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Best bang for your buck?

  • 18-05-2012 11:55pm
    #1
    MRTULES
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 638 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,
    Just wondering if there are a few TV's that are considered to be a great price for what you get? I would like to narrow it down a little by saying over 42".
    Also just as a side note I stumbled across a Samsung UE55C8000. It was going for €2000 which I thought was ridiculous but it is the best picture quality I have ever seen by a mile. It was on its own away from all the other TV's for sale. would this be because it made the others look so poor compared to it?


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  • #2
    andy1249
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    If it looked that much better than the others then it was deliberately setup that way to shift it.

    Most sets that "pop" like that in the shop are set up like that deliberately , having a TV set up like that in the average home wouldnt work at all , they tend to look like a Monet , and you would have to change it.

    Set up for TV's has a standard. Its called Rec 709. All sets should be calibrated to Rec 709 , this is the standard that enables a set to reproduce colors accurately , once sets are calibrated to rec 709 , there is very little if any visual difference between them.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rec._709

    Obviously , if sets are set up correctly and are calibrated correctly , it becomes harder for salespeople to shift units other than the cheapest. The only way they would be able to shift them otherwise is with technical explanations about scaling chipsets and network capabilities , which is beyond most of them , so if you see a set that obviously stands out , this is dishonesty at play.

    Sets that "pop" under the overly bright lights of a shop floor then , have been deliberately brightened in order to shift them. Be wary of such sets.


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