flat screen tv
 

Who can advise me on a medium size flat screen tv to mount on a wall in my bedroom please?

Where to get and what sort would be good. I thankyou

A lot depends on your budget. Would be worth looking in the new massive argos book to get an idea of waht you looking for and then run the name and model number through dealtime.co.uk or Kelkoo.co.uk to find best deal.

Curry's online also doing some good deals at the moment.

HDTV (High Definition)is the next big thing Andy,some of the flat screens come ready for it and some don`t

Try this link to give you a basic idea of whats happening

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4361543.stm


P.S.That`s why a lot of Flat screens are being discounted,but kelkoo will point you in the right direction when you`ve decided which one you want.
Good luck and spend wisely young jedi;)

What size and how much have you got andy.

/ian

I'm looking at nice phillips 32" LCD tv that is HD (High Definition) ready ....... shop price is around £1,200 .... curry's on line have it for just over £1,000. Great price for a HD LCD tv.

Andy, flat screen TVs aren't very robust. I suggest you mount a CRT type, say somewhere over the head board.
Make sure you use enough drawing pins, I'd hate to hear you've had a nasty shock in the night!

:D

You'll find most LCD's will support HD (1024x1024, and progressive by default), however, you really need to ensure they're HDCP compliant. This is the copy protection that will be used for premium channels. Sky will be using this in 2006 when they begin broadcasting.

An excellent place for more info on what's what is avforums.com

This is their HiDef forum, and there's a sticky right at the top that covers HD ready TV's.

http://www.avforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=104

Don't know anyone I can recommend you talking to in Northampton, but PJ HiFi in Guildford are excellent for impartial advice. (Speak to Elliot, the installs director) or Convergent AV who set up my system, speak to Gordon for the best information on the subject full stop!

http://www.pjhifi.co.uk/pj/index.html
http://www.convergent-av.co.uk/

Or a quick fix, reviews section

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/


Personally, I'd go for Pioneer or Panasonic, and steer well clear of Sony. Further down the budget scales, Hitachi & Samsung, then LG.

Although HD compliant I don't think everything has been 100% finalised as per specs etc, I'm not jumping onto the HDTV bandwagon until a year or two in after it settles down, bit like VHS/Betamax

I have a Sony 42" plasma and a Panasonic 32" LCD and I gotta say the LCD picture quality is better. Go for LCD if you can, and I rate Panasonic tv's too - high quality and very stylish. Sony plasma is good, very big, but not quite as user friendly to be honest.

Ade.

As you know, I'm a bit anti TV. I'm particularly anti TV in the bedroom, apart from in hotel rooms where they can be a bit of a novelty, IMHO. My advice is, keep the telly for the front room and concentrate on more important things in the bedroom. ;):devil:

Parents just got a 32" panasonic lcd from John Lewis for 1k when it was supposed to be 1.5k oops on there part, best thing with them is u get a 5 year gurantee on all tv's.

Lcd picture better than plasma but the same as my rear projection toshiba;)

It has, which is why Sky are launching next year. HDCP was the final piece that needing closing down.

PAL progressive was ratified a couple of years ago

HDCP is ratified by all manufacturers and can be applied via component, HDMI and DVI.

HD ready means it will support 720p or higher upto 1080i

HDCP compliant means it will support copy protected programming. Sky Movies, Sport etc. This is only relevant for broadcast material not DVD's etc.

HD's been around the US a long time, but it's taken PAL progressive and market demand to bring it to the UK / Europe. Euro1080 has been broadcasting for a couple of years now, but the uptakes still quite niche.



[Edited on 14-8-2005 by Mr_S]

Im a bit worried you say, "as i know!" Did you appear in my chequered past? :o:lol:

You're right, of course. Why should you know? But I'm surprised you're struggling to remember whether or not I've been part of your 'chequered past'. :lol:

[quote]Originally posted by Redruth
You're right, of course. Why should you know? But I'm surprised you're struggling to remember whether or not I've been part of your 'chequered past'. :lol: [/quote

should it be that memorable then?:ninja:

Andy

Forget plasma tv`s there old hat now and have a limited life! Go for an LCD and go to Pricerunner.com for the best price of the model you decide to buy.

Simply not true, something usually spun out when trying to flog extended warranties, and has caught the attention of many people. although all displays (Plasma, DLP, LCD and CRT) will lose brightness over many thousands of hours of continual use it's runnning into 10's of years for a residential user, and many more times that before it becomes noticeable.


There are pro's & cons to each like viewing angle, resolution, size, price etc, but display life is not one of them.

Rough guide, if you want 32 inches or below - LCD, anything larger - Plasma.

[Edited on 15-8-2005 by Mr_S]

My next door neighbour is a self employed AV technician. Spoke to him last night. He has recommended Pioneer to me. He has a 40 inch plasma but he is selling it for the new Pioneer High def one coming out soon. He can get a grand off the old ones the now. That cant be bad!!

Mr S

Plasmas do have a limited life which I can confirm, The mob I work for use hundreds of them and we have had some 42" models "wear" out after 8 months continual use.

The only real issue is if you intend to change from a plasma monotor to an LCD type and your using composit video, then an LCD is crap.

At the end of the day the mob I work for spend well in excess of a million pounds a year on TV`s/monitors and the way forward is LCD not plasma.

But you pay your money etc etc etc.