portisphish
12-02-2007, 08:16 PM
Well, I NEVER buy anything without researching it to death, but I walked in to a deal I couldn't pass up today. I was at the Great Indoors just to look around, after hitting a few stores looking for a wii for my 5- year old for christmas.
Anyway, I see this Westinghouse 42" 1080P LCD flat panel TV. It had a clearance price of $399 on it. The salesman couldn't believe it....he said it was on clearance for $800 yesterday. I sat contemplating for a few minutes. I really don't know much about the plasma, lcd, dlp debate, and had decided to wait out this technology war for another year or so. Never had high def. before.
I figured this would be a cheap set with some crappy reviews, and after I researched a main set, this would be relegated to the bedroom. I was pleasantly surprised to read some rather good reviews online for the set.
I thought that there can be pixel problems on some flat panels, so I made sure I couldn't see anything defective or rather weird looking, but other than that I really didn't know what I should be looking for. The picture quality seemed good, but a little bright.
I have no cables. No DVI...No HDMI...Don't even have any component cables. Will get the HDTV cable box tomorrow and see what kind of cable I'll need for it. I'll get some Component cables for my dvd player, but I have been thinking about getting an OPPO and I don't think the new one has component outputs.
I have a lot of research to do.
Any words of wisdom for an HDTV Noob?
Here's the TV I bought. http://www.westinghousedigital.com/details.aspx?itemnum=44
Anyway, I see this Westinghouse 42" 1080P LCD flat panel TV. It had a clearance price of $399 on it. The salesman couldn't believe it....he said it was on clearance for $800 yesterday. I sat contemplating for a few minutes. I really don't know much about the plasma, lcd, dlp debate, and had decided to wait out this technology war for another year or so. Never had high def. before.
I figured this would be a cheap set with some crappy reviews, and after I researched a main set, this would be relegated to the bedroom. I was pleasantly surprised to read some rather good reviews online for the set.
I thought that there can be pixel problems on some flat panels, so I made sure I couldn't see anything defective or rather weird looking, but other than that I really didn't know what I should be looking for. The picture quality seemed good, but a little bright.
I have no cables. No DVI...No HDMI...Don't even have any component cables. Will get the HDTV cable box tomorrow and see what kind of cable I'll need for it. I'll get some Component cables for my dvd player, but I have been thinking about getting an OPPO and I don't think the new one has component outputs.
I have a lot of research to do.
Any words of wisdom for an HDTV Noob?
Here's the TV I bought. http://www.westinghousedigital.com/details.aspx?itemnum=44