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Time to upgrade display?

Posted by briscoelab (A) on August 8, 2006 at 09:14:45

Hello all, I am looking for some upgrade advice for my home theater system. I am currently using a 65" Mitsu CRT RPTV that is nearing 4 years old. It is a 1080i set and only has component inputs for HD signals. It has been professionally calibrated and overall I have been very pleased with it. However, I am considering getting a HD-DVD player and would like to be able to HDMI connections for the HD material (as well as upscaling of regular DVDs). Not to mention the display is a massive beast that weighs several hundred pounds Smile (I'm also getting a little influence from my fiance to free up some floor space in teh living room)

Anyhow, I am really looking hard at some plasma displays now, since they seem to be reaching excellent price points for the quality recieved. I'd like to spend at most $5K on the display. But, I am intrigued by the Vizio 50" PDP that was in the most recent TPV issue. The price is amazing and the unit I spent some time with had impressive image quality, especially the blacks. I think that 50" is the minimum I could live with after becoming used to the 65" we have currently. I also saw that Vizio has a new model out now that has a built in tuner, but all the other specs seem to be the same. The built in tuner would be useless to me, so I'd likely just get the one I can find cheaper if all other factors were equal.

My question is, would I be happy with a product like this? Obviously this is a nearly impossible question to answer.... but I am basically asking if most people coming from a well calibrated CRT RPTV of large size are satisfied with the image offered on a smaller Plasma display?

Thanks for your time.

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