ChrisReid
Super Soaker Collector / Administrator
I've been planning to get a new tv for the new XBox this year, and with the official system announcement coming on Thursday, my ideal purchasing window is opening. Been doing quite a bit of research, and I've picked out a top contender.
After shipping/taxes/etc, Amazon would have it for $2100. Best Buy would be about $2700. Any smart tv people have anything to add? I've already narrowed down the search quite a bit lately, so I'm not too interested in recommendations for anything drastically different or relatively minor. But if anyone knows about outstanding issues with this model and knows of a similar better one, I'd be interested in that.
The runner up is this. Smaller Samsung for $100 less. I've compared the two at different stores, and I think I prefer the Toshiba. Sometimes it looks good, sometimes it looks bad, it's very hard to get a good idea of tvs from the horrible setups they have at tv stores. I think overall, the Toshiba looks best. I have quite a bit of other Toshiba equipment (digicam, laptop, tv, etc), and it's always been really great.
I think the only impending new feature I'd miss out on by buying now instead of in November would be tvs with 1080p support, but I don't expect the new consoles and DVD players to support that for quite some time. I can also use a tv right now for current XBox and movie stuff. My current one is only 20" (Toshiba flat crt). I don't fully understand what I'd get with the integrated tuner on the 52HM94 model, but it seems like for $400 more I'd be able to get some open air HD broadcasts. I don't watch normal tv, so I don't think I need that.
After shipping/taxes/etc, Amazon would have it for $2100. Best Buy would be about $2700. Any smart tv people have anything to add? I've already narrowed down the search quite a bit lately, so I'm not too interested in recommendations for anything drastically different or relatively minor. But if anyone knows about outstanding issues with this model and knows of a similar better one, I'd be interested in that.
The runner up is this. Smaller Samsung for $100 less. I've compared the two at different stores, and I think I prefer the Toshiba. Sometimes it looks good, sometimes it looks bad, it's very hard to get a good idea of tvs from the horrible setups they have at tv stores. I think overall, the Toshiba looks best. I have quite a bit of other Toshiba equipment (digicam, laptop, tv, etc), and it's always been really great.
I think the only impending new feature I'd miss out on by buying now instead of in November would be tvs with 1080p support, but I don't expect the new consoles and DVD players to support that for quite some time. I can also use a tv right now for current XBox and movie stuff. My current one is only 20" (Toshiba flat crt). I don't fully understand what I'd get with the integrated tuner on the 52HM94 model, but it seems like for $400 more I'd be able to get some open air HD broadcasts. I don't watch normal tv, so I don't think I need that.
