redford

I don't have an HDTV now. Just curious what people are doing or if anyone has advice.

I know it's not 1080p, but I saw the Sony 34 inch Tube XBR today for just over 1K. I've wanted one for years and just wonder if I should get something cheap like that to satisfy me for awhile. I don't have the space for anything larger really.

I could see myself jumping in on both HD formats by the end of the year or 2nd gen players.

Nimbus

Well, I just recently got a Sony 50" SXRD that made me get an HD-DVD player just because of how beautiful the picture was on normal devices. But.... I have been eyeing the 60" Samsung DLP 1080p set on the Continental Miles for Merchandise promotion that's about $2100 shipped. I just think that's eventually going to be too much to pass up.

Nero

Just ordered a Panasonic PT-AE9000U projector. After rebates, ebay of the old projector, ebay of the Blockbuster card, old screen, etc. it should cost me about $500.

But if I am taking the dive into HD, I want a really big screen. The one I am building should be 122"

Augustes

I'm planning to get a new tv next yr... (hopefully along with a house) I think a 50" would work just fine for me.

Nero

I'm picking up a Sony 42" WEGA LCD HDTV in about 2 weeks time, and hoping to follow that up with a Toshiba HD-DVD player. I'm just overhauling my entire home theatre, and with Continental's OnePass deal on the player ($360/shipped), after selling my slightly used HDMI/Upconverting Sony, and some of my old DVD's, it'll cost me very little.

redford

Just a quick note: the reason DVD doesn't look as good on bigger fixed pixel displays is because fixed pixel isn't as good. And scalers are not all made equal.

Isn't a 34" CRT about the biggest TV around? I take it you don't have a depth issue.

But yes, you should be able to tell the difference no problem. If that model still has 2 native resolutions (would be 1080 and 480), both will look very good since you will be able to play DVD in its native res rather than upscaled to 1080.