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I am in the market for a LCD and doing some reseach on LCD 32"-37" Although HD quailty is of concern. I am more interested in the picture quailty for Reg. cable.
I know alot of people have compared the difference in HD but I'd like to hear everyones thoughts on which ones have the Better picture for standard viewing.
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Hi,The best 32" I've seen so far is the Samsung 32LNS51D for SD pq.
and I have to agree it had a very nice picture. I was inpressed.
Benie does the tv have to be an LCD?? If not ou may want to check out some of the crt hdtvs that are still on the market. In my expereince SD digital cable channels look better on a good crt than lcd. Im not sure why his is, but SD just doesnt look right on LCD??
I am more interested in the sound Acoustics in my room for a 2 ch. setup, in a 14 X 12 room and my Monster sized 32" CRT is taking up to much room as it is.
I figure going with a LCD panel will free up some room, maybe even a Plasma.
Thanks for your input though.
I have Sony’s latest LCD XRB2 with native 1080p resolution. Much, probably most, standard definition content is quite good. Because the video processor must “fill in“ for the missing information, standard def content is a bit softer by comparison to a good regular CRT TV. On my Sony, a bit of softness is the only downside. I have yet to see any video noise on any content. In addition, standard def is better in my home than what I saw in any dealer on any set.HD content varies from very good to simply stunning.
I migrated to HD because the vast majority of what I watched was available in HD from my cable provider.
Thanks TGT. Looks like the Sony XRB is one to look for and I saw one today, Very Nice, a little pricey though but they only had the 42 in the store. Gotta do some more looking.
My parents subscribe to analog cable. Their 40" Sony XBR LCD TV has a built-in tuner, which does decipher subchannels, including the HD feed. Pretty cool. I really like their TV. If I were looking for a 32-37" LCD, I'd check to see if Sony has an XBR model in those sizes.-Lummy The Seahorse
I'll look for more info on the sonys in the local shop.
I should say I have a Digital box for my cable. But I don't have any HD. ch. I have to see how much they charge for it but I also think I would need a HD digital box as well. Maybe in the New Year?
I guess with my Digital box that I have. Would it be better picture standard cable?
My parents have Comcast analog cable to go with their Sony 40" XBR LCD TV. My wife and I have Dish Network, to go with a regular KDL-46S2000 LCD TV. I have to warn that regular 4:3 programming, which is what the vast majority of channels is, is big and blurry. Your digital cable box may allow you to warp the ratio, so that you can fit a 4:3 into the entire 16:9 screen.I have not had analog cable in my house, so I do not know how different, if at all, it is from non-HD digital channels. Another weird thing is, my parents can get some HD feed from analog cable, but those channels (FOX, CBS, ABC) are different from my HD channels (TNT, Discovery, HDNet, ESPN).
My parents do complain that their analog cable often has "ghosts." Maybe I'm just imagining things, but it seems as though lip-synch error is worse at my place. I dunno, I'll have to let the others chime in on the analog cable vs. non-HD digital cable issue.
I'll drop by a few shop and check things out and I'll get them to put it on the reg. channels and see how things look.
Thanks Ken
receiving analog cable. Does this mean your parents can tune-in the HD channels without "upgrading" to "digital" cable?I'm strongly considering the 46" version of the same Sony.
In San Francisco, Comcast provides analog cable. With old TV tuners, you'd only receive one broadcast per channel. But with the Sony's tuner, it can receive any subchannel. For example, if you press "2," KTVU's regular broadcast will appear. But if you press 2.1," the HD broadcast will appear. Similarly, channel 7 has several subchannels, one of which is a weather channel.Higher up, there are some music channels, as well. I had read about these subchannels, but never knew what they were, until I hooked up the Sony TV at my parents' place.
Hmmm, I just realized that I haven't put up any pictures of my parents' TV on my xanga blog. Gotta work on that.
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Yes, even without a cable box, you can get many many channels and subchannels if your TV has a digital tuner. I can get all my local digital and HD channels, as well as about 30-40 music channels and a *random* VOD (whatever my neighbors watch?) all without the box. I do NOT get premium channels.
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...Or a PS3 and wondering how well it does Ms. Pac Man?;)
Since 90% of the channels I will get are not HD. I think it's a very vaild question!
It is more like I have some very nice recorded Music (a few) but I listen to alot of other Music as well.
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