New telly; any ideas?

[smudge]

Investing in a new telly when I get home. I got that Apple TV for Christmas but don't have an HD TV which you need for the thing to work. I bought my present custard especially for the World Cup in 06, but have decided to enter the 21st century & go HD.
The thing is, having looked on Curry's web site, they come with so many whistles & bells these days, I'm lost. Should I get LED, Plasma...what's the difference?
What's a good feature that you really like & think I should be looking at?

So, I was thinking of around 500 quid, maybe a tad more.

Any recommendations?

 

[Easy 10]

Panasonic LED.

You will NOT be disappointed.

 

[Tooting Gull]

Monkey tenni...oh, sorry. Not that sort of telly.

 

[Badger]

You can't go wrong with a Panasonic

 

[upthealbion1970]

Led all the way

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

LG sets are good.

Make sure its got Freeview HD built in.

 

[The Rivet]

For me the important thing was a 100hrz refresh rate, NOT the standard 50hrz. Miles better for HD performance. Well worth that bit of extra money.

 

[nomoremithras4me]

Investing in a new telly when I get home. I got that Apple TV for Christmas but don't have an HD TV which you need for the thing to work. I bought my present custard especially for the World Cup in 06, but have decided to enter the 21st century & go HD.
The thing is, having looked on Curry's web site, they come with so many whistles & bells these days, I'm lost. Should I get LED, Plasma...what's the difference?
What's a good feature that you really like & think I should be looking at?

So, I was thinking of around 500 quid, maybe a tad more.

Any recommendations?

Richer Sounds - The UK's Hi-Fi, Home Cinema & Flat Panel TV Specialists! are pretty good, bought one there recently.

 

[Superphil]

Samsung Smart TVs look amazing, had a go on one the other day at a friends house, BBC iPlayer built in, Lovefilms built in, Youtube, Web browser and others. This one also had 3D which I thought weas really quite special.

My advice though would be to read a couple of review magazines, better to spend £10 on a couple of mags and get informed and expert opinion, than spend money on an expensive item and not get the best for it.

 

[Mr Smggles]

If you have the space, go for an HD projector. They are amazing!

 

[father_and_son]

LED... look at the Tesco own brand one with the USB slot. Means you can record onto a usb stick without a video/pvr and/or copy files from your pc and watch on the tv without any other technology needed. Fantastically useful function.

I have had a large screen one for 3 years now and still going strong (only one HDMI slot though) and just bought the gf a new small screen one for her birthday.

 

[Weezle]

I bought two LG 47" HD Freview TV's last year with 3 HDMI slots and USB. One for the living room and one for the bedroom. I love them.

However, I'm moving house in two weeks time and there's nowhere to put the bedroom TV. It's virtually new. The TV cost £700 a year ago but is yours for half that if you're interested? I've even still got the box it came in and I can deliver it to you next weekend. I took out the extended five year warranty as well so the TV is covered should there be any issues over the next four years.

I also have a home cinema system that cost me a grand that I don't think is going to fit into the new house. The joys of downsizing!

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Samsung Smart TVs look amazing, had a go on one the other day at a friends house, BBC iPlayer built in, Lovefilms built in, Youtube, Web browser and others. This one also had 3D which I thought weas really quite special.

My advice though would be to read a couple of review magazines, better to spend £10 on a couple of mags and get informed and expert opinion, than spend money on an expensive item and not get the best for it.

I have 2 Samsungs and I think they're pretty good. The one in my bedroom is a smart TV, but I don't use the smartness of it - I did play with it a little when I bought it, but don't bother any more. The main 40 incher in the lounge is very nice I reckon.

 

[Birdie Boy]

I bought two LG 47" HD Freview TV's last year with 3 HDMI slots and USB. One for the living room and one for the bedroom. I love them.

However, I'm moving house in two weeks time and there's nowhere to put the bedroom TV. It's virtually new. The TV cost £700 a year ago but is yours for half that if you're interested? I've even still got the box it came in and I can deliver it to you next weekend. I took out the extended five year warranty as well so the TV is covered should there be any issues over the next four years.

I also have a home cinema system that cost me a grand that I don't think is going to fit into the new house. The joys of downsizing!

Your location says Sydney and you can deliver next weekend, do you want the cash up front?

 

[Weezle]

Your location says Sydney and you can deliver next weekend, do you want the cash up front?

So it does! I moved back last year.

 

[Mellotron]

If slightly lower budget: LG

If higher: SAMSUNG all the way. GORGEOUS tellyvision times.

 

[Springal]

Samsung mix and match panels though, so bit of a lottery if you get a a lower grade one.

Panasonic for me, most consistent over the last few years.

 

[Deleted member 18477]

Get as big as you can. I wish I had gone for a 42inch now that I have my 37inch.

get 1080p.

get LED.

get 3 HDMI ports.

Get free view HD built in unless you have sky, then it doesn't really matter.

Get LG or Samsung.

 

[Dr Q]

Got a 46" Samsung d7000 recently.
Love it, stunnning picture and lots of bells and whistles (most of which we don't use)
The 3D is ok, 2D-3D conversion that is, have not seen any original 3D on it yet.

46" seemed huge when we got it, but now seems normal!

 

[upthealbion1970]

Got my 47 lg led before Christmas and chuffed to bits with it, occasionally use the 3d for football and ps3 games