New TV Help??? Projection/LCD/Plasma/Flatscreen... (1 Viewer)

[DAN NEIR]

I'm buying a home and one room will become the new home theater room. The room is about 13 x 9. I currently have a Mitsubishi 46 in rear projection hd ready set. It goes to 1080i and only has component inputs. My wife to be is offering to get me a new set, she offered a flat screen. I'm researching now but wanted to get feedback here as to what everyone owns, what they consider to be the best sets out there. Not sure if I want to go flatscreen, plasma/lcd or projection again, only thing I figure is that I'll want to go bigger in size (over the current 46 in) and probably want the new set to be 1080p w/ an hdmi input. Ideally I'd like to keep it under $3000. Any thoughts??

 

[Stephen_J_H]

Under $3K and bigger? I'm thinking DLP front projector and a screen. You'll ber hard pressed to find a plasma or LCD for under $3K that's bigger than 46 inches.

 

[DAN NEIR]

I'm looking at all avenues, including another rear projection set if need be. Just wanted some feedback on what's out there and what people have.

 

[Patrick Sun]

You can get 50" plasmas for $1800-$2500 depending on where you shop. My local HHGregg/Fry's/BestBuy has the Panasonic 50" plasma for $1800 nowadays (though it's "only" 720p, natively, scaled up to 1366x768). You could wait for a few months and see what the 1080p plasma will debut at price-wise.

You can go big (58" or 60") in DLP for around $3000 or less with careful attention to local sales. You should at least look, in person, at the current available implementations for TVs: flatscreens (plasma, LCD), RP (DLP, LCos, LCD). I taken a long look at all the different types of TV, and now know what I want. You may find what you are looking for in your price-range, but you should do an in-person sampling of the different types of TVs these days.