We are thinking about getting a new television, and it has been nice reading everyone's comments here. Having troubles deciding which way to go. We're on a budget, so a $1000+ big TV isn't really and option. We've gotten our basement "family room" all finished and ready to go, so its time to get a second TV to go down there. We currently have a 27" Philips TV upstairs (as well as a 13" in our bedroom, and a spare 11" TV or something that sits in front of our treadmill in the basement), and haven't really had any problems with the Philips TV. I've always kind of wanted to get a widescreen television, for DVD purposes, because we really enjoy and spend a fair amount of time watching movies. Originally we started looking at "big screens", but later decided that the cost was usually too high, and many of them (at least the ones we could afford) don't always look the best picture quality wise anyways. Just big, not clear.
That lead to us looking at HDTV TVs, in the 30" ish range. Those seem to run around the $650-$1000 range around here, depending what you get. The wife then saw how much cheaper "normal" TVs are, in some cases even larger than 30", so now we're not sure what to do. I mean we would of course rather have a nice widescreen, HDTV, but when you're saving $300, it does get tempting. Of course, best scenario would be a plasma TV, but that's a dream. Anyways, just wondering some of your opinions, does "widescreen" make that much of a difference if you're a movie watcher? Especially if you're not going super big with size. We wanted to get something larger than the 27" we currently have (looking at 30, 34, 36" HDTVs, usually the lower end), and I was wondering if you are staying at a smaller size like that, if the widescreen makes that big of a difference, or if you would be better off just saving the money and getting a larger "regular" TV. Any advice is much appreciated.
