help me pick out my first HD TV!!

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

alright well i just got an xbox 360 elite

and i am looking for a nice flat panel HD TV to go on my desk at school this upcoming semester to compliment the 360 and for gaming

i want to keep the price in the $500-600 dollar range

that should be me around 19" for a good brand and maybe upwards of 26" for an off- name brand if im guessing right

what are your guys suggestions?

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[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

haha sweet post

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

i got a 37'' HD Flat panel tv for 599.99 brand new. shhhhhiiiiittt i forgot the name of it!!!

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

ahhh cmon need details

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

any opinions on this unit?

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

also since the elite 360 comes with HDMI id like the TV to be able to do 1080i...

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

ahh ha! mine is an optiva. offbrand. it has like 2 billion diffrent kind of hookups from s-video to hdmi to optical.. so on.. i like it allot. nice picture quality.. got a lifetime warrenty on it.... you never know.. retails for 999.99

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

well where can i find it for 599?

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

B&W is on maybe he can help???

 

[Intercooler 10+ year member]

I picked up a nice Polaroid 26" 720P to go with my Samsung 46" 1080P. Nice thing was it was $300 off so .... $499 out the door!

 

[nosaj070 10+ year member]

http://www.outlet.philips.com

The chances you can beat any of those deals are about zero. I have a Philips 37in LCD and its one of the better looking HDTV's I've seen, looks much better than friends Sony and destroys the Olevia, I paid about 800 for it a year ago from that site. There is one on there now for 570 something with free shipping, and it can display 1080i, its obviously just not natively that resolution, but few tv's are right now (at least near your budget).

 

[bds0688 10+ year member]

360 can do 1080p in games. A patch released in the Fall allows this. One game that I know runs in 1080p is Guitar HeroII.

 

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

try olevia

 

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

Go to circuit city or best buy and shop open box...best suggestion I can give. Ask if they have anything in their OB report that needs to go that there willing to kick out the door...

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

i was in your shoes 2 weeks ago, i was looking for a 32" LCD for 600-700$

i ended up looking around at best buy and a few places and went to sam's club and they had a vizio 32" for 599 and 37" for 799, reviews looked pretty good on if for budget tv

http://msn.pcworld.com/article/id,124311-page,1-c,televisions/article.html

http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-and-plasma/vizio-vx32l-hdtv/4505-6482_7-32165930.html?tag=prod.txt.2

but i ended up getting the phillips sitting right beside it for 740$, havnt been dissapointed in it yet works very well for the 360 gears of war and guitar hero...and forza 2 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=361889 mine is silver though, and i liked that it has a swiveling base so you can turn the tv easy and such to hook up the xbox easier...?

i find myself watching discovery hd theater just because it looks good, im used to my old 27" crt...FTL //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif