KerryS Posted October 20, 2004 Posted October 20, 2004 After nearly 4 years, I have a settlement on a personal injury claim against a nunney in a Sierra who took me out on the M1. Not a huge amount but enough to buy a big TV. I had thought about a Panasonic 32" LCD TV with a built in digital receiver for around £1900 on the net but I am sure there will be loads of opinions out there in Westfield land. Let the opinions begin............ Kerry S Quote
S8ight Posted October 20, 2004 Posted October 20, 2004 got a toshiba 42WP36 few months ago. fantastic telly built in tuner and speakers, nice stand and just about the best picture we saw Quote
Nick M Posted October 20, 2004 Posted October 20, 2004 There was a recent thread on Blatchat about this I think. Basically I think they concluded that LCD was worth avoiding for now (still being developed) but Plasma was Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted October 20, 2004 Posted October 20, 2004 Putting my work hat on for a mo... Deffo recommend going for a 42" plasma, far better developed for TV watching than much of the LCD stuff we see. Panasonic make some of the best plasmas we've found in terms of picture quality/value for money. Interestingly, (for anoraks like me), many of the Toshiba plasma sets seem to be identical to the Panasonics, but a little bit cheaper! (Our supplier confirmed they come off the same production line with a different badge stuck on ) If you want something with integrated speakers and tuner, and a more "upmarket" badge, Loewe have a new 42" set for about £3000 Quote
karlgurney Posted October 20, 2004 Posted October 20, 2004 I also heard that its best to steer clear of lcd screens, they will only change the screen when so many pixels have gone, in theory you could end up with a 1" square of pixels all gone together before they will even change it on the guarentee. Quote
pistonbroke Posted October 20, 2004 Posted October 20, 2004 Wow £1900 quid for a telly ? That's a heck of a lot of cinema tickets Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted October 20, 2004 Posted October 20, 2004 they will only change the screen when so many pixels have gone, in theory you could end up with a 1" square of pixels all gone together before they will even change it on the guarentee Used to be a nightmare when we sold LCD projectors for home cinema systems, I remember starting to install a £5500 Sony at a customers house, only to find a total of 12 dead or stuck pixels across the three lcd panels. Returned it to the distributer, only to have it returned back to us as OK. - Sony (and many others) policy was up to five dead pixels per screen was OK. A policy I suspect that was left over from LCDs use as small laptop screens. Quote
markh1970 Posted October 21, 2004 Posted October 21, 2004 Have 26" LCD Sony Wega HG2, very sharp picture, and works perfect (no pixel probs). Did not like the idea of a projector or rear projection needing service every year, and plamas were a) too big for the room and b) pump out a sh!t load of heat. The LCD also had a memory stick slot, the TV even slide shows pictures off the digicam on the screen.... hmmm nice. Quote
Boxerman33 Posted October 21, 2004 Posted October 21, 2004 LCD is definitely the way to go, Plasma screens are noisy, expensive and have a limited life span. Only downside is that if you want to go bigger than 36" then you'll struggle with LCD at the moment. Quote
Blatman Posted October 21, 2004 Posted October 21, 2004 DON'T buy a TV just yet. IIRC, from January '05, ALL new TV's produced will be High Def. There should be some bargains around as high def is rolled out to the market place and people buy them as opposed to the normal 625 line TV's. So either wait and blag a bargain, or wait and be at the front for HDTV. You don't think digital TV wil be sticking with 625 line broadcasts forever, do you Quote
KerryS Posted October 21, 2004 Author Posted October 21, 2004 You poor thing, it must have been terrible. Sorry Freudian slip......I meant to say parasite. Mmmm... Throughout the whole process I have had a moral dilema as I did not agree with this blame/claim culture that's creeping across the Atlantic and forcing up our insurance premiums too. However, avarice overcame the objections but I didn't push it as hard as I could have done and I think the solicitor, who's on a percentage cut, was a bit fed up with me not going for a bigger settlement. So I hope I have partly apeased your view of me as a parasite... but perhaps not. Re TVs, 32" is as big as I want to go as viewing distance will be about 6 to 8 feet - including gaining gain a foot or so with a LCD/Plasma being thinner. I don't think there are any plasma screens this size are there? Re waiting - doesn't apply to just about everything electronic? Anyway, cheque's not come yet. Kerry S Kerry S Quote
Blatman Posted October 21, 2004 Posted October 21, 2004 Re waiting - doesn't apply to just about everything electronic? Nope. Well, yes, but not in this case... HDTV will be a reality in Jan '05. There are no more planned changes to the picture quality over and above this as far as I'm aware. This info comes from a pretty reliable source too... We've had 625 line tv for about 40 years, IIRC, so I expect HDTV to be around for a while... Quote
Darrell O'Neill Posted October 21, 2004 Posted October 21, 2004 Steer clear of LCD....Plasma is the way. Gadgetman.......your right in what you say, there are only a few companies actually manufacturing Plasma screens. Panasonic is one of them, I think Fujitsui (spelling) is another. not all companies make there own, most are re-branded. My recommendation is the Plasma for sure..... Quote
oldman Posted October 21, 2004 Posted October 21, 2004 By a crap 2nd hand T.V for a tenner and spend the rest on booze......you won't notice any difference in picture quality Quote
MARSDALEBEAR Posted October 21, 2004 Posted October 21, 2004 By a crap 2nd hand T.V for a tenner and spend the rest on booze......you won't notice any difference in picture quality Now those are words of wisdom indeed! Quote
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