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you're shopping for a new TV and this time you're not screwing around you want the biggest TV you can afford and you want something good but in the Venn diagram of TV's big good and affordable don't cross over that often fortunately see this David Katz Meyer has been keeping track of the best deals and TVs this year priced under $1,000 for measuring 50 inches and up here are the top five options starting things off at number five the LG 60 PA 6500 this is a 60-inch Plasma TV that takes things right up to that nine hundred and ninety nine dollar price it has great style and runs full 1080p the black levels aren't great but you get a whole lot of TV for the money at number four the sharp LC 52 le 640 you this guy's a 52-inch edgelet LED LCD good 1080p picture quality with accurate color and a matte screen that really helps cut down on glare built-in Wi-Fi and a remote control that has a big red netflix button sweet but number three gets even sweeter it's the Vizio East 601 ia3 a 60-inch edge lit LED LCD there's only a handful LED TVs this size for under a grand but the vizio includes Smart TV apps and plenty of them you also get a remote control with a QWERTY keyboard and you know that Netflix button I was freaking out over on that sharp this guy has dedicated buttons for Netflix and Amazon all right at number two the Samsung PN 51 II 550 this guy's a 51 inch plasma and has the lowest price on this list at around $850 very good 1080p picture quality with solid black levels and accurate color best of all you get Samsung Smart TV platform which is the best in the industry right now and includes exclusive access to HBO Go and finally the number one value in TVs over 50 inches and under a grand is the Panasonic TCP 60 u 50 it's the only TV on this list with a 4 star rating and David Katz Meyer says the picture quality is superb a word he does not toss around casually it's a 60-inch Plasma and here's the catch it's dumb there are no apps no Wi-Fi no Netflix button they didn't even throw in 3d instead Panasonic went old-school and put all their money into a big stunning screen you want apps get a Roku so there you go five solid TVs under a grand be sure to check out cnn.com for more TV recommendations from David Katz Mayer including the best matte screen TVs for bright rooms and the best five TVs for picture quality i'm donald bell thanks for watching