32" TV

[jollygreen]

For £500-700 notes. LCD or plasma? Any recommendations from the av experts?

To be used mostly for Xbox 360 and occasionally dvd/blu-ray/sky hd.

Edited by jollygreen on Friday 31st October 12:14

[kambites]

700 quid on a 32" TV?!? You can get a full HD 46inch one for that.

[jollygreen]

kambites said:

700 quid on a 32" TV?!? You can get a full HD 46inch one for that.

Yeah but I don't want one that big - i want a smaller one with the best quality picture i can get for the money

[LeoSayer]

Only LCDs at 32"

[kambites]

jollygreen said:

kambites said:

700 quid on a 32" TV?!? You can get a full HD 46inch one for that.

Yeah but I don't want one that big - i want a smaller one with the best quality picture i can get for the money

Fair enough. Hell of a lot of money though.

[okgo]

I believe they do that new Panny plasma in 32" with freesat built in?

[jollygreen]

LeoSayer said:

Only LCDs at 32"

OK, didn't know that... any brand/model reccommendations?

[kambites]

This place is generally pretty good for reviews of that sort of thing: http://www.trustedreviews.com/

[okgo]

http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/1559031/inde...

Looks good

[Shar2]

I've been looking at 32" LCD TV's, and the best picture I've seen are on LG and Samsung models which to my eye consistently beat the stuff from Sony et al.

[jollygreen]

1080p / 1080i what's the difference?

[Luca1973]

LeoSayer said:

Only LCDs at 32"

Not strictly true

http://www.trustedreviews.com/tvs/review/2008/10/0...

[Luca1973]

That's also the best 32" TV you can get and well under budget

Edited by Luca1973 on Friday 31st October 12:13

[kambites]

jollygreen said:

1080p / 1080i what's the difference?

"i" stands for "interlaced".

[jollygreen]

kambites said:

jollygreen said:

1080p / 1080i what's the difference?

"i" stands for "interlaced".

and is better than 1080p?

[kambites]

jollygreen said:

kambites said:

jollygreen said:

1080p / 1080i what's the difference?

"i" stands for "interlaced".

and is better than 1080p?

No. A 1080i TV only actually as a vertical resolution of 540 (I think), it displays alternate lines of a 1080p image.

ETA: Sorry, I should explain that better: it alternates between showing even numbers lines and odd numbered lines.

Again I say "I think". I'm no expert on this stuff.

Edited by kambites on Friday 31st October 12:13

[Luca1973]

jollygreen said:

Luca1973 said:

That's also the best 32" LCD you can get and well under budget

The panasonic? £800 at john lewis

Eh? Its an LG and about £480

[jollygreen]

Luca1973 said:

jollygreen said:

Luca1973 said:

That's also the best 32" LCD you can get and well under budget

The panasonic? £800 at john lewis

Eh? Its an LG and about £480

Sorry, my mistake

[HundredthIdiot]

I have several LCD TVs - a cheap 26" Dell and an expensive 40" Sony Bravia. I don't like either of them, but at least the Dell was cheap.

For my living room, 32" is a perfect size, so I'd like a 32" plasma for that room, and a 40"/50" plasma for the other.

Obviously the new Kuro is the default choice at the higher end, but that LG looks interesting.

[jollygreen]

Yeah we've got a pretty nasty 20" sony bravia lcd in the kitchen and when i've finished the spiral staircase to my den, i'm going to go for a 50-60" plasma up there. But until then, i need a small-ish tv for the living room and i reckon 32" is as big as i want to go...

Edited by jollygreen on Friday 31st October 12:16