Carl Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Im looking into a new 37/42" plasma tv, HD ready. I dont want to spend any more than £1500 so it on the more budget range of things. Is there anyone here who knows a bit about the latest sets and which makes produce the best picture out at the moment. It seems impossible to judge the pictures in the shops as they rarely have ideal setups. I cant seem to find any decent web sites reviewing latest plasmas's etc. Perhaps anyone here with there own experience has has just bought one could share there knowledge. Cheers Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 I was going to go for the 37" Panasonic, but in the end i changed my mind and went for the Sony Bravia 40" LCD, very good:) and if the offer is still on you can get £100 cash back if you go for Sky HD. Oh and for good info etc try here http://www.avforums.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted September 23, 2006 Author Share Posted September 23, 2006 I was going to go for the 37" Panasonic, but in the end i changed my mind and went for the Sony Bravia 40" LCD, very good:) and if the offer is still on you can get £100 cash back if you go for Sky HD. Oh and for good info etc try here http://www.avforums.com/ Cheers, Ill check that site out. One of the sales reps was trying to sell me the Sony today. Trouble is you never know whether the set is genuinely good or whether its this months store push. Picture did look good tho. As a matter of interest, how do DVD's look on it. I will mainly be using it for this. Are they as good as a normal tv or better? Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz1 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 pioneer the best in the market Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Dont buy one from the shops.. look online.. find a set that you like and order it online.. or through John Lewis, they did good prices and a 3 year warantee with it when we bough our set a few years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefgroover Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 I'd never buy a tv i didnt see going along side a few others so richer sounds is a good bet. I have a Hitachi plasma and i use a £200 scaler for it, pic is excellent, last price on it's updated model was about £1500 from Richer. All Hitachi's I think have been HD ready since beofre I got mine 3 years ago. Of course if you are going to have a dvd player that upscales internally to 1080 and sky HD you'll not need the scaler. I have yet to see any plasma I thought was very good without a scaler being used of some sort. Use Component input, or if your system supports it hdmi etc. Never use composite, and rgb scart sucks too (and i thought it would be the best?). All IMO of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Cheers, Ill check that site out. One of the sales reps was trying to sell me the Sony today. Trouble is you never know whether the set is genuinely good or whether its this months store push. Picture did look good tho. As a matter of interest, how do DVD's look on it. I will mainly be using it for this. Are they as good as a normal tv or better? Carl I actually went to the Sony centre to check out what a well set up one looked like, forget the likes of Comet etc except for buying cheap;) DVD looks great,better than the 32" Sony CRT i had before, and HD is stunning:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supraaaaaaaaaa Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 do not buy poineer and get an hd box from sky they hae had real issues in compatability inc some burning units {tv side} and no one will take the blame !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz1 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 lol iv got pioneer had no problems and everyone says its the best around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supraaaaaaaaaa Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 lol iv got pioneer had no problems and everyone says its the best around as i said some have had real issues do a search on the av forums on it, it wasnt good, i love the tv's though, i have panasonic which imo are just as good but mines only a lowly old plasma and no hd in sight !! has anyone noticed the quality of non hd football has got worse since hd turned up mmmmmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 We did a lot of researching 8 months ago. The Panasonic TH42PV500 was our final choice - £1400 or less now - 37". But we decided to wait a few years until there's more HD channels available and bought a £500 CRT for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angarak Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Im considering a Sony 3LCD after seeing this explanation: :: http://www.sony.co.uk/view/ShowArticle.action?section=en_GB_Products&article=1144943024227&productcategory=%2FTV+Projector%2FTVP+Rear+Projection+TV&site=odw_en_GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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