What is the Best for watching football

[walleyesforever]

If you were going to buy a 40" or 52" Flat panel LCD for watching a good football game...what size and make would you buy...What is the best TV for the money?

[Bottle Fish]

Depends on how big the room is.

I think this should have been posted in a different forum though.

[croixflats]

I would think the 40" be better wont be as ghosty and blury with movements. The bigger the moniter the worst those thing get.

[LakeDocktor]

It all depends on how far away from the TV you are going to be when watching. If you are going to be more than 10-15 feet away, go with the 50''. As far as the smaller the TV, the better the picture and the less blury it will be doesn't always apply. Your refresh rate is what determines the trail effect. It will also depend on what service you plan on using. If it is standard definition, your picture clarity will greatly decrease. When you purchase or look at TVs in the store, they either have HD or upconversion to give the buyer the best possible picture. I wouldn't skimp on price if money isn't a problem. You get what you pay for. Find something that is pretty good quality and then shop around for that model.

[SP180]

42" This is where the HD actually works and it isnt just a stretched screen. Bought the Vizio from Walmart and i have been nothing impressed. Spent 797 for a 1080p. I have a lot of high end electronics and this was more impressive then a lot of upper level sets.

[Phred52]

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[MuleShack]

I would also recommend the Visio, Mainly for the quality you get for the price.

I have a 46" LCD and a 37" and both are great pictures with reasonable price tags (with HD service).

[Blainebob]

Samsung makes the best tv. I bought my 46" from bestbuy and they price matched twice! Will only buy my electronics from there.

[crothmeier]

I have a 47" Vizio 1080p LCD with the 120Hz refresh rate. With HD programming I get an AWESOME picture, with standard programming it is decent/watchable, but after viewing it in HD i wont go back!

Vizio offers a good price, and hopefully the durablity is good also. And it is an AMERICAN company

[LMITOUT]

And it is an AMERICAN company

Not to burst your bubble, but Vizio's are not made in the USA and the TV's are made of parts from various manufacturers such as LG and Panasonic (Taiwan/China). Some parts are factory seconds or rejects, or old technology not used anymore by those various manufacturers in their latest and greatest products.

[crothmeier]

i didnt say it was made here, just that the company is an American company. better than the ones that are japs or chinese

[Sandmannd]

I got a 42" Poloriad at Walmart day after Thanksgiving for $600 and it's impressive. You don't need to go over 42" if you have a small room. If you have a big room, go with a bigger tv. Make sure you get a 1080dpi TV. They are all pretty equal. I think if I had cash to burn I would get a Sony Ragza.

[Whoaru99]

Get a plasma if you want the best picture for fast action.

Panasonic, all the way.

[LakeDocktor]

Sandmannd, I think you are thinking of Tosiba Regza. There is also a difference in 1080i and 1080p. It is how the picture is processed on the monitor. As far as plasma, the refresh rate is what is going to give you a better picture on fast moving objects. If you have a room with a lot of light, I would stay away from plasma because of glare on the screen. Plasmas have come a long way in the last couple of years, but the life is still a little less than LCD and you risk the chance of burn in.

[Jeremy airjer W]

I have a bright room. Decided on a vizio LCD 1080p. Couldn't be happier!

[Whoaru99]

Sandmannd, I think you are thinking of Tosiba Regza. There is also a difference in 1080i and 1080p. It is how the picture is processed on the monitor. As far as plasma, the refresh rate is what is going to give you a better picture on fast moving objects. If you have a room with a lot of light, I would stay away from plasma because of glare on the screen. Plasmas have come a long way in the last couple of years, but the life is still a little less than LCD and you risk the chance of burn in.

Who puts their TV in the brightly lit room. The football set goes in the mancave.

BTW, did I mention to get a plasma if you want the best picture.

[LMITOUT]

With the high contrast ratios of the newer LCD's the advantage of Plasma over LCD has pretty much been erased. These days you can get a very nice picture and pay quite a bit less by going the LCD route.

