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05-11-2006, 03:31 PM

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MR2NR

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I agree, save your $ and find yourself a flatscreen 37" tube and call it a day.

05-11-2006, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by defro13

had rear projection, lots of them, i now own a high defention 42" plasma and would NEVER EVER EVER go back, rear projection=casette, plasma=cd, in your budget i would stay away from projection and look for a big flatscreen tube, you will get a far better pic that with a rear projection, just go to your local tv store and look at the difference between a projection, tube and plasma ,the differences are quite obvious

Rear Projection still can give you HDTV quality as can a Plasma. It's hardly the same as comparing cassette to CD.

And if you go on a lot of HDTV forums, a lot of people still prefer a HDCRT tube to any of the others.

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I was under the impression that LCd doesn't display true colour..

I've never heard that. A lot of the other boards I post at though people always boast that LCD is really good for games, so I dunno!

05-11-2006, 07:22 PM

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Hey all,

Sorry for the long delay in replying but I was busy at work.

I am looking for about a 42" but a nything from a 32-42" would be great. I would also prefer a widescreen.

I have found a few at tigerdirect.ca but they are all no name stuff so I don't know if it's crap or not.

I don't really want a crt as they are huge and heavy and I just don't have the room for them. A rear projection would be fine as long as it wasn't too big at the back.

I am still looking around without any luck. I could try those forums but those are all probably people who have a $20000 tv/surround sound system so I don't know if they will even both to help but I can try.

Thanks

05-11-2006, 09:17 PM

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if anyone thinks they can get as good a pic on a rear projection on high def and a plasma on hi def ive got some 3 dollars bills and some florida swampland for you as well

05-12-2006, 03:45 AM

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A plasma will always give you a better picture. It's just unfortunate that they are always so much more. My Rear projection CRT still looks amazing though I'll tell you that!

05-13-2006, 10:29 PM

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A plasma will always give you a better picture. It's just unfortunate that they are always so much more. My Rear projection CRT still looks amazing though I'll tell you that!

Agreed.

I would hope a high dollar plasma woulld look better the a RPTV.

05-14-2006, 12:26 AM

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I was at Costco a few days ago, they had a 42 plasma for $1699, had a REALLY nice picture, almost came home with it.
"honey, they were out of milk, so I got a tv instead"

05-16-2006, 01:23 PM

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I am looking at buying a 52" rear projection TV but I have also thought about buying a LCD projector instead.

Any comments on what would be better ?

I guess the major downside to a projector is that you can't see the picture unless the room is very dim

05-16-2006, 10:10 PM

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LCD Rear projection seem to be great as to what the sales guy was telling me at Best Buy.

I found a huge sale for Samsung right at the factory so I am going there next Saturday and picking up a new TV. It could be anything as most of their prices from what I hear are 50% off