TV people Help, Snova this means you

[blackgeltabs 5,000+ posts]

I am looking at 2 Tv's that I want to get. I know very little about modern TV technology. Heres what Im looking at:

http://www.ubid.com/actn/opn/getpage.asp?AuctionId=10504722

and

http://www.ubid.com/actn/opn/getpage.asp?AuctionId=10503985

Both are Refurbs. I dont know if its worth it, if you have any experiece with TV's please let me know what you think!

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[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

i think you could do well by going to abc warehouse or circuit city or best buy and buy a brand new tv instead. unless you can it in the

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

IIRC, DLP has better contrast/black reproduction than LCD...

 

[blackgeltabs 5,000+ posts]

IIRC, DLP has better contrast/black reproduction than LCD...

I think thats what I read too but I'm not sure how DLP is supposed to be on angles. I dont want a rear proj. that gets the dark glare as soon as im 40 degrese off of center.

I have ~1100 to spend, I just thought those were great deals especially compared to what Best Buy has them for.

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

they're pretty good with angles--i went to the local shop and did some studies because i want a 62" LG DLP and didn't want to run into exactly what you said. i positioned the chair at many angles in relation to the set and changed channels and popped in some dvd's and they performed very well

 

[blackgeltabs 5,000+ posts]

Did you by chance watch anything that wasnt HD. I heard they do that in stores when selling TV's.

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

Did you by chance watch anything that wasnt HD. I heard they do that in stores when selling TV's.

yeah they do--but i watched just regular ol cable tv-flipped thru about 100 channels. still had great picture quality. it also depends on the resolution and contrast tho.

 

[blackgeltabs 5,000+ posts]

The only thing keeping me from buying it right now is the Warrenty issue. I know these high end TV's sometimes have problems. I think I could get the samesung 46" one from bestbuy for around 1600 with the employee discount.