Saving up for a cheap HDTV...

I desperatly need to trash this 19" Walmart TV I have since it no longer lets me play any games or watch any TV (too fuzzy). I wanted to buy an LCD HDTV (or CRT, but that's prolly limited to a store only). I just want a TV that's above or at 20", can do 720p (or whatever makes it HDTV), is widescreen and has component (which I think all HDTV's have?). And I don't wanna spend over 500....400 is probably my preferred price.

Anyhow, does anyone know about these/how do they look? If anyone knows of betters please post them!

23 Inch LCD
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2444154&CatId=0

20 Inch (Seems like it'd be small for a TV but IDK, might be the best deal)
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2411133&CatId=385

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...8+1113409295&Submit=ENE&Nty=1&Subcategory=411

Some of those look good too. Can someone help me pick one? I was thinking of hooking up all my old systems plus maybe later a 360 and soon a Wii.
(Speaking of which, how do old 4:3 games look on these?)

 

I would check best buy's black friday ad. If theres one near you they have a few to select from if you feel like getting up early. Personally i wouldn't get one online due to the fact that few retailers have good return policies about dead pixels, and then theres the shipping cost factored it.

other than that i have fairly limited knowledge, tho i'm bias to newegg

 

Sharp Aquas is all you need but then again you'll also need a pretty big wod of cash.

Yakumo

 

Yeah, that's the thing, I don't wanna pay more then 500$ at the most. The 400-450 23" look good but I dunno...

 

I bought a low-end LCD recently. It's a 27" Viewsonic and it cost me 400 euros. I have seen more expensive LCD's and they are a lot a better, there's no arguing about it. However, that's not to say that mine is woefully bad. On the contrary, when used with a high def system I am very pleased with it. I think the worst part of it is the light bleed (which can be seen on a darker screen, where the edges are lighter in colour than the center).

So, I say go for it.

 

I was thinking on getting one from LG or Samsung. They both released new models here in Brazil, and the LG model (called Time Machine) even includes a 80GB to record till 33 hours of video (yes, it has a kinda of TiVo inside it).

I'll probably wait till January to see if i can get some discount.

 

Johnny, don't buy a LG, they are bloody awful. Get the Samsung over that.

Yakumo

 

I prefer the Samsung one too. Even the design is better.
It's this 32' model i'm looking forward (picture found on a message board).
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/1144/dsc01233vj3.jpg

The only thing that made me interested on the LG was that TiVo feature.
Thanks for the advice :thumbsup: You're the 3rd person saying that about LG.

 

Saw this on another site:

No tuner though, just a display.

 

Walmart, Circuit City, Fry's, BEst buy will all have killer deals coming this black friday. Prices of LCDs are falling faster than expected! Just wait and see.

 

I'd advise getting one with DVI/HDMI connections - otherwise you can only ever use an analog signal, which on a digital display is a waste.

 

This is supposed to be $499 on black Friday @ CC

OLEVIA 32"

Check this site out.

http://www.blackfridayads.com/category/30

 

perfect!

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3601493&sourceid=27366019191294267206

 

Get a Sharp. Really, it's worth the price.

 

You're kidding, right? Check out their Disney Princess model, as well. Will go well with your drapes!

Oh and if you buy from Walmart, if the product has any problems it will be very easy to get an exchange or a refund. They will take anything back!

 

Sold!

I was kidding lol. So those ones on Newegg for 400 and such are crap? I don't have much to spend. But really need a new TV.

 

My 2405FPW makes for a nice LCD but it's got problems if you want to use it on anything lower than 1080i/p or 720p. The fact that it doesn't stretch images very well sucks.

If a square inch on this display equates to a resolution of 10x8 or whatever it will only display 10 pixels by 8 pixels. If the entire display is 10" square then it will have a max of 100x80. If your picture is 10x8 it will take up exactly 1" square in the middle. No more.

480p looks horrible stretched to take up the entire display, at least on an XBox. GT4 looks terrible but it does on anything at 1080i. 720p Soul Calibur 2 looks great stretched as it's already pretty close (close enough visually) to a 1080i picture. Only the 2407FPW does hdmi, so I'm out of luck with the PS3.

 

This doesn't look too bad, but I wonder if the price will last?

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Produc...rice|0||P_SignDesc1&Sp=C&ec=&topnav=#shipinfo

 

That's a cheap price alright! Don't know how long you have to wait but it said.

Available for order November 20, 2006
through November 27, 2006

 

Dammit! I doubt i'll have that much by then.