LCD TV; LED and 240hz Worth It? - Page 3

Well...24 fps is what people are used to for film so it should feel flawless....

If it is flawless to you then that's what matters.

LCDs suffer from motion blur. To fix the problem, manufactures speed up the refresh rate. When you speed it up to 120Hz or 240Hz, in theory, it should make movies display better. You actually speed up a 24fps movie 10 times on 240Hz sets, instead of 3:2 on the conventional 60Hz sets, which create other problems (this is an oversimplification). The problem is, the circuits they use introduce the soap-opera side effect.

This problem is inherent in LCD technology. But you have to take into account that this is just one aspect of HDTV. There are others such as color accuracy, power consumption, etc.

what really matters is what you like. if you go on any forum on TVs, there is endless debate on what's better. there are pros and cons to every set. you really could go mad trying to figure it all out. when you do finally figure everything out, something new is around the corner.

Exactly...and its just a TV.

My suggestion, is pick a size and quality level and set a target price. Take that info and start trolling slickdeals (fatwallet or some other deal site should work just as well) and peaking at any deal that fits--not just frontpage stuff.

When you see a TV that meets your requirements and is below your target price, click buy. Go read the AVS forum or whatever guide on how to get that TV set up perfectly and then STOP READING! You will then be happy enough with your set and won't worry until it is time to replace (if you keep following those forums you will say things like "oh I could have waited and bought the X-brand with Y-feature which I might prefer to Z-feature).

Thats what I did...I new what size I wanted, and I knew I wanted a nicer panel (no westinghouse walmart specials). I looked at recent deals that had expired, saw that the kind of TVs I wanted occassionaly go below the $400 mark shipped. I lurked around (maybe a couple of weeks tops?) until I got an excellent TV shipped *overnight* for $380.

AVS gets painful to read sometimes since there is so much debate on whats better.

i wholeheartedly agree that picking a $$$ and size is the best start.

1. Yes, you will still have the soap opera effect in HDTV. You will have the option of turning on and off the Motion control in most TVs, so if you don't like it after a while, no worries. 2. If you are budgeting $2000, go for LED. It's the current technology. It's tough to notice differences at Best Buy with all the bright lights, but you tell a difference in the black levels of LED. i'm liking the samsung 6500 series too. probably what i am going to recommend my family in getting.

Samsung > LG > Sony > Sharp

get yourself a PS3 as well and a nice surround system and you are all set.

U should at least take full advantage of HD sound. Sound on blu Ray is fucking awesome. It's the exact copy of the audio track from the studio, totally uncompressed when outputted to 5.1

Go with the Samsung. I just got the 40" (UN40C6300SF) from Best Buy and am totally blown away by the picture.