Buy a Television
March 26, 2009 5:43 PM | 0

 

Did I ever tell you about the time that we bought a television? What a day! Actually it took two days. One for research and another to find a store. I evaluated LCDs and plasmas, and I figured I might as well post the results here.

Here's the criteria I used:

• Brand Reliability


• Picture Quality


• Screen Size


• Viewing angle


• # of component inputs


• # of HDMI inputs


• # of DVI inputs


• Ease of Use

I scored each TV from 1-100 based on how they met each of the criteria. It was a weighted score, so for example the brand reliability was weighted more heavily than the number of DVI inputs.

Here's how the plasmas stacked up:

1. Panasonic TH-42PZ700U : 68
2. Panasonic TH-42PX77U : 65.1
3. Samsung HP-T426 : 63.4
4. Panasonic TH-50PX75U : 62
5. Samsung HP-T5064 : 59.3
6. Hitachi UltraVision P42T501 : 57.6
7. Samsung HP-T4254 : 56.3
8. Hitachi P50H401 : 55.4
9. LG 42PC5D : 54.9
10. LG 50PC5D : 53.9
11. Vizio JV50P : 52.4
12. Sanyo DP50747 : 52.2
13. Vizio P50HDTV : 48.8
14. Norcent PT-5045HD : 46.8
15. Vizio Maximvs VM60PHDTV10A : 37.3
16. Maxent MX-58HPT51 : 37.3

And here's how the LCDs stacked up. We wound up getting the Sony at the top, I think.

1. Sony Bravia KDL-40V3000 : 83.6


2. Samsung LN-T4661F : 83.4


3. Samsung LN-T3242H : 82.6


4. Sony Bravia KDL-32XBR4 : 81.3


5. Sony Bravia KDL-40S3000 : 78.7


6. Samsung LN-T4671F : 78.3


7. Toshiba Cinema Series REGZA 52LX177 : 75.5


8. Toshiba REGZA 32HL67 : 75.5


9. Sony Bravia KDL-46XBR5 : 73.2


10. Panasonic TC-32LX700 : 72.9


11. LG 37LB5D : 71.7


12. Samsung LN-T4061F : 70.6


13. Sharp Aquos LC-52D64U : 69.8


14. Sony Bravia KDL-46W3000 : 69.6


15. Samsung LN-T4053H : 69.4


16. Sony Bravia KDL-32S3000 : 68.9


17. JVC LT-47X788 : 68.5


18. Toshiba REGZA 47HL167 : 68.1


19. Sharp Aquos LC-52D82U : 67


20. LG 52LB5D : 66.6


21. LG 42LB5D : 66.6


22. Vizio Gallevia GV47LF : 65.3


23. LG 47LB5D : 65.1


24. Toshiba REGZA 42HL6 : 64.8


25. JVC LT-32E478 : 64.8


26. JVC LT-37E478 : 64.3


27. Sony Bravia KDL-46S3000 : 63.6


28. Samsung LN-T5265F : 63.4


29. JVC LT-42X688 : 63.4


30. Toshiba REGZA 42HL167 : 62.6


31. Vizio VU42LF : 62.1


32. Vizio Gallevia GV52L : 61.1


33. Mitsubishi LT-46133 : 60.9


34. Vizio VW37LHDTV : 59.8


35. Westinghouse TX-47F430S : 57.9


36. Insignia NS-LCD37 : 57.8


37. JVC LT-42E488 : 57.4


38. Sanyo DP37647 : 56.8


39. Mitsubishi LT-40134 : 56.6


40. Olevia 537H : 56


41. Westinghouse TX-42F430S : 55.5


42. ViewSonic N3735w : 55.3


43. Sharp Aquos LC-37D43U : 55


44. Sharp Aquos LC-42D43U : 53.4


45. Olevia 542i : 52.8


46. Polaroid TLA-04641C : 51.9


47. Sanyo DP42647 : 51.3


48. Olevia 747i : 49.4


49. RCA L42WD22 : 48.9