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Recommendations for a nice direct view set

I am in need of advice for the purchase of a new direct view tv for my smallish HT. I am looking in the range of 35-36", and have always had a preference for Sony products. What is the real bargain in sets of this size at the moment? I need at least one set of component-ins. I'd like to keep it under $1500. Thanks!
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swampwalker
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IMO, the "super flat screen" type direct views do not exhibit proper geometry; they look concave, and I have never been able to shake that feeling. Not sure about the new Aconda, but the older Loewe TVs (consensus choice for best direct view) were NOT flat screen.
unsound
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Swampwalker, I think the concave problem with flat screens you have noticed is often if not more often true. I suspect it's due to quality control issues that are endemic to the flat screens. I have noticed some flat screens don't do this, but more often than not they do.
ultrakaz
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A "flat tube" is almost an oxymoron. If is not convex then it must be concave (there is a vacumn in there, right?). I have noticed this too, but it does not bother me as much as convexity.
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swampwalker
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Its not the tube that looks concave, its the image.
ultrakaz
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Where is the image?
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