Black Deatha
Member
Well, my famlys stupid old (probably like 10 years) 51" 4:3 Rear Projection TV has fianaly crapped out on us. I am not sure of what exactly the problem is, but now when you turn it on, the screen doesnt even come on at all, looks like it's still off, but we still get sound, and are able to change the channles, and the volume no problem. Now it could be that it's just a simple matter of like the projector it's self being fucked up. But in anycase, another part in it already failed before, and the TV was out of commision for like the 4 months that it took the idiot rapair guy my dad hired to get the part. And within a couple months the problems it had the first time around came back. Only last time the TV just completaly died, you couldent even turn it on and get sound. the problems I speak of are that the TV does this popping thing, usualy a few times after you first turn it on (though it doesnt always happen). What i eman by 'popping' is thta the speakers make a loud poping sound,and usualy the screen kinda flasshes and the pucture goes out of allignment.
We didnt even buy the one we have, it was given to my dad by a freind of his a couple years ago, the friend had bought a new one, and was getting rid of his old one. It's a ProScan, I have never heard of them before, but whatever, it was a free big TV.
Anyway though, I am trying to convince my dad to look at getitng a new TV, and a good, so i have been showing him a few HD widescreen ones at Future SHop, and he does like them, so we may end up getting one, partialy considering I offerd to help him pay for it (after all I will be using it too).
Now though, I need to decide which one to go with, I am looking at getting another 51", only this time 16:9. I went to Future Shop today to take a look around, I am a big Sony fan, my TV is a Sony, and so I first looked at the Sony's, but I know the one guy there (he's the one I bought my TV off of) And when looking at the Sony, he showed me this awsome deal the store is currently offering where when you buy select TV's, you get a FREE HDTV Cable Converter. There's things are $500 alone, so that's a pretty sweet deal right there. But unfourtinatly the Sony 51" is not one of the select TV's on this deal (other Sony's are, like the Projection LCD.
The Sony I was looking at was on sale for $2,299 (regularly $2,799). And my freind was strongly reccomending I consider the Hitachi 51" that they had on for $2,299 and was ne of the select TV's on the deal. And I must say when I compared the Hitachi picture to that of the Sony's the Hitachi did look better.
So now I want to ask, who do you guys reccomend as the best in 51" Projections? Are Hitachi projections better than Sony's? and who else should I consider/look at?
I went to look at the Hitachi on there site, but that site really blows, took me a while just to ind a way to LOOK at there products, what a retarded site. On Sony's I can find evrything with ease.
But anyway, here's a couple links to the TV's I have been talking about on Future SHop's site:
The Sony
The Hitachi
Note, you may notice that the Sony is listed at $2,799, but it's still on for $2,299 at the location I was at.
Anyway, another kinda sweet thing is that since I know this guy, he is willing to give me a bit of a deal if and when we get the TV so that I could get a second HD converter for my TV for ½ price. Which I would not mind.
Now one other tinng, I am sure someone will (as they always do) suggest I get a projector, but that's not really an option, the living room we have would not be a very good room FOR a projector. It's too lit, and we dont really have the wall space. Pluys, projectors are generaly a lot more expensive than my dad will want to spend.
Thanks in advance GAF, I know you wont steer me wrong
~Black Deatha
We didnt even buy the one we have, it was given to my dad by a freind of his a couple years ago, the friend had bought a new one, and was getting rid of his old one. It's a ProScan, I have never heard of them before, but whatever, it was a free big TV.
Anyway though, I am trying to convince my dad to look at getitng a new TV, and a good, so i have been showing him a few HD widescreen ones at Future SHop, and he does like them, so we may end up getting one, partialy considering I offerd to help him pay for it (after all I will be using it too).
Now though, I need to decide which one to go with, I am looking at getting another 51", only this time 16:9. I went to Future Shop today to take a look around, I am a big Sony fan, my TV is a Sony, and so I first looked at the Sony's, but I know the one guy there (he's the one I bought my TV off of) And when looking at the Sony, he showed me this awsome deal the store is currently offering where when you buy select TV's, you get a FREE HDTV Cable Converter. There's things are $500 alone, so that's a pretty sweet deal right there. But unfourtinatly the Sony 51" is not one of the select TV's on this deal (other Sony's are, like the Projection LCD.
The Sony I was looking at was on sale for $2,299 (regularly $2,799). And my freind was strongly reccomending I consider the Hitachi 51" that they had on for $2,299 and was ne of the select TV's on the deal. And I must say when I compared the Hitachi picture to that of the Sony's the Hitachi did look better.
So now I want to ask, who do you guys reccomend as the best in 51" Projections? Are Hitachi projections better than Sony's? and who else should I consider/look at?
I went to look at the Hitachi on there site, but that site really blows, took me a while just to ind a way to LOOK at there products, what a retarded site. On Sony's I can find evrything with ease.
But anyway, here's a couple links to the TV's I have been talking about on Future SHop's site:
The Sony
The Hitachi
Note, you may notice that the Sony is listed at $2,799, but it's still on for $2,299 at the location I was at.
Anyway, another kinda sweet thing is that since I know this guy, he is willing to give me a bit of a deal if and when we get the TV so that I could get a second HD converter for my TV for ½ price. Which I would not mind.
Now one other tinng, I am sure someone will (as they always do) suggest I get a projector, but that's not really an option, the living room we have would not be a very good room FOR a projector. It's too lit, and we dont really have the wall space. Pluys, projectors are generaly a lot more expensive than my dad will want to spend.
Thanks in advance GAF, I know you wont steer me wrong
~Black Deatha