{"id":807,"date":"2007-02-10T22:41:51","date_gmt":"2007-02-11T02:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/02\/10\/hdtv-update-not-today\/"},"modified":"2007-02-10T22:43:02","modified_gmt":"2007-02-11T02:43:02","slug":"hdtv-update-not-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/02\/10\/hdtv-update-not-today\/","title":{"rendered":"HDTV Update; Not Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After doing a lot of R&R (reading and research) I convinced myself that a 40\u2033 LCD was right for my living room.  40\u2033 is about all that will fit where I want the TV to sit (or eventually be mounted), and while I could go a little higher (say 46\u2033), a 40\u2033 LCD seems to be the best value for my money.<\/p>\n<p>I decided on LCD over plasma for a couple of reasons.  First, I really wanted the highest resolution possible (1080p seems to be the way to go), and my living room is bright (lots of windows), which may present a problem for plasmas.<\/p>\n<p>I was pretty convinced that I was going to go with a Samsung LN-S4095D 40\u2033 1080p LCD HDTV, but I finally decided on a Sony 40\u2033 BRAVIA V-Series HDTV (KDL-40V2500).  The Sony is a little more expensive, but seems to be the better set based on specs and my test viewing earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>I am close to picking up the Sony today at Circuit City ($2249.99 + tax), but then I came message board that seems to indicate a serious <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avsforum.com\/avs-vb\/showthread.php?t=748779&page=1&pp=30\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.avsforum.com\/avs-vb\/showthread.php?t=748779&amp;page=1&amp;pp=30', '\u2018clouding\u2019');\" target=\"new\">\u2018clouding\u2019<\/a> issue with the Sony BRAVIA models.  I am not sure if I would notice, but still, do I take the chance?<\/p>\n<p>So now I am going to hold off for at least anther day to re-evaluate plasma, DLP, and do some more research on the Samsung and Sony models mentioned above.  I wonder if this is kind of like the golden days of videogame reviews \u2013 things come up and average folks are never going to notice.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I am a little disappointed that I did not get my HDTV set today, because I have been shopping around for over a year now (before finally deciding to get the thing done).  I have a feeling that I am not going to pick up a new set for a couple of weeks.  $2K (or more) is a lot to spend on a TV, plus I am traveling next weekend.  No sense in rushing a purchase.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After doing a lot of R&#038;R (reading and research) I convinced myself that a 40\u2033 LCD was right for my living room. 40\u2033 is about all that will fit where I want the TV to sit (or eventually be mounted), and while I could go a little higher (say 46\u2033), a 40\u2033 LCD seems to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/02\/10\/hdtv-update-not-today\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HDTV Update; Not Today<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}