Amazon does too supposedly. We have one coming next Friday so I can't be 100% sure yet.
Let me know how that works out for you, Lloren. I haven't had a negative experience with Amazon yet, so I expect good news.
This.
But really I have no idea...but the guy sounded very believable...
When I asked for a source, I meant a news article or link to a video with the information. I'm not doubting your information; I'd just like an article to read over to see for myself.
I purchased a TV a month ago. I know two solid facts from my electrical engineering genius friend. First, unless you're going to sit less than 6 feet from the TV, you CAN'T tell the difference between 1080p and 720p, so there's no reason to spend that extra money.
I measured the distance from the entertainment center to the couch and found that we're sitting approximately 10.5 ft. away from the television.
Second, Samsung is very, very good, and according to the same genius friend and a host of Best Buy employees, they are the best.
I have no trouble believing that. Samsung will definitely be one of the top brands we're looking for, though budget restrictions may push us to buy a different brand (unless we find an amazing sale, of course).
One last note. Best Buy has a 3-year no interest financing plan. That helped my wife and I a great deal. We both grew up with the mentality that when you buy something, you buy great quality that you know will last, even if it's more expensive.
Aye, my wife and I are of the same mindset. Financing likely won't be a concern, but it's good to know nevertheless.
And one laster last note. My TV is LED backlit. It is more expensive, but the quality is outstanding. There's no flickering or pixilation, even while watching Earth on Blu-ray. It displays the thousands of fish swimming all over without breaking a sweat. If you want more details, let me know and I'll dig out the manual to give you the product name.
Aye, if you could post the make and model of your TV, that would give us something to keep an eye out for.
If you ever want to hook up any of these things to your TV you will want 1080p:
1. Blu-ray player
Yes. Specifically, we'll be using the PS3 as a BluRay player until we get a standalone unit.
Yep. Though we may need to wait until we can afford to buy or build a new media center PC with a video card capable of HDMI output before this is a concern.
My wife's laptop and my laptop are both already capable of HDMI output, but hooking and unhooking the laptop to the TV every time we want to watch something is rather cumbersome. (I know from experience; we used to do exactly that.)
I have to admit, though, it would be cool to play TF2 at 1920x1080 on a 46" screen (that is, if my notebook could handle it).
No purpose in a Google TV box if I already have a PC hooked up to the TV and running MediaPortal (at least, not enough to justify the additional expense).
Otherwise 720p is fine for these:
1. Xbox 360
Not a concern. I don't own a 360 and don't intend to ever purchase one.
Most games are in 720p, but there are a few with true 1080p output, including Critter Crunch (which is an excellent game, by the way). I know there's only a small handful of native 1080p games, but I want forward compatibility and 1080p TVs are common enough now.
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