I finally settled for compensation with a Samsung LN46B650T1FXZA. The reviews are incredible.
Following a PM from one of our stalwarts, I unplugged the aerial to see if it would retain the programing. It did. Maybe it was something they fixed, or a few did not sustain the memory. I took that seriously, as we have vicious T-stoms here, and I always unplug the aerial at the first thump. Re-scanning each time would have been a drag.
That was the only criticism on any forum - of any sort.
This particular set does not have an anti-reflect screen. Something I've railed against since they started to put fuzzy stuff on hi-end monitors. Get the room right, and let the picture out of the telly un fuzzed.
Having been burned by Sony, I'm a bit anti. But I stand by what I said a couple of years ago. The LCD projection was the best picture on Earth, and Sony have paid the price for trying to go with that technology. Over HALF A BILLION losses last year. A lot of it associated with the light-engine debacle.
This Samsung is the 120 hz jobby, but goes back to 60 on some inputs...like the up-thingies that I can never remember. It stands to reason. You could hardly expect a set to show TWO lots of painting-in artificial lines. You could end up with a totally fabricated picture!
I put my memory stick in the side last night, and looked at the Rivetess in big-vision. It really knocks the socks off my CRT monitor picture.
There was a 52" 120Hz Bravia on sale when I was picking my compensation set. It really did look the bee's knees. I would have had to pay another $400 to upgrade to that and it is a bi i i i ig lump.
My set will connect to the internet. A wireless gizmo is extra. It will hold a gallery of photos etc etc. An earlier model had a hard-disk, but the stick does very well.
Looking along the shelves, the Samsung stood out head and shoulders above the others while on Blue Ray. But then, that's what I said about the Sony LCD projection.
Oh, BTW, the few Plasma sets left on sale here are on sale CHEAP. I don't think too many manufacturers are staying with that technology.
My set was $1784.99 with Best-Buy. So Sears price-matched it to fit my compensation level. I wonder if you could get one for under a grand in Sterling.