I just wrote this e-mail to a friend because he asked me about buying TVs. Since I already put in the time to write it out, I thought I'd share it here...

Before I tell you about the newest TVs, I should tell you about popcorn hour...

popcornhour.com

I have the Popcorn Hour A-110 and it lets me play whatever video files I've LEGALLY *grin* downloaded on my TV via HDMI. It's great.

OK - TV talk time - Between plasma and LCD, I'd buy an LCD TV. In fact, there is a new type of LCD TV on the market that uses LED lights to light up the panel which allow them to be a lot thinner, lighter, and run a lot cooler than your traditional LCD TV. A few of the large manufacturers of TVs are starting to produce them and surprisingly, they're not that much more expensive.

Keep in mind that with Black Friday coming up there will be A LOT of deals on TVs. If you decide to get a traditional LCD TV, you could probably get a 50+ for the same budget at a Black Friday sale.


Here's a link to the LED-lit LCD TVs from Best Buy.

I bought my last TV from Costco before they changed their return policy on TV sets. Once mine burns out, I'm sure they'll have some REALLY cool TVs there for the same $1800 I spent on mine. BUT - if I were in the market for a TV, I'd totally get one of the LED-lit LCD TVs because I dig how thin they are (less than an inch thick), they don't put off a lot of heat (I can walk by my Vizio LCD TV and feel the warmth, and they're REALLY light weight (like - you don't have to worry about the TV falling off the wall).

As far as features are concerned, 240hz, computer input, 1080p, as many HDMI plug-ins as possible - this is the usual group of good features that come with most of the nicer TVs.

Hope that helps man.

Clifford