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O/t, advice needed Plasma or LCD
- Thread starter GUNTER
- Start date
Roughly...
Up to and including 32" - LCD
Bigger - Plasma
(unless you have a LOT of cash)
Up to and including 32" - LCD
Bigger - Plasma
(unless you have a LOT of cash)
nail-Z
Well-known member
I'm not sold on these LCD TV's. Maybe I've only seen crap ones but the picture just doesn't seem to have any quality.
hitony
Administrator
My advice is.............never walk in a pub and say.........."ive got a problem with my car"...........all of a sudden, the whole pub is full of car machanics !! 
(there is a moral somewhere, in what ive put
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(there is a moral somewhere, in what ive put
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Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Bought a 28" LCD one - very good.
My old ones for sale in NSC classifieds if you want a bargain - cheap as chips
My old ones for sale in NSC classifieds if you want a bargain - cheap as chips
Wozza
Shite Supporter
nail-Z-gull said:
LCDs are pants with weak, low-res signals (and the black levels can't match CRTs), but they look amazing with hi-def stuff.
Voice of Reason
New member
Bought a 19" Daewoo widescreen LCD from Currys for the bedroom - excellent for DVD's and not bad linked to aerial. I need to get one of those gizmo's to beam Sky up here from downstairs, then I'm all set!
Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
I have a 21ins Sony FST, does the job perfectly, can't really see the point in spending big bucks on a TV. That said I did visit Currys/Comet over the New Year and looked at some of the LCD/Plasma TVs on offer, have to say the picture quality on some of them was amazing, but at a price.
Rangdo
Registered Cider Drinker
nail-Z-gull said:
The quality can vary massively between makes. I've seen some in the shops that are pathetic However, I have a Samsung and the picture is brilliant. The newer high definition models are even better.
Gazwag
5 millionth post poster
If you want to be future proof make sure you buy and HD ready one
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
gazwag said:
Our Phillips one is HD
GUNTER said:I'm buying a new telly next week as the old one has conked out. I'm gonna get one of these new ones, do you think i should go for a plasma or LCD version as I don't know which is the best. Can anyone offer any advice?
I HAVE A PIONEER 43'' PLASMA AND IT ROCKS! Its about £3k though
Whats HD
London Calling
New member
Whats VD?
Pat McCrotch
Lurker
Defintely make sure you get an 'HDTV ready' box. Sky are going to be broadcasting the World Cup as their first in HD transmission. 
Gazwag
5 millionth post poster
chicken run said:
next time you are passing dixons/currys/comet, go and watch one which has a HD DVD playing
It is quite literally the dogs bollocks
Wozza
Shite Supporter
Digweed said:Defintely make sure you get an 'HDTV ready' box. Sky are going to be broadcasting the World Cup as their first in HD transmission.
Are they showing highlights then? They haven't got rights to live games.
(PS Broadcasts from Portugal weren't even widescreen)
METALMICKY
Well-known member
- Jan 30, 2004
- 6,538
nail-Z-gull said:
Unfortunately LCD TV's are perversely too advanced for the quality of the signals currently broadcast i.e. They will come into their own when HD (High Defintion) Broadcasts are the norm. SKY are supposedly starting in March 2006 and eventually down the line the BBC etc will follow.
Bottom line is make sure that your new TV is HD ready i.e. Has the capability to show Hi Def picturs and has the right connections. SKY are bringing put a High Def box but have yet to give pricings.