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Originally Posted by fredr123
CalgaryCowboy: Why did you decide against the plasma? Viewing angle problems are things I really need to avoid since the big bucks I want to spend on a TV has to be okayed by the wife. She's not going to care that the 1080p instead of only 720p if she can't see the TV very well...
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From what you described the Plasma might meet your need best. For me I wanted a big screen 50+, HD, and could be placed in a smallish room, to be used for watching sports and movies. The price of Plasma in that size was too much for me. LCD was not an option because of price, size, and slow refresh rates. That left me with rear projection LCD, DLP, and CRT. Did not like the bulk or picture of CRT, the screen door effect on LCD bothered me (caused by the space between the pixels), DLP looked good to me and of those the Sammy looked best to my eyes. I had a perfectly good old 32 inch CRT but wanted to go HD so ED wasn't an option. Every tv is a bit different than other even in the same tech. My DLP is pretty good viewed from the side bet dims signifantly if I stand up (that is from a 10foot viewing distance). The toshibas were better for angles and height. The newer sets are better then the ones before. The new sets are 1080p and are also better in all other ways (colour, angle, clarity) then those before. There was one Sony (don't remember the model it was LCD based but top of the line new model) that I really liked and was the best of the crop but could not justify the $1000 difference between what I bought and it.
Check out this site
http://www.digitalhomecanada.com/forum/index.php? it is Canadian and lots of usefull discussion. I did a quick search there on Polaroid 42 and get a few hits on discussion on the Costco models and the smaller ones.