ViperVisor
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Elephant is right. Got it 3 years ago for $70
Elephant is right. Got it 3 years ago for $70
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What was your first HDTV?
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Ban Puncher
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Sony Bravia KDL-46X3500
Bought in January 2008 and still going strong today.
The SD scaler is super shitty, it auto-dims on black screens and changing channels is slow but I still love it.
Bought in January 2008 and still going strong today.
The SD scaler is super shitty, it auto-dims on black screens and changing channels is slow but I still love it.
bengraven
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Just like in the OP:
27" Sanyo 1080i bought 2006. The quality jump from a shitty SD TV to HD was fantastic at the time - Call of Duty 2 and Oblivion were like BAM. On sale for $727 at Walmart. It's huge - "deeper" than it is wide. It's really hard to move. That said? It fits perfect in the backseat of a 2006 Ford Escort with room to spare after I drove it from MN to FL.
However, I'm still rocking the same TV.
Upgrading is a very low priority for my family when we have other bills. That said, I refuse to buy "current gen" until I get a 1080p HDMI TV.
27" Sanyo 1080i bought 2006. The quality jump from a shitty SD TV to HD was fantastic at the time - Call of Duty 2 and Oblivion were like BAM. On sale for $727 at Walmart. It's huge - "deeper" than it is wide. It's really hard to move. That said? It fits perfect in the backseat of a 2006 Ford Escort with room to spare after I drove it from MN to FL.
However, I'm still rocking the same TV.
Upgrading is a very low priority for my family when we have other bills. That said, I refuse to buy "current gen" until I get a 1080p HDMI TV.
NekoFever
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Yep, it's good. Next time I upgrade, their reviews will make or break a purchasing decision.
Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ800U 50" 1080p Plasma
Cost about AUD$3000 in 2008, still going strong, still looks awesome.
Same for me but in the 42" size. Ran into a problem a few months ago and bought the replacement part but it started working fine again before the part arrived. Oh well if it works im happy. Will replace it when oled sucks less and is fairly priced.
I bought two 37" grundig Xentia LCD back 2005-2006. Great TV´s. Fantastic sound and really great picture.. I still use them both. My kids have one of them for their PS3 and WiiU. And I have the other one in my bedroom for late night gaming (although I would like to upgrade it soon)..
they did cost ALOT back then (for me that is).. the first one was 3050$ late 2005. I bought the other one a half year later.. for 2150$ in the same store .. lol..
they did cost ALOT back then (for me that is).. the first one was 3050$ late 2005. I bought the other one a half year later.. for 2150$ in the same store .. lol..
chaosblade
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42" Panasonic G15, still using it. Just used a monitor before that.
Apart from the general Panasonic contrast issues from TVs from around that year, I've been very happy with it.
Apart from the general Panasonic contrast issues from TVs from around that year, I've been very happy with it.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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A 32" Toshiba, 720p bad boy. Got it in the mid 2000s from Amazon. Cost about $750. Ha! I still have it.
Panasonic Viera TX42G10 in 2009. I've bought a SONY KDL50W828B oktober last year and still miss plasma from time to time. It's better in a lot of ways, but it's not plasma.
I'll be sad when either of my Panasonic Plasma's die. LCD's have improved but I still much prefer the image from a good plasma.
Ol No Bones
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26 inch sharp. I got it just to play Gears of War.
immortald3ath
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Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ800U 50" 1080p Plasma
Cost about AUD$3000 in 2008, still going strong, still looks awesome.
This. Got it like a week after it was released. Still looks good.
The 'they were 1080i/540p' was actually referring to your set.
The weird thing about CRT is they don't really have a fixed resolution. Basically there's phosphors on the glass, and the shadow mask / aperture grille determines what the maximum resolution can be (at least for a progressive image). The other interesting thing is that CRT's can literally display interlaced images natively ... they do not have to de-interlace. They simply scan a field ... and then start scanning the next field slightly below it while the first is still decaying.
For the tubes and content available in that era, they all supported 1080i. Since none had a fine enough aperture grille, nor was there on-board scaling, 720p was not possible. Later on they started adding actual video processing, with inputs that would accept 720p ... but they were still using essentially the same CRT's. With that in mind, what was actually happening was 720p content was downsampled to 540p for display (or in some cases upsampled to 1080p and then interlaced).
I brought up Princeton Graphics because they were one of the few manufacturers that ever brought out a non-professional display that natively handled 720p. Technically they were monitors since they didn't have a tuner or processing, but they were at least orderable and priced as a consumer device. I believe RCA actually made the tube, and there may have been a model or two by them made available? The final Sony Grand Wega (34XBR960) with it's last gen 'Super Fine Pitch' aperture may have handled native 720p? So at least Sony ended CRT's reign on a high note? But other than these few displays, none did.
Armoured Priest
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Got a deal on a Vizio 32' back in 2008.
The TV still works pretty well.
