Sit down for this one.
No, trust me. Sit down.
I still have a 27" TV.
There! I said it! Are you happy now?!?
But it's time for change. I'm in the market for a new television for my living room. I have a guess regarding what I need/want, and I hope those of you who know more about this stuff than I do will help correctly me if I'm wrong.
My Criteria:
- I'm thinking somewhere between 42" and 50" should be enough.
- Because of the odd angle we intend to place our couches in because of the shape of it and the fact that I don't like making the TV a huge overbearing statement in the living room by pointing all my furniture directly at it, it needs to be visible from at least 45 degrees to either side.
- It needs to be visible in broad daylight with all of the curtains open. Often, the television is only a secondary activity for us and our primary activity requires more like than typical TV watching does. It needs to perform fairly well in this situation.
- I don't actually need a tuner though I imagine it will come with one since most do.
- HDMI, S-Video, Component, DVI, blah, blah, blah. I don't know what most of that means do I know that I'd want to connect it in a way that I can get the best quality I can with the equipment I have. I have an Echostar two tuner DVR from Dish Network, an XBox, and a Nintendo Wii. If it's really big, it'd be fun to be able to show random photographs in high resolution on it as well.
- Lighter, of course, is better. But, it doesn't have to be incredibly light if I can get higher quality and a lower price by tacking on a little weight or bulk.
- Money is always an object when your wife is frugal like mine. Cheaper is, of course, better.
- I probably don't need 1080p, but it sure wouldn't kill me to have it. However, I most of the images I view will not be at that high of a resolution so it needs to look good even with less than optimal sources.
I'd also like a very small, very flat TV for the kitchen, and two medium sizes TVs for the office and bedroom. Quality is much less important on these, however, the lighter and flatter the better. I'm thinking 19-26" for the kitchen and 26-32" for the bedroom and office.
What do you think of the Samsung 50" DLP HLT5075S? I require pretty acute vision. Will the DLP colorwheel bother me?
Please offer any product recommendations you have as well as any modifications to my criteria that you think I should make. Thanks!
