Would you buy a 3-4 year old Samsung plasma for £100?
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My mate is selling a 50 inch Samsung smart tv which is plasma and about 3-4 years old. All in fine working order, seen it myself. I have an 7-8 year old Panasonic plasma 42 inch tv which i have been thinking of replacing.....for £100 i thought why not go for it as a stop gap until i get something better.
You guys think its worth it? Will be used for watching tv and occasional gaming.
You guys think its worth it? Will be used for watching tv and occasional gaming.
No, because I wouldn't want a 50" TV, but I love my Panasonic 37" plasma and will be sad when it needs replacing.
Like most people I buy lots of tech, but that (and maybe my iPad) is the one where I think "I'm really glad I bought this" every time I use it and I've had the TV a good few years now.
M.
Like most people I buy lots of tech, but that (and maybe my iPad) is the one where I think "I'm really glad I bought this" every time I use it and I've had the TV a good few years now.
M.
Patch1875 said:
I'm about to sell my pioneer plasma will probably only get £100 for it.cost me 3k :-(
I'm in the same boat, very expensive Pioneer plasma now worth buttons. Pesky technology developments! Amazing normal definition picture on the old plasma but no HD meant it had to be replaced many years ago. Buy it
Best thing about plasma is true black which most back lit LED OLED cannot match.
Motion is also better.
It will heat your living room
Down sides are
You may need an HD source it may not have freeview HD built in
It will need a power station to run it
It will be very heavy
It will be very heavy
Oh did I mention it will be very heavy
Don't even think about a swivel wall mount it will pull the house over.
But otherwise the nearest picture to this would cost you £1500 plus
Best thing about plasma is true black which most back lit LED OLED cannot match.
Motion is also better.
It will heat your living room
Down sides are
You may need an HD source it may not have freeview HD built in
It will need a power station to run it
It will be very heavy
It will be very heavy
Oh did I mention it will be very heavy
Don't even think about a swivel wall mount it will pull the house over.
But otherwise the nearest picture to this would cost you £1500 plus
I bought a 6 year old Panasonic 46" for £150 and it works well. Everything bristolracer says is true. It's very heavy, gets quite warm (has 4 cooling fans in the back!) but the picture quality is great.
For that price you can't go wrong, and maybe allows you to wait a while for 4K sets to come down in price. That's my reasoning anyway.
For that price you can't go wrong, and maybe allows you to wait a while for 4K sets to come down in price. That's my reasoning anyway.
Wacky Racer said:
A six or seven year old 42" Panasonic plasma is a nice TV, if everything is working OK.
Why change it?
Because its a smart tv and it doesn't have the big surround to the screen like older flat screens do. Just more modern and nicer, plus it has a gaming screen setting that looks 10 times better than my Panasonic.Why change it?
burger81 said:
Wacky Racer said:
A six or seven year old 42" Panasonic plasma is a nice TV, if everything is working OK.
Why change it?
Because its a smart tv and it doesn't have the big surround to the screen like older flat screens do. Just more modern and nicer, plus it has a gaming screen setting that looks 10 times better than my Panasonic.Why change it?
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