Video Asylum

Posted by Joe Murphy Jr (A) on December 18, 2009 at 11:20:47

In Reply to: RE: 42" 1080p or 50" 720p? That is the question. posted by RFitzgerald on December 18, 2009 at 08:46:44

42" 1080p vs 50" 720p
At 12', go for the real estate -- 50".

#1 The crappy pictures are due to the manufacturers -- that's the way they ship them from the factory. It's basically a war between the manufacturers for your $, so it becomes a "crank the contrast and color in vivid mode" on the big box battlefield.
FAIL

#2 If the big box stores would take some time to actually do a general calibration with a calibration disc on each display that they unbox (correct mode, Brightness, Contrast, Color, Hue and Sharpness), their customers would get a better idea of how the display performs and all of the displays would be referenced to the same source. Instead, they leave them "as delivered" and hide the remotes. Quality isn't a factor when corporate forces them to pimp displays from whatever manufacturer is giving them the largest price breaks or kickbacks that month.
FAIL

In other news, have you checked out any of the reputable online vendors to see how their prices compare to your locals? You may want to look at places like

plasmaconcepts.com
visualapex.com
clevelandplasma.com

(the above three are reputable online vendors). And if you'd like to read some plasma discussion, take a look below at some plasma

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