As above

Its about time I got a new tv for the living room.

Any ideas for a £1000 or under?

 

Not as easy as that

What type do you want? What size do you want? What do you want to watch on it? (as in SD-TV, HD-TV, SD-DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, games consoles SD/HD, etc) What stuff do you want to plug into it and how?

 

shit I was thinking as big as I could get but wanting good quality also. 42inch sound about right??

Into movies and have a hd dvd player and will want to plug pc into it also.

don't know much else

 

IMO


Unless you want to go for 1080p compliant (no channels yet broadcast it as yet, so I personally wouldn't)

You can't go wrond with the Panasonic Viera TX-32LXD70 for around the £700 mark................. 8500:1 contrast ration, great picture quality, well built, 2 HDMI connections................ and £300 too spare

 

Right, here's what I know....

40" is typically the limit for LCD panels, however Philips do a 47" LCD that is simply the bollocks - does cost £1500-£1700 tho

For SD viewing (Sky, Freeview, DVD, etc) then at this size, plasma is your best bet.

However, For HD stuff, LCD comes into it's own with a good HD source (HD-DVD player, BluRay player etc) LCD also better with PC than a plasma will be. Downside is at this size, LCD won't be the best for SD stuff like Sky/Freeview (Freeview espcially as the bit rates are lower than Sky, for the time being at least). DVD will still look great mind, specially when connected via component in progressive. HD-DVD will piss all over it mind

I'd probably go for either a 40" or 42" LCD myself, mainly cos it will be better with a PC than plasma will. To be honest, HD wise, at this size there's little in it between LCD and Plasma....

Did any of that help? Probably not

 

You can have my 42 inch plasma LG for £450.00.

 

http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/conten...nd~samsung.htm

there you go , you can happily watch your HD dvd player on that and spare change

go onto AV forums and get reading, lots of info on there

 

This is what we bought.

http://www.rgbdirect.co.uk/ProductDe...ReferrerCode=3

Can't fault it at all, full HD (1080p) 2 x HDMI ports 42"

Looks great and sounds good too.

 

speak from experience here

http://www.comet.co.uk/cometbrowse/p....do?sku=389587

but you can pick them up for under £800 if you shop around

15000:1 contrast ratio too

 

here you go

http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/conten...nd~samsung.htm

swerv beat me to it

 

ive just bought 2 50ins LG plasmas for 763 qiud each

value fpr money you cant go wrong IMO

 

lots of good examples here

Will have a look through then get the plastic out

cheers

 

Depends exactly what you want from a tv but I am thinking of getting a PANASONIC TH42PZ70B available for £900

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/stor...&category_oid=

 

had one for a while now, can't fault it

 

argos

Samsung LE40N87BDX 40in 1080p HD Ready Digital LCD TV.
£699.99

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...elevisions.htm

 

this one is better for the extra £50

http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/conten...nd~samsung.htm

 

LG 47LF66 47in 1080p HD Ready Digital LCD TV 900quid!

http://empiredirect.co.uk/content/pr...LGE-47LF66.htm

or spend your full 1K for a 50" 1080P job, 50" PANASONIC 1080p Plasma TH50PZ700 TV - £967.10 delivered

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_...rds=th+50pz700