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Rileysport
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fancy a 42 incher to stick in the fireplace, wheres good to get one without paying a daft sum of money ?????
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www.ebuyer.com have good prices on plasma screens
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richersounds - personally cos the warrenties are great altho a little extra
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quote:
Originally posted by Pablo
richersounds - personally cos the warrenties are great altho a little extra


You also get the warentry money back at the end of the 3 year period if you don't claim
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yes true, forgot that
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And you get a free mug too

Me mate nicked all the Mr. Freezies last time we went in
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I have a Richersounds mug

good shop IMO
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if you can budget it go for HD LCD
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i would personally go for a lcd over a plasma.also get one thats hd ready.
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we have a HD ready LCD in the front room and its awesome.
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Getting one for my room, mate works for Sony so should be able to sort something out nice and cheap for me
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quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
if you can budget it go for HD LCD


I love mine!!
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were getting ours from ebuyer or play, lcd hd though roll on World Cup
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quote:
Originally posted by p4uls corsa
i would personally go for a lcd over a plasma.also get one thats hd ready.


yea, its good to have greys instead of blacks and crap colours Plasmas all the way, use a bit more power and a lot heavier, but picture quality is a lot better than any LCD, plus you can get bigger screen sizes that are pretty cheap - ie: 800 quid can get you a fairly decent 42" panasonic plasma!!

LCDs though can be seen in direct sunlight pretty well - whereas plasma screens suffer quite a bit and optimal viewing for plasmas are lower light levels - though they still cope pretty well during the daytime with light in the room etc

as for HD, all it mean is that it has a digital input (DVI or HDMI) and the resoloution is 1024 x 768 or higher, something which most modern screens are!

Though you budget will depend on what best suits you and whether HD is a must have (as i cant see it rolling out properly for atleast another year or so - as only a few slected movie channels and sport channels will be HiDef)#


Anyways, keep an eye out on richersounds and ebay, and buy a few weeks worth of decent mags like what cinema etc Also, sign up to a few forums (like AVS and Av Forum) and read reviews and reviews and see if you can look at the screen your getting.

Also, stay AWAY from dixions and the likes as they know squat all about TVs nor how to demo one (ie: 5 screens running of one source )



[Edited on 26-04-2006 by Dom]

[Edited on 26-04-2006 by Dom]
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quote:
Originally posted by Rileysport
fancy a 42 incher to stick in the fireplace, wheres good to get one without paying a daft sum of money ?????


If your not spending daft money go for a 32" LCD instead it will be much better quality!!!

Take a look at some LG's...there great for the money.
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I have to disagree dom , my mates LCD does blacks fine and the colours are so sharp , better than the plasma's we have at work by far.

My PC LCD screen also has no problems with blacks?
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quote:
Originally posted by Pablo
quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
if you can budget it go for HD LCD


I love mine!!


I hope you have a SKY HD box then
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
quote:
Originally posted by p4uls corsa
i would personally go for a lcd over a plasma.also get one thats hd ready.


yea, its good to have greys instead of blacks and crap colours Plasmas all the way, use a bit more power and a lot heavier, but picture quality is a lot better than any LCD, plus you can get bigger screen sizes that are pretty cheap - ie: 800 quid can get you a fairly decent 42" panasonic plasma!!

LCDs though can be seen in direct sunlight pretty well - whereas plasma screens suffer quite a bit and optimal viewing for plasmas are lower light levels - though they still cope pretty well during the daytime with light in the room etc

as for HD, all it mean is that it has a digital input (DVI or HDMI) and the resoloution is 1024 x 768 or higher, something which most modern screens are!

Though you budget will depend on what best suits you and whether HD is a must have (as i cant see it rolling out properly for atleast another year or so - as only a few slected movie channels and sport channels will be HiDef)#


Anyways, keep an eye out on richersounds and ebay, and buy a few weeks worth of decent mags like what cinema etc Also, sign up to a few forums (like AVS and Av Forum) and read reviews and reviews and see if you can look at the screen your getting.

Also, stay AWAY from dixions and the likes as they know squat all about TVs nor how to demo one (ie: 5 screens running of one source )










plasmas have a short life spam,

[Edited on 26-04-2006 by p4uls corsa]
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The black colours, sharpness, resolution & screen reaction times were all poor on the sub £1500 Plasma's I looked at!!
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short life span - 60,000 hours!!!!! thats about 20 years worth of tv (at 8hours a day)......


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Get a decent 32 or 37 inch HD LCD & spend some good money on top line cables & connections.

Dont forget the mount will set you back about 150 aswell!!

Thats what I would do....infact, thats exactly what I did!!

[Edited on 26-04-2006 by JadeM]
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Take a look on http://www.homecinemachoice.com & www.avforums.com for some good advice & model reviews.
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Ive decided im going for a HD LCD 32" tv, going to order it next week.

I read that for a plasma to be true HD, it needs to be over 50" - i cant afford a 50" tv and it will look so stupid in my room

Seem a nice samsung one for around £820 so going to get that
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What model Dave???
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
short life span - 60,000 hours!!!!! thats about 20 years worth of tv (at 8hours a day)......


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not all plasmas last 60,000 hours, the average is about 30,000 hours and they will lose there brightness/colour as the hours clock up.

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