("I" is interlaced and not as good)
As said in the thread above.
I would buy from John Lewis. Our local branch will price match any shop (not internet) and gives a free 5 years guarantee.
I dont know if all the shops do the same.
Hi, im looking for a a new tv probably in the region of 32-42 inch. What should i look out for with an LCD of this size and what brands are good?
Cheers
Adam
I personally like the newer LG and samsung lcds.
Both have bought out a new 1080P 100Hz line of products. I have seen both in action at friends houses after I recommended the tvs to them and they are
amazing.
I will be getting myself one in the new year.
Cheers,
Dan
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You need a 1080p. Alot of the screen sizes arnt actual veiwing size so watch out for that. You need the highest contrast aswell.
Id go for samsung, toshiba, sony or panasonic, theyr all good.
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Originally posted by dubstar_04
I personally like the newer LG and samsung lcds.
Both have bought out a new 1080P line of products. I have seen both in action at friends houses after I recommended the tvs to them and they are amazing.
I will be getting myself one in the new year.
Cheers,
Dan
Just bought my old dear a Toshiba 42" LCD. She hasn't got a HD signal and it doesn't look anywhere near as good as it did in the
shop.
Now been recommended by a mate who's into TV's that if it's over 37" get a plasma.
Been looking for a 32" for my boy for Christmas and the LG has loads of really good reviews.
depending on your budget I'd go for a Sony KDL32W4000 (around £599) 32" and got loads of good write up's in the specialist magazines
including best screen in what hi fi sound and vision
Also got 5 stars from people who bought one on Amazon.
Hope that helps
Nigel
Get a 1080p NOT 1080i
("I" is interlaced and not as good)
As said in the thread above.
I would buy from John Lewis. Our local branch will price match any shop (not internet) and gives a free 5 years guarantee.
I dont know if all the shops do the same.
Ive bn told under 37" go for LCD, over then go for plasma.
Had a Panasonic plasma 42" and for a budget end model was superb. Unfortunately it developed a fault. Replaced it with a 40" Samsung LCD and
its no where near as good - really miss the Panasonic plasma. The Samsung is Ok for the money (£650 ish) but if i chose again id try and get a premium
brand plasma for a bit more.
Just purchased myself a new 32" Plasma from LG, model 32PG6000. In my opinoin (although I'm no expert) its far better than a LCD, especially
for the princely sum of £410. Very smooth clear picture with its 100Hz, and low power consumption.
Granted it's not 1080p but I am very unlikely to get HD in the near future plus this TV is for the bedroom.
AV Forums have a good posting about it.
why don't you consider plasma?
Panasonic plasmas are head and shoulders better than lcd IMHO. And I have looked at most tellys over the last few years. Make sure you spend time
standing in front of the screens you are considering. Take a DVD you are very familiar with. One very imortant consideration is the quality of the
freeview picture. There is not much HD broadcast yet, so really be very careful with that. Check out the settings for contrast and brightness
because some shops try to make some screens look better.
The best you can probably get is pioneer plasma. But the last 42" model wasn't a 1080p. I defy anyone to tell the difference between 1080
and 720 at less than 60" screen size. The human eye isn't good enough.
There are loads urban myths. Plasmas don't need to be regassed. They don't have limited life spans.
One thing to try is watching football or motor racing on lcd. The response time for an average lcd is 5 milliseconds. Plasmas are the same as ld crt
tellys for response time. You get no motion blur.
Everyone has there opinion. Please just be very choosy, and watch the screens yourself. Magazines earn lots of money advertsing or different
companies.
In case you think I am biased, I do also have a samsung 32"lcd upstirs!
john
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Originally posted by jabbahutt
depending on your budget I'd go for a Sony KDL32W4000 (around £599) 32" and got loads of good write up's in the specialist magazines including best screen in what hi fi sound and vision
Got to agree about the Plasma being excellent quality, they DO, however, still suffer slightly from screen burn if you have a bright channel logo on
the screen all the time. Plasma still uses phosphors on the screen like the old tube sets, so that's where that comes from.
I personally have a 32" Samsung and love it despite the very occasional screen tear (especially on the channel 4 logo!).
It works great with the PS3 Blu-ray stuff too 
(only 1080i though, but it was only 400 quid)
My budgets around £350-400, so the main things i should look for is 1080p and 100hz? as its for my room it will be for tv and gaming so anything else i need ?not bothered bout being HD. Are the 32"samsungs £350 at comet - ones on every other advert any good?
Don't just look for 1080p. Nobody has explained the dfference between 1080p and 1080i. The "i" means interlaced. When the screen
displays the picture, it shows the odd numbered lines with one scan, then the even numbers with the next. This is a very simplified way of putting
it. So you get lines 1,3,5,7,9 and so on with one frame. Then with the next you get 2,4,6,8 etc. Progressive scan does all lines in one frame. When
you have 100hz, that means the telly shows 100 frames per second. Bear in mind tellys are now coming with a pure cinema mode, which has 24 frames per
second. The benefits of 100hz are tiny.
I cannot stress to you too strongly to go into the shop, play with the settings of every screen, and then decide what you like best. You are using
your eyes to watch. Not mine, or a magazine reviewers.
I think the only way to watch a 1080p source now, or in the forseeable future are some (not all) blu-ray discs.
Also bear in mind if your screen is upscaling a standard definition broadcast to hi-def, which it has to to with ANY lcd or plasma, the more image
processing it does, the more likely the picture quality suffers. Normal freeview and sky are broadcast at quite low bit rate standard definition.
Don't fall into the numbers game trap!
john
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Originally posted by bassett
My budgets around £350-400, so the main things i should look for is 1080p and 100hz? as its for my room it will be for tv and gaming so anything else i need ?not bothered bout being HD. Are the 32"samsungs £350 at comet - ones on every other advert any good?
Is anyone selling a HD TV with inbuilt Freesat yet, seeing as this is the only way of getting HD without being skanked by Sky.
Cheers,
Bob
Only panasonic so far.
I must sound like a panny dealer!
Pioneer are much better.
john
100% agree that Plasma produces a much better picture in general. I got a Panasonic 37PX80 about 6 months ago and I love it.
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Originally posted by splitrivet
Is anyone selling a HD TV with inbuilt Freesat yet, seeing as this is the only way of getting HD without being skanked by Sky.
Cheers,
Bob
Another vote for the 37" Panasonic plasma, paid around £580 for mine and LOVE it. Did a lot of checking online and looking at reviews and it kept coming out top.