Originally posted by blake:
while not a "beater" TV per se, this is to be a good set w/ good PQ, a reasonable price, good reliability, and decent aesthetics to reside in a living room and serve as a primary TV for both cable and for DVD's for the time being - but it doesn't have to be the be-all, end-all of HT displays. don't want to sacrifice too much quality, but neither do i need a $5k plasma or something like that.
sounds like you need the CSVT of televisions. 
Continuing on your thoughts and ideas, my completely unscientific opinion would lead me towards a Panasonic. Two years ago it was between a Tau and a Wega before saying to heck with this-TV-format-in-flux nonsense and getting a beater Phillips flat-screen from Wal-Mart. The Tau had a better picture than the Wega IMO and was nominally less money. Unless you're opting for HD or DirecTV service I'd save your money in lieu of an HD set. The PQ of even digital cable blows chunks; DirecTV on my Phillips was better than digital cable on my father's Wega.
So go cheap! Save the money for the media room in the new house and get that FP HD setup like we all want.
EDIT: at least have someone check out the WEGA, could be something simple.
Last edited by bigMoneyRacing; 07/19/05 07:44 PM.
