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OK - I'm moving house and will be getting Sky (Eck :)up).

Probably going to be getting HD, but will need a telly that's HD as well as the ones I've got are old. 

How much do I need to spend on a 32" or bigger telly for decent quality?  Suggestions please...

http://www.richersounds.com/product/lcd-tv/samsung/le32b530/sams-le32b530

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Dear Eck
Please help me, my Sky tv subsciption is now £67 per month and there is only me. I cant watch £67 worth of telly a month.
I feel violated.

Regards

Stuart

I didn't realise they still made TVs that small. 32"? What century are you living in?

;)

obv portable for the bedroom

whatever you get try to get it from john lewis 5 year guarantee

Yes, the John Lewis guarantee is a good idea.  But they obviously need to stock the telly (I wasn't calling you Telly, just an abbreviation for television) and then they'll also price match anywhere else.

I ideally want one like Stu suggested, but that'll have to wait.  If I get a 32" one or one slightly bigger for now, it can then go into the bedroom when I get a monster one down the line.

;gobsmacked;

How?  Are you subscribed to absolutely everything, twice?

like the quote from  yr mrs..

Porn subs are extra.

Wow. What happened to 14" & 17"?

I got one of these last year and it's the bollocks

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0013UMYPK/ref=ox_ya_oh_product

Don't get Planet Earth on blu ray though, seems a good idea at the time, but in reality, you watch a bit of one once, then it's back in the box....

Oh, and get 37", it's not as big as you think.  We went from a 28" crt to the 37" plasma and it wasn't that big a jump as I expected

HD, Multiroom, All Channels + Movies + Sport

That is all

If the TV screen is too big for the room, it's counter productive.

Years ago, we were living in a small caravan and my dad took our 14in TV to the repair shop. They lent us a 26in jobbie to watch while we waited for ours to be mended. It was horrible. In the end, my dad put it outside on a box and we watched it through the window.

Sigh..should have pm'ed me mate. MrsB works for the dark side and they always have some of "friends and family" offer on. I'm guessing that's what young Mr Eckles got for Kin.

No - all I get at home is TV's now I come on the forum and what do I see "New TV help" of course I had to see what it was about as I am programmed to click on anything to do with TV's!

We bought a 32" Sony HD TV about three years ago. I am quite happy with it and everyone who comes in say's "I like your TV".  The problem is we live in a very small 2 up 2 down terraced cottage and the tv seems to take over the whole room. Still my poor hubby has glaucoma and cannot see too good, in fact he stands up and moves close to the screen if he wants to read anything, especially the racing results!

Now for the past few months he has been driving me mad looking at TV's, he goes to John Lewis about once a week annoying the sales people. They must say to themselves "oh no, here comes that old boy again". By the way, he is 80 years old but not senile yet!

He gets John Lewis to give him print outs from their computer on the tv's he is interested, then comes home and says "here girl, punch this number into your computer".  Drives me mad, I am having to look up info on TV's and read out all the specifications for him as he not only cannot use a computer, he can't even see what is on the screen
(which is a 16" one by the way).

Anyway, he comes home today with a printout clutched in his hand and I thought, here we go again.  He is now interested in a Sony KVL-37W5710 37" at £1,049.  He said we have got to get this girl "its the b--llks".  I told him if you want another tele I won't be here watching it with you.  In fact, I told him he had better find some other accommodation to put him and his tele in.

I just do not understand, we have a perfectly good tv.  I have suffered this with him all our married life, if some new technology comes out we have to have it!

 ;frustrated; ;frustrated; ;frustrated;

50" panasonic Viera imo..rocks and £300 cheaper then the pioneer.....

kids think im god lol

They've never seen you 'play' 'poker'...

I asked John Lewis to price match a telly chased it up twice, after 2 weeks gave up bought a telly from Richer sounds who do a very good value 5 yr warranty for 10% of price of telly,£600 telly £60 warranty (tescos between £140 and £240 for 5 years).
 2 weeks after i bought my telly John Lewis agreed my price match, does it really take 4 weeks to check the price of a telly in a competitors store 2 streets away.

No they watched you and in comparison i am GOD...   ;D

http://www.richersounds.com/product/lcd-tv/samsung/le32b450/sams-le32b450

£50 cheaper for this little fella. Only difference is it's not 1080P.

Are you planning on playing lots of BluRay discs? If not you really don't need full HD. Might as well save the £50.

Also a 32" screen with 720 lines is going to look just as sharp as a 42" screen with 1080 lines. DUCY?

Forget the full HD dude. It's a rich man's folly. It's only necessary if you've got lots of full HD inputs and a huge screen.

If you've got space for a slightly bigger screen I've just got a lovely 42" LG jobbie. Only £550. Looks lovely and picture's more than adequate.

