Within the next year, we will probably be buying a new TV for our living room.
We are poor-we won't be spending more than $500, and that's an OUTSIDE extreme.
I'm ignorant of some of the technology, and was hoping some of you could educate me. I'm too lazy to go to Best Buy and look at this point, because I'd be depressed we couldn't buy now, and probably leave my wife with the sales associate and go look for some classic war movie DVDs.
I'm mid-30s so I remember the "projection screen TV fad, and I have YET to see a PSTV that had a picture as good as a equal size "standard" TV.
I thought HDTV would be the thing, but a friend bought a large screen model and to be honest, it appeared as "grainy" as some of the old projection screens to me.
I'm confused some of the terms, and wonder about the merit of some of the other features. Do I need a flat scrren? HDTV? LCD? Plasma? What?????
We do not have cable nor have any interest in gaming-this TV would be for DVD and VHS play ONLY, and I prefer a rich (but true) color saturation, and ultra sharp details. We run the sound through the stereo system (at least on DVD mode).
Help!
We are poor-we won't be spending more than $500, and that's an OUTSIDE extreme.
I'm ignorant of some of the technology, and was hoping some of you could educate me. I'm too lazy to go to Best Buy and look at this point, because I'd be depressed we couldn't buy now, and probably leave my wife with the sales associate and go look for some classic war movie DVDs.

I'm mid-30s so I remember the "projection screen TV fad, and I have YET to see a PSTV that had a picture as good as a equal size "standard" TV.
I thought HDTV would be the thing, but a friend bought a large screen model and to be honest, it appeared as "grainy" as some of the old projection screens to me.
I'm confused some of the terms, and wonder about the merit of some of the other features. Do I need a flat scrren? HDTV? LCD? Plasma? What?????


We do not have cable nor have any interest in gaming-this TV would be for DVD and VHS play ONLY, and I prefer a rich (but true) color saturation, and ultra sharp details. We run the sound through the stereo system (at least on DVD mode).
Help!
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