Some bargains around at the moment, looking around £8-900.

Whats the general opinion? Ta.

 

what size you after? what type of things do you watch?

 

For that sort of price i can only advice lcd m8 as you wont get a proper good plasma for that sort of cash imho

 

i only asked this a few days before xmas plynchy, though we got one for xmas so cant really say, if i had bought one would have been a plasma probably from reading what people said about them, though weve got a LCD now as it was an xmas present

 

lcd plasmas are poop imo of owning one

 

but you can get a true black on a plasma but you cant on an LCD as the screen is always backlit

 

Lcd Sony if possible

 

Mmm.. Sony's X-Series 1080p Bravia's are pretty sexy... They also have some technology (explained in the shop, but i've forgotten ) to limit the black problems Gareth mentioned above

Gareth

 

Size, huge.

Up to 42" ideally, nothing under 40.
Don't watch much sport, mostly Playhouse Disney at the moment.

Watch all sorts of stuff, nothing regular.

I though the Sony's were crap? Way behind Samsung, Pioneer etc?

Whats the pro's & con's of each please?

 

I was looking at LG 42" plasma (reduced from £1500 to £900) and LG 37" LCD (can't remember the start price but bought it for £769)...

Went for the 37" LCD as the 42" was too big for my living room.....I'm 100% happy with my purchase

 

Steve_B

Where did you find them then

 

www.currys.co.uk I managed to shop online and collect and pay from store

 

Panasonic 42".

I got mine, ex display, 3 yrs warranty, for £1100. Panasonic are one of the few companies that actually make their own screen which I would look for.



BTW, LCD's are cack

 

Im a delivery driver for bennetts elactrical, we've got an LG plasma 42' for £798, bargain imo! I think LG and Samsung are the best to go for at the moment. im not impressed with Sony if its anything bigger than 32' they loose to much picture quality.

 

Up to 40" LCD over that Plasma are best.



Dave

 

Pioneer's latest panels are the best on the market for deep blacks and rich colours cant beat em but theyre over ure budget am affraid.Cheapest av seen it £1400 but more than worth the extra spend IMHO

 

IMHO if you want anything over 37" then you should go for a plasma, better viewing angles and deeper blacks.

Its all a matter of opinion, but if it was my cash then go for a Panasonic PX 600/PX 60. Panny also giving 5 years warranty!

I took a long time deciding what TV to buy and after reading up the Panny won.

I was going for a 37 LG lcd, but having seen my parents useless 32 Lg lcd TV I'm kind glad I didn't.

Go to www.avforums.com and browse the forums, get some good info that may help you decide.

 

I think that the colours in that tv set are washed out, could be a poor quality camera taking the picture though. £1500+ for a top quality set if its plasma.

Samsung PS50Q7HD and Pioneer PDP-507XD are to cracking 50" plasma sets £1599 for the Sammy and £2099 for the pioneer one.

Samsung F series LCD's are quite good and offer 1080p.

 

FOR SALE 42" Phillips plasma with Ambilight New £1200 Worth 2grand

PM me for details.

 

Ive been to comets tonight, theres a nice panasonic in there for £900 ,was £1300 so i think im going to get it at the weekend

 

Plynch stick to LCD Or Rear projection LCD Problem with plasma all great but generations change so quickly and have gas problems I just bought a Sony Bravia rear projection LCD 50" with dvd recorder and 1000 watt surround fully fitted and set up 1299.00 bob's ur uncle and fanny's ur wotsit bang on pic and sound and i only sit 9ft away which equates to 32inch in the real world of measurements will post pic up



Regards Doug .

 

Here u go m8




Regards Doug .

 

Picked up a 37" HD ready LCD for £499 the other day, bargain

 

Doug - I looked at those 50" RP LCD screens - Argos were doing them for £899 (think it was the model spec below the one you got, as there is two - old one and new one)

What are you talking about tho when you say "equates to about 32" in the real world" ???

