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Picture quality
People often have different ideas about what looks "best." Plus, picture quality is more often determined by construction quality and internal processing than by TV type. And finally, various space and budgetary constraints may affect how much importance you place on small differences in picture quality. The bottom line? To get the best possible picture quality, look for TVs from reliable brands, and don't give up better engineering in order to get a bargain basement price.

Viewing angle
The wider the viewing angle, the better the picture will look to people sitting to the extreme left or right of the TV. If you regularly cram a host of friends and family into your living room for event viewing, you want the widest viewing angle possible. (Of course, specs aren't everything; for example, although LCD TVs have a wider viewing angle on paper, our A/V experts have repeatedly confirmed that plasmas actually look better when viewed at extreme angles.)

Black level and contrast
Good black levels deliver rich shadows and excellent shadow detail, so you can easily follow the action in dark scenes. Good contrast gives the picture more punch and 3-D impact.

Screen burn-in
Plasma TVs are great for watching TV shows and DVD movies. However, if you're a devotee of all-day sports viewing or you play a lot of video games, you may opt to steer clear of plasma. That's because the ticker tape, channel logo or game controls that remain stationary on screen can "burn" into a plasma TV screen's phosphor coating, especially in the first hundred hours of breaking in the TV.

"Rainbows"
Although most people can't see it, a few have observed something called "the rainbow effect" when watching DLP TVs. This momentary effect is due to the unique way a DLP TV re-creates the image on screen. Most of today's DLPs include technologies to prevent rainbows, such as a faster color wheel. But if you find you're one of the very small number who are bothered by this effect, you may want to consider an LCD or LCoS big-screen instead of DLP.

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Originally posted by goodswipe:

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Ok, from what I gathered the 3-chip design is only used in front projectors. The newer single-chip RP DLP's use separate red, green, and blue LEDs which eliminates the need for a color wheel, thus ridding you of the rainbow effect.

All SXRD(LCOS) sets use the 3-chip technology.

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Originally posted by goodswipe:

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I'm either going to get one from Fry's or I'm gonna shop around all these stores to get an idea of what I'm working with, then order it off Newegg.

I wonder if benbernie is going to come back and update us? lol

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Becareful of Fry's, a lot of stuff is either refurb ( and not disclosed as such ) or returns sold as NIB.

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Originally posted by goodswipe:

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I wonder if benbernie is going to come back and update us? lol

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