stevec
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| posted on 13/2/06 at 09:56 PM |
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LCD Tv Is it just me?
Got to get new TV, just been looking at some and is it just me or have the LCD ones got squidgy vision as standard, the picture seems all blury and
not at all sharp, and that was the same on the whole collection of them in the shop.
I will take all sarcasm on the chin!
Steve.
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 13/2/06 at 10:01 PM |
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I think its just you, or just the shop you where in, got 3 here and i find them all to be a nice sharp pic.
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Danozeman
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| posted on 13/2/06 at 10:06 PM |
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LCD's are usualy a nice crisp picture. Plasma ones can have a bit funny picture.
I have noticed alot of electrical shops eg currys comet etc dont set them up properly on there display so the picture looks shit.
[Edited on 13/2/06 by Danozeman]
Dan
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graememk
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| posted on 13/2/06 at 10:15 PM |
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you might of been looking at something of low standard, i noticed the one in woolworths was a bit cack
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donut
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| posted on 13/2/06 at 10:34 PM |
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Should have gone to spec savers.......
first!
Andy
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NigeEss
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| posted on 13/2/06 at 10:51 PM |
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Got a 15" Phillips LCD and a 32" Hitachi plasma and the better picture is without a doubt the plasma.
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stevec
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| posted on 13/2/06 at 10:53 PM |
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Andy,
Ha Ha I wondered who would be first.
[Edited on 13/2/06 by stevec]
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 13/2/06 at 10:58 PM |
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Its how digital tv works. The bits of the picture that move are the only sharp bits.
Footy is a good example dont look at the ball and watch the crowd its all out of focus........
Wait and get the hd tv sagem dlp
http://www.qvcuk.com/ukgasp/frameset.asp?nest=%2Fukgasp%2FIsItemNumberRedirect.asp&country=uk&txtDesc=sagem&Submit=GO
I was a seminar on Friday that we were shown the new HDTV standard and I was blown away by this new picture quality.
Best described as a broadcast quality before it leaves the mixing desk but with the depth of field that makes it look 3d.
HD is good but the broadcasters are gonna make the public pay top dollar for it
The tv we had (analog) had better pictures than the digital low data rate cr p that gets put out. Some flat screens are just horrible I seen flat
screens that were set up right but had a horrible noisy picture. Samsungs are bad for it.
Another fact that you may not know is if the panel is too big for the room the remote controls for your other gear dont work.
Fixes include painting the room white!!!!!!!!
nuff work talk
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ned
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| posted on 13/2/06 at 11:16 PM |
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I bought an HD ready panasonic 32" lcd over xmas. It does look pixely if you're up close, you need to be seated something like 2.5x the
size of the tv away or something minimum ie 32" tv = 80" away min.
Also worth bearing in mind that most tv shops probably have a cheap splitter box so all teh tv's run the same tv signal from either terrestrial
tv or a demo dvd on a loop. They probably don't spend much time setting them up or fine tuning them either. Then there is all the interference
from all the cabling everywhere, electromagnetics and that sorta stuff.
I'm just waiting for hdtv on freeview, tempted by an hd dvd player but they're still quite pricey and i don't watch dvd's that
often...
all imho
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Simon
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| posted on 13/2/06 at 11:31 PM |
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Was in currys/comet t'other day looking at a TV with an HD input signal - very very clear pic.
Once I've cleared the overdraft I may have to revisit
ATB
Simon
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stevec
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 posted on 13/2/06 at 11:33 PM |
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Thanks all for the input.
Steve,
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Mr G
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| posted on 13/2/06 at 11:34 PM |
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A plasma or LCD will really show up how poor Standard definition tv pictures are as they have to upscale (enlarge) the feeds. Also remember that uk
source material is nearly always interlaced - which needs to be converted to be displayed on a lcd set which natively should be displaying a
progresive picture.
Give them a hi definition source and you will be blown away with the quality.
So really its horses for courses at the moment - watch alot of normal sd broadcasts (sky/freeview etc) and a normal crt tv will suffice. If your a
DVD/xbox360 junkie then the hi def sets will shine for you
Here's a hi-definition 1280x720 Madagascar trailer viewed via xbox media centre via RGB scart while i'm waiting to get a vga lead for it
(excuse the shite camera on my mobilephone) 
Cheers
G
[Edited on 13/2/06 by Mr G]
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a
car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 14/2/06 at 09:09 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
Its how digital tv works. The bits of the picture that move are the only sharp bits.
Footy is a good example dont look at the ball and watch the crowd its all out of focus........
Not on either of mine Freeview is pin sharp even on the 34" set ---- but my set diagnostics usually show Zero uncorrected errors. The Pace
set top box did occaisionally pixelate on channel 5 when a train passed.
My original Pace Freeview DTV set top box has just died of old age :-(
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Peteff
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| posted on 14/2/06 at 10:32 AM |
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Mine's an ordinary crt but freeview is a way better picture than analogue. Traffic breaks it up sometimes and weather can affect it as well.
I'm leaving upgrading to plasma or lcd till the one I have packs up. The first lcd I looked at was 3 times dearer than they are now,so they are
going to come down more, the picture seems to lag, like a smear when anything moves quickly but hdtv is going to fix that apparently because it has to
process the signal it receives at the moment but HDTV will not need so much processing.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 14/2/06 at 10:41 AM |
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It won't be too long before you won't be able to buy a 'glass screen' TV - several manufacturers have already stopped making
them.
I have found that it doesn't pay to get too close to the screen on my LCD TV - you do get to see pixellation on many of the Sky channels,
although the BBC ones are excellent quality. It's all down to the amount of bandwidth each channel is prepared to pay for.
I have also seen a demo of HDTV - astonishing quality, but unless they improve the quality of programme content I'm not going to bother until
the price drops hugely.
DJ
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Jonte
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| posted on 14/2/06 at 12:18 PM |
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It all depends on the size of the television. But if you go over 32" I would choose plasma today.
The obvious choice would be an Panasonic or a Samsung.
Just remember that if you want a really good picture from your DVD use the HDMI cable and you need to calibrate your TV.
Not many calibrate their screens, but it often makes big difference from the factory settings.
Click it
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