# OFFICIAL: TV Thread.

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-tv-thread/186024>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [December 28, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-tv-thread/186024 "2005-12-28T05:58:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-tv-thread/186024/174 "2008-08-07T19:20:18Z")

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> [@WTH:Looking for fry person/sub maker for the approx. 4-8 shift](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wth-looking-for-fry-person-sub-maker-for-the-approx-4-8-shift/37387/3):
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> get a samsung or sony if you want LCD, or panasonic or an older pioneer if you want plasma
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> from what i understand, contrast ratio means jack shit on the new tv’s, but the higher the ratio, the more black your blacks will be
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> 1000:1 might show a grey looking black, but 25000:1 will show a almost true black

Great. Thanks! I was going to do it just based on price, but it was hard to tell with some of them because I was looking at closeout deals online so with all the discounts and stuff you really couldn’t tell which was nicer.

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