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Originally Posted by mr_rye89
I think I gave $50 for an old 50" Runco plasma monitor I got some years ago when my D-ILA projector got fried, no HDMI so I got a decent HDMI to RGBHV converter and it made a great picture. Damn thing was heavy though, I built legs for it out of 2" 16ga tube steel and attached it with m8 bolts.
The first new TV I bought was a 32" Vizio plasma back in '08. Sold it to a friend in '12, recapped the power supply in '14, still runs as far as I know......
As far as 4K, I'm not sold on it. I watched Lord of the Rings on a 80" LG 4k LCD and then watched it at home on my 1080P JVC D-ILA projector. I don't think I missed anything on my home setup......
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I am with you 100 percent, as I don't want or care for 4K either. My own TV installation consists of a 32" Insignia HDTV, a Roku device, and an LG DVD player; they work very well for me, great picture--much better than any CRT TV I've owned. I do not have cable as such anymore, either; the service I have from Spectrum is what they refer to as "streaming" service, which does not require a cable box. It is also the cheapest (!) video service Spectrum offers. I say "!" when I refer to Spectrum's streaming service because I am a senior citizen on a fixed income, and so do not want Spectrum's standard cable which requires a cable box. I feel I am paying enough for the streaming service, Internet, and home phone as it is; I for that reason, I don't want their standard service, which would add another charge for the box (!) to my cable bill. No cable box also means I can use my RCA universal remote now with my video system.
BTW, speaking of the RCA universal remote, I notice the one I have now has an input selector button for DVD, but that button is labeled "DVD-Blu-Ray." The RCA universal remote I had prior to this one also had a similar button, but it was labeled "DVD/VCR", with no mention whatsoever of Blu-Ray. I guess my first RCA universal remote was designed for standard DVD players and was likely introduced some time before there was any such thing as Blu-ray.
I personally do not see the difference between Blu-ray and standard DVDs anyway, if there is one. (Every DVD I own is a standard one.) Never having compared Blu-ray and standard DVDs, I can't be sure, but it seems to me Blu-ray may have a slight improvement in picture quality; probably not enough to be noticed unless the viewer is looking very closely at the picture.