A 39 inch Tv for $398, I paid over $4000 for a 40 inch TV some years ago. http://www.bigw.com.au/electronics/televisions/lcd-tv/bpnBIGW_0000000320845/awa-39-quot-full-hd-led-lcd-mhdv3902y-03?utm_medium=WeeklyNewsletter&utm_source=edm&utm_campaign=20130718_AWATV_LINK=F3

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It's that way with technology. When something is new and everybody wants it, it can get quite expensive. I remember how expensive computers were, 20 years ago and now you can get a decent laptop for +/- 300 euros already!

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rOZZ
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I bought my mom a 40 inch TV a few weeks ago for $300.
My 55" Plasma cost $2500.

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

I bought my mom a 40 inch TV a few weeks ago for $300.
My 55" Plasma cost $2500.

Bought your Mom a 40" TV?

Now, that's a fine lad!

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

I bought my mom a 40 inch TV a few weeks ago for $300.
My 55" Plasma cost $2500.

Bought your Mom a 40" TV?

Now, that's a fine lad!

Hope my daughters will do that for me when I get older...

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rOZZ
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The best TV in the house is still
my little old 13 inch tube set.

The best TV in the house is still
my little old 13 inch tube set.

My TV is also like 20 years old and quite small but like I said, only the kids watch it from time to time...

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rOZZ
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I still find my tube to have a more vibrant picture than an LCD. Since I don't pay extra for HD cable anyway, the resolution isn't a factor.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Back in the day, I actually sold rebuilt CRTs for old color TVs. They would take the old tubes, cut the neck off of them, and install a new filament cathode, as that is what actually wore out. The phosphors on the face of the screen did not go bad, and back before video games and such, pattern burn was fairly rare.

There were some special phosphor blends that became somewhat rare and coveted due to their more vibrant color rendition. They could display an amazing picture indeed in a properly calibrated TV.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

I paid a million lira in 1986 for an analog color TV, still working. This year I paid 159 euro for a LED TV, same screen dimension, and digital. It has about 10% of the thickness of the old TV and I am sure it consumes much less.
Tullio

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I paid a million lira in 1986 for an analog color TV, still working. This year I paid 159 euro for a LED TV, same screen dimension, and digital. It has about 10% of the thickness of the old TV and I am sure it consumes much less.
Tullio

That is definately mazing Mr Tullio.

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They say LED's are better than LCD's, and plasma even better still, but you are talking money. I'm going for an LCD.

In general, LCDs were better if you watched high-action scenes where fast screen-updates were required to provide an appearance of smooth-motion video, but their colors were a little "washed out" and you could see artifacts on darker images. LCDs were also the better choice if you played video games due to the better handling of smooth-motion high-speed video.

The benefits of Plasma were the shortcomings of LCD; it has great color representation and no artifacts on dark images, but early models had issues with high-action scenes. Later models were able to improve the situation with high-action scenes, but the technology is already considered aged.

Right now, LED-backlight displays are the way to go. It combines all benefits from both LCD and Plasma, are thinner, consumes less energy and has great color representation. LCD and plasma are cheaper alternatives if you don't want to pay out for LED and you don't mind the limitations.

The only minus of a Plasma is energy consumption.
But i prefer this because of the picture quality.
Plasma looks more natural than LED.
But LED is coming closer and closer.
For my size (55") i had to pay $1000 more for a LED to get similar picture quality.

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

My last TV purchase was in 2006, it was My current 57" DLP TV, a Mitsubishi WD-57731, the only thing I've ever had to do, besides vacuum the TV was replace the TV lamps from time to time(the only user replaceable part), I've got a spare lamp and housing on hand just in case I need to replace the lamp again, last time the lamp was replaced was back in 2011 I think, so I'm about due to replace the TV lamp. The TV back then cost Me $1,100.00 from an inheritance(long gone), the shipping was $400.00, but He came from Arizona, it was still a great deal...

Today one can be had for less of course, most dlp tv's have to dither colors together to get yellow or purple, the Mitsubishi reproduces both colors accurately and vividly, when the lamp is new the colors can be very bright, less so over time as the lamp ages...

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My 32" LED-LCD TV is a Samsung that I bought from COSTCO locally. It only cost $379.00 + Tax at 8.25%. I thought that was a bargain, two years ago.

My parents bought a Samsung 40" LED-LCD TV for not much more. However; my Blu-Ray Player cost about as much as my TV!!! It is a Panasonic DMP-BDT500P; and I got it from Magnolia Hi-Fi. It is able to play the DVD+R Discs that I record from the U-Verse DVR.

They say LED's are better than LCD's, and plasma even better still, but you are talking money. I'm going for an LCD.

Chris, there is a huge variation in picture quality even within different LCDs. Spend some time watching the different brands, with different kinds of shows, before you decide. And make sure they are showing the same kind of broadcast or cable signal you will get, and not some super-duper Blue Ray. On this side of the pond some shops are reluctant to show anything other than their canned shows. I don't shop at them anymore.

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I waited for months untill I got the set and price I was happey with.
I ended up with an LED 40 inch, works well.

They say LED's are better than LCD's, and plasma even better still, but you are talking money. I'm going for an LCD.

LED-LCD TV's; like the one I have, are LED Edge technology. They back-light the display and give the LCD screen a sharper image. The bulk of the work is still done by the LCD display.

My parents and I found that the newer Samsung TVs have one of the best pictures. However; the built-in speaker set is lacking, NOT an issue if you are porting sound through a home theater setup.

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TimeLord04
Have TARDIS, will travel...
Come along K-9!
Join Calm Chaos

looks like $625.oo......

I have seen some most awesome Sharp LED Aquos/Quattron sets lately.
A 70" with I think the highest resolution rates available today.
An 80" that is simply a stunner, even fairly close up it retains it's sharpness and clarity.
And some smaller sizes with the Quattron 4 color LED technology that are hard to beat.

They have the edge in the LED market, I think.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster