timb551

I have had my 42" rear projector for about 8 years now and its time to get a new Tv so the other half has said she's up for it so we are going to go halves.

I have pretty much decided on a panasonic TX-P42G20B
http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_G...557/index.html

but i have a little niggle in the back of my mind about the new LED tv's. Does anyone know much about them should i be looking at them or is the one ive chosen the better option.

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danneth

Im going to get the g20 tomorrow, awesome choice stick with it wont be beaten by the LED's unless your wanting to spend £2500+

timb551

Where you getting it from? I see john
lewis are doing it with a 5 year warranty.

Fil

costco do them at £822 and have 5 yrs warrenty

My mate has the 46"G20 its all good

danneth

shop local to me

http://www.cramptonandmoore.co.uk/

i could perhaps get it a little bit cheaper but there that close to me id rather just go there,

danneth

think costco are about the cheapest atm, think its about 820 there or something for the 42"

Eagle

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best way to decide is to goto one of the huge superstores and look at everything available then look to find it cheaper lol.. or ask for big discount and extra warrenty

danneth

the last thing i would do is go into a "big" store, as they dont have them setup right

cjwood555

That's an awesome price from costco - much to my disappointment when it's lower than 1st line distribution trade prices!!!

Eagle - you'll struggle to get big discount cause the margin simply isn't there. Consider what you're getting in terms of tight-tolerance, high-precision engineering for under a grand and compare that to what people regularly pay for something as simple as a set of bedroom furniture. And then consider that the retailer has to support it if it breaks.

Chris

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Cracking telly, do not think you would be disappointed mate. Whatever you do, avoid LCD screens (I didn't and bitterly regret it). Also, whichever size you think would look right, go for the next one up. Very odd but over time TV's seem to shrink and you may wish you had gone bigger.

I may be wrong, but most of the current affordable crop of LED TV's are only lit by LED, not true LED so not really sure they are worth it just yet.

RichieST

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Don't waste your money on an LED tv, they are just an LCD screen lit by LED's instead of the usual tube.

True LED TV's will be out and affordable in the next few years, so that will be the one to go for

danneth

just been and fetched mine

Markb_s1

funnily enough my little bro just bought one of the tvs the OP has mentioend. VERY nice telly... and on the point of nto going to big stores, i accompanied him to comet only to find 2 very similar panasonic tvs (one was a slightly older model than the other) with the newer one obviously priced a little higher.
this seemed justifiable when looking at the picture quality of the 2 sets, but according to the specs they were the same internally with just a slight external restyle.

turned out the difference in picture was probably somethign to do that the newer one was being fed via hdmi wheras the older one was being fed using regular coax into the aeiral socket! not impressed!

danneth

not calibrated yet but you get the idea

dojj

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very nice, i'm sure i heard an advert about them having 2 sets of hd thingies in them to make the picture even better

danneth

you on about freeview and freesat dojj?

dojj

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no mate, it said something about them having 2 hd engines in them or words to that effect

danneth

not sure on that mate cant say ive ever heard of it?

colour are looking better now the sun has gone in picture is insane in HD !

cjwood555

Happy days What standard are you calibrating to?

danneth

with my eyes was tempted to get it done properly, your thoughts??? worth it??

cjwood555

Can't say I've ever done it with anything other than my eyes either - business hasn't been going long enough to warrant the expenditure on the kit and courses in all honesty! Ultimately you're watching it with your eyes, not a calibration camera!

Out of all the discussions I've had with other installers, ISF seems to be the preferred standard/method from a results perspective. I would guess that it's possible to calibrate a screen to fit isf and thx profiles at the same, just not ideally so for both? :s

Bought a little LG monitor for basic test purposes the other day actually (smallest and cheapest full HD monitor I could find @ ~£160) - I was pleased to find it actually has a pretty full range of calibration settings, to the point where it's quite easy to get a £300 picture out of the £160 tv Good times!

timb551

Thats looks very nice indeed.

I see Sky are doing a free HD box and setup until June 10th so ill make sure i get it sorted by then.

Sportyka

My other halfs mum and dad bought the 52" version of that t.v. fookin awsome especially in SkyHD pointless without it and PS3 games look awsome to. GOOD CHOICE

danneth

Ye read alot about ISF and over on AV they recommend getting it done but im looking at the picture and thinking can it actually look any better been quoted £125 to have it done so might just go for it then i know for future