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How to Buy an HDTV

Plasma TV buying guides. I’m in the throes of a decision on which 32″ HDTV to buy for my studio wall. Guides like this help.

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5 Responses to “How to Buy an HDTV”

  1. Katherine Coble Says:
    September 27th, 2007 at 6:17 pm

    What exactly are you going to do with it, anyway? Watch those “Fire log” screensavers?

  2. jasony Says:
    September 27th, 2007 at 8:52 pm

    okay, smarty pants, I knew you were going to chime in with that comment.
    I do video and audio editing and need a big monitor for clients. That way they don’t have to watch their video on a tiny little screen over my shoulder.

    You know, a big screen can be used for *so much more* than just watching TV! Movies, Games, auxiliary big computer monitor.

    And Lost. Remember, we watch Lost?

  3. Katherine Coble Says:
    September 28th, 2007 at 2:33 am

    I’m of the opinion that your non-tv watching is like a vegetarian who eats beef at Christmas and St. Patrick’s day.
    ;-p

  4. jasony Says:
    September 28th, 2007 at 8:50 am

    Fair enough, but what if they don’t claim to be a vegetarian? What if they just say they’re going to lay off of the daily hamburger? Will you allow it then?

    :)

  5. Redbeard25 Says:
    October 1st, 2007 at 11:58 am

    Isn’t that pseudo-vegetarian healthier than the daily visitor to Ryan’s?

    My favorite TV online tools are:

    http://www.myhometheater.homestead.com/viewingdistancecalculator.html

    This told me that the TV we bought this year would be just large enough for the room I wanted to put it in. My wife told me that anything bigger would be too large… but this website told me it was large enough. :D

    http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-7608_7-1016109-4.html

    This one-trick pony compares the picture size of a pillarboxed HDTV screen to that of a standard 4:3 screen. Love it or hate it, we’re still in 4:3-land for quite a while. Your 32″ HD screen will have the viewing area of a 26″ square screen.

    If you’re brand-comparisoning, we are absolutely thrilled with our Vizio we got from Costco. CNet likes it too.

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