TV knackered?? 40" LED TV recommendation
Discussion
I have a 2002 Toshiba CRT set which has recently strated breaking up into green lines until this morning when it went all green columns of lines so to speak.
I've flicked it onto the Wii scart and it stays the same presumably that means it's the TV not the Skyplus box?
I'm a bit useless at this sort of stuff and not having a terrestrial picture to "test" the TV doesn't help..
Anyway, I don't want 3D but LED seems to be the way to go. Any good buys out there?
I've flicked it onto the Wii scart and it stays the same presumably that means it's the TV not the Skyplus box?
I'm a bit useless at this sort of stuff and not having a terrestrial picture to "test" the TV doesn't help..
Anyway, I don't want 3D but LED seems to be the way to go. Any good buys out there?
Though I was tempted by the Sony, I eventually went with the "Samsung UE40C5800 40 -inch Widescreen 50Hz Slim LED Full HD TV with Freeview HD" as it came in at £540 free P&P from Amazon (£60 less than John Lewis)and about £360 less than the Sony. This is a backlit LED set rather than an edge-lit and seems to get good reviews. The price varies enormously so £540 seems good value.
The only downside is that it has no SCART bar one adaptor but I can plug the old VCR into that. It has 4 HDMI inputs so the Wii can use an HDMI cable and my DVD Recorder has an HDMI output so that can also use an HDMI cable. As the SkyPlus feeds into the DVD Recorder, that's not an issue.
The only downside is that it has no SCART bar one adaptor but I can plug the old VCR into that. It has 4 HDMI inputs so the Wii can use an HDMI cable and my DVD Recorder has an HDMI output so that can also use an HDMI cable. As the SkyPlus feeds into the DVD Recorder, that's not an issue.
LuSIfer, wire the Sky box into the Scart adaptor on the Samsung not the VCR
make sure it accepts RGB via that input, then set the sky box up for RGB output
and 16/9 Picture format, because if you go through the DVD-Rec the Sky picture
won't be too clever, then connect a scart from the VCR output scart on the Sky Box
to the scart input on the recorder for copying duties.
Obviously use the HDMI output for the DVD-Recorder to get the best picture from that unit
make sure it accepts RGB via that input, then set the sky box up for RGB output
and 16/9 Picture format, because if you go through the DVD-Rec the Sky picture
won't be too clever, then connect a scart from the VCR output scart on the Sky Box
to the scart input on the recorder for copying duties.
Obviously use the HDMI output for the DVD-Recorder to get the best picture from that unit
tdm34ds said:
LuSIfer, wire the Sky box into the Scart adaptor on the Samsung not the VCR
make sure it accepts RGB via that input, then set the sky box up for RGB output
and 16/9 Picture format, because if you go through the DVD-Rec the Sky picture
won't be too clever, then connect a scart from the VCR output scart on the Sky Box
to the scart input on the recorder for copying duties.
Obviously use the HDMI output for the DVD-Recorder to get the best picture from that unit
I'm still awaiting delivery of the TV but...make sure it accepts RGB via that input, then set the sky box up for RGB output
and 16/9 Picture format, because if you go through the DVD-Rec the Sky picture
won't be too clever, then connect a scart from the VCR output scart on the Sky Box
to the scart input on the recorder for copying duties.
Obviously use the HDMI output for the DVD-Recorder to get the best picture from that unit
I can't do that because it only has one SCART input on the TV (and that via a supplied adaptor).
I currently have SkyPlus (not HD) > DVD Recorder from which I currently have a component connection to the current CRT TV - (3 cable, 2 audio). The other SCART on the DVD recorder runs to the VCR and a SCART runs from the VCR to the TV SCART.
The picture on the Sky is OK under the current set-up - better through the component connection than through everything else.
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