New TV

[neilsfishing]

My dad is up for a new TV I can get him to spend £800 looking for 40" LCD what do you think please
Thanks
Neil

[headcase]

neilsfishing said:

My dad is up for a new TV I can get him to spend £800 looking for 40" LCD what do you think please
Thanks
Neil

sry you spelt 40" LCD wrong, it should read 42" Plasma

[TEKNOPUG]

headcase said:

neilsfishing said:

My dad is up for a new TV I can get him to spend £800 looking for 40" LCD what do you think please
Thanks
Neil

sry you spelt 40" LCD wrong, it should read 42" Plasma

Costco, Panasonic G20 42" Plasma about £800ish. Done.

[otherman]

headcase said:

neilsfishing said:

My dad is up for a new TV I can get him to spend £800 looking for 40" LCD what do you think please
Thanks
Neil

sry you spelt 40" LCD wrong, it should read 42" Plasma

You spelled plasma wrong, it should read LED

[IforB]

otherman said:

headcase said:

neilsfishing said:

My dad is up for a new TV I can get him to spend £800 looking for 40" LCD what do you think please
Thanks
Neil

sry you spelt 40" LCD wrong, it should read 42" Plasma

You spelled plasma wrong, it should read LED

Has someone actually started producing LED tellies then...

Edited by IforB on Friday 23 July 14:51

[TonyRPH]

WhatHiFi Sound and Video Reviews will help you to make an informed choice.

[Plotloss]

In the 40" range you really want a Plasma rather than an LCD, they're superior in every way.

[OldSkoolRS]

TonyRPH said:

WhatHiFi Sound and Video Reviews will help you to make an informed choice.

I really hope this was tongue in cheek...I won't take much notice of their 'reviews' TBH. More than a few of which have been technically incorrect (such as claiming 24p support when the display in question cleary wasn't) as well as questionable bias.

[TonyRPH]

OldSkoolRS said:

TonyRPH said:

WhatHiFi Sound and Video Reviews will help you to make an informed choice.

I really hope this was tongue in cheek...I won't take much notice of their 'reviews' TBH. More than a few of which have been technically incorrect (such as claiming 24p support when the display in question cleary wasn't) as well as questionable bias.

Yeah I stopped buying the magazine on a regular basis, because of the bias.

However the suggestion was intended as a good starting point - there is some consistency to some of their reviews.
So if you see something you like, and it gets at least a 3* review, then compare it with other sites.

[neilsfishing]

TonyRPH said:

WhatHiFi Sound and Video Reviews will help you to make an informed choice.

no revues of samsung

[Plotloss]

neilsfishing said:

TonyRPH said:

WhatHiFi Sound and Video Reviews will help you to make an informed choice.

no revues of samsung

A curious accuracy for a magazine...

[Pothole]

Whatever he gets, could you do me a favour and donate the old one to your local British Heart Foundation Furniture and Electricals shops, please?

http://www.bhf.org.uk/shop-with-bhf/our-shops/shop...

[ishaun]

Forget Plasma,

LED backlight LCD is the way forward for best picture and low energy.

Check this out.........

http://www.froogle.richersounds.com/product/led-tv...

Edited by ishaun on Monday 26th July 23:04

[Plotloss]

ishaun said:

Forget Plasma,

LED backlight LCD is the way forward for best picture and low energy.

Check this out.........

http://www.froogle.richersounds.com/product/led-tv...

Edited by ishaun on Monday 26th July 23:04

It really isn't.

Honestly.

It's not, not even close. Nowhere near in fact.

[IforB]

ishaun said:

Forget Plasma,

LED backlight LCD is the way forward for best picture and low energy.

Check this out.........

http://www.froogle.richersounds.com/product/led-tv...

Edited by ishaun on Monday 26th July 23:04

Oh dear, where to start on this... I'll simply say, that's utter nonsense.

[Jubal]

Plotloss said:

neilsfishing said:

no revues of samsung

A curious accuracy for a magazine...

Care to elaborate on your point? They get ok reviews elsewhere.

[TEKNOPUG]

ishaun said:

Forget Plasma,

LED backlight LCD is the way forward for best picture and low energy.

Check this out.........

http://www.froogle.richersounds.com/product/led-tv...

Edited by ishaun on Monday 26th July 23:04

Plasma is better than LCD, whether it's lit with LEDs or pixie dust.

[Plotloss]

Jubal said:

Plotloss said:

neilsfishing said:

no revues of samsung

A curious accuracy for a magazine...

Care to elaborate on your point? They get ok reviews elsewhere.

Consistently the worst performing televisions we see.

Mediocre st in nice cases. It's their corporate edict.

[TonyRPH]

Plotloss said:

Jubal said:

Plotloss said:

neilsfishing said:

no revues of samsung

A curious accuracy for a magazine...

Care to elaborate on your point? They get ok reviews elsewhere.

Consistently the worst performing televisions we see.

Mediocre st in nice cases. It's their corporate edict.

How odd to hear that.

Two of my colleagues have Samsung sets, chosen because they were deemed to have the better picture by comparison.

My son also has a 22" Samsung, and it looks pretty good to me.

[neilsfishing]

well then, I have had 3 plasma sets 1 pioneer 2 hatachi, now i have LCD, 1 sharp 1 sony the LCD's are much better than the plasma sets, the pioneer had sky sports in the corrner what a pice of c**p now gone, the xbox and PS3 run the hatachi's still in good order

I think the SAMSUNG LE40C580 40" Full HD LCD TV for £549 looks good to me