The newer LCD's also incorporate a 120Hz feature which reduces the possible blur when watching fast motion video on the TV. I went from the DLP which arguably has one the best pictures of any of them to a LCD and have noticed no lag or blur.

The technology of the LCD's has really progressed in just the past couple of years which has eliminated many of the negative aspects of that type of TV that we all heard about when looking for new sets just a few years ago.

As mentioned above, if you have any chance of light coming into the room the plasma can cause a bad reflection and it'll be a distraction to your TV viewing. LCD's can reflect sunlight also, but typically not to the extent that plasmas can with their glass screen.

[Whoaru99]

Dunnnooo about that.

I was just out at Circuit City last weekend buying a Blu-ray player on closeout and the plasmas still looked mighty fine to me.

To my eye at least, they just have more of a 3-D like image. The colors and resolution of the LCD are fine, they just look "flat" to me, like little or no apparent depth to the image.

I guess my real point is buy what looks best to each person after comparing them first hand, don't not buy what you really want or think looks best based on fear.

[LMITOUT]

What you see in a showroom is misleading at best with the way they tweak the picture settings of the different brands, types, and model levels, not to mention the quality of the video feed to the set, to make a sale. I'm not going to debate which one is better as that's subjective, but it should be known that their is little difference between the two technologies compared to a few years ago. I believe it won't be long before plasmas are extinct because of this.

Essentially it comes down to what you want to spend and which TV's picture looks to best to the individual laying out the cash, while weighing the drawbacks of each....such as picture burn-in, screen retention, dead or stuck pixels, light reflectiveness in a bright room, weight, etc.

[Whoaru99]

Agreed. The typical store isn't the best place to evaluate TVs.

I agree too that plasmas probably will be extinct in some years, but that, IMO, is largely a matter of cost/profits, not technological performance.

[FISHINGURU]

plasmas are going extinct right now.

i'd get a samsung 52" 1080p 120hz flat panel...if its to big or spendy i'd get the same tv but a smaller size.

check em out they are real nice...it will be my next tv.

[Whoaru99]

Maybe, but they're still the best, and it certainly doesn't diminish what they are.

[LMITOUT]

i'd get a samsung 52" 1080p 120hz flat panel

That's what I ended up getting last fall. Couldn't be happier and the picture is fantastic. It took some getting used to because of the depth of the picture as it was almost 3D-like. I quickly found a setting that is adjustable to reduce or enhance this effect so I took it down a notch. Watching TV was almost too weird with that setting turned up. Probably not good for people who have motion sickness. ha! It's really cool for video games though!

[FISHINGURU]

well how can anyone say whats best? i've seen plasmas not look good and i've seen lcd not look good.

[FISHINGURU]

Originally Posted By: FISHINGURU

i'd get a samsung 52" 1080p 120hz flat panel

That's what I ended up getting last fall. Couldn't be happier and the picture is fantastic. It took some getting used to because of the depth of the picture as it was almost 3D-like. I quickly found a setting that is adjustable to reduce or enhance this effect so I took it down a notch. Watching TV was almost too weird with that setting turned up. Probably not good for people who have motion sickness. ha! It's really cool for video games though!

nice..i was gonna jump on one last year but decided to hold off...been watchin the price drop ever since...about to pull the trigger on one soon...this old magnavox 52" has lasted me about 6 years but time for an upgrade soon.

[LMITOUT]

That is very true. There are too many variables to say one is better than the other. Plasma's or LCD's within the same manufacturer's line-up are better or worse than others, let alone trying to cross manufacture lines and comparing models.

The only thing you can do is to research online to get a feel of what people think about a certain model and experiences they've had, good or bad, and then go to the store with a short hit-list of different models to check out. Even when you get to the store it's tough to determine which picture looks better with they way they are displayed, plus the in-store lighting doesn't help either. It's hardly ideal viewing and not comparable to what you're going to see when you get it home. I guess there is some "leap of faith" involved when it comes down to it, with a little bit of research to back it up.