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« on: April 09, 2006, 07:31:18 PM » |
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Well I have about £1200 to spend, so its either a 37" LCD or 42" Plasma.
Anybody have one they really like and would recomend?
Any advice welcome.
Jason
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« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2006, 07:39:22 PM » |
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Well I have about £1200 to spend, so its either a 37" LCD or 42" Plasma.
Anybody have one they really like and would recomend?
Any advice welcome.
Jason
forget the tv buy be into the main event at blackpool spend the other £200 at the bar then when i win buy a home cinema |
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« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2006, 10:11:06 PM » |
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I'm no expert but whenever I've seen this question before the answer is that LCD is best.
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Graham C
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« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2006, 12:32:47 AM » |
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My father-in-law has just bought a poncy Sony HD LCD and it's bloody lovely.
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« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2006, 12:42:07 AM » |
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If you have a really big room, then maybe plasma (they get really hot, and are very bright too close up).
Otherwise LCD - make sure it is HD Ready, and has an HDMI connector.
Best makes ? Prolly tosh and sony...oh aye if you can afford an extra couple of 100's then the phillips amber light ones are the business.
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« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2006, 12:43:32 AM » |
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dont you have to get plasma's regassed or something like that after a couple of years?
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« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2006, 12:46:51 AM » |
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I have been told the life of a plasma is very short in relation to LCD. I have LCD and can't see how plasma could be better than this...
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« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2006, 12:51:10 AM » |
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i just cant wait for sky to get their finger out and launch the HD service.....no matter the cost !
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« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2006, 01:00:24 AM » |
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mine is HD I can't tell the difference....
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« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2006, 01:06:13 AM » |
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well you wont at the moment - there are no HD broadcasts....
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« Reply #10 on: April 10, 2006, 01:08:42 AM » |
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There are here in the States, Also many DVD movies made in HD, Don't look any different to me.
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« Reply #11 on: April 10, 2006, 01:09:18 AM » |
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sky has a couple of HD channels, not sure if you can view them or not
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« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2006, 10:35:31 AM » |
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here you go.... http://plasma-vs-lcd.com/plasma-lcd-start.htmthis sums it up nicely. Best to get a t.v. which is HD ready as already mentioned, but also one that makes full use of the HD broadcasts (think it has to have horizontal pixel res of 1020 or something like that... most on sale now have around 700 so don't get full beneifts). Sky is launching their box fairly soon at around £200 i think. The best bit is that the first game of the worldcup is being broadcast in HD, so you have to get everything ready by June!!!! |
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« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2006, 11:34:31 AM » |
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Well I have about £1200 to spend, so its either a 37" LCD or 42" Plasma.
Anybody have one they really like and would recomend?
Any advice welcome.
Jason
I had the same dilemma at Xmas and found that at this price bracket a Hitachi 42" HD ready Plasma was the best in terms of resolution and price. I also bought a warrantee from comet that covers me against the plasma dying. Comets warrantees are good, we had our previous TV (Toshiba 43" rear projection) repaired half a dozen times and after 4 and half years they gave up and gave me the full purchase price (£1300) to buy a new TV....At the advice of the sales rep I went for the Hitachi over a slightly more expensive(!) LCD because the resolution on the plasma was the best available (in comet at the time) for under £1500. http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/455_252425.htmlHope that makes sense!! |
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« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2006, 12:25:56 PM » |
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Is there a difference between HDTV..... HD Ready TV ?
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