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Flat Screen Recommendations: 50 to 60 inch

I'll consider any option, LCD, Plasma, "internet" TVs, etc.
Just want something that will look good out of the box. We watch DVD movies, stream from a Roku box, and news and a few stupid shows from cable TV. Will get less than 10 hours a week of play time. Interested in all opinions and experiences with current models.
Thank you in advance.

Smwdrtwin (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

01-17-11

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01-17-11 If you are looking for the "best" picture and stoc ... Wizard454

01-17-11 You can get a 55" samsung or lg led backlit television ... Trackernc

01-17-11 As far as i can tell the rules don't prohibit the mention of ... Mechans

01-17-11 I would still to this day suggest plasma is the way to go bu ... Chadnliz

01-17-11 Just picked up a panasonic tc-p58vt25, panasonic's newest 58 ... Ssvlaunch

01-18-11 Allow me to offer a suggestion out of the ordinary. if you ... Rlwainwright

01-18-11 Ssvlaunch: a panasonic salesman told me that the power suppl ... Dweller

01-18-11 Thanks everyone. i'm going to print this out and go shoppin ... Smwdrtwin

01-18-11 I initially bought a toshiba plasma because it looked the be ... Trackernc

01-19-11 Pioneer used to outsource kuro its' panel manufacture to pan ... Corazon

01-19-11 Backlit lcd is still trumped by plasma, its getting closer a ... Chadnliz

01-19-11 My son-in-law just got a 42" panasonic plasma and the p ... Raks

01-19-11 I also agree about the samsung led backlit lcd tvs. i shop r ... Johnnyb53

01-19-11 I have a 5 year old pioneer 43" plasma and a brand new ... Mateored

01-19-11 Do the plasma tv's still have reflection issues? i have a l ... Admranger

01-19-11 I bought the panasonic tcp54g25 last month and it is fantast ... Magsterone

01-19-11 Any flat screen that has a glossed front be it glass or othe ... Chadnliz

01-19-11 Panasonic plasmas are definitely the way to go now that pion ... Learsfool

01-20-11 Power schmower lol, op said he doesnt use it many hours week ... Chadnliz

01-21-11 I vote for the panasonic g25. my 42 has done very, very well ... Airkitty

02-14-11 The best plasmas are still better than the best led lcd scre ... Allchemie

02-15-11 I agree completely with allchemie - my mother-in-law just go ... Learsfool

02-16-11 Any thoughts on the lg 60" plasma at costco? hard to t ... Admranger

02-16-11 Looked at them all. the best one for the money imo is samsun ... James63

02-16-11 I watched the superbowl on a friend's samsung led backlit lc ... Drubin

02-17-11 Dont skimp on size, my viewing distance is about 10 feet and ... Tesseract86

02-19-11 Samsung led Vernneal

02-20-11 Yea go buy a smsung if you can put up with excess buzzing no ... Chadnliz

02-28-11 What model 60" lg plasma are you referring to...the 60p ... Headknocker

05-01-11 I second the recommnendation for the panasonic tc-p58vt25. ... Savjam

05-05-11 the pioneer krp-500m plasma was one the best that pioneer ... Hifisoundguy

05-06-11: Mingles
There's absolutely no buzz coming from my 1-inch thick Samsung LED. Yes, some LCD's have an artificial, animated picture quality and make real people look like cartoons. No argument there. But LED's are *completely* different. They combine the best attributes of plasma and LCD: excellent contrast, deep color, low glare, wide viewing angle, low power consumption.

I brought home several TVs a few months ago to do my own testing. I started with a 55" Samsung LCD. It had a stunning picture with DVD and Blu ray. When I say stunning, I mean absolutely gorgeous deep color! But cable content was animated with too much motion judder. So I returned it and bought a 50" Panasonic plasma. The Panasonic had an excellent picture at night when all the lights were out, but during the day it looked dark. At night, we couldn't have any lights on behind us without seeing them in the screen. This wasn't the case with the Samsung LCD. So we returned the Panasonic. On a whim, I bought a cheap 55" Toshiba LCD that was terrible. It had primitive calibration controls that wouldn't allow us to get the picture right. I couldn't return it fast enough. Then we bought a Samsung LED. Amazing picture! It has the deep color and excellent contrast of plasma with a minimal amount of glare and no motion judder. The picture is the best I've seen -- both with cable and Blu ray. We couldn't be happier.

Best Buy has a generous 30 day return policy that made this kind of testing possible. No questions asked.
Mingles (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

05-06-11 What's the model number on that samsung, mingles? Drubin

05-06-11 samsung un46c6300sf Mingles