Panasonic Viera EVERY DAY..  Brilliant quality, the best for the money..

Check the contrast ratio on any telly..  the bigger the better...  when I bought my first plasma, normal contrast ratio was 1000:1 and good ones were 2000:1...  I bought a panny at 4000:1..  Brill....  Now... I have a 30,000:1 contrast ratio..  its mega...  also..  When looking at contrast ratios, some say they are 40,000:1...  this is often dynamic and not actually..  My panny is 30,000:1 actual, 1 million:1 dynamic...  This is what gives you blacker blacks instead of that washed out look..

Costco also do 5 year warranty on all tellys...

Sure is better than the Pioneer

there you go kin - you know what to do now! ;D

Apparently, Black is the toughest colour for these gizmo's to reproduce, but when you get to certain level naked eye cant tell. First time I saw a blu-ray on my big viera was amazing..

Is this some sort of gay slang?

I think it must involve a former arsenal midfielder.... i hear you know about these things andrew please enlighten..

So - I've been doing some reading.

As my telly will be for watching sport (most of the time), motion blurring (or lack of) is important.

From what I've read plasma is better for coping with motion than LCD - or is that not the case any more?  I've also read that plasma gives better clarity and 'black' in dim light, but doesn't perform as well in bright light. 

So for me, would plasma make sense?

LED ftw  :D

QFT, plasma is the bollocks!

hockey is NOT  a sport!

You kidding?  Nutters play hockey, it's well rough

How about this telly?

http://www.johnlewis.com/230575882/Product.aspx

Very nice. I thought you wanted a 32" though?

If you're after a budget 42" now pop round to mine and check out my new LG.

Good looking piece of kit and £550.

Picture's really good too. I'll even let you put some of that sport stuff you talk about on it.

Boshi,
that telly is the bollox... Dont let anyone convice u theirs is better..  Its not...!!! :)

lolol have you ever played it?

Boshiiiiiiiiiiii.
Now you are doing the sensible thing, asking on AV Forums...
 The range I was thinking about is the G10... That is the newer Pannys...

Shit, I'm being stalked.

http://www.johnlewis.com/230557867/Product.aspx

http://www.johnlewis.com/230575882/Product.aspx

What's the difference then (in real terms), between those two

£100.
100Hz v 400Hz
1,024x768 v 1920x1080
20000:1 v 30000:1

:dontask:

Top link is only HD Ready, not full 1080p.  That said, tele HD is only 720.  I couldn't tell the difference between my HD ready tele and a 1080p LCD playing a bl ray disc. 

Best thing, pop down the shop and see them both in action.

Another question.

I've heard that on SD, a  720p telly can look better than a 1080p telly.  True/false/depends?

Don't watch films that often - it's mostly for sport on Sky to be honest.  I want to see Serena and her brother in glorious quality.

If you're not watching blu rays or HD DVD's all the time, you won't notice the difference, save the money and go with the cheaper option.

Sky Sports HD is the bollocks, you'll love the rugby league, it's awesome.

But I get to play poker on the 1080p one, as it's a decent resolution...I see what you're saying though.

People with the old old Sky SD systems who pay £2.50 for a telly might say that...

Dont consider 20,000:1 when 30,000 is not that much more expensive...

get the higher resolution 30k HD-NOW rather than the 20k HD-Ready

I took weeks to decide for mine.  In the end I dragged a mate along and went to Lakes to see them in action and also get his opinion.    Narrow it down to one or two then go and see them, otherwise you'll have doubts and concerns on if you are doing the right thing.  

Come back and get it from the cheapest place on the net obv though.

Thing is, they're never set up properly in the shops - so you can't really compare like with like.

Think I'm going to go for the £800 one.  Feeling balla.

Only takes you two weekends to dust that off on the cash tables at DTD. wp imo, good buy

http://www.trustedreviews.com/tvs/review/2009/05/11/Panasonic-Viera-TX-P42S10-42in-Plasma-TV/p3

The G seems a lot better than the S, but the price reflects this.

lol..of course I have..in every school in Holland they make you play loads of sports during gym class.

When I was 12 our school hockey team when on a trip to Holland where we played 3 local teams.  We were invincible back home, never beaten, and usually won most of our matches by a clear 6-7 goals.  Every team we played in Holland completely slaughtered us!

yeah we play hockey about 10+ times a year in gymclass and most gym teachers take it fairly seriously.

Telly ordered.

Nice one, enjoy :)

I see you're like me, decide to order these things on a Friday then have to wait all over the weekend for anything to happen :D

Monday decisions are ftw

Can't take delivery of it before next Friday anyway, so would have to wait.

I have a house full of boxes and stuff everywhere after my move, and just thought I'd get some more stuff to add to it :D