I'm in the market for a new HDTV... - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

il Padrino Ute · 04-13-2008, 03:52 AM

I've budgeted for something between 42-50" and would be willing to spend a bit extra for plasma, if it would be worth it.

Any suggestions as to what brand?

TripletDaddy · 04-13-2008, 04:15 AM

I have panasonic and LOVE the brand.

I know Pioneer has a very highly rated plasma.

CJF · 04-13-2008, 05:47 AM

I like Panasonic also. I have a 62" DLP and it's been a very good tv. DLP really needs to be in a dark room though. I don't recommend DLP unless you have such a room for it. I also have a 37" Panasonic plasma for my office that has been very solid for the money. I have a 50" Toshiba plasma that is decent, but not of the same quality of the Panasonics and cost only a little less. I was looking to upgrade the Toshiba today and noticed that Bestbuy has some decent prices right now for 50" Panasonic's. Vizio has solid pictures also. Especially for their price.

Jeff Lebowski · 04-13-2008, 06:25 AM

I love my 50" Panasonic plasma. And they are typically the top-rated plasma brand in CR.

04-13-2008, 03:52 AM	#1
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	I'm in the market for a new HDTV... I've budgeted for something between 42-50" and would be willing to spend a bit extra for plasma, if it would be worth it. Any suggestions as to what brand? __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

04-13-2008, 04:15 AM	#2
TripletDaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 9,483	I have panasonic and LOVE the brand. I know Pioneer has a very highly rated plasma. __________________ Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte

04-13-2008, 05:47 AM	#3
CJF Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 368	I like Panasonic also. I have a 62" DLP and it's been a very good tv. DLP really needs to be in a dark room though. I don't recommend DLP unless you have such a room for it. I also have a 37" Panasonic plasma for my office that has been very solid for the money. I have a 50" Toshiba plasma that is decent, but not of the same quality of the Panasonics and cost only a little less. I was looking to upgrade the Toshiba today and noticed that Bestbuy has some decent prices right now for 50" Panasonic's. Vizio has solid pictures also. Especially for their price. __________________ After watching the footage of the Kent State shootings, Bobby Jay, then seventeen, signed up for the National Guard so that he, too, could shoot college students.

04-13-2008, 06:25 AM	#4
Jeff Lebowski Charon Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the heart of darkness (Provo) Posts: 9,564	I love my 50" Panasonic plasma. And they are typically the top-rated plasma brand in CR. __________________ "... the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King, Jr.