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Originally Posted by tvlover33
I don't trust LCD though, doesn't look as good to me. You touch it and make a ripple on the screen,
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TV's are for watching, no fondling.
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plus, if it breaks you have liquid crystals spilling all over your carpet?
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What the heck are you doing in front of the TV, anyway?
... Seriously, though, the best HDTVs made are the Sony LCDs (as well as the now-discontinued Sony SXRDs). Plasma can be very hit-or-miss, and you really need to watch for the color saturation and black levels. Most plasma sets are very dull. The other thing I hate is the mirror-shiny screen, which means you'll be watching yourself watch TV.
LCD can be matte or shiny, and the better ones tend to be matte surface, so you don't have to watch yourself watch TV.
A CP32 mentioned, a cheap set shows a lot of pixel noise. One good thing about the Sony sets is many levels of noise reduction (NR), so you can reduce or completely hide noise that may be generated by the TV itself, but the source (old DVDs, tapes, analog signals), and even over-compressed Blu-ray and HDTV ATSC/QAM signals.
Colors tend to be overblown, too, on cheap sets.
Never judge a HDTV based on what you see in the showroom. Get the remote, and screw around with the settings, to see what's available, and how much/little can be tweaked. Also remember the bright blinding lights of the stores (or the dark cave section of the store) is nothing like your home's lighting.