HD Home Theater Systems
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for that size, it would much more cost-effective to get a plasma over lcd display.
45 is an odd size for a display, i have seen 46". the price difference between 42" and 46" models of the same brand and series seems really big. how far away is the seats from where the display is? here is a chart for calculating the appopriate size display:
places like bestbuy and circuitcity have sales all the time. it would be best to goto a place like that and check out the displays in person and decide which ones you like and which one you can afford.
things to look for when choosing a display are:
hdmi inputs. having more than one is good. hdmi is digital audio and video on one cable to reduce the amount of wires in your setup but most importantly, they can transfer copyrighted content. some blu-ray and hd-dvd discs will have copy-protection that you can't watch if you don't have a display with hdmi. most displays come with only one hdmi input and that's ok if you're going to get a receiver with multiple hdmi inputs and outputs.
if you want to future-proof your display, get one that can display 1080p. 1080p has been labelled tru-hd. it's the highest HD resolution for end-users. there are 2k line displays for commercial purposes and a 4k line projector that sony came out with that costs 100k but that's a whole other story.
as for brands,
i love sony bravia series,
samsungs and lgs are always good,
HP has some surprisingly nice displays.
pioneer makes excellent but expensive displays,when i used to work at circuitcity, i always told people that didn't know what they wanted to not buy the most expensive or the least expensive tv we had.