Big screen LCD TVs

I looked at these for about 5 months before making a decision. Based on size 60" and desire for HD I contemplated over sony grand vega III 60"lcd, samsung 60"DLP and Phillips LcoS 55". Sony won. I found sharpness, color and blacks close on all three. Sony did not have any motion artifacts,less reflection in a bright room, adequate brightness (I have lots of windows) and standard non HD brodcasts were still reasonable. When you compare you should look at that if the dealer can switch back and forth. Most of them do not like to do this since a large screen can look very poor in standard brodcast. I compared NCAA basketball and it helped to finalize the purchase.

Although I'm not a videophile, my understanding is that LCDs are generally not as bright as plasma displays, and may not have as much contrast, either. The industrial LCDs I have seen are back lit with fluorescent tubes. I have seen some LCD computer monitors which are readable in direct sunlight, but they are very expensive. Also, when you turn up the brightness, the black background also gets brighter. If you alwaysw watch in the dark, this won't matter, but if you have sunlight shining on your screen, it may. I must state again that my knowledge is very limited in this area, but maybe this will kick off some input from people who know more than I do.

I think the first post makes a great point. Always be sure to see how the display performs with standard def {analog} programming. Thats good for CRT , DLP, LCD, any high def capable monitor. When I bought my Hitachi HDTV ready TV 2 years ago, I was surpised how bad analog programming looked . I was able to make it much more watchable with a DVDO Iscan Pro.