I notice that as of today the price on these has dropped. Best Buy and Circuit City now both are offering the Panasonic TH42PX60U for $1999.99. I've been debating between one of these, the 42" Westinghouse, a 40" JVC LCD, and the 42" LG plasma. I think the Panasonic just moved closer to becoming my choice.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-9BrTdNw...W2&pfxid=k1971

Wow! That's a very good price!

nice...

That was quick. They've now gone back up from $1549 to $1749 and they're also out of stock. I bet they sold a bunch of them over the last few hours.

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Samsu...oductDetail.do

i recently moved out of my house and had to leave behind my parents 60 inch HD. now i just have the tv that was in my room old 19 inch samsung, it's a good tv but i need a HD badly for my 360 and don't wanna spend too much.

Was in Walmart his morning and they had a tv I hadn't seen there before. A 52" Panasonic LCD Projection for about $1850. Came with the stand too. It also had 2 hdmi ports.

Let's say that both of these TVs were available at the same price. Would you rather get:
(1) A 50" flat-panel HDTV with 1366x768p. Delivered tomorrow (September 30, 2006).
(2) A 50" flat-panel HDTV with 1920x1080p. Delivered January 31, 2007.

Your Current TV: Sony XBR 27".
Your HD plans: Directv HD will be ordered as soon as HDTV is purchased. An HD DVD player will be purchased by November 30, 2006 (midpoint between the two dates above).

All other things equal (same technology, same general quality, etc.), I'd wait for the 1080p.

Make sure you can get #1 from Costco, then order both.

But I'd want #1 right now for football season. But I like football, someone who doesn't wouldn't have reason not to wait a couple months for #2.

(1) Well, I don't want to abuse Costco. And it would be an abuse to do #1 now from Costco.

(2) I want it for football too. We have Directv's NFL package, with the $99 add-on superfan package. But ... *sigh* ...


I get employee discount. The TV people at work tell me that the model I was planning on buying will have 1080p native resolution by the beginning of the year. Also, it'll have 2 HDMI inputs instead of 1 (forgot to mention earlier). I don't know what other improvements, but these two are for certain. And that it'll be for about the same price.

Then you could probably sell #1 without much loss, no?

You want it for football. I'm making a statement, not a question. Keep in mind 2/3 of the football games are only created in 720p. That's 6 per week on Fox, 1 on ESPN. There are 3 on CBS and 1 on NBC in 1080. CBS still hasn't bothered upgrading to increase the number available, they may not get every game up in HD til 2009!

Spiky: interesting, interesting. Very interesting. Thanks for the input.

I'd wait, too.

What are the other differences in the 1080p model? For example I was looking into a Samsung 720p vs 1080p and the contrast was way higher on 1080p. So it was not just the resolution that was higher but other things as well is what I am getting at.

Bottom line, I would wait.

True. There could be other improvements as well. But there could also be delays in production as well as shortage in inventory (and we get last priority). I may just get a 42" plasma HDTV for now, then upgrade in 3~6 months. Thanks all.

Hey ya'll...

Sorry if this has already been discussed but I'm thinking of getting a smaller LCD or something for my bedroom. Currently I have nothing in there. Can anyone recommend something under 1k? I'd prefer something widescreen.

Like 40" small or 26" small or even smaller yet?

I'd probably take a 26" or 30" preferably.

So I'm getting closer to my move to LA (it's looking like early November), and it got me thinking about an HDTV again. I'm still interested in the Mitsubishi DLP, but I also thought about projectors. Is it really possible to get 1080p projectors with good image quality for under $3,000?

Freak,

I was shopping for a 26", but stopped when I had to get a car this year. So I'm a little out of date. I was seriously looking at the Viewsonic line. They've always been an excellent monitor company, and are priced in the bottom of the LCD TV market. One thing to think about is location of the speakers. There is a large dimension difference between the models with speakers on the bottom vs those on the side.

Suprmallet,
Not yet. Under $5K just became possible, it seems the Sony Pearl is shipping. Or did you mean RPTV?

Is any company still making CRT RPTVs for HD anymore? I can't find any at stores anymore. I'd love another 55" CRT RPTV, but it would be nice if it had a few HDMI inputs (my current one only has one DVI).

I think you can still find the Hitachi RPTVs at CC.

I'm seriously eyeballing these 2 units, which are both available for under $1500:

SONY 46" LCD Projection

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Sony-...oductDetail.do


Samsung 42" DLP

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Samsu...oductDetail.do

The Sony seems to be the better choice, but the Sammy is $150 cheaper. Anyone own either of these?

There's also a 51" Hitachi CRT RP that has high ratings. How much maintenance do you have to put into a CRT RP?

Im looking at getting an HDTV but Im in no rush. I hope to have one by March/April of next year. My question is should I get one around Christmas (when there will probably be sales) or should I wait till after when prices might be going down. Im new to the HD scene so Im not sure when prices tend to go down but Ive seen that for other products as new models role in after the new year. Im pretty much planning for the future and doing my research now