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| Thread ID: 112035 | 2010-08-21 05:25:00 | TV - Full HD cf HD ready? | John H (8) | PC World Chat |
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| 1130161 | 2010-08-22 08:01:00 | Meh, I plugged a Blu-Ray player into my 50" "HD ready" 1366x768 plasma, Stunning. But, the full HD model of my television is now cheaper then what I paid for mine at Christmas time so its a bit of a moot discussion, I don't think screens less then full HD will be the norm in a very short time., When I bought my TV last week for the room I'm renting in Wellington I found that there was no price difference between "full HD" and HD ready" 32" LCD screens, so it was an easy decision to make. I'm running DVD's upscaled through that screen and I give it a rating of....stunning, Revenge of the Sith was freakin awesome. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1130162 | 2010-08-22 08:47:00 | Our 50" Plasma is just HD Ready, You know I sell TVs that's one of my jobs, I picked HD Ready... Why? Price and value for money, and I don't want to spend a lot on redundant technology in 2 years time. Why buy a TV now to last 10 years, when you will be wanting better in 2 or 3. We brought a Panasonic panel, one of the more reliable brands. Is there a big difference between picture quality between HD and Full HD = No. Like I pointed our and so has someone else High def TV is only broadcast in HD not Full HD, I don't have a Blu-ray player yet, but when I do, It will still look Great. And I couldn't justify paying the extra for a full HD model. 50" HD Ready Panasonic Plasma around $1500 Full HD $2100. However I paid nothing like that. |
radium (8645) | ||
| 1130163 | 2010-08-22 10:34:00 | Thanks for all the thoughts. All I know is that I have had this Toshiba for a couple of years or so, and it was as good as any of the heaps of other brands on display when I bought it. I don't know what its resolution is. A few months ago I was in Dorkland staying with my daughter, and I saw their new 32" Sony LCD TV. I was absolutely gobsmacked at the difference in quality on Sky TV between their set and our bigger one. Crisp as a cracker - I mean it was a quantum leap in quality. I wuz peed off, but then you have to buy when you decide to, not what things might be like a couple of years down the track. And of course when you get home, the old thing is fine really from across the room, especially with a whisky and a wine taken. However, I need to find out what model she has got, because that would do me if there was a 26 inch equivalent. 32" is just too big for the room it is going in. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1130164 | 2010-08-22 11:00:00 | 26" you needed worry about Full HD, you would hardly notice the difference. Not only that but full hd TVs that sixe are very rare | radium (8645) | ||
| 1130165 | 2010-08-22 11:06:00 | 26" you needed worry about Full HD, you would hardly notice the difference. Not only that but full hd TVs that sixe are very rare Thus far, I have only found on Full HD and that was a Samsung 27". I don't know if there are any 26" . |
John H (8) | ||
| 1130166 | 2010-08-22 11:32:00 | I run a Blu Ray player through my 30 month old 40" Sony Bravia and all I can say is brilliant. Also have a Freeview tuner hooked up to it as will (model before freeview was included.) Watching V which was broadcast in HD, on the closeup of peoples faces you could see the pores of there skin. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1130167 | 2010-08-26 11:23:00 | Best thing to do is go to whatever mega TV outlet, and look at the images, as mentioned the bigger TVs look better in 1080, also a faster Mhz rate helps(100Mhz looks better then 50Mhz )the higher you go the less the return. Most TVs are very reliable now so look for the best picture as there are variable levels of picture quality, even among the best brands. Freeview comes in two flavours terrestrial and satellite. Terrestrial can come in 1080 and much of it does. Satellite comes in at 750 A reasonable signal strength makes for a good picture, weak signals will cause the picture to break up. Buying a TV with freeview installed is probably cheaper, the boxes are better for analogue TVs | PPp (9511) | ||
| 1130168 | 2010-08-26 11:35:00 | I got a full HD Sony 40 inch (main TV) LCD and a 50 inch Samsung HD Plasma (Cinema and games). The 50 inch Plasma looks brilliant and was about a thousand cheaper than the full HD version of the same thing. In fact in the shop the one I cheaper Samsung looked way better. Some of the features are a bit of a con, I can certainly recommend highly the Samsung 50 inch plasma for under $1400 if you don't have to have the best of everything on the market. |
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