Plasma / LED - why do people put up with it?
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gizlaroc said:
There is a huge difference though between a modern 47-50" and a 42" plasma, you get so much more screen real estate with a nice neat bezel.
This is a 47" which again looks pretty small, but that is how I like it, I don't want it looking huge, and from 10' viewing distance it is a decent size imho.
That would suit a projector however, I have had two cinema rooms before and never really used them, had a superb NEC CRT projector and the the JVC DiLA, great images on a 10' screen, but I just don't like sitting in the dark, even with films.
Oh what a lovely room. This is a 47" which again looks pretty small, but that is how I like it, I don't want it looking huge, and from 10' viewing distance it is a decent size imho.
That would suit a projector however, I have had two cinema rooms before and never really used them, had a superb NEC CRT projector and the the JVC DiLA, great images on a 10' screen, but I just don't like sitting in the dark, even with films.
gizlaroc said:
There is a huge difference though between a modern 47-50" and a 42" plasma, you get so much more screen real estate with a nice neat bezel.
This is a 47" which again looks pretty small, but that is how I like it, I don't want it looking huge, and from 10' viewing distance it is a decent size imho.
That would suit a projector however, I have had two cinema rooms before and never really used them, had a superb NEC CRT projector and the the JVC DiLA, great images on a 10' screen, but I just don't like sitting in the dark, even with films.
That room could take a much bigger screen though, purely because (being a separately built conservatory no doubt) you have so much free wall space. Most rooms have fire places, radiators, windows, furniture etc in the way, which greatly limits space and options for big screens. Without them looking daft anyway.This is a 47" which again looks pretty small, but that is how I like it, I don't want it looking huge, and from 10' viewing distance it is a decent size imho.
That would suit a projector however, I have had two cinema rooms before and never really used them, had a superb NEC CRT projector and the the JVC DiLA, great images on a 10' screen, but I just don't like sitting in the dark, even with films.
Yeah, it could, but I don't really like watching a huge screen for TV, and where I sit at around 10' away anything bigger than 55" would start to annoy me. I would prefer a razor sharp image on a screen that fits my field of view properly. I also don't like screens that over power the room too much.
VT65 55" owner here. Got one just as they stopped production and so glad I did. OLED panels are nice but I feel they still have some way to go development wise before I'd consider chopping mine in. I paid to have it calibrated too and the difference is night and day between the factory settings.
ALawson said:
So a chap will sell me his P46G20 for £200, owned it from new. All manuals and remotes etc.
I am mad to be considering this in lieu of a circa £600-700 insurance replacement for the same plasma but in 42 inch guise?
I don't get your last line?I am mad to be considering this in lieu of a circa £600-700 insurance replacement for the same plasma but in 42 inch guise?
Surely you will get the money from the insurer, buy that screen for £200 and pocket the difference.
Personally I wouldn't want a G20 now. But at £200 it is fair enough I guess.
I sold my Pioneer 5080 for £350 about 4 years ago, a much better set than the G20.
I sold my Pioneer 5090 for £400 odd, which is even better.
Have you had a look at some of the new LCDs?
Where do you sit compared to the TV? Are you in front of it? LCD looses quality as you view from the sides, which is why I ask.
gizlaroc said:
I don't get your last line?
Surely you will get the money from the insurer, buy that screen for £200 and pocket the difference.
Personally I wouldn't want a G20 now. But at £200 it is fair enough I guess.
I sold my Pioneer 5080 for £350 about 4 years ago, a much better set than the G20.
I sold my Pioneer 5090 for £400 odd, which is even better.
Have you had a look at some of the new LCDs?
Where do you sit compared to the TV? Are you in front of it? LCD looses quality as you view from the sides, which is why I ask.
Virtually front on, in the end went for a tx50dx700 seems pretty good. Cost £270 in addition to the payout, all the new connectivity is pretty useful. Surely you will get the money from the insurer, buy that screen for £200 and pocket the difference.
Personally I wouldn't want a G20 now. But at £200 it is fair enough I guess.
I sold my Pioneer 5080 for £350 about 4 years ago, a much better set than the G20.
I sold my Pioneer 5090 for £400 odd, which is even better.
Have you had a look at some of the new LCDs?
Where do you sit compared to the TV? Are you in front of it? LCD looses quality as you view from the sides, which is why I ask.
Interestingly a lot of my casual browsing of late has been on a samsung AMOLED 10" tablet, going back to the laptop for more serious stuff the difference is remarkable; the laptops lcd just seems so rough for want of more technical language. Even looked at where OLED monitors are at - ouch perhaps not just yet...
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