As above its about time i bought meself a flat screen TV. I have a smallish 28" LCD at the moment but want to get something 42" ish!!!!

So whats good and what should I be avoiding? I've been told i should get one with a 1080P screen but thats about it!!!!! Budget up to about £800 ish??

Cheers
Chris

 

Cant beat 1080p panasonic viera for the price in my opinion. I bought the aquos 50inch 1080p as it was extremely cheap and i have nothing but good things to say about but if i had my time again id probably raise the extra cash and go with a viera.

think it might be tough to get 1080p for £800

Viera in a 50 inch is about 2 grand without the stand.

 

I've got a 50" Sony Bravia 1080p LCD and I love it!

It was about £1400 in a sale from over £2k last year. I bet you can probably get them cheaper somewhere now though, but it's faultless. Works a treat with Sky HD, XBOX 360, PS3 and Blu-Ray player. Couldn't go back now, anything smaller just looks tiny in comparison now

 

got a 50" LG plasma 1080i

can't fault it

cast a grand last year summertime

 

Got 3 Samsung LCD and Im really happy with them all

40" in the lounge with SKY HD
37" in the kitchen for the Xbox360
26" in the bedroom

 

A 50inch bravia 1080p for only £1400 last year when 1080p was just hitting mainstream.

God thats cheap.

you sure thats putting out 1080p and not just accepting it....

Whats the model number mate.

 

I'll let you know when I get home, no idea off the top of my head

well it comes up 1080p on the screen when you have something inputting 1080p. You can also set it to 1080i as well whatever that means. And if you have something that's 720p etc, it'll come up with that in the corner

 

didnt think they did a 50" 1080p bravia thought it was just 40 and 46

I have two bravias and love them blurays look good in 1080p, paid about 1800 for mine about 1 and half years ago but they are ALOT less now

 

I have a 37" Sharp Aquos 1080p, had it for a while now - great picture and sound. Works perfectly with my media centre. Sometimes wish it was a bit bigger but in all honesty it is probably the perfect size for my lounge setup at the moment.

 

Nice one cheers chaps, 50" is going to be far too big for the room its going in unfortunately.

Where are the cheaper places to look / buy them from?

Chris

 

I'll find out the model number, but it definitely says 1080p in the corner when I turn on the PS3 with HDMI lead or the 360

My living room is pretty small and the 50" seemed to dominate it at 1st, but it just looks normal now. If I watch my 32" in my bedroom, I find myself squinting, lol. That used to look really big before big, but it's tiny now

 

it might be a 52 inch then unless they have some new ones out now, BARGAIN price though

 

eBay can be pretty good if you spot out the best deals and avoid the scams. I got mine from a company that supply to schools etc. They listed the tv's with 10 available all brand new and boxed etc, I made a stupidly low offer and it got accepted. I had to spend the next two days wondering if I had been scammed or not but it turned up and was perfect!

 

I have a Loewe and its stunning!

http://www.loewe-uk.com/concept_de,250,53.html

 

i got a 40 inch samsung lcd, with a nice black glass stand and sony home cinema system for 800 in the sales.

im happy with it and my mate has a similar one that he is also happy with.

they look much bigger when u get them home compared to when they are in the shop all lined up.
but u soon get used to it and like said above i dont think i could go back to anything smaller now

 

he is right. Panasonic great Tvs for the money.

If you are feeling flush then get Pioneer. They are the best.

 

i got a 1080p samsung 40 inch

real nice tv i think , does what i needed it to do and only cost me £800

 

Panasonic Vierra 1080P.

 

got a 42 inch panasonic viera 1080i in the living room and a 37 inch philips 1080p in my room both got wicked pictures got my xbox 360 on the philips.

 

i have a Piioneer Kuro 42" and its awesome leagues apart from my parents Panasonic

 

It's a KDF50E2010 that I have. It says it supports 1080i and 1080p, but is not 1080p24 compatible, whatever that means, lol

All I know is that it's class and on pricerunner it says you can get one for £800 now

 

Panasonic 1080p def. Rather have lcd than plasma, mate bought a plasma and he now gota demagnatise the screen cause a still image has burnt into the screen.

 

Thats a back projection one though isnt it? I'd need mine to be wall mounted!

Chris

 

but the colour on a lcd is nowhere near as good, plus my pioneer cuts to a screensaver "Kuro thingie" on a still screen that is left too long

 

where does it say its 1080p all the info I can find says its 720p/1080i

 

I have a 46" Samsung LCD 1080p

 

I googled it and on the 1 site that seemed to have the most info there was a box saying is it compatible with... and says yes

then there was another one that says 1080p24 compatible and it says no

All I know is when you tinker with the settings on the remote when running PS3, 360 or blu-ray it says 1080p, 1080i, 720p or 480 (I think)p

don't really know what it all means tbh, but the picture is very clear. Even on 720p it's good, but on 1080i or p (which both look the same to me), it's most noticeable when things are moving fast

and yeah, it's rear projection, so can't go flat on an wall. The back of mine fits nicely in the gap under the stairs though

 

I've just got a Panasonic Viera 50'' Plasma, 1080i/p

Wall mounted the lot, got a tilt bracket plus a shit hot Syberdyne (sp) HDMI cable, all for around £800!

Picture is simply stunning! Easy to use, and the Xbox in HD looks mental!

 

How comes it was £800 mate?!!!!! Where from!!!!

Chris

 

It'll be this tv m8

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Panasonic-TH50...QQcmdZViewItem

The older panasonic plasma. Doesnt support 24fps but does look good

Im getting this 1 when my car eventually sells

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Panasonic-TH50...QQcmdZViewItem

Had this 1 before i smashed it in a rage 1 nite with misses

http://www.isec-solutions.co.uk/P/Pi...ma-TV(281).htm

 

Nope! No fucking way was it an Ebay job!

 

As they fucked the order up Chris, wouldn't recommend the company mate, yes, fucking cheap and looks the tits but went through alot of hassle to get it in the end!

Although, now all said and done it's on the wall and i'm chuffed as fuck, can't keep off Forza 2 on Xbox live!

 

50" samsung plasma

 

just got our new plasma after our 42" LG blew up about 6 weeks ago Curry's coverplan paid out £1100 and we put another £400 to it and bought a 50" Panasonic viera 1080p. To be honest, i've not messed with it a great deal yet but some programs look a little poor but SKY HD is awesome on it.

 

LG 50inch 1080p for me, great tv and coupled with the ps3

Steve

 

So the general concensus is to go for one of these badboys then? Anyone know what the difference is except the price?!

http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/conten...~panasonic.htm

http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/conten...~Panasonic.htm

Chris

 

Go with the second one as it has better spec and can handle true hd content of 24fps edoesnt do it great all the same but the first one cant handle 24fps atall and in future you will want it for 24fps trust me

 

Nice one cheers, sorry for being a complete spac but what is 24fps?!!

 

Not anymore - Pioneer are discontinuing all plasma screens and focusing on LCD's (using Sharp panels), although they will continue to sell Plasma's, they will be using generic panels after the run on the newest 9th Gen series just about to come out...