Thinking About Buying An HD TV For My Bedroom, Any Suggestions?

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keliix06 said:
At 32-42" you will not be able to tell the difference between 720 and 1080, don't waste the money. At 32" it's actually impossible for the human eye to tell the difference.
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Well it depends how far you sit. If you're also using it as a monitor, anything less than 1080 on a 24+ would look shitty.
 


Good grief! I watched Sesame Street on a 13" black and white TV when I was a kid and turned out just fine! Just get a TV that you like, has a good warranty, and is affordable to you! It's a TV for goodness sakes, not a house!
 
keliix06 said:
At 32-42" you will not be able to tell the difference between 720 and 1080, don't waste the money. At 32" it's actually impossible for the human eye to tell the difference.
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Our Best Buy had a 720 and a 1080 of the Samsung 32" TVs side by side, and I could see a clarity difference at most distances that you'd normally view it from in a den or a bedroom.
 
Gonna agree with Turbo. TV in the bedroom? Don't you already have one in the living room? And in the computer room? And in the fridge? and in the Spare room?
Then again, I'm the kinda guy that barely watches an hour of TV a day, so what do I know?

Sampunk: Those Gizmodo & Kotaku fuckers get the best stuff :( That said a chick that's a sales rep for "oversized" sets. Anything that's 80" plus.
Hilarious thing is that she's 5'1"... Psychological sales tactic to make the TVs seem even larger when she stands in front of them.
 
tv in the fridge is stupid. that's like putting a tv at the end of a toothbrush...
 
I recently got a Sony Bravia 46" 1080p and it's awesome... I'm surprised no one has mentioned it.. and they aren't that expensive!
 
turbolapp said:
Yeah I was going to say something about a tv in the bedroom but ... for couples...it's just distracting. The bedroom is like a sanctuary to me and a loud bright tv can be very vexing to the soul. But that's just me. Other people seem to love tvs in the bedroom.
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It depends on what is played on said TV. It helps if you have a dvd player or at least Cinemax.. ;)
 
i've been reading your responses, and i've come to realize that having a TV in the bedroom is a bad idea. Sleep is a very important to me. I'm pretty sure that i wont be sleeping much with my new TV..

Honestly speaking, i dont even watch TV, im too busy to spend time in the living room. with all the errands i have going on.
 
radarig said:
Our Best Buy had a 720 and a 1080 of the Samsung 32" TVs side by side, and I could see a clarity difference at most distances that you'd normally view it from in a den or a bedroom.
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Are you sure they had the same feed? BB has a bad habit of running side by sides in an unrealistic manner. Such as one with hdmi and the other with rca.

You don't need 1080 at 42 and below.
 
radarig said:
Our Best Buy had a 720 and a 1080 of the Samsung 32" TVs side by side, and I could see a clarity difference at most distances that you'd normally view it from in a den or a bedroom.
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No you couldn't. Any difference was either the feed/cabling or psychosomatic.
 
bb_wolfe said:
Keep in mind that a larger TV can cause you some trouble going to bed.

I have a huge master bedroom 22x16', and had a 50" plasma in the corner. After 2-3 days, found that after I turned South Park off at 11, it took me an hour to fall asleep. moved the TV downstairs to my office, and used my 22" LCD again, no more sleep problems. Just sayin
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Interesting, i too was gonna move my 50" into my very large bedroom and buy a 65" for my livingroom. ANyone else have a problem sleeping once they get a big tv in their bedroom?
 
turbolapp said:
Yeah I was going to say something about a tv in the bedroom but then didn't cause It's just my opinion. But since we're sharing, I've always thought tvs in the bedroom were terrible ideas...when you're single for reasons like bb said (even though he's married) and for couples...it's just distracting. The bedroom is like a sanctuary to me and a loud bright tv can be very vexing to the soul. But that's just me. Other people seem to love tvs in the bedroom.
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I agree Turbo. Televisions in any room of the house is fine with me, but the bedroom is television free. It interferes with sleep and other stuff, and it forces me to read things not on a screen, people call them books.
 
The OP lives in NYC and most likely doesn't have many rooms to begin with so I could see it.

I've been a Sony fan all my life and I'm running a Bravia KDL-40S3000. I know of at least two friends who've been here, seen it and when out and bought one. Try AVSforums.com for some anal reviews. Theres a sticky or a thread for just about every flat screen out there.
 
I also use Samsung, although I hear the Sony's are great as well. I am not one of those crazy people who know all the specs and who notice a difference between the 720 and 1080 ect so take it for what it is worth.

DLP aren't bad, I had a 42 inch samsung and most people thought it was a flat screen because they are still pretty thin. I had it for about 2.5 years with out having to replace a bulb or anything and it is on a lot. We just upgraded to a 46 inch lcd. One thing I did notice is once you go this big you def can never go back and usually end up going bigger.

The biggest thing I worry about is the inputs. Make sure whatever you have has a shitload of them esp if you don't want to spend an assload on a reciever or splitter of some kind.
 
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