The TV still works pretty well.
joeygreco1985
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50" sony sxrd from july 2007 (i still have it, altho i've blown a few bulbs and now have some screen yellowing)
Fuck these things. After a year a big yellow blob appeared on the screen and just ruined the whole thing. Luckily our Best Buy warranty was still in effect so they reimbursed us and we switched to a different model, but man I've read so much shit about these SXRDs. Terrible TV line
First HD was the King of CRT televisions.
Sony 34XBR960
I spent so much time obsessing over that thing at the AVS Formus.
Me too, man. I still miss it.
TangoAlphaLima
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Olevia 42" 1080p for something close to $800 in February of 2008. Got it just at the right time to watch my Jayhawks win the NCAA National Championship that year. It was glorious.
Randolph Freelander
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I bought a Samsung 40" 1080p LCD (model: LNT4061F) in January of 2008. I replaced it last year when I moved in a new house. It had actually suffered progressively worsening image retention problems for a few years.
Since then, I have purchased a Samsung 32" LCD for my bedroom (February 2011), a can't even think of the brand LED 39" for a spare room (~August 2012), and the replacement for the aforementioned first HDTV is a Samsung 55" LED Smart TV (September 2014).
Since then, I have purchased a Samsung 32" LCD for my bedroom (February 2011), a can't even think of the brand LED 39" for a spare room (~August 2012), and the replacement for the aforementioned first HDTV is a Samsung 55" LED Smart TV (September 2014).
iShouldGoPro
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LG 50-inch 1080p Plasma. Still using it
I loved that set, until one day the image started shrinking horizontally. smaller smaller then Poof gone... :/
Rabbi_Vole
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36" Sony WEGA CRT
It weighed 27,000 lbs.
It weighed 27,000 lbs.
dreamcastfan
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LOVED it. Went from that one (50 inch) to the 57 inch a couple of years later. Gave the 50 to my brother in law. Went from that to the 65 inch mitts. 1080p DLP.
Most recent (large tv) is the Mitsubishi WD-73737. Sad to see DLP go away. Cost to size ratio couldn't be beat. Just recently replaced the bulb. Would love to get an even larger tv eventually, but I want to wait and see what happens with 4k and movie support. I will NOT support digital. Physical only for me.
NealMcCauley
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First one was a 26" Vizio from my dorm room and then in my apartment's bedroom. Can't remember the model number. It's at my parent's house now. Good colors, but the overscan was insanely bad.
When I started living by myself I got this:
KDL40V5100, and still going strong after five years. It's a good model but suffered from a few problems before a Sony engineer made an unofficial firmware update. I spent an entire day on the model's AVS thread figuring things out.
When I started living by myself I got this:
KDL40V5100, and still going strong after five years. It's a good model but suffered from a few problems before a Sony engineer made an unofficial firmware update. I spent an entire day on the model's AVS thread figuring things out.
soundahfekz
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50 inch Samsung plasma. It's only 720p. We still have it in the living room. We've had it since it first came out years ago.
I think I have this same one still. Samsung PN40A450
Still running like a tank
ViperVisor
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238 lbs
So front heavy and no designed hand holds.
And a bonus feature of a space heater when it is on. The thing eats electricity compared to new TVs.
Princess Viola
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Some shitty Insignia (which I think is like Best Buy's in-house brand or something?) that is 19-inches and only 768p.
This is my current TV in my bedroom and I bought it in 2013.
This is my current TV in my bedroom and I bought it in 2013.
The Real Abed
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I got a 32" Polaroid. Bought it in 2006 for $1100 at Circuit City. It's 768p. (With 1080i output capability) I got a second one that Christmas for my dad for $900. His died a few years ago but mine is somehow still going. To realize that was the cheapest you could get that size back then is ridiculous.15-inch polaroid T_T
I'm planning on replacing it with something twice as big and half the price with 1080p sometime this year even though I rarely use my TV itself. (Usually I'm sitting at my desk on my laptop watching stuff on my 27" iMac.) When I do get one it'll be when I get a gaming PC and will have my Wii U and a Roku or something connected to it too. No TV box or anything.
Krauser Kat
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This badass 32" olevia in 2007
in 2009/10 i got a 50" Panasonic G2
in 2009/10 i got a 50" Panasonic G2
dreamcastfan
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I did notice, MANY TVs that said 1080i back in the day had a resolution of 1280x720.. shouldn't these tvs have been advertised as 720i? I am guessing it's because they could receive a 1080 signal, but still couldn't display it at that resolution, so...wasn't that false advertising?
Walter White Walker
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I got a Samsung 43" plasma about 3 years ago.
Rabbi_Vole
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I sold it on eBay back in 2006 for $800. A man and his elderly father came to my house to get it. They clearly couldn't do it themselves so I had to help load it into their pickup.. It was raining.. Slippery.. Bad situation all around.
I replaced it with a 60" SXRD which I later gave to my real estate agent after having to replace the optical engine.
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