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Childproofing! It's as good an excuse as any to get a new TV!
I currently have a Sony 42" rear projection LCD, purchased in 2004. It still works great, but it's quite topple-able. I'm thinking about trying to sell it on Craigslist and replacing it with a wall-mountable flat screen of the same size or a little bigger, say 46"
I know this has been asked here before, but I didn't have much luck searching the thread: What brands/models do people recommend or suggest I avoid? Am I remembering right that Samsungs are good and reliable? Consumer Reports seems to rate them highly. What technologies are best these days? Plasma, LED, or LCD -- Why choose one over the other?
I prefer Samsung LCD with LED backlighting.
I'm not video expert, but I really don't feel Plasmas are worth the price. THey burn in easier, and burn out faster. I have a Samsung LCD, no backlighting. It's 4 years old now. Still doing great. Although, the speakers are blah. But I have yet to hear a flat screen with good speakers. I'm also a sound guy, so take that as you will.
Thank you, suela! That's way more info than I had before to get me started (especially since I didn't do any of my usual research on the thing before getting it). I'm definitely feeling the limits on wacky DRM and the amazon-only app store. But hey - free tablet? Not gonna worry
too
much about it.
I'm looking at two Samsungs: [link] or [link]
Am I correct that the second one uses LCD with LED backlighting? Both get great reviews, so it's hard to choose.
I don't care about sound or number of inputs or smartness, since it will effectively be a monitor hooked directly into an a/v tuner that also has a Mac Mini connected to it.
Hmmm... Crutchfield describes my first link above as an "LED-LCD HDTV" with "LED edge backlight for high picture contrast", so maybe THAT's the technology you were referring to, Drew?
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Traditionally, LCDs have been backlit with fluorescent tubes. LCDs backlit with LEDs are brighter, have more consistent colors(and blacker blacks), and don't use mercury. It also allows the TVs to be thinner.
So which (or do both?) of those two models do that?
Just the second, it looks like.
Maybe I'll ask Crutchfield. They have excellent customer service.
