Insignia HDTV?????

3000:1 is really a minimum for gaming.

Try checking this out.

http://gear.ign.com/hdtv/ 

I have the same model you're talking about buying and I love it.  I've been using it for little over a month now and have noticed no problems and love playing my 360 with HD enabled instead of on a regular tv.  My opinion would be to buy it I picked it up along with a 4 year warranty just to make sure.

3000:1 is really a minimum for gaming.

 Try checking this out.

http://gear.ign.com/hdtv/

fore_runner

Wow you honestly don't know much about HDTVs. It is quite simple for TV manufacturers to increase the contrast "ratio" by adjusting brightness for the tests which means this "3000:1" is probably only the 1000:1 he was using. I have the Insignia 27 inch LCD HDTV and it works fine for me. No dead pixels, a few "cloud" spots but thats to be expected for under $500. I think they are good tvs for a guy on a budget like i was. Go for it 

i think it was sony who released a 10,000:1 tv not to long ago KoRn_Eddy_88

There are a lot of 10,000:1. I have a 50' LG 1080p Plasma, and it has 10,000:1 Contrast Ratio. Anyway, the Insignia looks nice, and the warranty is prob a good idea, other than that you'll love hd gaming.

[QUOTE="KoRn_Eddy_88"]i think it was sony who released a 10,000:1 tv not to long ago gp19

There are a lot of 10,000:1. I have a 50' LG 1080p Plasma, and it has 10,000:1 Contrast Ratio. Anyway, the Insignia looks nice, and the warranty is prob a good idea, other than that you'll love hd gaming.

[QUOTE="fore_runner"]

3000:1 is really a minimum for gaming.

Try checking this out.

http://gear.ign.com/hdtv/

seabiscuit8686

Wow you honestly don't know much about HDTVs. It is quite simple for TV manufacturers to increase the contrast "ratio" by adjusting brightness for the tests which means this "3000:1" is probably only the 1000:1 he was using. I have the Insignia 27 inch LCD HDTV and it works fine for me. No dead pixels, a few "cloud" spots but thats to be expected for under $500. I think they are good tvs for a guy on a budget like i was. Go for it

Exactly, the Aquos that has a 10,000:1 contrast is pretty much BS 

My tv has a 10,000:1 contrast ratio and trust me, it makes a difference, ive seen tvs with less and they dont compare to my tv when the resolutions are exactly the same with the same source material, thing is with all these flat screens, there are so many other factors, like processing technology, dot pitch and general build quality. My tv was £2500 and that makes a difference too, a cheaper set may have the same CR but wouldnt look as good because my tv using better processing technology, just spend as much as you can, stick with 720p native unless your going over 52", get the CR as high as you can and try and keep to name brands as they are the better sets, make sure response time is at least 8ms, and you have at least 1 component and 1 HDMI input. If you get plasma, it'll cost a little more but CR will gerally be a bit higher and response time is pretty much instant, like under 4ms. Good luck.

For LCD: Sony and Samsung are best.

For plasma: Panasonic and Pioneer are best.

I would really take a look at anything Samsung.  I have found their response rate to be very good at 8ms.  Some of their TV's also have 8000:1 aspect ratio.  Plus, it is the tv that Microsoft uses in their kiosks.gatsbythepig

A tv cant have 8000:1 aspect ratio. The messure it in degrees, the best tv can have up to 180*, witch means that you can look at the tv from what ever angle you want and still the picture wont become darker, brighter or etc. 8000:1 is the contrast, the difference between black and white. So a tv with 8000:1 means that the black is 8000 times darker then the white.

10,000:1 is dynamic contrast ratio, not real contrast ratio, its a BS measurement, Samsung does the same thing claiming 10,000:1 on their TV's, in real terms its about 3000:1.....

To the OP, I have an Insignia 27 inch LCD HDTV that I purchased a few weeks back for seabiscuit8686

Wow it keeps cutting off the end of my message. Stupid gamespot. Whatever. I said I will post some pictures if you want 

Pict One 

These are dark because of the camera (cheap Kodak 3 megapixle)