Recommend me a good mid-range TV
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I'm moving into a new house later this week and I'm determined to finally get a decent TV. The budget is up to £500 and I'm looking for:
On a less important note, I'm also contemplating getting a surround sound system. With only about £200 left in the pot after the TV, is it worth doing?
- Reasonable screen size (somewhere in the region of 42 to 50")
- Good picture quality
- 2D only
- Built in freeview receiver would be handy
On a less important note, I'm also contemplating getting a surround sound system. With only about £200 left in the pot after the TV, is it worth doing?
Just been reading a your thread on banbury from 6 months ago, did you decide on Banbury or bloxham in the end?
I'm hopefully moving to grimsbury ( near banbury railway station) in the next few months and found the thread really useful.
Regarding TVs, you can't really go wrong with the big name manufacturers, we bought a Panasonic 42" plasma back in 2006, which had been a display model, and its still going strong today.
Surround system, I found a sound bar at a cash converters for considerably less than retail. Sometimes worth a look 2nd hand.
I'm hopefully moving to grimsbury ( near banbury railway station) in the next few months and found the thread really useful.
Regarding TVs, you can't really go wrong with the big name manufacturers, we bought a Panasonic 42" plasma back in 2006, which had been a display model, and its still going strong today.
Surround system, I found a sound bar at a cash converters for considerably less than retail. Sometimes worth a look 2nd hand.
paps said:
Just been reading a your thread on banbury from 6 months ago, did you decide on Banbury or bloxham in the end?
I'm hopefully moving to grimsbury ( near banbury railway station) in the next few months and found the thread really useful.
Regarding TVs, you can't really go wrong with the big name manufacturers, we bought a Panasonic 42" plasma back in 2006, which had been a display model, and its still going strong today.
Surround system, I found a sound bar at a cash converters for considerably less than retail. Sometimes worth a look 2nd hand.
Panasonic does seem to be a good option. The main question seems to be plasma versus LCD. As far as I can see it stacks up something like this:I'm hopefully moving to grimsbury ( near banbury railway station) in the next few months and found the thread really useful.
Regarding TVs, you can't really go wrong with the big name manufacturers, we bought a Panasonic 42" plasma back in 2006, which had been a display model, and its still going strong today.
Surround system, I found a sound bar at a cash converters for considerably less than retail. Sometimes worth a look 2nd hand.
Plasma
+ Better contrast
+ Better picture quality during motion
- Uses substantially more power
- Takes up more space
LCD
+ Works better in direct sunlight (provided its LED backlit)
+ Uses a lot less power
+ Slimmer design and lighter weight
- Can have significant issues with motion blur
So I guess the questions are how much actual difference the power consumption makes and whether or not the refresh rate of the LCD TVs in my price range is good enough to overcome the old motion blur issues. I'm sort of leaning towards Plasma. A quick Google suggests the difference in power consumption equates to about a fiver a month, although a plasma TV actually outranks things like electric ovens and fridge-freezers apparently:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-2...
...And with regards Banbury, a last minute change of plans meant we never did move into the area. Instead, tomorrow (hopefully) we should be getting the keys to the house we've just bought in Hertford. Lovely town, but it's a hell of a lot more expensive than rural Oxfordshire!
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