Help me choose a 40"-47" LCD for the bedroom?

[Sanjuro82]

Looking to get some input on a new LCD TV for the bedroom. I will be wall mounting it.

So far I've narrowed it down to these:

LG 42LK520 42-Inch 1080p LCD TV

Sony BRAVIA KDL40BX420 40-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV

Panasonic VIERA TC-L42U30 42-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV

Does anyone have any input they'd like to share, or and other suggestions? The budget is $800 or less. I don't need or want 3D.

Thanks!

 

[bernardderek]

Save your money and get a vizio. I swear by them. I have a 37in that's about 4 years old and I liked it so much I bought a 55in recently. Quality vs price is amazing.

 

[B96brig4CC]

I would go with Samsung

I have had a 46" LCD for about 4 years now and have had only one issues with it. It was 2 resistors on the power supply board that cost me 2 bucks for the resistors (have spares) and about 15 minutes to replace. They have since fixed this issue. No glare screen and good sound for tv speakers. Plenty of HDMI and aux ports. I have a desktop pc, blue ray, and kids game system hooked up to it and still have 3 aux available. the LED will be my next, but I don't see this one giving up the ghost anytime soon.

Here is the LCD I would go with if you prefer LCD over LED.

 

[beast1989]

I have a Vizio too and they are very good tvs for the money I have about 4 or 5 hdmi ports on my 47in and a variety of other ports i will never use.

With a tv in the range you are looking at make sure it's 1080p with at least a 120hz refresh rate. Lastly if 47in is at the top of your size range then get a 47" and nothing less. I promise that on the ride from the store to the house my tv shrunk a couple inches. Lol They look MUCH bigger on the store display.

 

[The Shadow Knows]

Panasonic VIERA was my choice. Intergration with other panasonic devices was the selling poing for me.

 

[03on22s]

Samsung all the way.

 

[Cohiba]

+1 on the Vizio.

I have a 47 "Vizio LED/LCD in my man cave. Love it...not too bright like a plasma and
it has awesome color,HD,is about 2-3inches thick,amd can do a million things...weather,bluetooth,netflix,excellent sound...no need for a sound.bar.

Bought it at Wal-Mart amd got the 2 or3 year warranty plan, plays the sonyps3 without any problems.....guess I should be a salesman for them.

Cohiba

 

[peanut]

Not trying to hijack but why not LED?

 

[Werewolf]

For the BR...

Don't need a lot of fancy whiz bang features and super duper video processing circuits and software then.

Go with a 47" Vizio. Mine cost $650 plus change about 7 or 8 months ago at Sam's. It does what needs to be done and the HD is pretty good, not great, not as good as my Sony but pretty darn good. The only down side is that the sony is instant on - the Vizio seems like it takes for ever for the operating system to boot up (well - 45 seconds or so but compared to the Sony that is annoying).

Vizio provides a lot of bang for the buck.

 

[Sanjuro82]

Not trying to hijack but why not LED?

Not familiar with the LEDs. What are the pros/cons of it versus the LCDs?