Help? Bought a HDTV day after x- mas.

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charmander4ever

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Hey Cag's,

Friday (Dec. 26th), I bought a Sony HDTV LCD 120hz 3,000:1 46" KDL46W4100 that came with a Sony Blu-ray player BDPS350 for $1599.99. I tried looking into alot of HDTV Spec. And info/ best I can get for my money. $1600 was my limit to spend on a HDTV. I saw a Samsung 40" LCD 120hz 4,000:1 for 1099.99 with no player.

I have a PS3 and I figure I could sell the free player for an easy 200. But now I am wondering if I got a good tv for TV watching, movie watching, and video games. I say this because I never really bought a tv before other than a 10" CRT to just get by and looking at wanting to not go past 1600. I worry about contrast, quality, etc.

I have not opened the tv just yet so before I did I was hoping to ask for thoughts? Thank you.
 
... odd way to go about it; buying then asking about it.

Head over to avsforum.com and look up your model and what people say.

Good luck.
 
you ended up with a pretty decent tv actually. sony seems to be one of the best with lcd tvs. 120hz is the way to go and you can't really compare contrast ratios because there is no industry standard to measure different companies against each other.
 
[quote name='tindall311']you ended up with a pretty decent tv actually. sony seems to be one of the best with lcd tvs. 120hz is the way to go and you can't really compare contrast ratios because there is no industry standard to measure different companies against each other.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, that's a relife. I wasn't around a computer that week or anything and my eye was on the samsung but I jumper for the bigger tv since I can get 200 bucks back from the player. On the contrast ratio I was worried since it was 3,000:1 but from what your saying it's a more comfortable purchase. Now I just hope my ps3 & 360 look great, as well as the blu-ray movies I got for x-mas.

I would of asked before I bought but with no way to go online here I jumped on the tv since it was a 48 hr sale. Odd but I figure if peoples thoughts were bad here I could of returned it with out worrying on the missed deal/oppertunity. Since it is 1799-2000 now with nothing.

Thanks so much for helping everyone, and sorry for not being up on the HDTV stuff, I know a bit but not everything or alot.
 
Jump on monoprice and order some HDMI cables and you'll be good to go. You can eyeball TVs all you want in-store, but you're going to love it once you get home no matter what (unless you're comparing name brand to budget.. you'll know the difference).

May as well order some optical cables on monoprice because you're going to want a receiver/home theater system to go with your toys next.
 
also, depending on where you bought it, just because the box was/is closed doesn't mean they won't hit you w/ a 15%+ restocking fee...

I've got a 46" Samsung, darn happy with it. Definitely recalibrate w/ either the DVE disk or just get the settings off AVS forums...you'd be amazed how screwed up the settings on TVs are from the factory...
 
Have a optical cable for sound actually and plan on getting a cheap HDMI Cable on amazon or monoprice, seen some for 10 bucks, I know it is stupid to get a 40 buck HDMI Cable no matter what CC or BB say.

I got the tv at circuit city and they mentioned the 60 day model price difference and ( I smell bs) if I see a better deal on a different tv I can return it (opened within 30 days) with money back and without any fee. I doubled checked on it with multiple people there, I dout it though.

Found it funny when I bought it they mentioned zip about a " protection plan" I do not buy them at all with consumer reports thoughts.

I don't think they will survive as a company for 3 years anyways even if our economy recovers next year (I say 2010) sadly.

So avsforums for calibration settings, good to know, thanks.
 
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