I'm looking for a new HDTV,I wanted an LCD, but I want a TV larger than 60 inches. What do you recommend?

Question

If there is an LCD HDTV that is 60 inches to 65 inches that would be great, but I also want a quality TV. Are there any HDTVs over 60 inches? If not which would be my next best choice? Anything smaller would just not be suitable in my living room because the TV is far from everything else. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I have a 67" Samsung rear projection and it is awesome. The picture is crystal clear and sharp. I bought it at Costco for $2500 with the stand included and they still have this sale going. It is a DLP, 1080p rear projection that weighs 109 lbs. and is about 12" thick. Best buy for your money out there today as you will get about 5000 hours out of the bulb before it needs to replaced compared to a plasma being no good when the gas runs out or LCD getting pixelated. Good Luck!! Hope this helps.

Answer 2

There are several 60- to 65-inch flat-panel LCD HD monitors and TVs available (see the HDTV Solutions resource listed below.) However, other than Sharp’s LC65D64U and Olevia’s 265T FHD HDTVs, they are quite expensive, especially when compared to the more cost-effective, large screen alternatives such as plasma displays and front projection systems.



Within a fairly reasonable price range for the 57- to 65-inch class of flat panel displays I recommend that you give strong consideration to models from Panasonic (model TH-58PZ800U) and Pioneer (models PRO-151FD or PDP-6010FD.) As a distant choice you may want to take a look at the Samsung PN63A650 and PN58A650 plasma HDTVs, perhaps even models from Hitachi and LG Electronics.



For close to the price of a high quality, high performance, large screen flat-panel (plasma) display you can purchase a much more versatile, arguably better performing, front projector IF you have the ability to reasonably control the ambient light in your viewing environment. If you choose to go this route then you will have a multitude of good, cost-effective choices that will allow you to obtain a high quality, theater-like video image in the 65- to 100-inch size range. My top choice/recommendation is JVC’s DLA-RS2U D-ILA (LCoS) projector followed by JVC’s DLA-RS1X and DLA-HD100 D-ILA projectors with honorable mention going to Sony’s VPL-VW60 (great performer but not much light output hence a smaller-than-average screen size is best) and Epson’s Home Cinema 1080 UB and Pro Cinema 1080 UB 3LCD projectors. There are also several good (single-chip) DLP projectors that may also be worth considering particularly if ambient light control is an issue, in which case you should take a close look at Optoma’s impressive HD81-LV projector. It’s also worth noting that several of these home theater projectors can be used with an aftermarket anamorphic lens/prism attachment* (Schneider Optics, Panamorph, or the do-it-yourself CAVX Aussiemorphic Lens kit) to project an immersive, theater-like 2.35:1 video image when watching movies.



There is one notable drawback with a projection system, especially if you will be using such a system for all of your day-to-day television viewing, and that is the cost of maintenance; specifically the cost of periodic relamping. If you are able to keep your viewing environment sufficiently light-free, thereby allowing you to run the projector more conservatively in terms of light output, then you may be able to extend the relamping intervals saving yourself money.



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Flat Panel Displays 57-inch class and larger (RPTVs excluded)

http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/flatscreen_...



What is the best 58" HDTV to buy?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...

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Projector Reviews - Best High-Def Home Theater Projectors of 2008

http://www.projectorreviews.com/Best1080...



JVC Reference Series Full HD D-ILA Home Cinema Projectors

http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/categ...

JVC Full HD D-ILA Front Projectors

http://tv.jvc.com/product.jsp?pathId=140



Sony VPL-VW60 BRAVIA® SXRD™ 1080P Home Cinema Front Projector

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stor...



Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 1080 UB Projector (V11H262120)

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consu...



Optoma HD81-LV Home Theater Projector

http://www.optomausa.com/product_detail....

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*Looking to build a two movie theatre - any suggestions on where to start?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...



*Schneider Optics Cine-Digitar 1.33x Anamorphic Lens

http://www.schneideroptics.com/projectio...

 

Answer 3

there are no LCD's over 60 inches out at the moment, although LG is introducing one soon. But your best buy would be the 52" BRAVIA XBR Series LCD Flat Panel HDTV. Its the best quality for the size of the screen. But if you do want something over 60 inches you'll need to get a plasma screen.  LG have two or three models of 60 - 66 inch plasma screens, which are pretty good but aren't as good quality as LCD's.the best Lg is the 60” CLASS 1080P PLASMA HDTV.

hope this helps.

Answer 4

Actually they do.  Sharp makes a few 65 inch LCD TVs - take a look at the LC65D4U and LC65SE94U.  Prices on the LC65D64U have come down quite a bit lately - it's a great HUGE TV for the money!

Answer 5

LCD's don't come in that size, but If i had to make a recommendation for a cheap, yet, efficient TV, it's the new Mitsubishi Laser TV's.....These are only available in 60+ inches....75 inches being the biggest.

And for there size, they are sold for very cheap at Circuit City.  Has HDMI ports, so it would work great with a playstation 3 System!

The only downside to this TV is it's thickness, it's about 12 inches thick....And it will most likely generate just as much heat as a plasma TV, but will last longer.

Link:  http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Mitsubish...