QUESTION ABOUT HDTV"Z
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DLP stands for Digital Light Projection. Basically your tv has a rear projector inside and yes the lighting in a room can ruin the way you watch TV.
Although they've been updated, rear projection TV's are an old concept which is why flat panel LCD's and Plasma's are more common.
Another plus is that flat panels don't take up a lot of space and no matter how bright the light in a room you get a perfect angle and no glare unless you buy one that has a glass protector on the front
Although they've been updated, rear projection TV's are an old concept which is why flat panel LCD's and Plasma's are more common.
Another plus is that flat panels don't take up a lot of space and no matter how bright the light in a room you get a perfect angle and no glare unless you buy one that has a glass protector on the front
tha reazon why i didnt buy a lcd iz cuz they cozt hella more and i really couldnt tell tha differnce w em and this one tha lighting seems fine i dont have any glarez or anything, plasmas i looked around for them and everyone told me that no one really buys them any more because they got to many issues tha only thing that kinda makez me wish i would of got a lcd iz cuz tha daym light i dont wanna have to replace that shit
My brother in law has one of those and it's nice (obviously a different brand/model from yours).
I am going to look more into them when I buy a new tv here in a minute.
I don't think it's the same as rear projection though, the image is cast through millions of tiny mirrors. This cuts down on the weight and cost of a tube, and the heat that a plasma generates.
My brother in law has a huge one, and it was lightweight to move. Of course not as thin as a plasma or LCD, but nowhere near the weight of a tube or projection tv.
I am going to look more into them when I buy a new tv here in a minute.
I don't think it's the same as rear projection though, the image is cast through millions of tiny mirrors. This cuts down on the weight and cost of a tube, and the heat that a plasma generates.
My brother in law has a huge one, and it was lightweight to move. Of course not as thin as a plasma or LCD, but nowhere near the weight of a tube or projection tv.
Add'l Info on LCD TVs
One major aspect of buying an LCD TV is its "Response Time!" Most TV's in the market today have 8ms or higher Response Time.. Only Sharp has 4ms Response Time LCD TVs available. Why is response time important!? Well, if you are using your TV for playing video games, then a higher response time will cause your gaming to skip and seem laggy in a way. That case, you will not be able to experience HD gaming on 1080i/720p/1080p (1080p is the best of the three followed by 720p then 1080i). But if you are only going to use the LCD TV for watching movies and regular HD channels, then response times shouldn't matter as much. I researched many TVs before buying my LCD TV and this is what I found: Sony is the best LCD TV brand followed by Samsung then Sharp. If you want a good LCD TV at a cheap price, Sharp is the best buy. Fuck all those other brands: LG, Westinghouse, Mitsubishi, etc. I looked at those brands and their HD channels look blurry as fuck.
Keep in mind....
There are some TVs out there that are HD-Ready (most of the newer models). Some of those TV's usually have a Cable Card slot that allows you to get a free cable card (pay only $5 monthly HD access) from your cable provider (i.e. Comcast) and receive a dozen or so HD channels. Often times you really don't need a cable card because some of the basic channels can be seen on HD. If the TV doesn't have a cable cad option, then you have to get an HD Cable box which will cost an additional $10-15 a month on top of what you are paying just to rent that bitch.
Also, even tho you have an HDTV, not all channels will be in high def. Many folks think that when u get an HDTV everything is in HD........ NOT! There are only 12-20 channels that you can watch on HD. You will also notice some quite blurriness on regular channels.
Checkout this site if you plan on buying an LCD TV. They sell there TV's at moderate and often times cheaper than BestBuy and Circuit City. www.plasmabay.com
One major aspect of buying an LCD TV is its "Response Time!" Most TV's in the market today have 8ms or higher Response Time.. Only Sharp has 4ms Response Time LCD TVs available. Why is response time important!? Well, if you are using your TV for playing video games, then a higher response time will cause your gaming to skip and seem laggy in a way. That case, you will not be able to experience HD gaming on 1080i/720p/1080p (1080p is the best of the three followed by 720p then 1080i). But if you are only going to use the LCD TV for watching movies and regular HD channels, then response times shouldn't matter as much. I researched many TVs before buying my LCD TV and this is what I found: Sony is the best LCD TV brand followed by Samsung then Sharp. If you want a good LCD TV at a cheap price, Sharp is the best buy. Fuck all those other brands: LG, Westinghouse, Mitsubishi, etc. I looked at those brands and their HD channels look blurry as fuck.
Keep in mind....
There are some TVs out there that are HD-Ready (most of the newer models). Some of those TV's usually have a Cable Card slot that allows you to get a free cable card (pay only $5 monthly HD access) from your cable provider (i.e. Comcast) and receive a dozen or so HD channels. Often times you really don't need a cable card because some of the basic channels can be seen on HD. If the TV doesn't have a cable cad option, then you have to get an HD Cable box which will cost an additional $10-15 a month on top of what you are paying just to rent that bitch.
Also, even tho you have an HDTV, not all channels will be in high def. Many folks think that when u get an HDTV everything is in HD........ NOT! There are only 12-20 channels that you can watch on HD. You will also notice some quite blurriness on regular channels.
Checkout this site if you plan on buying an LCD TV. They sell there TV's at moderate and often times cheaper than BestBuy and Circuit City. www.plasmabay.com
New Sony rear projector LCD's have 2.5ms response times and a contrast ratio of 10,000:1. But I think you meant LCDs in the flat-panel category. But I agree, Sony, Samsung and Sharp Aquos are the best flat-panel LCDs. You said the other brands seem blurry, but in some stores, some HDTV's don't have an ATSC tuner, therefore the feed maybe in analog and not in Hi-Def. So you're really watching an analog feed and not Hi-Def.
LCD's have the wrost contrast ratio of any of the HD TV's. Most are anywhere frm 500:1 to 1000:1. The more expensive once can go up to 2000:1. Plasmas and DLP's start at 10000:1 an dcan go higher for more money.
THe thing to understand with all this technology, is the playing field is evening out every year. Pretty soon, they will all be about the same.
THe thing to understand with all this technology, is the playing field is evening out every year. Pretty soon, they will all be about the same.