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"Professional" or "Commerical" Display Monitors

As an audiophile first, and a home theatre enthusiast second, I am always irritated by the cheapo internal amps and speakers attached to flat panel and traditional televisions.

Certainly with DVDs and even with television, I am more than happy to monitor through a proper audio system, which I have for both my home theatre projector setup and also next to my TV.

Yet even in audiophile and video forums, consumer grade displays with the cheesey speakers are regularly featured on the latest recommended list.

Some have suggested that the speakers, at least, can often be detached and discarded, but this offends my high end sensibilities, and I dont really want to pay for something I am not going to use.

Does anyone have links to more information, vendors, dealers, manufacturers etc for both flat panel and traditional CRT monitors WITHOUT tuners and WITHOUT amps and speakers, please? Does this exist for LCD display screens with video inputs as well?

Is there any lag in the video technology for this market? Or can I - hopefully - buy the latest, greatest, HDTV displays without all the consumer grade garbage?

Obviously, for less money would be even more thrilling.

Thanks for your ideas.
cwlondon
reubent
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Cw,

The "commercial" Panasonic Plasmas are hugely popular among the informed videophile community. These Plasmas come in 37", 42" and 50" models with the 37 and 42 also being available as less expensive EDTV models.

There are lots of manufactures that offer flat panel displays that do not have some typical TV features like speakers, table top stands, tuners, etc. I think Samsung, NEC and Fujitsu (among others) sell commecial versions of their Plasma TVs. I'm less familiar with LCD flat panels as I'm not yet a fan and have not spent much time looking at them.

Personally, I did buy a consumer version of the 42" Panasonic Plasma even though I don't currently use many of the features (speakers, table stand, tuner), but I thought I may move this TV to a beadroom in the future, so I bought a TV (vs a monitor) because I don't want separate speakers, Set top box, and audio system in the bedroom.

Enjoy,

TIC
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woodburger
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Panasonic TH-50PHD7UY might do the trick for you.

See http://www.greathometheater.com/plasma.html

Usually the new technology comes out at the top levels (with bells and whistles) and then trickles down. But this industrial model has the goods without the extras.

Be sure the hookups (inputs) satisfy your needs.

Bob Wood
cwlondon OP
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Woodburger

Thanks for the tip. But further to my point, only ONE item, comes up on Ebay for the monitor you mention, and it seems to be the mounting bracket.

TIC

I assumed videophiles had tuned into this concept, but for me "hugely popular" has not yet translated into ease of research or purchase.

So if anyone has any other links which might compare models, or lead to reliable dealers, that would be great.

Oh and thanks for reminding me about stands, perhaps the cheesiest of comsumer ploys.

The last time I bought a Sony TV from one of the big box retailers, there were generous enough to throw in a gorgeous particle board, vinyl coated stand which was a $500.00 value ?!

So yes, definitely no stands, no speakers, no amps, no tuners, no low level consumer grade inputs, no "free" cables. Did I miss anything?

Just component and/or HDMI inputs into a great, HDTV ready monitor
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