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[syklone]

Ok so I have been saving up a lot of money over the years and I have stepped into a dilemna. Should I buy a HD TV or Xbox 360 with my own money and wait for the other one for christmas with the money i get there? I lend my fate to my fellow forum members. MAKE HASTE!

[Rubiks14]

dude are you crazy buy the 360 because even though it will be cool as hell to play on hd it will be even better just to have a 360 der der

[Jeet]

it would good on a regular tv, so you should buy the 360

[syklone]

yeah, guess the hdtv is only like an extra component for the main course, the xbox 360

[Rubiks14]

exactly, i have an hd at my moms but sadly i live at my dads :(

EDIT: but it is 52" :D

[Citruso]

I've heard from HD owners/viewers it's hard for them to go back. Personally I would buy an HD first then the Xbox 360. I mean you could buy the HD right now couldn't you? So you would get more use out of it, time wise.

[Nomino]

I'm picking up my new HDTV next week - the 26" version of the Samsung that Microsoft are likely to use in their demo pods. No, it's not too small - I only sit about 4 feet from the screen!

[JAMESB22]

Get A 30" otherwise you will be wasting your cash. The resoloution on a 26" is good but the screen size Is'nt large enough to fully enjoy HDTV read up on Google!

[JAMESB22]

I have 2 hdtv's A 34" sony wide screen and a 32" samsung 4:3 in the bedroom,

[Nomino]

Get A 30" otherwise you will be wasting your cash. The resoloution on a 26" is good but the screen size Is'nt large enough to fully enjoy HDTV read up on Google!
Consider what HDTV means - you can sit closer to the screen without loss of quality.

At 26", the height of the screen is around 12.75". The optimal viewing distance for a HD screen is around 3 - 4 times the screen height. Therefore, this means that I should be sat around 3 - 4 feet away to get the optimal peripheral vision and line definition for a 26" diagonal.

You asked me to read up on Google. Maybe I should ask you to re-read my post and see how close I sit. Maybe you should also read up on Google? The size of a TV you buy should be largely based on how close you are going to sit to it. Why would I want a huge 42" just a few feet away from me? Likewise, 23" is just that bit too small. Screen size is only relative to the environment you are in.

[Rubiks14]

my mom has a 52" in living room w00t to the big screen

[Nomino]

my mom has a 52" in living room w00t to the big screen
52", woohoo. :sleep:

[JAdlon85]

Buy the 360 the HDTV can wait.

[syklone]

i think i will get 360 first since i dont have money for both and want the 360 as soon as possible. both are for my room. so 26-32 inches is nice. I saw an insignia 26 inch wide screen hdtv for 400$! let me no about cheap 26-32 inch tvs, under like 600 i suppose. :bird:

[eschompthis4star]

i have a sony wega hd and i personaly would only get it now if you are sure to get HD programing or its not worth it

[Citruso]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002S9G0K/ref=ord_cart_shr/102-1786407-6360900?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3LJ5WMKNRFKQS&v=glance

Sony KV-27HS420 27" FD Trinitron WEGA Hi-Scan 1080i HD-Ready TV, when you add it to your cart (only way to see the price) it comes out to $540. Personally if the HD-TV isn't over 40"'s it's not worth it. I'm probally going to buy an LCD I can mount up in my room, a simple 20"ish one.

[Nomino]

Personally if the HD-TV isn't over 40"'s it's not worth it. I'm probally going to buy an LCD I can mount up in my room, a simple 20"ish one.
Complete garbage. Maybe you need greather than 40" because of how far you sit from the TV, but we don't all sit the same distance as you.

HDTV requires that you sit 3 - 4 screen heights away from it. If that's what your room allows, then fine. However, in my gaming den, I sit about 3 - 4 feet away, which means 26" is pretty much the most I can get away with without it being too large.

People think size is everything when it comes to TVs. Actually, it is, but larger does not mean better.

[Grumpy Old Fart]

Complete garbage. Maybe you need greather than 40" because of how far you sit from the TV, but we don't all sit the same distance as you.

HDTV requires that you sit 3 - 4 screen heights away from it. If that's what your room allows, then fine. However, in my gaming den, I sit about 3 - 4 feet away, which means 26" is pretty much the most I can get away with without it being too large.

People think size is everything when it comes to TVs. Actually, it is, but larger does not mean better.

