37" options

[Agoogy]

Whats the informed view on the current crop?
Plasma?
LCD
LED?

budget £600 ABSOLUTE tops.

need 1 HDMI
Freeview HD and +

Panasonice I'm guessing?

[_dobbo_]

Panasonic don't do a 37" plasma with Freeview HD, the only plasma available (at all I believe) at that size is the 37x20 which is a great TV indeed and available for around £350 - the money you save could go on a nice Humax twin tuner HD box.

I'm shortly getting a 37X20 for the family room as it will run off a second HDMI cable and the same sky box as the front room so I don't need to Freeview HD. The price is simply too good to refuse!

http://www.froogle.richersounds.com/product/plasma...

Otherwise you're looking at LCDs at that size - I can't really comment usefully on those I'm afraid but I know there are some nice sets out there. Perhaps a Panny 37G20 LCD? Just within your budget:

http://www.richersounds.com/product/lcd-tv/panason...

[Agoogy]

Thanks Dobbo... thought this might get more contributions from those with knowledge and/or experience... but I take your ideas on board! did/have you not had any bad experience with screen burn? the price certainly is good, have had it in my 'favourites' for a while..RicherSounds is always my last point of call...

cheers

[_dobbo_]

Screen burn on modern plasmas is basically a myth. You might on a very odd occasion see image retention but that's rare and temporary.

I've got a 42" panny G20 already so the 37" X20 is a logical addition to my household. Got an X20 for Mum a few weeks back and she loves it, so much better with SD content than her previous LCD was.

As for RS - point taken but if the price is right then why not?

[pincher]

_dobbo_ said:

Panasonic don't do a 37" plasma with Freeview HD

OK - I'm a few bottles of red wine into the afternoon but perhaps a search on th-37px60b might yield a different result?

[E31Shrew]

37X20 is the chap but as before doesnt have Freeview HD built in. 37PX60 was a few years back. Understand the 37" plasma will be dropped after current stocks are finished!

If you must stick to 37" then you'll have to opt for LCD, or go for the plasma, and just add a Freeview HD tuner / recorder

Edited by E31Shrew on Sunday 19th December 17:44

[Agoogy]

_dobbo_ said:

As for RS - point taken but if the price is right then why not?

I meant, I find out what telly I want then shop around for a good price and nearly always purchase from RS... none seem to get close...

[Gingerbread Man]

Is the 37X20 the dogs danglies then?

I was looking at a Pana 37" LCD with Freesat HD built in. This plasma would be the cheaper option.

It hasn't been appealing to me because it lacks the HD Freesat tuner, and I didn't want to have yet another box and another controller on the TV table.
But, I'm also planning on building a media centre. Initially it wasn't going to have any TV tuner built into it, but maybe buying this TV as it's (~£300) cheaper and putting aTV card into the media centre would be the best way in the long run.

Hmmm. So is the 37X20 picture better than the L37G20B???

[Agoogy]

I think other than maybe LED, plasma still rules the roost on blacks....so in terms of contrast yeah it is.... plus you seem to get less motion pixelation...

Await thoughts there too...

Edited by Agoogy on Monday 20th December 09:07

[Gingerbread Man]

So nothing beats it at the price. I might take the plunge.

[Agoogy]

hmmm, me too....but I'm going to wait for possible January sale possibilities first... but I'll be standing on RicherSounds shop step when they start!

[Gingerbread Man]

Agoogy said:

hmmm, me too....but I'm going to wait for possible January sale possibilities first... but I'll be standing on RicherSounds shop step when they start!

Jan sales. Vat goes up to 20%, so are you really saving as much as you think you are? I think some sales start straight after Christmas day no?

[E31Shrew]

I would doubt also, as stock from Pana has now gone, whether you will find much in the way of savings!

[Stu R]

£600 gets you a Panasonic TXP42G20B plasma. Having just picked one up for my spare bedroom (now xbox room!) I can confirm they're utterly superb. If you can do 42" instead of 37" you'll not regret it IMO.

[Gingerbread Man]

See now I want a 42", but the ball 'n' chain says "it'll take over the feature wall".

[_dobbo_]

I toyed with the idea of a second 42G20 but having put the first one in place in the back room it's simply too big. I wonder if I leave it there a few weeks we'll get used to it... A plan forms...

[Stu R]

Gingerbread Man said:

See now I want a 42", but the ball 'n' chain says "it'll take over the feature wall".

Don't forget the size refers to the diagonal width of the screen, so it's not that much bigger in reality, same dealio when deciding between 42 and 46, and 46 to 50.

As said, I'd go for the 42 (and did!). I've got mine in a small room and it's not too dominant, plus it's nice to have it setup where for the first time ever I know I'm sat the perfect distance away from to make the most of the better quality, it's made a massive difference. You soon get used to the size.

[Gingerbread Man]

Stu R said:

Gingerbread Man said:

See now I want a 42", but the ball 'n' chain says "it'll take over the feature wall".

Don't forget the size refers to the diagonal width of the screen, so it's not that much bigger in reality, same dealio when deciding between 42 and 46, and 46 to 50.

As said, I'd go for the 42 (and did!). I've got mine in a small room and it's not too dominant, plus it's nice to have it setup where for the first time ever I know I'm sat the perfect distance away from to make the most of the better quality, it's made a massive difference. You soon get used to the size.

We currently have a 26". I wanted a 42" - seem cheaper for the size. She wants a 32". So I'm settling on the 37".

I know if I got a 42" I'd never hear the end of it. Is the ball ache worth it!!!?

[Stu R]

Totally Come and join us in the 21st century, telly's are big and ace.

[_dobbo_]

Gingerbread Man said:

I know if I got a 42" I'd never hear the end of it. Is the ball ache worth it!!!?

Get a 42 and then pretend it's a 37... easy!