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set parts regardless of brand, come from all over the planet with varying degrees of component quality, so personally I don't think brand has anything to do with it, I have 5 different sets operating in my home and two are RCA's, one with 10 years of use and not a whimper, it was a high end RCA...

I have no desire to start a war here or do I really care what the newbie buys, but another view doesn't hurt anyone. This set has one diode and two capacitors that won't always handle the heat this set generates and when let go leads to board problems. First sign is usually the tuner acting...

With careful shopping, you can find the RCA f38310 either in a refurb or sale price at 1500-1600 and less. This from a value standpoint is a no-brainer with it's large widescreen, slightly bowed screen for less geometry problems and a built in 500+ HD decoder/receiver. Even if you don't want...

RCA 27" in bedroom has worked flawlessly in the bedroom for 9 years, its a higher end with everything needed for this use. The Rca 38" has had a multitude of pro's and con's on the newsgroups, if they weren't a lot of bang for the buck so many wouldn't be selling. If you can buy at this...

I have had two of the higher end Zenith "Inteq" analog sets which was for a time just a few years ago a couple of professional testers "benchmark" sets. Best blacks I have ever seen, even today after a few years of living with these sets, they deliver a great image. At the CES show in vegas...

My own personal experience with this synario was with both direct analog and hd ready large screen and I couldn't find a way to get the detail needed go text work. 600 x 800 was my best resolution on the hd set and although readable, not comparable to non interlaced computer monitors. If you...

In your price range their are several options, one not mentioned as yet is the Hitachi line, either direct view or 43inch RPtv, both HD ready, depending on your tastes. These sets offer decent NTSC viewing and the high def option if and when available to you. At this late date, an analog only...

Gregg: welcome fellow wolverine! I will attempt to give you some workable tweaks, just remember, it takes time for most if us true ht addicts to find satisfaction! First: the rule of garbage in, garbage applies, especially with cable in most of Mich. areas, they just don't want to spend...

For most of us, living a long time with speakers is the rule, so doing some research is in order to satisfy your own personal tastes, heck, I've even talked to people who prefer Bose if you can believe that :) I have had PSB's in my system for four years now with the strata golds as the mains...

I second what Jay said, I have two s vhs players and the JVC tuner and filter is superior, especially noticeable on larger screens, with the money you spent getting into a nice set, why short yourself with support equipment? If the budget is tight, look for a 9000 series refurb.

Small room, watch out for too much set, that said, direct view is superior with cable and analog, the smaller the better visually speaking. For dvd with a progressive scan player and HDTV, projections wow! factor with the larger screen is better. Your viewing habits must be considered with you...

Stairways can be really hard on the both people with this much weight, you don't say what floor you live on, a rented two wheeler with rented pads and strapped very tightly to the cart with glass and back to the sides can be a big help for the stairs.

Two different animals, RPTV with larger screen shows more detail both good and bad depending on source. If you don't have and won't have good sources such as DVD's, satellite tv, preferably c band, and don't care about the big screen wow factor, stick with the direct view for more viewing...

I have the 723 and paid a lot more than you're quoting and have been very happy with it, just be aware the dvd-audio has no base control and you must have a dedicated 6 channel analog on your receiver for best result playing the dvd-audio disks. The picture quality on my HD 55" set is very...

I would compare lack of subwoofer to smaller tv screen vs. larger screen, you still enjoy the experience but miss out on the "wow" factor. My mains will get down to 30khz but for action movies and realistic "you are there" musical scores, you'll need a woofer that goes below that. E-mail...

If one is on a strict budget, a little less money into the tv will allow extra for better video cables, progressive player, or anyother support equipment you may want after the main purchase, most of us who get into this find many other ways to tweak picture and sound besides just the set itself...

Trev: boy! are you remote! You can buy these from: www.HomeByFive.com I have two Zenith Inteqs, both analog in 27 and 36"- great blacks and best video filters I have experienced in any sets. I use these instead of my HD Toshiba for the compressed programming of the smaller dishes for a more...

Zenith Inteq has 3composite in, 3 s video, component and RF

Probably same reason can't get high def in West Mich, like Kalamazoo CBS and Grand Rapids ABC, too remote!:-)

In my research as it pertains to your question( and not being in Canada you may have some things available I don't know about) the Expressvue system is quite simple, you'll need their receiver plus the 6000 or equivalent for HD, the usa dishnetwork 6000 at present gives you showtime(1) and...

Well, I have a 55" HD ready set and so far with 3 satellite sources plus OTA, 95 percent of watched programming is still in 4:3 mode, at least in NTSC format, not all areas have much high def available to them yet and it could quite some time before they do, and even when that happens, the 4:3...

All the DVDO models do 3:2 telecine pulldown. I have the original combined with a Toshiba TN 55" Cinema model. Two things happen, first your hooking the Iscan up to either vga or component on your set which allows all the original colors to come thru which will show up on your screen with more...

Yea, well, they also set the contrast at a 100 percent from the factory and don't tell anybody, go figure.