I'm in the same situation as you Nomino. My gaming room is more like a cupboard and I only sit a few feet away from the TV. So I don't really need anything bigger than 26" to do the job. Plus the smaller TV's are quite a bit cheaper, around £500 in the U.K. compared to £900+ for anything above 32", so makes it a bit more acceptable when I suggest it to the wife :D

[Nomino]

Plus the smaller TV's are quite a bit cheaper, around £500 in the U.K. compared to £900+ for anything above 32", so makes it a bit more acceptable when I suggest it to the wife :D
Amen to that my friend! :D Now I just need to find a way to convince her that I then need an XBox 360 to actually play on the TV! :p Woah, what's that?!! (big thumb comes pressing down!)

[JAMESB22]

Stop Being A jerk, and listen to reason, before we come out to Brooklyn and buy you a 30" just to shut you up

[Cybergig1]

all about the HDTV, I love my old 32 Inch Sony Trinitron flatscreen dont get me wrong, but as cool as I thought it was my 42" Panasonic Plasma destroys it. Even for regular tv, and wait till you hook up your old Xbox to it running 480p. Then when you get your 360 you'll enjoy it that much more. But like others said if you get the HDTV you can get it now and enjoy it till you get your 360.

your choice though all we can do is throw you our opinions lol :) I was gonna wait on my HDTV till November but I'm SOOOOOOO glad I snagged it 3 weeks ago on sale instead.

[Nomino]

Stop Being A jerk, and listen to reason, before we come out to Brooklyn and buy you a 30" just to shut you up
Stop being a Jerk? I'm not the one going around "telling" people that they must buy a huge HDTV otherwise it's a waste of money. What reason was there to listen to? None. I was the one who gave the reason why I don't need a huge HDTV.

Get off your high horse, quit your flapping, and get over it.

Oh, and why come out to Brooklyn? :bird:

[eschompthis4star]

you dont need a big screen tv to enjoy the 360 it will make it better but no. good point nomino

[Nomino]

The fact is, playing games on a huge TV actually makes it harder to play them because you can't take it all in. Tests have been done with groups of people playing against each other - one group with a modest 23" screen, and the other with a whopping great 42" plasma stuck in front of their face.

The results? The team who played using the 23" LCD consistently beat the other team, even when they swapped over.

Games are not like movies, and don't benefit in the same way from a huge screen. It's all relative to where you sit though, and at the end of they day, it's personal choice.

[Nomino]

Duplicate post...just to annoy ya'll :bird:

[AXE EATER]

lets not get off topic i think most would agree that the 360 should come first unlesssssssss... you have alot of money on your hands and feel like spending if so get the hd-tv first because the 360 dosent come out for a while

[JAMESB22]

Stop being cheap! get a 30" or larger hdtv and by the way im in bensonhurst. bioch
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[Nomino]

Stop being cheap! get a 30" or larger hdtv and by the way im in bensonhurst. bioch
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Cheap?! I could have a 50"+ 1080p capable HDTV if I wanted. Money is not an issue in that price bracket. However, why waste cash on a larger screen that will only serve to spoil the experience?

I do my research and buy the best, most appropriate kit for the appropriate purpose, regardless of price. Clearly you are driven by money, and that's fine. I'm not.

[SuNshINe4LiFE]

I personally would buy a HDTV that you can afford or ask your mom or dad for a TV. I bout a 30' JVC HDTV ready for 999.99 cdn and my dad gave me 500 and i paid for the rest now all i gotta do is save up for xbox 360

[Nomino]

I personally would buy a HDTV that you can afford
I can "afford" any HDTV I want. What I "want" is entirely different.

[hairygoat]

hmmn, personally, id go for the 360, its gonna be amazing, i pre ordered mine two days ago, thought everyone would have already prebooked it by now, but i guess not.

[SuNshINe4LiFE]

I can "afford" any HDTV I want. What I "want" is entirely different.
what? what do you want then ?

[Nomino]

what? what do you want then ?
Try reading earlier posts and you won't have to ask such silly questions! What I want, and have just ordered, is the Samsung LE26R51BD - a 26" HD Ready LCD, which is absolutely perfect for my size of gaming room and the distance I sit from it.

Unlike some others on here, I don't feel I have to buy a huge HDTV just to boast to my mates about it. I buy things that are right for the job, and in my case, a 50"+ plasma 3 feet from my face is clearly not...

[TRouBLe]

Originally Posted by Nomino
I can "afford" any HDTV I want. What I "want" is entirely different.


what? what do you want then ?
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Can't you just read the previous post's?
He says he can get an HDTV like 50+ " but won't do the job it's required to do because of the cloze distance