Just purchased a plasma TV.

[oldman]

k****l eh!I'm a chav and I'm owreet.Couldn't resist it,bought a big jobby to replace me dinosaur cus it wos going cheap.

  Now then!Wot do I need t'get this HD business?Only got an ariel(not a atom unfortunately).Think we are going digital next november if that makes owt difference.

  Any advice appreciated as I know nowt about boxes.Still got a video recorder

[Blatman]

Model name and number please...

Freesat would be my bet for "free" HD broadcsts unless you want to cough up for Sky.

Tip... keep it upright. DON'T lay it flat, or you risk the screen failing. Seens "dozens" broken in this way...

[oldman]

Its a Panasonic TH 42PX80B as rcommended on this very site.It wos goin cheap so I couldn't resist but I don't know wot t'do with it now....just watchin I'm a t**t get me out of ere.....quite amusing for a change

[oldman]

k****l,nearly layed it flat when I saw saw that bird with big t**s in't jungle repeat just a minute ago

[dabar]

Opinion is divided these days on whether plasma panels should be run in,i have the same model and am running it in using these recomended settings.

Panny settings

Graham.

[Asterix]

Here's a running in tip, don't buy a Wii - it can seriously damage your tv's health

[PeP]

Opinion is divided these days on whether plasma panels should be run in,i have the same model and am running it in using these recomended settings.

Panny settings

Graham.

Yep those settings and advice seem ok. After 200hours you can use a home cinema setup DVD to set the brightness and contrast to better settings.

[custardtart]

The screen res on that TV supports 720p rather than the higher 1080 so it's probably not worth bothering with HD as the screen won't display it to it's full effect.

Try and get a DVD player that can upscale non HD DVD's to 720p

However if you really want it you can get it via SKY's HD channel or buy a HD Free Sat receiver and pay about £80 to get an engineer to fix a dish pointing at the SKY satelite to get loads of channels in HD from BBC and ITV with no monthly subs.

[bjnsharp]

The HD at 720p is well worth it. The first HD tv I got couple of years ago was not full 1080p HD but the difference over SD or upscaled DVD is impressive.

Just bought an Optoma HD65 which should receive in the next couple of days. Hoping to be able to get a 90" picture .

[headland blue]

You can lay plasma down you just cant travel with them layed down but your ok just to bob it down on the carpet as long as they dont have the stand on. You have bought one of the leaders in plasma so even tho its a lesser panel im sure you will be happy with it as for hd well unless you have nothing better to do than watch tv i wouldnt bother mite be worth geting a upscale dvd plaver the tosh xde is the best out or if you want to use vierra link go for a pana

[ray5wood]

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You have bought one of the leaders in plasma so even tho its a lesser panel im sure you will be happy with it as for hd well unless you have nothing better to do than watch tv i wouldnt bother mite be worth geting a upscale dvd plaver the tosh xde is the best out or if you want to use vierra link go for a pana  

Breathes out.....gosh one looooong sentence that is      

[headland blue]

    English its so over rated

[ray5wood]

lol lol    

[pistonbroke]

Kinneck , didnt know you could get telly out int' wilds of Owldmansland  

[Tim Reid]

Don't forget you can watch lots of HD video's on demand from Virgin Media (SO much cheaper than SKY and you don't need a dish on your house which doesn't work when it rains!)

In addition to the movies they only do BBCHD at the mo but I am sure that will change soon.