I am going out to buy a new t.v. this coming weekend,
I have an upper limit of £800

we watch quite alot of films, would also like it to have freeview or free sat built in.
i will also be using a PS3 on it

would be looking at either 40" or 42"

i quite like LG but unsure on models, or weather to buy plasma or LCD



i really dont know too much about these newer type t.v so any advice would be appreciated.

 

do a search fella.........this gets talked about every week.......but for me always a plasma

 

Paid just under 800 for a 32" Samsung LED a couple of weeks back.
You wouldnt believe the quality in comparison to plasma or LCD.

Suggest you do some research on the LED! Relativley new technology but brilliant in my opinion.

 

Anything under 42 then get an LCD, Anything over 42 then get a Plasma


LG is abit of Marmite thing, someone please say there good but some say there shit.....

Panasonic is the Daddy when it comes too TV's mind, Sony are great too But ive got a Samsung which is great, my current Series 6 got much better reviews than quite a few Sony's at around the same price!

 

32" is alittle too small for the front room,
i did look at LED tv.'s but they are out my price range.

 

http://www.cramptonandmoore.co.uk/tx...b-i612363.html

there you go mate, wont really be beaten with your budget, enjoy it

 

an LED is a LCD

 

i think they say under 32" plasma's are better and overLCD's are better, but these new LEDones are meant to be the dogs dangilies

 

40" and above defo gotta be plasma! panasonic are the best in my eyes as they use the kuro screen tech from pionieer! u cant get a true full hd plasma in under 40"! i jus brought the new pansonic tx-p42g20 and im very pleased with it!

 

mate swop all that round and your there

 

that sounds just right,

ive heard plasma's can be quite unreliable. is there any truth in this?

 

Your right LED' s are technically a member of the LCD family, the display on a LED is a liquid crystal display the same as it is on any other LCD but the main difference between the two lies with different backlighting technology which can change the picture quality characteristics dramatically!

Hence why I chose the LED but they can be a bit pricey.

 

ive looked at leds if you get 1 its gotta be fully backlit and not perimeter run(as these are no better than a standard led)! so therefore are not ultra thin! but i ent seen an led that touched on plasma! you get motion blur on lcd(led) which you dont on plasma. even tho the fully backlit models , like sharp or sony, are getting better towards the contrast ratio and black levels but are still way off plasma like mine with 5,000,000:1 contrast and infinite black

 

no more reliable then any other TV panasonic is up there with the rest of them in terms of reliability.

have a search on http://www.avforums.com/ will give you loads of info and different opinions but they will all lead back to the same thing get a pansonic plasma

IF you could stretch your budget a tad further the latest panasonic is out the "g20" which is just way out infront and abit better then the g15 i linked you to but that sits at £999 atm

 

panasonic p42g10 owner here and for the cash you couldnt beat it.

got mine for just over £600 with 5 yrs warrenty, has freesat built in, not sure if they are still selling them if not then its been replaced by the G15 in that budget.


then again may have been replaced by the G20, but thats well over your budget

 

50" plasma lg ps3000 i think. 1080 2,000,000 contrast £600 currys awesome telly.

 

but does the backlighting change the quality of the picture? ive been installing and following tv's for a long time dude its not time to change over to LED's yet, and with panasonic putting abit more of pioneer's technology into each new model they bring out there way ahead of the game atm

 

i got the g20 cost me 1100 but nothing else even came close in the showroom

 

No it isnt!!
LED Light Emitting Diode
LCD Liquid Crystal Display

Totally different! LCD is backlit where as LED is not, hence why LED has much better contrast ratio and blacker blacks

Out of Plasma and LCD if your a heavy gamer of use your PC through your TV a lot then go LCD as Plasma suffers form burn in very easily, otherwise go Plasma for faster response times and better contrast ratio, saturation, and vibrance

FYI LED has all the advantages of Plasma over LCD but none of the disadvantages..... hence the heavy price tag!

 

+1 panasonic all the way

 

LED is backlit but by leds not fluro! and there are two types of led! perimeter run and fully backlit! perimeter run are no better than normal lcd but are ultra thin! but both are LCD.

except fully backlit use RGB LEDs in three colours to give better blacks and contrast rations

 

the actual LCD panels are the same as those used in other LCD televisions its only the elements that are different

 

ok one last question,
my front room is very light and the t.v will be hung on a wall which is quite close to a window, will the plasma still be ok?

 

i know when i saw it i couldn't believe it either... miles ahead of anything deffo my next buy

 

i noticed it was quite bright like an lcd but the picture was the best there cost alot but was worth it! had it a week now n cant fault it

 

plasma will be fine mate, some will argue that the LCD is better in a bright room but it would never be a strong enough arguement to get one imo

 

if you get the new g20 then i would say no but cant comment for other plasma's but they do look darker in comparison!

 

My mate has had a panasonic 40" plasma for around 5 years now, i understand thats quite a long time but it has fucked up countless times, whereas my 32" lcd LG is still going strong.....touch wood.
Hes the only person i know with a plasma so maybe you cant cross them off because of this one experience and im sure they have come along way nowadays, but if i was buying again i would go LCD.

 

well i have until saturday to think things over,
one thing is for sure.............. my budget cant exceed £800

 

deffo the g15 then mate, go to the website i showed you read the reviews etc and get yourself into a local comet and see for yourself

 

ok cheers, i will update on saturday and let you know what we bought.

 

if you go g15 go richer sounds 42" for 700

 

If going for a panasonic, maybe worth holding off until 1st april as, read on AVforums i think that they will have 5 yr warrentys on there sets from panasonic

 

Plasma is normally about 3 times the power consumption of LCD, and more so (>5x) for LED backlit LCD.

JAmes.

 

not true mate, take the new phillips LCD uses 230watts at all times, the new g20 uses anything from 65-290watts depending whats on the screen

 

Still waiting for someone to bring up the old wifes tale....








re-gasing

 

exactly right mate and they're not as heavy as the older plasma

 

how often do you have to fill yours? and how do you cope seeing past the burns on the screen?

 

ok guys ive bought the panasonic TXP42G15B

this t.v is approaching the end of the line with many places no longer listing it, its due to be replaced by the g25 at somepoint in the near future.

one thing im alittle concerned about, SCREENBURN! ive not had a plasma before.
would a channels ident logo in the corner of the screen be burnt in? if so how do you get round this?

 

if i could afford it id get LED but other then that my mates got a plazma 42" which knocks the socks off the 32" LCD i got down stairs