TV Question

IrishZeus

Evening all,

Looking at buying a new TV.... budget is about 550-600Eur max...

I was hoping to get a 50" but obviously with that budget, its impossible to get a decent one...

Just wondering what the most important things to look out for are? From what I've seen, there isn't a huge difference between LCD/LED/Plasma.

I'm guessing the two main things are:

1.) Full HD rather then HD Ready
2.) Contrast ratio

Connections are important also but I'm happy enough I know what to look for in relation to those.... Is there anything else that important to consider? What levels of contrast are "required"? Ones I'm looking at are 60000:1 or 120000:1.

I'm mostly lost though... any advice welcome!!!

Cheers all,

Z.

aligator_am

IrishZeus wrote: »

Evening all,

Looking at buying a new TV.... budget is about 550-600Eur max...

I was hoping to get a 50" but obviously with that budget, its impossible to get a decent one...

Just wondering what the most important things to look out for are? From what I've seen, there isn't a huge difference between LCD/LED/Plasma.

I'm guessing the two main things are:

1.) Full HD rather then HD Ready
2.) Contrast ratio

Connections are important also but I'm happy enough I know what to look for in relation to those.... Is there anything else that important to consider? What levels of contrast are "required"? Ones I'm looking at are 60000:1 or 120000:1.

I'm mostly lost though... any advice welcome!!!

Cheers all,

Z.

Will tell you now, if you're gonna be doing any gaming on it or rigging your PC up to it, don't get a plasma, will get artifacts burned in to the screen in no time.

LETHAL LADY

Is there enough space in your sitting room.

aligator_am

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Is there enough space in your sitting room.

Lol, I have a 46" LCD rigged up to this PC in my bedroom, the thoughts of going back to some poxy 19" monitor terrify me

Also, OP, I'd recommend Samsung as a good brand, good prices and haven't heard any bad reports about their stuff, I'd avoid Sony, unless you win the Euromillions or something.

cml387

Wander over to

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=56


and get totally confused.

tell Watty I said hi.

Naikon

If you have a shedload of old monitors lying around, simply throw Linux/BSD onto a pc, configure the Xorg drivers with Xinerama/Xrandr and behold:

http://www.blahblahblahg.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/wallofquake.jpg

Hackish, but it would be decent enough for watching movies/tv. You would learn a thing or two, too.

You might get some better answers here.

If you're intending to use the TV for Irish terrestrial services via an aerial (Saorview), make sure to get a TV which is MPEG-4 capable. Most are nowadays but some older stock is still MPEG-2 which will produce no picture on Saorview broadcasts.

LED refers to the backlight in the screen, it's still a LCD screen. LED backlit TVs generally use less power and can deliver better colour reproduction than a standard CCFL backlit screen.

LETHAL LADY

Naikon wrote: »

If you have a shedload of old monitors lying around, simply throw Linux/BSD onto a pc, configure the Xorg drivers with Xinerama/Xrandr and behold:

http://www.blahblahblahg.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/wallofquake.jpg

Then linky to your xerox with sum HD cables am I right?

Naikon

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Then linky to your xerox with sum HD cables am I right?

Would defeat the purpose of the above instructions mind you:pac:

A projector or HDTV is probably a better solution though.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

ok, lets get basic cos i'm thinking of buying too

I've noticed LED look good but seem too expensive, I'm thinkin 37-40 so a samsung lcd should be grand? And it should be HD as opposed to HD ready?

LETHAL LADY

themadchef wrote: »

Can someone tell me why people want a 50 inch telly?

I mean ffs lads, i spotted one in someones gaff lately and you'd go blind looking at it. Huge yolk, awful quality but he could boast he had 50inches.

Cock extension i think.

How big is the bucket your lobbing it into the sitting room?

The bigger the telly the bigger the d***.

Biggins

I have 46" Samsung LED in my bedroom (attached to a 5.1 surround sound system with Samsung Blu-Ray player and a pc).
Can't recommend them enough.
There is a difference between LED and other hi-def LCD/plasma. The LEDs are even higher pin-point quality. Simply stunning quality anyway from the Samsung's LEDs.
Try comparing LCD to LED in a shop and you will see a difference.

HD Ready and Full HD are obsolete terms nowadays but still tend to be used. Generally HD Ready was used to refer to panels with a 1366x768 resolution while Full HD was for those with a 1920x1080 panel.

aligator_am

OP, check here http://www.powercity.ie/?action=&par=10-14&cat=TV+46%22+-+65%22+Screen&action=brandstory

Super-Rush

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