wont be ass.
 
Vandoura said:
Is all Depend What brand you're interested and what model...

Some model offer higher engine to create better sharper and clearer image.

Today, Samsung offering new TV Technology call LED HDTV Which is very expenive right now. if you willing to cough $200-$300 more, you can get a 40" LED HDTV for $2,199. Of course The bigger then more expenive it is ^^; 32" Are $1,899

If you're not interesting on LED HDTV you can get a decent LCD HDTV for the price of $500-$2000 depends what size you want.

I perfer Sony, Samsung, LG Brand since they have better engine and Sharper image than lower name brand like Toshiba, Sharp and Honeywell

Again, is all Depend what are you looking for, I can only give you my opinion on what i would get and some advice.

My best advice is to go to local Bestbuy or any Electronics Store, and see the TV hands on, If you see something you like, write down the model number and compare price on the internet.

Also, Be sure to know what kind of plug you'll be putting on your TV, you don't wanna be short on some kind of plug and force you to buy a switch.

This Sansumg 52" HDTV isn't so bad ^^


Edit: Congrat on your Wedding! Honeymoon GO!
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Thanks!

I was leaning more towards a Sony, just because my parents have a nice 50", and I haven't seen any issues with it so far. That's a good idea about going to the store and seeing which one we like first, then comparing. I can't believe I didn't think of that first, lol.

Also, I don't think we'll have any problem with the outlets. We're currently getting an overhaul on it at our house; plugs and service upgrade.
 
Also, what's the difference between LED and LCD TVs? Do the LEDs just consume less power, or is there something else?
 
I got a 42" Toshiba LCD last year just after Christmas for $1200. It came in handy when Best Buy sent a 40" (the actual $1200 one) home with someone else after I purchased it, leaving me empty-handed when I came to pick it up the next day.

I loves my 42"er.
 
LED > LCD, at least imo. That is... if you want to spend a larger chunk of change but you wont have to change tv's for a while, they have a long life span.

Another hope for creating better brightness while reducing costs is the use of LED (light-emitting diodes) as light sources . . . LEDs can improve picture contrast because the lights can be individually "dimmed," unlike the single lamp in a standard LCD TV. Darkening individual pixels helps eliminate color bleed and motion blur.
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I believe 1080p is still the best resolution available.
 
Yes 1080p is still the best. It probably will be for quite a while. Going to need much bigger tvs to get better resolution anyway.
 
LEDs aren't prone to dead pixelage like LCD. The image quality is also sharper, how much depends on what LCD displays you're comparing it to. It can range from not much more, to a significant improvement.
 
Lucki said:
Also, what's the difference between LED and LCD TVs? Do the LEDs just consume less power, or is there something else?
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LEDTV's use LED's to light up the screen instead of normal bulbs; it's similar to the difference between normal flash lights and LED flash lights.

Since the LED's create a much purer white color, the colors on LED's are far more accurate and vivid; also they can turn off individual LED's to generate a much more accurate black level. They also use 40% less power, but that's more of a marketing ploy than a real reason to buy a TV; although plasma's suck up power like it's going out of style. They also are much cooler than other sets, but again only the plasma's really have that issue.

Basically, you get picture quality close to a plasma in an LCD. Hook up a blu-ray(even without, but a blu-ray is the best) and you will easily notice a difference between LEDTV's and normal LCD's; it's night and day.

If you're not going to hang the TV on the wall(using a stand instead), I'd seriously look at a DLP. My store sells a 65" 1080p for $1400; or the 60" for $1150. If you are going for a wall-mount option; Vandoura's pricing is off. That was the original MSRP, but none of the retail stores have it that high anymore. I bought the UN40B7000 two weeks ago(the model above what Vandoura linked) and it was only $1300, with a free blu-ray player. That was a special promotion we ran for a few weeks; but the same TV's regular price is around $1700; you can get a UN46B6000 for around $2000.

If you can swing it(and want to wall mount), definitely go LED.
 
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Where we'd have the TV, and the layout of the room we'd have it in, 60" would be too big. I was thinking that 40-42" would be the best.
 
Go with the LED then. We're running the un40b7000 for $1300 again, but no free bluray player.
 
Jereme >> I'm pretty sure any sane woman would to something THAT size. (pervert :p )

Bajaratt >> Having the TV 7-8 feet away from our couch, if it was any bigger, I'd probably go blind lol.
 
Mirewen said:
Jereme >> I'm pretty sure any sane woman would to something THAT size. (pervert :p )

Bajaratt >> Having the TV 7-8 feet away from our couch, if it was any bigger, I'd probably go blind lol.
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That's what I said when Tenk insisted we get a 58" plasma (Panasonic). But it's soooo shmexy. I think we're closer to 10' away though. We had a 42" DLP in the living room before and it's amazing how much better the picture is on the plasma. I'm not sure if the DLP is 1080p though so that might have been part of the difference.
 
If there was a problem with the pic in contrast to what you have now, it probably wasn't a 1080p.
 
Mire, I currently have a 52' TV 3 feet from my face <_< My mom got me it for 800 bucks from her two friends. It's my new room TV.
 
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