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[zippo]

this is Beginning to sound complicated  

[Taxi_Driver]

Hmmmm, Im not happy with mine, its only 14 weeks old and its faulty. Samsung want to replace the panel but ive told them I want a new one but they wont swap it

TBH, the panel is probably 90% of the set but I agree with the principle, and of course the repair is only as good as the muppet they get to do it. It's bust in a pretty short period.

Well, my 32" CRT [size=8]SONY[/size] is still going strong and until that busts I don't think the drivel that's on these days merits a change.

Kevin

Probably the same one as the one i have........and i agree until it goes bang im not changing mine either......

PS have you played with the engineers menu.......i managed to get an improvement on the pic  

[davlad22]

Flat panels also dont benefit from having any depth to fit a speaker of a decent size in them.

Some are much better than others though, and most plasmas have built in amplifiers to feed better uprated speakers.

[Kevin Wood]

Hmmmm, Im not happy with mine, its only 14 weeks old and its faulty. Samsung want to replace the panel but ive told them I want a new one but they wont swap it

TBH, the panel is probably 90% of the set but I agree with the principle, and of course the repair is only as good as the muppet they get to do it. It's bust in a pretty short period.

Well, my 32" CRT [size=8]SONY[/size] is still going strong and until that busts I don't think the drivel that's on these days merits a change.

Kevin

Probably the same one as the one i have........and i agree until it goes bang im not changing mine either......

PS have you played with the engineers menu.......i managed to get an improvement on the pic  

Yeah, had a play with it to try to get all 4 AV inputs working rather than the silly mechanism of having to choose between front and rear. Didn't seem to work for me. Shyed away from tweaking the vast array of other settings though.

Kevin

[Mikejr]

Strange, all this talk of Samsung's, Sony's et al, yet no one has mentioned Panasonic. Panasonic grab the top 7 places in the latest Which report on LCD/Plasma T.V's, 2x26", 4x32" & 1x42". Next comes a Sony then 3 more Panasonic's.

Out of the top 28 T.V's recommended by Which, Samsung don't rate a mention. Although out of the 140 T.V's tested in total, 10 were models from Samsung.

But as in so many things in life "yer pays yer money and makes yer choice'. Never more true than for T.V.s where only your eyes and ears can decide what's best for you and then really only in your own home. Looking at the racks of T.V's in a major store will give some idea as to picture quality/sound but beware that a lot of stores are probably putting a high quality signal into the T.V. and not a terrestrial T.V. signal and I know a lot of people who have been disappointed after spending a large sum on their new T.V when, after getting it home and setting it up, the picture doesn't seem any better, and in some cases is worse, than the T.V. they are replacing.

So, read as many review's as you can, often a good source is other user's reviews on the internet, make a short list then, although it may work out slightly more expensive, go to a reputable local store, rather than a big chain. They will generally allow you to view the T.V. with different input signals i.e terrestrial, digital, DVD etc which should hopefully give you a better idea of what brand/model to spend your hard earned cash on.

Happy hunting    

[davlad22]

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Yep, good advice. Also note that prices on the internet may seem tempting but remember that it's hard to send it back to the internet.

Panasonic make some great plasmas, we use them in commercial installs and represent best value for money, however, don't really rate their LCD's against rivals.

Ahhh, and the magazines, well it depends how much money the manufacturer pays the reviewer  

[Bacon Butty Man]

i have had a plasma and lcd units, the lcd units are much clearer on HD imho, DONT be put off by cheaper makes, i currently have a32" DMTECH and the picture quality was better that the sharp and LG unit that were next to it, My mate rekons that its as good as his panasonic.

[Martin_1962]

SOund - I use seperates TV sound is fine for TV but films and games requires proper sound

so id need to buy a surround system as well

You should have one already

[Martin_1962]

Hmmmm, Im not happy with mine, its only 14 weeks old and its faulty. Samsung want to replace the panel but ive told them I want a new one but they wont swap it

TBH, the panel is probably 90% of the set but I agree with the principle, and of course the repair is only as good as the muppet they get to do it. It's bust in a pretty short period.

