Help! Any inmates with knowledge of widescreen HD direct views?

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Toshiba, Panasonic, Sony, Phillips? Can't afford the Princeton or Lowe. Can't see spending over 3K on a 34" screen anyway. Which of these has the least offensive NTSC display along with sharp HD? (I tell you now I hate the Pany interface and menus.) I watch mainly DVDs, but other family members are addicted to broadcast stations: A&E, PBS, TCM, etc.
Are the new sets coming out this summer and fall worth the wait?
Don't say RPTV...this set will be going into a den within the year. It will be paired with a Panasonic RP-56 DVDp ($133 at HH Gregg!) and (for a short time) Time-Warner digital cable, soon to be DirectTV. So I need 2 wideband inputs, one for progressive DVD and other for sat HDTV. Would appreciate being able to disable VSM from user controls, without having to go into service modes.
I'm very concerned about reliability of the RCA 38" DVTV, although I could buy one for around 2k, so I've eliminated it from consideration. I generally like Sonys but have questions about the current DRC circuits, although I hear the DRC
in the new Sony models are much improved. Any Toshi fans out there?
The male household unit likes the Sony 32HS20 4:3 set. But the audiophool unit wants WIDEscreen. Now.
Any thoughts, fellow inmates? (Yes, I've already been to audioreview, hometheaterspot.com and hifihometheater.com)
Any comments very much appreciated. HT is 3x as confusing as hi end audio...and at least 3x as frustrating.

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Topic - Help! Any inmates with knowledge of widescreen HD direct views? - Harmonia 14:21:23 05/22/02 (4)

Re: widescreen HD direct - Estes 06:27:38 05/28/02 (0)

I am not too impressed with them - Lasermeister 18:45:38 05/23/02 (1)

Re: Have to agree, the motion artifacts are terrible... - EdM 07:00:40 05/24/02 (0)

Re: Help! Any inmates with knowledge of widescreen HD direct views? - tesla 15:07:23 05/22/02 (0)

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