Help with a few questions/ choosing a new TV
Alright, just a quick bit of backstory, we bought an HLN617W back in June 2004 and loved it when it worked. The problem was, it liked to break a lot, and in a lot of different ways. A quick run down of a few things:
August 04 – Power board replaced
June 05 – engine assembly replaced
July-August 07 – Analog bd & Engine replaced, then engine replaced again
November 08 – color wheel replaced
And of course none of it was a quick fix, with 17 different receipts from the repair place between all of the times that they needed to pick it up, repair it, document that the repair didn’t work, ect. Some of those 17 receipts are just lamp replacements which are obvious needs with a DLP, but you get the gist.
Anyways, they are finally saying that they TV is no longer repairable and they are either giving us a new TV or giving us money to get a new one (so I guess my first question is does anyone have experience with getting a new TV through warranty?)
If they don’t just give us a new TV, I also need some help in choosing a new one. I went to Best Buy’s Magnolia section a few weeks ago to look at TV’s and the ones that I liked the most were the Samsung C8000 (LED-LCD, not Plasma), and the Panasonic VT25. I did some reading beforehand and they come in sizes that are actually bigger than our old DLP at 65″, but I am slightly concerned by the rising blacks I’ve heard mentioned in the VT25. Is that actually something to be concerned about, or something overblown that is barely noticeable? One TV that I am also interested in is the HX-909, even though it only goes up to 52″, but that wasn’t on display when I was at Best Buy.
Help with choosing a new TV – plz!!!
Now, here is what I am looking for when buying a new TV:
1. The main thing it will be used for is watching TV, and mainly sports at that, so which of those have the clearest fast moving picture, or the best picture in general?
2. I will also be playing video games of all sorts on it, including FPS’s, so a low input lag would be nice.
3. However, I have been known to fall asleep watching TV/playing video games, so while I’m guessing that the TV’s probably have a timer on it so I can set it to shut off at a certain time or 30 minutes after I set the timer, it would be nice to know for sure.
4. I will also be watching Blu’s on it, but I’m guessing that any TV of those mentioned will have great Blu playback.
5. Now, while the TV’s I mentioned all have 3D playback, that is actually the least of my concern. I am blind in my right eye (born with a cataract, ~20/200 vision), so I can’t see any 3D images. If there are better 2D TV’s on currently on the market (since the 151FD is off ), I’d love to know.