Buying an HDTV and looking for advice. Go cheap for 720p or fork out cash for 1080p? Please assist. :)?

Question

I've been heavily looking into getting an HDTV and just need a bit of advice. We'd like to get something 42" or above and the TV that we get would more or less be an inbetween for about a year until we can afford something bigger and better (and then this TV would go in our room or something).

I'm strongly considering a 50" RCA 720p because the price is so appealing. I have a PS3 and have been told I'll notice the slight lack of output on the games and movies that can produce 1080p.

My wife thinks if we buy a 50" I shouldn't be greedy in getting a bigger and/or better quality one down the road. The only reason we're not getting anything smaller than 42" though is because our current non-HDTV bigscreen is 46" and she doesn't want to go down in size (despite the increase in quality).

We don't want to spend over $1000 on a TV right now (that will be later). So if we're going for quality and price (<$1000), what would be the best choice and where from?

Answer 1

definately look into buydig.com. We bought our 52&quot; LCD 1080i sharp aquos there. and it was only $2200 last year when we bought it. This is more than your looking to spend, but that price was $1000 cheaper than the best price we found around our area. Plus they shipped it very well (my bf sweated about it so much!). At least do some price comparison, and you may be able to upgrade and stay within your budget.

Answer 2

Save your money and buy a 720p HDTV. I have a 46&quot; AND 42&quot; 720P HDTVs and am very impressed with the quality. Most big cable and satellite company&#039;s don&#039;t even broadcast in full 1080p HD, so I&#039;d just buy a 720p HDTV and save some money.