Why LCD and Plasma? 37

That is interesting Semi; I suspect I need to spend more time looking at TV's next time. I had my wife and son with me yesterday and my wife is not patient in these things, I was very pressured.

I know that the DLP TV I bought a few years ago was a very nice one and I starting to think it is superior to most or I am less sensitive than others, because I don't have the issues some mention about it, such as Semi seeing the bulb and bothering the eyes.

If you are happy with DLP, there are good buys out there. I think that there are several reasons why SD looks crappy on HD sets-
1. Crappy tuner.
2. Oftentimes, stretched picture to fill screen.
3. Analog to digital conversion
4. Larger picture, which magnifies all of the above defects.

I have a very high quality (Loewe) CRT EDTV, that looks like crap on analog channels. It looks good with digital channels and great with DVD. Higher res sets emphasize defects of incoming signal, same as high res audio system will emphasize upstream warts.

Swampwalker, I am happy with my DLP set, and I wouldn't rule DLP out for the bedroom set we are looking to replace.

I went to town last night considering solely LCD and plasma and after looking at that Sony 3LCD rear projection TV I started wondering if I had gotten caught up in marketing, LCD and plasma being THE only real options, and maybe they are, if so, I am fine with that. Thus far, it seems the main issue for most is with bulb replacement in rear projection TV's.

I did look (rather quickly) at a DLP set at CC, but its picture quality was not as good as mine, so I didn't give it much thought.

What sucks at CC is they play a video loop that is fast moving so it is hard to view one TV to another.

Brianmgrarcom ;
I had to chuckle when I read that the CC guy would not let you demo the way that you wanted to !
This echos my last two experiences where I wanted to demo some speakers with the Onkyo AVR that I wanted to purchase . Two different stores were not able to turn off the subwoofer , the rear surronds or center channel speakers ! Whats more , one store did not even have the demo speakers wired up ! They also would not remove the demo DVD and insert a CD . This comes from sales clerks working on commission !
I wonder if this type of customer disservice has anything to do with their stock taking a nosedive and the many pending store closures ? Hmmm .
Sorry for the rant but I hate to see BB go competionless .
I will now return you to your regularly scheduled thread .

Thank you .