I was really bored the other night, so I went over to RC Willey (a rare experience) to look around. I of course ended up in electronics pretty quickly, looking at the TVs. They had a lot on sale there, and most all of them were LCDs. For the life of me, I can’t figure out why people buy these things. It might just be me, but the picture looks crappy on almost all of them.
I could only find one that looked decent, but even that one I wouldn’t get if I had a choice. I don’t remember exactly what it was, but I know it was a Sony Bravia 40-something inch with the newer display engine, about 9000:1 contrast ratio and running at 120hz.
Everything else, they were all fuzzy. I had to stand far, far away (about 24 feet) so I couldn’t see it, but any closer than that and it just stood out horribly. On one 40″ I looked at, they were playing a standard-def DVD of National Treasure 2, which should have looked nice (since it’s a recent film), but even that, all I could notice was the fuzziness.
I imagine it’s probably just me… I’m pretty picky when it comes to my TVs and I have a real eye for picking up even the smallest artifacts. For my recommendation, though, if you want a TV, either get a rear projection (they all look gorgeous) or a regular CRT tube TV.
Actually, there is one area the LCDs do start to look nice — if they are small. Anything 22″ or less actually looks decent.