Cheap Plasma - worth it?

[Sgt Bilko]

Evening,

Just been offered a LG 42" Plasma (42PX3RV), plus glass three tier stand for £300. TV is 2 year old. No defects and one years warranty left. Looking around it was probably about £1000 new. Specs include:

Specs said:

With XD Picture Engine, Nicam Stereo Sound, 2 Built In Analogue Tuners, Picture-In-Picture facility, SVGA Input for PC Connection, and Parental Lock this High Definition TV is capable of bringing the best quality images and features to you.

* Aspect Ratio 16:9
* Brightness 1500 cd/m2
* Contrast Ratio 10,000:1
* Resolution 852 x 480
* Size 42"
* Video Processing XD-Engine II
* DLTI/DCTI
* DCDi By Faroudja
* Integrated Terrestrial Tuner 2 x Analogue (For PIP)
* Rear Video Board HDMI
* RS232 Control
* Analogue VGA In (D-Sub 15)
* PC Audio In (3.5mm Jack)
* IR In (3.5mm Jack)
* Rear AV Board AV In (Composite Video)
* S-Video In
* Scart (1Full, 2 Half)
* Component (Supporting SD, Progressive Scan & HD)
* Rear RF Input
* S-Video In
* AC input 100 ~ 240V, 50 / 60Hz
* Power Consumption 250w
* Size (WxHxD mm) 1210 x 645 x 90.3

On face value, is it worth it? Currently got a Bush 28" CRT so nothing spectacular at the moment!

[Ordinary Bloke]

Sgt Bilko said:

Evening,

Just been offered a stolen LG 42" Plasma (42PX3RV), plus glass three tier stand for £300.

[E31Shrew]

By modern standards the spec is very average and it is most definitely not HD!!! However if it gives you a few years of trouble free viewing then go for it. Presume you might have satellite as it only has analogue tuners. Why it has two beats me unless it has a built in recorder.

[Teppic]

Sgt Bilko said:

Evening,

Just been offered a LG 42" Plasma (42PX3RV), plus glass three tier stand for £300. TV is 2 year old. No defects and one years warranty left. Looking around it was probably about £1000 new. Specs include:

Specs said:

With XD Picture Engine, Nicam Stereo Sound, 2 Built In Analogue Tuners, Picture-In-Picture facility, SVGA Input for PC Connection, and Parental Lock this High Definition TV is capable of bringing the best quality images and features to you.

* Aspect Ratio 16:9
* Brightness 1500 cd/m2
* Contrast Ratio 10,000:1
* Resolution 852 x 480
* Size 42"
* Video Processing XD-Engine II
* DLTI/DCTI
* DCDi By Faroudja
* Integrated Terrestrial Tuner 2 x Analogue (For PIP)
* Rear Video Board HDMI
* RS232 Control
* Analogue VGA In (D-Sub 15)
* PC Audio In (3.5mm Jack)
* IR In (3.5mm Jack)
* Rear AV Board AV In (Composite Video)
* S-Video In
* Scart (1Full, 2 Half)
* Component (Supporting SD, Progressive Scan & HD)
* Rear RF Input
* S-Video In
* AC input 100 ~ 240V, 50 / 60Hz
* Power Consumption 250w
* Size (WxHxD mm) 1210 x 645 x 90.3

On face value, is it worth it? Currently got a Bush 28" CRT so nothing spectacular at the moment!

FAIL!

Most certainly NOT HD.

[Plotloss]

I'd say not.

Non HD, no IDTV

Its got two tuners so you can have another channel on the Picture in Picture.

[Tycho]

Teppic said:

Sgt Bilko said:

Evening,

Just been offered a LG 42" Plasma (42PX3RV), plus glass three tier stand for £300. TV is 2 year old. No defects and one years warranty left. Looking around it was probably about £1000 new. Specs include:

Specs said:

With XD Picture Engine, Nicam Stereo Sound, 2 Built In Analogue Tuners, Picture-In-Picture facility, SVGA Input for PC Connection, and Parental Lock this High Definition TV is capable of bringing the best quality images and features to you.

