What TV should Nathan get?

[Abraham Smashington]

Yeah, unless you see it in person and it's shoddy then I say go for it. Looks to have enough inputs/outputs and the specs seems pretty great.

[Nathan]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/LG+-+42%...&skuId=9246737

Think I'm going to step up and get this, especially if they have it at that price in-store.

[Matt]

Oh yeah, I plan on looking it over pretty thoroughly first. Hopefully it will beat that Toshiba Regza that I saw. Also, it sounds like I'll need to buy some cables and shit to go with it. Is it still the case that the cheap cables are JUST AS GOOD as the expensive ones?

[Abraham Smashington]

YES. Monoprice.com

You shouldn't ever need to spend over 10-20 bucks on HDMI or optical.

[Matt]

Nathan: The online price for the Regza that I looked at was identical to what I saw instore. Hopefully, that means that your tv will be the same price as well.

[Nathan]

Hope so. BB's is $50+ cheaper than HHGregg.

[Matt]

I did an internet comparison check on MY TV and found BB's to be the best. We'll see. Good luck, man.

[Abraham Smashington]

Huzzah for everyone joining the HD NATION!

[Matt]

cables at Best Buy: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/6'+HDMI+...&skuId=9343061

$12.99 for a 6 foot cable. Not bad.

[Nathan]

I did an internet comparison check on MY TV and found BB's to be the best. We'll see. Good luck, man.

You too. Stoked!

[Corey]

OK, I think that this is the one that I want to get:http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Samsung+...ung&cp=2&lp=10

Any reason that I shouldn't?

Nope no reason at all its a great set and Im sure you will be happy with it

[Corey]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/LG+-+42%...&skuId=9246737

Think I'm going to step up and get this, especially if they have it at that price in-store.

That looks like a great price, i would go for it..

[Corey]

As far as cables go, like Rob said don't spend tons of money on cables, even if best buy is telling you to. Most of those guys are just trying to get more money out of you to benefit them, they don't know what they are talking about. But for anyone that is spending $10,000.00 or higher on a sound system, then I would recomend getting better cables.

[Phat Dizaztr]

Another example is Speed Racer, that was a mind blowing color orgasm, add 240Hz to that and you instantly want to throw up because your head can't take the motion.

Spot on sir, brilliant! I agree 100% but I am one of the few just by personal choice that likes the 240Hz and when I saw the demo of Speed Racer the movie it does make it feel a little bit 3d and give it a little bit of a cartoon effect like you said from the CG. But I personally like it. It is not for everyone though thats for sure!

[Phat Dizaztr]

A little future tech to fire up your neurons from an email I received.


The possibility of having 4096 x 2160 resolution at 24hz, aptly called 4k x 2k, is one of the new features to be offered by v1.4 devices. While this resolution is nearly 4 times greater then the previous version supported and rivals the resolutions of digital movie theaters, these new specifications warrant some explanation. Let’s try to demystify these numbers a little bit.

When talking about picture quality, there are three things to take into account. The pixel resolution (ie: 4096 x 2160), the refesh rate (ie: 24hz, 60hz), and the bandwidth (ie: 340Mhz). The resolution refers to the number of dots or pixels that are used to make-up an image. The higher the resolution, the more dots are used to display the image, resulting in a clearer and crisper picture. For example, if your resolution was set to 4096 x 2160 that would indicate that there are 4096 pixels horizontally across your television and 2160 pixels vertically, totaling 8,847,360 pixels used to display the image.
The refresh rate refers to the number of times each second that your television pulls data from its source (ie: Bluray player/satellite receiver) and refreshes what is displayed by each pixel on the screen. If your preferences are set at a higher refresh rate, say 60hz, opposed to a lower refresh rate, 30hz, then each pixel on the screen will be refreshed twice as often in a second. The higher the refresh rate, the more clear and life-like images in motion will appear. Have you ever seen a character run across the screen and appear slightly blurry? This is commonly called “ghosting” and is most likely a result of a decreased refresh rate. Basically the object is moving quickly enough that the image does not appear clearly because the pixels making up the picture are not being refreshed fast enough to accurately display the object in motion. The higher the refresh rate, the faster an object can move and still remain clear.

The bandwidth refers to the amount of information your television can receive in a given amount of time. If you would like to double your resolution or double your refresh rate while keeping all of your other preferences the same, then you would need to double the amount of data you receive in the same amount of time. While HDMI v1.4 is offering a resolution that is more than double the resolution offered by v1.3, the bandwidth available will remain the same. In order to offer 4k x 2k resolution without increasing the bandwidth, 4k x 2k will only be available at a maximum refresh rate of 24hz, where as the highest refresh rate offered by v1.4 is 120hz. At 120hz the highest resolution available will be 1920 x 1200, which is fine because the largest resolution supported by televisions on the market today is 1080p. Even though 4k x 2k is supported by v1.4, your television cannot display that high of a resolution. The first 4k x 2k enabled television are not expected until late 2010 and you can bet they won’t be cheap!

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I can only image what the cost will be if they do hit the market next year.