Anyone happy enough with a small-ish LCD TV to recommend it?

[ho'ard]

I'd something with about a 24" wide footprint, vesa ready.
I want to have it available as a TV but use it hooked up to an MDD to watch digital files as well.

Any recs???

Thx!

[sscutchen]

I just bought a Samsung LNT2653H

This is a high end TV for this size. 768p, which is what you'll find in this size. Great features. I haven't tried it yet, but one reason I bought it was that it is supposed to take DVI to HMDI from a computer without overscan.

I also have a LNT4661F. 1080p and basically the same feature set.

I bought both on line from vanns.com.

[ho'ard]

Thanks!

Would you elaborate on why you chose to order from vanns?

Also, I've been partial to Toshiba for a while-- I'm new to this stuff though-- is there anything specifically that makes this Samsung:

http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/item/a.../462999849

Worth $50 more than this Toshiba?

http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/item/a.../462265114

Thanks again!

[BigGuynRusty]

[quote sscutchen]This is a high end TV for this size. 768p, which is what you'll find in this size.
Custom I guess,
Most are 780p.

BGnR

[onthedownlow]

It may be larger than what you are wanting, but right now there is a 40" Westinghouse LCD w/built-in DVD Player at http://woot.com for $799.99 +$5 shipping.

Very sharp display.

[GGD]

[quote BigGuynRusty][quote sscutchen]This is a high end TV for this size. 768p, which is what you'll find in this size.
Custom I guess,
Most are 780p.

BGnR
I thought that 720p was the standard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/720p

[Mike V]

Sony 26" Bravia.

Down here they are pretty cheap, because everyone wants bigger TVs.

Looks great running out of my MacBook.

even a standard def DVD running out of the MacBook looks good.

Looks pretty lousy running the 4:3, low resolution, super highly compressed, crappy cable TV we get down here.

The inbuilt tuner is standard def only, which is a bit weird.

[sscutchen]

I got my 7ps wrong? heh.

I wanted the ability to work as a monitor. I wanted multiple HDMI. I liked the fact that it had a QAM tuner to get unscrambled digital straight from the cable. I've noticed that if I'm watching an analog cable channel that it is much better on the TVs tuner than over the cable box/hdmi link. And this year's Samsungs had better specs than last year's. No reports of clouding or bars on the screen that I saw. The AVS forum discussion typically likes the Samsung picture in comparison tests.

[sscutchen]

I got my 7ps wrong? heh.

I wanted the ability to work as a monitor. I wanted multiple HDMI. I liked the fact that it had a QAM tuner to get unscrambled digital straight from the cable. I've noticed that if I'm watching an analog cable channel that it is much better on the TVs tuner than over the cable box/hdmi link. And this year's Samsungs had better specs than last year's. No reports of clouding or bars on the screen that I saw. The AVS forum discussion typically likes the Samsung picture in comparison tests.

I bought my 4661 from Vanns because they were one of the first ones to have it in stock and they had good pricing. It went really well. They were, like $70 higher on the 2653, but when I called, they price matched.

edit... OK... that's weird. How did I get two posts rather than an edit to add the Vanns stuff?

[BigGuynRusty]

[quote GGD][quote BigGuynRusty][quote sscutchen]This is a high end TV for this size. 768p, which is what you'll find in this size.
Custom I guess,
Most are 780p.

BGnR
I thought that 720p was the standard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/720p
Yep, I was making a joke.
Just too many standards.

BGnR
Sometimes chance is a bad thing.