[mythtvnz] anyone recommend the Phillips 32" LCD Widescreen flat TV?

[Jason Haar]

Steve Hodge wrote:
> On 1/17/07, *Jason Haar* <jhaar-ourshack-com@whanau.org
> <mailto:jhaar-ourshack-com@whanau.org>> wrote:
>
>     Currently my wife has her eye on the Phillips 32" LCD Widescreen
>     (32PF7321: see http://tinyurl.com/yqzyx2) and from what I can see it
>     looks pretty good.
>
>
> My opinion is that you are best off either buying the cheapest
> acceptable quality TV you can or buying something likely to be
> future-proof (i.e. 1080p native resolution). In my case I went for the
> cheap plasma - a 42" Hyundai about a year ago. I'm very happy with it.
> Burn-in is not the bugbear people make it out to be, even with a
> relatively low quality set.

We have size constraints, and the power consumption rates of plasma
leave me cold (I'm gonna save the world all by myself by not buying
plasma!).
>
> One factor to consider is the size of your current set. A 32"
> widescreen TV shows a 4:3 picture at the same size as a 26" 4:3 TV. So
> if your existing TV is 26" or bigger you might want to consider a
> larger TV unless you plan to stretch 4:3 content horizontally (which,
> incidentally, I do). With a 29" 4:3 TV the difference is significant:
> a 32" widescreen TV displaying a 4:3 picture has only 80% of the area.
> So I'd definitely consider a 42" unless your room is very small - you
> won't regret the extra size.
>
Oooh! Good to know - thanks. However, we've currently got a 21" - so I
don't think that'll matter ;-)

My primary concern is how well it would play with Linux/MythTV. I have a
HP 20" LCD monitor at work that only runs at 1600x1200, and it was a
real cow to get to work - in the end I needed proprietary nVidia
drivers. I don't want to face that again.

Jason