$2100 BB Gift Card

[RyeGuy250]

I'm currently on my second Toshiba HDTV. The first one, a 55" 4:3 HD RPTV, had a terrible (1.5"!) black fade to the right, and Best Buy's techs couldn't figure out how to fix it. The second one, 57" 16:9 HD RPTV, has 2 yellow blobs on the screen as a result of a blue color gun gone bad. The part is on "indefinite backorder" and I can wait for a new one, or get the money I spent toward a new one. So, I have $2100 toward anything at BB.

I have a very nice wife, and I can probably convince her to spend around $4000 if it's that much better to get a plasma. From what I read, that doesn't seem to be the case. I just want the best PQ and around 50-55". I watch HDTV programming about 1/3 of the time, DVD's 1/3 and SD 1/3.

By watching the BB demo reel for about 10 min, I didn't see the rainbow effect on any DLPs, unless I was darting my eyes back and forth so fast that I couldn't really watch TV comfortably. My wife and I saw a 50" LCD about 6
months ago, and it seemed like fast moving objects were blurry/slow looking. I didn't notice the brand, I was just walking by and didn't figure to be in the TV market anytime soon. I didn't notice that at BB, but maybe their demo reel just doesn't have things that go fast enough. I haven't seen anyone on this board say much about this either.

If you were forced to shop @ BB, and you had my criteria, what would you do?

Thanks for the input!
Ryan

[kevinw]

DLP or replace it with another Toshiba H84

[mjones73]

I'd say go with another H84 also...

[oman321]

I'd look at the LCD's again and consider DLP as well. You might have seen an LCD being fed a bad/poor signal or connection. Have a BB employee help you out and have them display some action flicks for you and see what you think. You'll be able to get a 50 to 60 inch LCD somewhere between $2,500.00 to $4,000.00.