Well time for a new TV
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Scott F
Pug Life
Yes. I have a 42" 720P from a few years ago. Bought it at Costco.
I'm not super picky, so I've been fairly happy with it, with a few problem areas:
1. It emits a low buzzing noise, could be caused by the backlit display. The noise is intermittent.
2. Sometimes when I turn it on, I get sound, but no picture. 'Turn it off, turn it on again' seems to be the solution.
3. There are areas of "splochiness" in portions of the screen, IE, it's not true black. If the subject matter is night or a dark room, it is apparent. Again, a lot of that has to do with that stupid backlight, but the more you turn it down, the louder the buzzing gets.
All that said, my set is almost 3 years old (I think?) They've probably done some nice upgrades since then. The ones I see on display in Costco look awesome, and these days they're practically giving TVs away.
I'm not super picky, so I've been fairly happy with it, with a few problem areas:
1. It emits a low buzzing noise, could be caused by the backlit display. The noise is intermittent.
2. Sometimes when I turn it on, I get sound, but no picture. 'Turn it off, turn it on again' seems to be the solution.
3. There are areas of "splochiness" in portions of the screen, IE, it's not true black. If the subject matter is night or a dark room, it is apparent. Again, a lot of that has to do with that stupid backlight, but the more you turn it down, the louder the buzzing gets.
All that said, my set is almost 3 years old (I think?) They've probably done some nice upgrades since then. The ones I see on display in Costco look awesome, and these days they're practically giving TVs away.
If you get a TV with 120 Hz, make sure it can be disabled, else all your movies will look like live video.
Mark Williams
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Really can't beat a Samsung for the price. I own 2 of them. Both were dead on correct when I ran color bars thru them. I use a 19" one as my preview HDTV monitor. Check out this one http://www.walmart.com/Samsung-40-LCD/ip/10980685 its on sale for $714.00 . Before I had my Samsung preview monitor I tried 2 Vizios but returned them. Could not get good blacks on them and there was light bleed at the top of both.
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Luis Caffesse
Admin
I've had a 47" Vizio 1080p for a little over a year now - couldn't be happier with it.
dougspice
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I just got a Panasonic 42" Viera 720p plasma for under $600 SHIPPED from Amazon. Hard to beat that. Picture and features are terrific, my only complaint would be that there's almost no stereo separation on the speakers; if you're going to be running a sound system that's no issue, though.