JaGWiRE
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Okay, so my Barmitzvah is next week and I've been wanting an LCD TV forever so I am planning to buy one. I began looking today and found this tv at Bestbuy (http://www.samsung.com/Products/TV/L...S2652DXXAA.asp) and fell in love with it. The sharp didn't look to be as solid an build (or maybe it was more cheaper looking.) The other tv's were the Toshiba, Sony Bravia (expensive) and Sony Bravia XBR. I haven't seen much of the Toshiba's, and the Sony's are not cheap (the xbr is $700 more then the Samsung for example.)
This samsung appears to be a new model. I am not sure if it does 1080p (it says 2hdmi (1080i/1080p) in the specs page on the previous link on the samsung site, but I have no idea what it means.) I plan to use the tv with my Samsung hd-950 dvd player, my computer (VGA or HDMI/DVI, don't know what will work better, see my connection problem thread here: http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showt...54#post2317654) and cable.
My first question is, which 26" LCD TV'S do you guys have experience with? Is Samsung a good buy? I have heard mixed things about the whole DNIE thing, but I plan to use my 360 with VGA anyway, and I don't think DNIE works with HDMI. Another thing is what is the ATSC tuner? Does this mean I don't need to buy the digital HDTV cable box if I want digital cable (I read something about cable cards or something, but don't know much about this?) Or does it simply mean I get all the normal channels and some in HD with the built in tuner? The television also has optical out which I think is cool, although probably useless if I buy a digital cable box.
Another question I have is the Samsung TV is not shaped fully rectanguarly (if that makes sense) like the competitors. I plan to mount it on my wall, so what will I need to buy (what type of wall mount will work with the Samsung tv?)
Thanks guys.
This samsung appears to be a new model. I am not sure if it does 1080p (it says 2hdmi (1080i/1080p) in the specs page on the previous link on the samsung site, but I have no idea what it means.) I plan to use the tv with my Samsung hd-950 dvd player, my computer (VGA or HDMI/DVI, don't know what will work better, see my connection problem thread here: http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showt...54#post2317654) and cable.
My first question is, which 26" LCD TV'S do you guys have experience with? Is Samsung a good buy? I have heard mixed things about the whole DNIE thing, but I plan to use my 360 with VGA anyway, and I don't think DNIE works with HDMI. Another thing is what is the ATSC tuner? Does this mean I don't need to buy the digital HDTV cable box if I want digital cable (I read something about cable cards or something, but don't know much about this?) Or does it simply mean I get all the normal channels and some in HD with the built in tuner? The television also has optical out which I think is cool, although probably useless if I buy a digital cable box.
Another question I have is the Samsung TV is not shaped fully rectanguarly (if that makes sense) like the competitors. I plan to mount it on my wall, so what will I need to buy (what type of wall mount will work with the Samsung tv?)
Thanks guys.