05-09-2008, 06:35 PM
[quote deckeda]Forgot to ask, Mike --- did you wind up seeing this TV in person?
I am going this evening to check it out. I have seen the previous model (LN-T4071) and was very impressed. This new one is supposed to be better still. I would be just as happy with the older one, but it seems the price on that is actually about $30 more right now.
I haven't seen any plasma that has similar 120Hz tech. I have read that the contrast ratio on these is so high that the black levels are almost the same as plasma. Don't LCD's use less power than plasma too?
I don't think there is any web browser built-in. No word yet on if there are any hackable features, but that would be sweet. As it stands I will have a Wii and an older Mac connected to it so I will essentially have everything I need in place to go online or whatever I want.
Only downside I am realizing is the lack of composite inputs, you know- those yellow video jacks. Seems they have been replaced with HDMI which I suppose is a good thing if all your other toys are brand new, but I still have a VCR (rarely use) and a Nintendo 64, not to mention an even older Sega genesis. My Wii and DVD player are component out, and there are only 2 of those on the TV, so that leaves just the side AV inputs for the rest of my non-HDMI stuff.
So it's pretty future proof, but maybe a bit too far in the future for me. I had a nice DVD player with DVI output, but it sorta stopped reading discs, so that sucks since it would have worked with just an HDMI-DVI adapter.
The $1,700 is a great deal. Yes it's a lot of money, but I just got $1,200 today from Mr. Bush.
I am going this evening to check it out. I have seen the previous model (LN-T4071) and was very impressed. This new one is supposed to be better still. I would be just as happy with the older one, but it seems the price on that is actually about $30 more right now.
I haven't seen any plasma that has similar 120Hz tech. I have read that the contrast ratio on these is so high that the black levels are almost the same as plasma. Don't LCD's use less power than plasma too?
I don't think there is any web browser built-in. No word yet on if there are any hackable features, but that would be sweet. As it stands I will have a Wii and an older Mac connected to it so I will essentially have everything I need in place to go online or whatever I want.
Only downside I am realizing is the lack of composite inputs, you know- those yellow video jacks. Seems they have been replaced with HDMI which I suppose is a good thing if all your other toys are brand new, but I still have a VCR (rarely use) and a Nintendo 64, not to mention an even older Sega genesis. My Wii and DVD player are component out, and there are only 2 of those on the TV, so that leaves just the side AV inputs for the rest of my non-HDMI stuff.
So it's pretty future proof, but maybe a bit too far in the future for me. I had a nice DVD player with DVI output, but it sorta stopped reading discs, so that sucks since it would have worked with just an HDMI-DVI adapter.
The $1,700 is a great deal. Yes it's a lot of money, but I just got $1,200 today from Mr. Bush.