There is no doubt, bigger is better!
Get your minds out of the gutter, this is a technology blog! I dived headfirst into the shopping time known as "Black Friday". The experience wasn't too bad but I did pick up a great new addition to the digital den. Toshiba's new 46" HD DLP TV. Now I'm here to tell you, if there's a way to fall in love with an electronic device (once again mind out of the gutter) I'm there. This TV is just huge and the picture quality is sharp. Believe it or not even the on board speakers are great. I couldn't wait to hook it up in the living room (waiting for a piece of furniture) so I took it right out of the box and just fired it up. I normally use my home theater system for sound but the on-board speakers sounded great.
Now for some features. Beyond all of the standard things like filters, screen modes, and analog and digital inputs (7 total) the TV has a few extra suprises. Rather than picture in picture (PIP)it has split screen where you see 2 full 20+ inch pictures of your inputs (i.e. cable and DVD). Its really a great way to watch. I thought PIP was the way to go but no more my friends.
Front panel inputs are analog and digital but there's also a media card reader so you can view pictures and movies from your digital camera's card right on the screen! Talk about convenient. We got to watch a slide show if our shots from Thanksgiving dinner in 46" goodness.
The true test though was throwing in a DVD and a video game of course! I has just picked up Star Wars ROTS and the picture was beautiful. The colors were vibrant, the sound (from the factory speakers did I mention) was great and action was sharp. I may never go to the movie theater again! Well, until I can put up my own IMAX I'll still have to go occasionally. One thing that did strike me? I also threw in the Incredibles and for the first time I noticed "elastigirls" reflection in the car window while she was driving the kids home from school. That's detail!
Next the mother of all video games, God of War. HOLY COW!! Kratos looked life sized! I can't believe I was excited to see the game on my old Sony 36" CRT TV, I was blown away. The clarity of the picture was unbelievable. Great color, detail and motion. I probably spent an hour hopping around the game just to see the different details. It really is amazing to see how much of the "gaming" experience you miss with a smaller TV.
Now was the TV cheap? No it was not. However it was on sale so I picked it up for almost a grand less than MRSP. So great deal, great TV, great weekend! Oh yeah, the food and family were fun too.
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posted by Dutch DeGay at 11:25 PM
2 Comments:
So I finally read one of your blogs. Funny you should post a story about buying a new TV. I too got trapped into buying a TV on Friday. While surfing the internet on BF2005.com, I noticed one of the hot items for sale at numerous stores was a 15-inch LCD TV. Something I’ve been thinking about for my kitchen. Impulsively I decided to buy a Magnavox from Target for $188. At 6:30, Friday morning I walked out with a new TV and wall mount (Sanus System). Man was I disappointed in the TV. I should have known you get what you pay for. The picture quality was terrible, the design was horrible and the remote sucked. So last night I fixed the problem by purchasing a 15-inch Sony LCD TV and yes for a retail price of $479. But it did come with free shipping and 18 months no interest financing (already had an account with Sony from the 17-inch LCD monitor I bought in 2003).
So in the end, I have once again learned, you pay for what you get and in my opinion, no one does it better when it comes the TV’s than Sony.
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I hate that you had a bad experience with electronics. I've never used Magnavox products but I'll beware now.
Normally I buy Toshiba, Sony, and Samsung. I did however, for the kitchen, buy the Polariod Under-Cabinet TV/DVD Combo with 10" LCD. I have been very happy with it and even better my other half likes it.
By the way, thanks for dropping by the blog.
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