In the market for a 37" or 42" do I want Plasma or LCD?

[Conedoctor]

I don't know much about TV's anymore and I want to make a good choice, the TV will be used for normal viewing with the odd movie.

Costco has an Akai PDP42Z5TA 42" Plasma for $999, can I go wrong? It looks real nice and is a good size, I will head back out Monday for a closer look.

I thought most were the same until I hit up the BestBuy today to have a look, man you sort of get what you pay for, the Prima looked real bad with the other TV's


Anyways opinoins please

[stefan]

Re: In the market for a 37" or 42" do I want Plasma or LCD?

i'm not that up on them either, but in looking around, I favoured the LCD's. and yes... booo Prima.

[R_Ethug]

Re: In the market for a 37" or 42" do I want Plasma or LCD?

costcos viewsonics are quite good i have thier 27 and 37

[Kor]

Re: In the market for a 37" or 42" do I want Plasma or LCD?

I would say LCD, the sweet spot for Plasmas is still 50" and up. LCD's in the smaller sizes are really great.

[Kor]

Re: In the market for a 37" or 42" do I want Plasma or LCD?

I would say LCD, the sweet spot for Plasmas is still 50" and up. LCD's in the smaller sizes are really great.

Also my friend bought an Akai at costco and doesn't like it, has had lots of picture quality issues. I'd stick to name brands...

[People's Car]

Re: In the market for a 37" or 42" do I want Plasma or LCD?

Do you have cable or satellite? I'm quite sure the Akai plasma tv does not have a coax cable input (meaning it doesn't support basic, out of the wall cable). You'll need to have satellite or a digital cable box for it to work. Other tv's will support cable, satellite, and much much more.

I'd recommend looking for some more popular brand named tv's, if your budget allows for that. Better brand names will give you better picture, better quality, and ease of mind that you're tv will last you a long while. Stop by a store that knows their stuff and have a talk with a salesman. He'll be able to properly advise you on what tv will work for you, and he'll recommend something he feels works for you (according to your budget). Then take something away from that and decide on your own.

[Conedoctor]

Re: In the market for a 37" or 42" do I want Plasma or LCD?

Very good points.

The Akai does have a COAX and it has the ATSC/Clear QAM tuner as well.


I will be using a digital cable box with it.

[GINCH]

Re: In the market for a 37" or 42" do I want Plasma or LCD?

I have a 42" panasonic Viera plasma. Had it for close to 2 years now and have been quite happy with it. Like said above, go to a respected place with sales people that truly know their products. I'm sure they will steer you in the right direction. Have fun!
Derek

[R_Ethug]

Re: In the market for a 37" or 42" do I want Plasma or LCD?

the good thing about costco is that you can take the thing back if you don't like it.. or even a year later take it back hahaha

[Russell]

Re: In the market for a 37" or 42" do I want Plasma or LCD?

Anyone have a Dell TV?

[Kordain]

Re: In the market for a 37" or 42" do I want Plasma or LCD?

be carefull when your looking at picture quality in places like Best Buy and Future Shop as there is often a large variety of signal quality to each of them. If you think you like a particular model ask them to set it up with a direct connection to a dvd player, so that for 2 or 3 three and you can get a proper idea how they look!

[Kor]

Re: In the market for a 37" or 42" do I want Plasma or LCD?

I think Costco is changing their return policy?

Dell has stopped making TV's as far as I know.

[R_Ethug]

Re: In the market for a 37" or 42" do I want Plasma or LCD?

yea dell is stopping.. HP makes TVs tho.. they have 1080P models too

[Kor]

Re: In the market for a 37" or 42" do I want Plasma or LCD?

If you want to save money I would get a Toshiba or Hitachi before I got an Akai or HP or Daewoo or other brand like that.

[RONDAL]

Re: In the market for a 37" or 42" do I want Plasma or LCD?

costco is changing their return policy due to the high number of "fraudulant" returns and people abusing the system