What brand TV do you own ?

[Khoral]

42" Panasonic (Viera series) here.

Nothing to say, I mainly play with my PS3 on it, and it's perfect. I watch HD videos too sometimes, and it has a really good quality of picture

[little_scrapper]

No magnavox on the list?

[TJ TRICHEESE]

Panasonic are the best for picture quality
panasonic viera 50''
panasonic 32''

[Marco André]

Loewe and Panasonic here

[vaio]

Hannspree 37" and 32".

Planning on getting a 50" Panny for the would cup.

[EniGmA1987]

Panasonic are the best for picture quality
panasonic viera 50''
panasonic 32''

While Panasonic does have a very nice picture, to say they are "the best" is a matter of opinion. I love how their nicer 1080p plasmas look, but Panasonic is known to have a "softer" image than other plasma TVs. Although if that will change or not no one knows, Panasonic picked up quite a few designers and tech people from Pioneer plasma division (the Kuro people) so Panasonic might be changing quite a bit in their next generation.

[Judaeus Apella]

I love my Sony 40" V-5100 120hz LCD TV. Samsung wanted a lot more for the same size with fewer connection options and even more if I wanted those connections (which I did), and the picture quality seems the same if properly configured between the two. I game with it in 1080p every day and love it. I have no complaints at all, and I got a good deal on it. The color is great, the backlight is great, the detail is stunning, and performance is also great.

If I could go back, I'd buy this TV again and not think twice about it.

I also think its better looking than the Samsung. I really hate their design, and that ugly platform that holds them up with the skinny clear tube... yuck.

I talked to a professional, he was a customer who worked in a home theater store for about 20 years. He told me not to take the contrast ratios too seriously and look at the pictures my self, and adjust them if I need to in the store, because he said a lot of these companies blow the numbers up and there's no real way to verify them. Is that true? If it is, does that mean Samsung is a lying whore?

[EniGmA1987]

there is no real way to specify dynamic contrast ratios, only static. That is why LCD manufacturers tell you the dynamic numbers. They can inflate them super high. All manufacturers of LCDs do it, Sony is one of the worst I think. You have to really get down into the specs, not usually found on places where you buy the TV, to find its true static contrast ratio.

Also, true static LCD numbers at best are still only about 25000:1, Plasma TVs have been between 2,000,000-4,000,000:1 static contrast for a long while now. You can find some newer LED LCD TVs with local dimming that have good dynamic numbers of 2,000,000:1. And that way MUST be measured in dynamic as the entire point of local dimming is it produces a dynamic contrast that can change with dark areas of the screen and "produce" real blacks because the backlighting is turned off in that area. It is improssible to truly test a local dimming display for actual perform,ance unless it is done in a dynamic way. The problem is, someone needs to sit down and make a real verifiable way to test dynamic contrast AND get every manufacturer to abide by it.

[redro]

I presently got a 32" Samsung 1080p LCD TV. I chose Samsung because of its picture quality which very comparable to its branded competitors ans its price was very much lower. And besides, samsung televisions have very good LCD TV ratings.

[YukonTrooper]

Panasonic TC-P58S1 here.

[HiJon89]

well really there should be enough pole options to have all the major brands, unfortunately thats not the case.

Well Vizio sells more LCD's in the US than anyone else... so it would make sense to have them in the poll (Replace Mitsubishi with Vizio). Samsung LN37A550 over here

[Judaeus Apella]

After this pole is a month old, make a new one that includes the manufacturers with the highest numbers from this poll, take out the others, and add the ones not previously mentioned.

[jagt]

Pioneer Kuro 5090 plasma here. Loving every second I spend with it!

[timmylol]

32" and 55" Vizio, both are 1080p, though the 32" is 60Hz and the 55" is 120Hz.

[zanzabar]

i just got a panasonic 32" viera 1080p, i was trying to get a plasma but then couldent afford it so i got that for $415 but im a little disappointed though im attributing it to being an lcd

[i43]

my vote for Sony!
Sony 37'' Lcd / KDL-37P3020 (Bravia), using since mid 2007

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

Samsung LN40A650. The tv still compares to current day lcds. I'd at least go 50" next time though.

I'd easily consider a plasma next time around.

[ReverendMaynard]

Toshiba Regza 42LX177

awesome TV

[dukenukem]

I own 3 hdtv's.32inch norcent,37inch sharp aquosd62u,latest which is sharp aquos 46inche77u.

[CaloSIM]

Still using Samsung LA40A550..

Love it..

[psyconut713]

Samsung is a very bright, vivid picture for LCD's. Glossier then Sharp's and Sony's, does not make it better, but may be attractive to some, while other hate it. In Plasma's, Panasonic holds up the best, best image retention reduction (less "burn-in") while Samsung and LG both have work to catch up on that. LED's were still very new when I left the TV Business, but look promising, but will change as the advance in the next few years, same for OLED as well. Visio, while being the highest selling TV in the US, is most certainly not the best LCD or Plasma, good for its price, and set to burn your eyes out right out of the box.

Colors of grass are not meant to look radioactive, go to a Football/Baseball/Soccer game and compare how it looks at home, the grass, the field paint, will all look different. Brightness is a trick used by salespeople, and manufactured, to pull your eyes to their sets, I know, I did it plenty, make the TV that makes you money look the best, that’s just how its done.


If you want the most accurate picture, Plasma with ISF Calibration, if you can afford it, or just get a calibration DVD/Blu-Ray to do it at home for hundreds less.


That being said, LCD’s serve a purpose, and a great one at that, small screens, screens for bright rooms with little lighting control (i.e. Windows, glass doors, sky lights). As much as I like to have my computers on my plasmas, they are just to big for browsing, and office functions. LCD, OLED, LED, will all have their advantages, chose wisely for your situation.


Panasonic TH50PZ750U-Living Room for Sports, Games, Movies and PC
Panasonic TH46PZ850U-Bedroom for TV, Games, Movies and PC
Acer 24” LCD-Living Room for Computer, PC Games, Internet

[PaganII]

Toshiba Cinema Series 34HFX something CRT before the factory change. Would not trade for an LCD. Maybe in a couple of years.

[deachus]

All Samsungs in my house. Best TV's I've ever owned. Every person that comes over comments on how it's the best TV picture they have ever seen. I have all TVs connected with HDMI to Verizon FIOS TV and Sony Blu-Ray.

LN52A650 - 52" 1080p 120Hz - Living Room
LN46B750 - 46" 1080p 240Hz - Master Bedroom
LN52B750 - 52" 1080p 240Hz - Finished Basement

[n!Cola]

Sammy 40" LE40B551 : unlocked usb for mkvs divx,xvid. Great lcd for very low price, love it.

[The_Beast]

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