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After five years or so of excellent service my Sony CRT TV is going to be bannished in favour of a new TV.
I wouldn't mind sticking with the Sony - but at 28" the screen isn't big enough for the main TV-watching room.
So 37" or possibly 40" it is but I am very confused about whether I should be going for a Plasma or LCD panel.
My local, independent TV/electrical retailer looked at me aghast when I asked if plasma was better and explained that plasma is all but dead and only being kept alive by a couple of manufacturers who are desperate to make some money from the investment they have made in plasma-producing plant.
Also, I have always tended to default to SOny products, but reseach suggests that people are underwhelmed with their products.
So what should I go for with a budget of up to £500?
I wouldn't mind sticking with the Sony - but at 28" the screen isn't big enough for the main TV-watching room.
So 37" or possibly 40" it is but I am very confused about whether I should be going for a Plasma or LCD panel.
My local, independent TV/electrical retailer looked at me aghast when I asked if plasma was better and explained that plasma is all but dead and only being kept alive by a couple of manufacturers who are desperate to make some money from the investment they have made in plasma-producing plant.
Also, I have always tended to default to SOny products, but reseach suggests that people are underwhelmed with their products.
So what should I go for with a budget of up to £500?
Thanks for the comments and thoughts.
No I don't change my TV very often and to be honest I am gutted that I am having to spend money on a new one when the old one isn't broken but a 28" screen size in my new living room isn't on.
It seems that the general concensus is to go plasma, so that is what I will be getting.
No I don't change my TV very often and to be honest I am gutted that I am having to spend money on a new one when the old one isn't broken but a 28" screen size in my new living room isn't on.
It seems that the general concensus is to go plasma, so that is what I will be getting.
Have ended up going Panasonic plasma and am pretty pleased.
What sealed it for me was the fact that the area I live in does not yet have Freeview and I have no intention of paying for Sky HD. As a result, SD picture quality was key - and there doesn't seem to be any/much argument that SD on Plasma is superior to LCD.
One thing that annoys me about the Pana is that I have to switch it to AV for it to pick up my Sky box signal - even my 6 years old Sony CRT would automatically jump to the AV input when the sky box was taken off standby.
Need to dig into the owners manual to see if it is possible to default to AV.
What sealed it for me was the fact that the area I live in does not yet have Freeview and I have no intention of paying for Sky HD. As a result, SD picture quality was key - and there doesn't seem to be any/much argument that SD on Plasma is superior to LCD.
One thing that annoys me about the Pana is that I have to switch it to AV for it to pick up my Sky box signal - even my 6 years old Sony CRT would automatically jump to the AV input when the sky box was taken off standby.
Need to dig into the owners manual to see if it is possible to default to AV.
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