Well, my 32" CRT [size=8]SONY[/size] is still going strong and until that busts I don't think the drivel that's on these days merits a change.

Kevin

Probably the same one as the one i have........and i agree until it goes bang im not changing mine either......

PS have you played with the engineers menu.......i managed to get an improvement on the pic  

Mine is getting replaced when I can afford a 46" panel, I want HiDef as we have a PS3

[Martin_1962]

Strange, all this talk of Samsung's, Sony's et al, yet no one has mentioned Panasonic. Panasonic grab the top 7 places in the latest Which report on LCD/Plasma T.V's, 2x26", 4x32" & 1x42". Next comes a Sony then 3 more Panasonic's.

Out of the top 28 T.V's recommended by Which, Samsung don't rate a mention. Although out of the 140 T.V's tested in total, 10 were models from Samsung.

But as in so many things in life "yer pays yer money and makes yer choice'. Never more true than for T.V.s where only your eyes and ears can decide what's best for you and then really only in your own home. Looking at the racks of T.V's in a major store will give some idea as to picture quality/sound but beware that a lot of stores are probably putting a high quality signal into the T.V. and not a terrestrial T.V. signal and I know a lot of people who have been disappointed after spending a large sum on their new T.V when, after getting it home and setting it up, the picture doesn't seem any better, and in some cases is worse, than the T.V. they are replacing.

So, read as many review's as you can, often a good source is other user's reviews on the internet, make a short list then, although it may work out slightly more expensive, go to a reputable local store, rather than a big chain. They will generally allow you to view the T.V. with different input signals i.e terrestrial, digital, DVD etc which should hopefully give you a better idea of what brand/model to spend your hard earned cash on.

Happy hunting    

Which are crap!

They gave a VCR with the best picture at the time a very poor rating for picture, basically for real information read the specialised press, WV publications are good, go to www.avforums.com and also look at them yourselves like I did with all 4 Sony 46"

[rad cap]

just put another 50p in the back turn the knob and stay in black and white,  b/w all day long

[Marks DTM Calib]

Flat panels also dont benefit from having any depth to fit a speaker of a decent size in them.

Some are much better than others though, and most plasmas have built in amplifiers to feed better uprated speakers.

Still gonna be a shite amp on a shite supply....proper amp required and decent speakers to get good results.

The supply noise in a plasma Tv is horrific.

[Martin_1962]

Well here goes.

Forget analogue - noone uses it, for TV you have Freeview - they will all have a Freeview tuner, ask to see BBC1, 2, or CBeebies the extra channels are usually poor quality so will put you off.

Try to ignore artifacts all flat panels will show them off.

Next ask to see a Hidef source see what it is like with a BluRay disc, they are getting a lot more popular and the prices are dropping, a very good BR player happens to be a games console.

Pehaps ask to see upscaled DVD should be similar to Freeview.

For gaming PS3 and 360 are both HiDef but the PS3 also does films.

Remember to drop back to your seating position distance.

You may also see HD satellite like BBC HD - may be worth picking up a hidef sat box as well Maplins for £200 or a nice Humax PVR for around £400.

I have seen Motorstorm on a large LCD and I want one now, fed up of SDTV now

[Martin_1962]

Flat panels also dont benefit from having any depth to fit a speaker of a decent size in them.

Some are much better than others though, and most plasmas have built in amplifiers to feed better uprated speakers.

Still gonna be a naffe amp on a naffe supply....proper amp required and decent speakers to get good results.

The supply noise in a plasma Tv is horrific.

I have a £500 AV receiver and getting on for £1000 of Castle speakers

[zippo]

thanks for you thoughts and comments folks i appreciate it very much .I apologize for not posting earlier but something came up.
Darren