Lastly, what do find the SD display content to be like? As in, normal SD DVD's, normal Freeview TV - as I won't be getting anything HD for a long time (no HD-DVD/Bluray or Sky/NTL HD for me - and I don't do games consoles either)

 

I.e 32inch equates to sitting 9ft away from tv thats what any retailer reconmends as actual max size for your room but its the age old thing my cock is bigger than urs lol bigger the better in std form still mint pic / sound quality hd is facking bang on got hdmi decoder built in cable box *Cough* lol quality out of this world and x-box fluking unreal !!



Regards Doug

 

Ah got ya....

HD I am not interested in tho - it's SD content I want to know about - mainly normal DVD (via component cable for prog scan, tho my DVD player does have HDMI output) and Freeview (via RGB scart) as I am not getting Sky or xbox etc.....

 

As said Thrusharoo still mint flucking pic even in sd format !
You wont get better for the money i got mine 3 months ago not been at the house since really been at mrs's but makes me smile when im here !


Regards Doug

 

This is the one I looked at;

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...29%3D50.50.htm

Not sure I could warrant £1000 on a TV tho But I bet it'd look fucking BLING

 

Shit pic dont work but if its HD ready im sure it same as mine and is the bollox specially for 999 thrush !


Regards Doug .

 

Doug - just click the blue box that says ENLARGE PIC and you get the pic;

 

Thats the fucker get it bought 4 that money u wont be dissapointed !
And u will feel like u have a massive cock lol !!!



Regards Doug .

 

I already have a massive cock tho Well I do when it's under one of these

 

AFPMSL oh fluck u sad git lol just let out a wee !


Regards Doug .

 

For those going to buy the panasonic 42" thats £900 everywhere, check the avforum, loads and loads of complaints about purple and green colours appearing where they shouldnt, and there is currently no fix for it.

 

Mate of mine has a LG 42" Plasma (around £800 i think) and he's well happy with it.

 

if you buy it pictures please asap

i need a new tv ...PRONTO

Doug knows his shit on these things..

so your your reply would help me ...

i need a new tv

 

I personally prefer plasma's. but not one under £1000
it does suprise me how many people buy big screens and just plug in scarts/s-vid etc and sit a meter in front of it as say it looks shit
No point in having a screen over 40" if your not using at least component inputs and can't sit at least 2/3meters away from it IMO
Plus have a minimum a progessive scan DVD player aswell
SKY HD is the absolute bollocks but its very expensive and not a great deal to watch
x-box 360 is also very impressive

Remember these screens are more monitors then Televisons so will only display what you give them.. give them shit like scart s-video or composite then don't expect it to look good

 

See, thats the sort of thing I want to hear Paul Ripley.

What would you go for under £1k then?

 

We got a samsung 42' plasma last week £899 comets

 

You do realise that RGB scart is actually better than component inputs tho? Reason being that component only carries three signals, red, blue and green, with the sync element being embedded in the green and blue inputs.

Scart RGB carries rec blue and green seperately, but also carries the sync channel on a seperate pin aswell. The only difference is components ability to be able to provide prog scan. But like for like, scart RGB will provide a better picture than component.

Scart CvBS isn't all that, and is basically an S-Video signal over a scart conection, and IMO isn't a great signal provider.

Up untill the days of Sky, and later, Freeview, RGB scarts and S-Video weren't all that important, as your VCR, unless it's an expensive S-VHS model, was only ever a composite signal anyway (more akin to S-Vid for S-VHS players) and your standard analogue TV signals are all sent via RF, the lowest quality signal carrier you can get.

With the advent of digital TV, the signals are sent as data, so the box does the decoding, and a pure RGB picture can be transmitted. Likewise with DVD.

But DVD pictures are as standard encoded using the YUV colour set up (YUV is the same as YPrPb = component). Now, by the time the picture hits the TV screen, it will have been converted from YUV to RGB anyway (on a CRT at least)....