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post #1 of 41
9/27/07 at 3:51pm
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Fellas,

I'm planning on buying a small flat panel HDTV. I'm looking for something in the 19" - 20" range. I also like that some of them have a DVD player that comes right on the tv because I don't really have space for a DVD player in my bedroom. I'm thinking about going with the Sharp 19" 720p Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD HDTV/DVD Combo. Anyone have any experience with this or can recommend something else?

OE
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post #2 of 41
9/27/07 at 6:05pm
Find a copy of the recommended products issue of The Perfect Vision. They do the best job on TVs I have found.
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post #3 of 41
9/28/07 at 1:35am
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I already bought it. We shall see if it's any good.
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post #4 of 41
9/28/07 at 5:09am
19-20" seems awful small even for a bedroom. How about this 27" for 285. http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=612026 A lot of thumbs up and people getting the deal.
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post #5 of 41
9/28/07 at 12:09pm
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19-20" seems awful small even for a bedroom. How about this 27" for 285.

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=612026

A lot of thumbs up and people getting the deal.

I have a pretty small bedroom (10x13), and I wanted to get something with a DVD player imbedded so that I don't have to have extra equipment cluttering the room. That's a damn good offer though for anyone in the market for a tv of that size.
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post #6 of 41
10/22/07 at 12:26pm
odoreater, did you buy that Sharp? If so, how is it? I want to get a smaller TV and the built in would help.
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post #7 of 41
10/22/07 at 2:56pm
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odoreater, did you buy that Sharp? If so, how is it? I want to get a smaller TV and the built in would help.

Yeah, I got the Sharp and I'm pretty happy with it. Having the built in DVD is a nice touch and helps save on the clutter. The picture quality is good at most viewing angles. The only problem is that I have it set up on top of a 6 foot tall chest so that the screen faces straight and when I lay on the bed and watch tv the picture is a little darker. It would be perfectly fine if I had it on a wall mount where I could angle the screen downwards.
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post #8 of 41
10/23/07 at 3:29am
I can recommend a 60" HD flat panel by NEC. Other than that, I don't have a lot of experience with the smaller versions. I think my cousins have the Sharp that you purchased, OE, and they seem pretty happy with it.
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post #9 of 41
10/23/07 at 4:25pm
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I can recommend a 60" HD flat panel by NEC. Other than that, I don't have a lot of experience with the smaller versions. I think my cousins have the Sharp that you purchased, OE, and they seem pretty happy with it.

When I move into a house in about a year, I'm going to use the 35" we now have in the living room for the bedroom, and I'm going to get a 60" for the living room. That's going to be sweet.
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post #10 of 41
10/23/07 at 4:30pm
I just purchased the 60" Sony KDS-60A3000. Buy it. Ignore Connemara.
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post #11 of 41
10/23/07 at 4:57pm
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I just purchased the 60" Sony KDS-60A3000. Buy it. Ignore Connemara.

+1 on Sony's big screen TV's. I have a KDF-60XS955 60" 720p 3LCD rear projection TV (bought when they first came out) and it's been amazing.

The new 1080p Sony's with Iris technology are really spectacular.

Jon.
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post #12 of 41
10/23/07 at 4:58pm
OK, here is an embarassingly naive question/request: we are going to get a television to supplement our 12 year-old, little-used, 13 inch(? ) Sony Trinitron. We'd like something bigger and, I suppose, flat screen(again, ? ). I think the embedded DVD player sounds like a good idea, as this is what it will be used for primarily. I don't really know what HD is, and I don't think we want it. Any thoughts or recommendations as to brand and size? Obviously flat screens are not the $10,000 things (plasma?) that mount flush w/ the wall & you'd see in some bars.....
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post #13 of 41
10/23/07 at 5:08pm
Well, every TV made nowadays (for the 1st world market) is an HD-capable TV, and comes in 16:9 ratio sizes. Whether you want to have HD or not is up to you, but the TV will come with the ability to display TV shows broadcast in HD.

I would recommend:

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...52921665192800

It's bigger than your previous TV and should suit your needs perfectly. How much bigger were you thinking of getting?

Jon.
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post #14 of 41
10/23/07 at 5:31pm
Oh boy, I knew I was opening a can of worms. What does '16:9 ratio' mean? You measure on the diagonal, right? Are there standard size increments? I would guess something in the upper 20's....

Is there a technological reason to favor or avoid the built-in dvd player? I seem to remember when the first tv's w/ built-in vcr's came out they were poorly received...
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post #15 of 41
10/23/07 at 5:37pm
Ratio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)

I don't like built in DVD players, I would personally opt for this:

http://www.oppodigital.com/dv981hd/dv981hd_index.html

Which is the best universal DVD, with 1080p up conversion (through HDMI) player out there.

Jon.
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