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| Thread ID: 107718 | 2010-02-27 02:48:00 | How did you choose your LCD or plasma TV? | FoxyMX (5) | PC World Chat |
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| 862076 | 2010-02-27 22:03:00 | Had a bit of time to kill between appointments whilst in town yesterday so went for a wander around Harvey Norman's TV department . It was rather overwhelming as they have at least three times as many TVs as the local mall's shops . To me the picture looked pretty similar on them all so I got to wondering just how people chose what TV to get . Did you narrow your choice down to a brand and then pick a size and price? Or did you pick it for the features it had? Or was it the picture itself that sold you on what you got? 1 . decide on the top price you can afford, or justify to wife . put this number aside, don't think about it again till the end . 2 . decide between LCD and plasma . LCD is often cheaper and better in "un-controlled" lighting . plasma will give blacker blacks and brighter brights, but needs controlled lighting . * LED back-lit gives best of both world but at a very high price . 3 . select size, 40" or 42" is what most people go for, you need a very big room for a 50" . 4 . decide if you want / need 1080P or will you be happy with 720i I would strongly recommend full 1080P, this is where most HD content is being made . but 1080P will cost more than 720i . 5 select brand, this often comes down to personal choice and price . 5 . 1 ask to see the remote control, usability of the remote is a big factor . 5 . 2 check number of inputs, some have lots of HDMI and few AV inputs . some have good number of AV inputs and few HDMI's . it depends on what you are going to have as inputs . 5 . 3 ask to play your own content, get them to play a movie you know very well . 6 . at this stage you should have it down to only one or two . at this point it often comes down to price . 7 . cut a deal with the shop, most shops will give as much as 10% discount if you push them a but . 8 . are you under the price from step 1??? if not then repeat from step 2 . 9 . always ask for free delivery right at the end . the main factors in image quality are: LCD vs Plasma . quality of source (VHS or blue-ray) . 1080P vs 720i brand makes very little difference compared to the three factor above . as for me, I got the 50" Samsung plasma, series5 , full 1080P . ($2900) had to re-design to room layout to make it fit, but very happy . . |
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| 862077 | 2010-02-28 03:32:00 | Sonys New TVs are due out next Month, panasonic and Samsung won't be long after, New Models = Great stuff but they will be more expensive . Do you know what new features they will have or how they will be different to the current models? I too have been passing time in the TV section of a few shops . :eek: It's hard not to, isn't it? :p What about the LED LCDs? Would people say the LED LCD screen produces a better quality image than the plasmas? As with all new technology, the LED LCDs are still $$, so I wasn't sure if I should just wait for them to come down in price, or get a standard LCD (or plasma) now . I wouldn't wait . As I was looking around I noticed them because they are so Twiggy-like but other than that I couldn't really see any difference in the picture (American football :yuck:) they were displaying compared to the LCDs and plasmas around them . |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 862078 | 2010-02-28 03:36:00 | TV's are like computer hardware, There is always a "top end" model for 3 times the price of the mid range items and a new better range is always coming soon. | Metla (12) | ||
| 862079 | 2010-02-28 04:44:00 | What about the LED? . Wait for the real ones. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 862080 | 2010-02-28 09:38:00 | Do you know what new features they will have or how they will be different to the current models? As per my previous post, I have the new catalogue, and the lower priced non LED models have less features than the current models . eg . the new non LED ones don't have DLNA, while many of the current non led models do have it . Therefore to get DLNA on the new models, you will need to spend more and buy an LED one . |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 862081 | 2010-02-28 09:55:00 | After all that,I don't think fox wants a new telly,she is just interested in what is going on in the telly world,indeed an on going saga. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 862082 | 2010-02-28 19:30:00 | 2. decide between LCD and plasma. LCD is often cheaper and better in "un-controlled" lighting. plasma will give blacker blacks and brighter brights, but needs controlled lighting. * LED back-lit gives best of both world but at a very high price. . To clarify you dont need "controlled" light to run plasma", in a very light room Plasma may reflect more depending where your windows are with angles etc. Plasma will be good for most rooms without modification. Plasma is often cheaper!, esp the larger you get, but it prob chops and changes a bit to be fair. LED does not have the best of both worlds sounds like something a sales guy would say in a shop. Still suffers lag like all LCD and the colors are still not considered truly natural, color is a little better than standard LCD sure, but really they exists for there physical looks. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 862083 | 2010-02-28 22:56:00 | Check this out. LCD versus Plasma.Click Here (www.avalon.co.nz) | Trev (427) | ||
| 862084 | 2010-02-28 23:07:00 | Sorry Trev, that link seems to be a bit outdated. Maybe my broadband is a bit slow today? | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 862085 | 2010-03-01 02:41:00 | Any article much over a year old is not worth watching or reading as the tech is changing so fast. Cnet video is not bad for Plasma vs LCD late 2009. www.cnet.com.au %2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dlcd%2Bvc%2Bplasma%2B2010%26ie%3Dut f-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26aq%3Dt%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial%26client%3Dfirefox-a Oh lastly Plasma sounds better " I have a Plasma " oooow , "I have a LCD" sounds apologetic :) |
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