If this belongs in the HDTV thread, one of the mods can move it there...
So, we're finally getting an HDTV! My parents were asking my sisters and I how to make our basement more "teen friendly", and I kept suggesting getting a bigger TV.
So, now I need your help.
What kinds are the best on the market right now? I'm pretty sure I'd want plasma instead of LCD, since I have yet to see an LCD TV look better than a plasma... Also somewhere in the 50s range (52" or 56" are the most common sizes, right?)
But not anything super expensive... my parents are probably going to get things more in the middle range.
Also, some stuff that may or may not be on all of them...
-The ability to resize the image when it's fed a different size (Such as 4:3 TV broadcasts, VHS, my older video game consoles that don't have 16:9 mode), but also the ability to remember my settings (For example, if I always want my Wii to be widescreen but want the VCR to be fullscreen, and HDTV stations to be widescreen, but normal ones to be fullscreen)
-One that makes non-HD source look good anyway (so that we don't have to use HD everything... of course we'd get a better DVD player, but stuff like my N64 and GameCube aren't getting any more hi-tech!)
-Closed captioning (But don't they all have that?)
If I think of any more small things I'd want in a TV I can add them later.
Also, I'm new to the whole HD thing... What all would we need besides the TV? The current DVD player we have is a Panasonic DVD recorder... I still need that to record stuff on DVDs, but what's the best kind of upscaling DVD player to buy? Is it better to get a Blu-Ray player even if we have no intention to buy Blu-Ray discs?
We probably won't get a surround sound system right away, but is there anything else necessary?
So, we're finally getting an HDTV! My parents were asking my sisters and I how to make our basement more "teen friendly", and I kept suggesting getting a bigger TV.
So, now I need your help.
What kinds are the best on the market right now? I'm pretty sure I'd want plasma instead of LCD, since I have yet to see an LCD TV look better than a plasma... Also somewhere in the 50s range (52" or 56" are the most common sizes, right?)
But not anything super expensive... my parents are probably going to get things more in the middle range.
Also, some stuff that may or may not be on all of them...
-The ability to resize the image when it's fed a different size (Such as 4:3 TV broadcasts, VHS, my older video game consoles that don't have 16:9 mode), but also the ability to remember my settings (For example, if I always want my Wii to be widescreen but want the VCR to be fullscreen, and HDTV stations to be widescreen, but normal ones to be fullscreen)
-One that makes non-HD source look good anyway (so that we don't have to use HD everything... of course we'd get a better DVD player, but stuff like my N64 and GameCube aren't getting any more hi-tech!)
-Closed captioning (But don't they all have that?)
If I think of any more small things I'd want in a TV I can add them later.
Also, I'm new to the whole HD thing... What all would we need besides the TV? The current DVD player we have is a Panasonic DVD recorder... I still need that to record stuff on DVDs, but what's the best kind of upscaling DVD player to buy? Is it better to get a Blu-Ray player even if we have no intention to buy Blu-Ray discs?
We probably won't get a surround sound system right away, but is there anything else necessary?
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