* Aspect Ratio 16:9
* Brightness 1500 cd/m2
* Contrast Ratio 10,000:1
* Resolution 852 x 480
* Size 42"
* Video Processing XD-Engine II
* DLTI/DCTI
* DCDi By Faroudja
* Integrated Terrestrial Tuner 2 x Analogue (For PIP)
* Rear Video Board HDMI
* RS232 Control
* Analogue VGA In (D-Sub 15)
* PC Audio In (3.5mm Jack)
* IR In (3.5mm Jack)
* Rear AV Board AV In (Composite Video)
* S-Video In
* Scart (1Full, 2 Half)
* Component (Supporting SD, Progressive Scan & HD)
* Rear RF Input
* S-Video In
* AC input 100 ~ 240V, 50 / 60Hz
* Power Consumption 250w
* Size (WxHxD mm) 1210 x 645 x 90.3

On face value, is it worth it? Currently got a Bush 28" CRT so nothing spectacular at the moment!

FAIL!

Most certainly NOT HD.

that is what I was thinking but it also has an HDMI connection and Amazon has the spec down as supporting 1080i.

[Neil_H]

I guess it's cheap because hardly anyone wants non-HD screens now.

[Sgt Bilko]

Ordinary Bloke said:

Sgt Bilko said:

Evening,

Just been offered a stolen LG 42" Plasma (42PX3RV), plus glass three tier stand for £300.

Err, no.

Picture in picture???

[Plotloss]

It may accept a 1080i image, it cant display it as is though, it will downscale it.

[Sgt Bilko]

Is HD important. Haven't got Sky HD and can't see my changing to it for a while?

[E31Shrew]

Plotloss said:

I'd say not.

Non HD, no IDTV

Its got two tuners so you can have another channel on the Picture in Picture.

Beats me why anyone would want to watch any analogue picture on that screen let alone two at once!

[RobDickinson]

Tycho said:

that is what I was thinking but it also has an HDMI connection and Amazon has the spec down as supporting 1080i.

HDMI and support for incoming formats does not change the fact the screen itself cannot display any HD sized images.

[RobDickinson]

Sgt Bilko said:

Is HD important. Haven't got Sky HD and can't see my changing to it for a while?

IMO if the picture quality is good then no, unless you want bluray, SkyHD(or terrestrial?) or one of the HD consoles.

[E31Shrew]

Sgt Bilko said:

Is HD important. Haven't got Sky HD and can't see my changing to it for a while?

Not at all..just strange that the original spec said it was High definition!

[Plotloss]

It comes from a time where HD Compatible and the like were used to infer that non HD Ready screens were HD Ready.

[E31Shrew]

Plotloss said:

It comes from a time where HD Compatible and the like were used to infer that non HD Ready screens were HD Ready.

Remember now! We sold the PAL range of Sharp panels a few years back that had an HDMI in but only had 540 vertical pixels. The panel was pretty good for SD telly and even with an HD picture performed pretty well.

[Sgt Bilko]

Bluntly speaking then, assuming there were no obvious faults, what would you offer someone for this? (TV only, forget the stand for now).

[E31Shrew]

Sgt Bilko said:

Bluntly speaking then, assuming there were no obvious faults, what would you offer someone for this? (TV only, forget the stand for now).

Must be worth £150.00 surely???

Buy it ..make sure its covered on home insurance policy then......................

[Tycho]

Plotloss said:

It may accept a 1080i image, it cant display it as is though, it will downscale it.

Ahh, fair enough.

[Sgt Bilko]

E31Shrew said:

Sgt Bilko said:

Bluntly speaking then, assuming there were no obvious faults, what would you offer someone for this? (TV only, forget the stand for now).

Must be worth £150.00 surely???

Buy it ..make sure its covered on home insurance policy then......................

Watch it?

Or come on PH and discuss various methods of insurance fraud. Looking what happens to those folks, i'll steer clear of that path if you don't mind.