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HD Ready/Full HD and LCD/Plasma for SD TV (and my mum)?

  • 09-05-2009 11:13pm
    #1
    Duffman
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    I need to get a TV for my mom and I'd appreciate a few quick opinions on the following.

    The TV will be used for DVDs and SD analogue TV mostly and occassional gaming. Picture quality is obviously not a huge deal but I want to find something that strikes a reasonably decent balance between value and quality.

    I know these questions have been asked over and over but I'm struggling slightly with the classic 720 vs 1080 and the LCD/Plasma debate.

    The following TVs are all roughly the same price but offer various combinations of these. If a 1080 TV is the same(ish) price as a 720 panel is there any reason to go 720 if the source is essentially crap? Will SD analogue look better on a 32" 720 panel than on a 32" 1080 after scaling?

    Here are some examples:

    Full HD 32" Samsung LCD €539


    Same, LG - €569

    Then a 32" HD Ready Samsung LCD is €429

    And then, just to totally confuse me, here is a larger 42" Samsung plasma panel that's HD Ready. €546


    So prices are all fairly similar but there are various combinations of LCD/Plasma and 1080/720.

    Any advice bearing in mind the intended use?

    Thanks!


Comments

  • #2
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,227 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    It is unlikely you will see much benefit from a 32" HD unless you will be sitting very close to it.

    Theres a chart in this thread you should look at:http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055552947


  • #3
    Duffman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,248 ✭✭✭Duffman


    I understand that you might not see the benefit of higher res. But could it be worse to go for Full HD if the signal is analgoue SD TV?


  • #4
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    doubt it'd be worse because the 1080p scaler will probably be of sufficient quality to handle it.


  • #5
    Wolff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭Wolff


    I dont think the HD Ready vs the Full HD is very important for you

    Far more important is Plasma vs LCD

    I watch a fair amount of SD material - and have yet to see a sd signal displayed on a LCD i like. Its my own personal opinion but they Aaways look too soft or too smudgy - or have ghosting

    My brother got a top of the range bravia recently - and while blue rays look great - normal sky looks really bad -! its a 40"

    I have always gone the plasma route. Currently have a 50" pioneer plasma and SD looks fine on it.

    If your mother is going from crt to lcd - she might end up very diapointed in the picture.

    But like everything else it depends on the TV


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