Got to get new TV, just been looking at some and is it just me or have the LCD ones got squidgy vision as standard, the picture seems all blury and not at all sharp, and that was the same on the whole collection of them in the shop.
I will take all sarcasm on the chin!
Steve.

I think its just you, or just the shop you where in, got 3 here and i find them all to be a nice sharp pic.

LCD's are usualy a nice crisp picture. Plasma ones can have a bit funny picture.

I have noticed alot of electrical shops eg currys comet etc dont set them up properly on there display so the picture looks shit.

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you might of been looking at something of low standard, i noticed the one in woolworths was a bit cack

Should have gone to spec savers.......



first!

Got a 15" Phillips LCD and a 32" Hitachi plasma and the better picture is without a doubt the plasma.

Andy,
Ha Ha I wondered who would be first.

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Its how digital tv works. The bits of the picture that move are the only sharp bits.
Footy is a good example dont look at the ball and watch the crowd its all out of focus........

Wait and get the hd tv sagem dlp http://www.qvcuk.com/ukgasp/frameset.asp?nest=%2Fukgasp%2FIsItemNumberRedirect.asp&country=uk&txtDesc=sagem&Submit=GO
I was a seminar on Friday that we were shown the new HDTV standard and I was blown away by this new picture quality.
Best described as a broadcast quality before it leaves the mixing desk but with the depth of field that makes it look 3d.

HD is good but the broadcasters are gonna make the public pay top dollar for it


The tv we had (analog) had better pictures than the digital low data rate crp that gets put out. Some flat screens are just horrible I seen flat screens that were set up right but had a horrible noisy picture. Samsungs are bad for it.
Another fact that you may not know is if the panel is too big for the room the remote controls for your other gear dont work.

Fixes include painting the room white!!!!!!!!

nuff work talk

I bought an HD ready panasonic 32" lcd over xmas. It does look pixely if you're up close, you need to be seated something like 2.5x the size of the tv away or something minimum ie 32" tv = 80" away min.

Also worth bearing in mind that most tv shops probably have a cheap splitter box so all teh tv's run the same tv signal from either terrestrial tv or a demo dvd on a loop. They probably don't spend much time setting them up or fine tuning them either. Then there is all the interference from all the cabling everywhere, electromagnetics and that sorta stuff.

I'm just waiting for hdtv on freeview, tempted by an hd dvd player but they're still quite pricey and i don't watch dvd's that often...

all imho

Ned.

Was in currys/comet t'other day looking at a TV with an HD input signal - very very clear pic.

Once I've cleared the overdraft I may have to revisit

ATB

Simon

Thanks all for the input.
Steve,

A plasma or LCD will really show up how poor Standard definition tv pictures are as they have to upscale (enlarge) the feeds. Also remember that uk source material is nearly always interlaced - which needs to be converted to be displayed on a lcd set which natively should be displaying a progresive picture.

Give them a hi definition source and you will be blown away with the quality.

So really its horses for courses at the moment - watch alot of normal sd broadcasts (sky/freeview etc) and a normal crt tv will suffice. If your a DVD/xbox360 junkie then the hi def sets will shine for you

Here's a hi-definition 1280x720 Madagascar trailer viewed via xbox media centre via RGB scart while i'm waiting to get a vga lead for it (excuse the shite camera on my mobilephone)





Cheers


G

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Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
Its how digital tv works. The bits of the picture that move are the only sharp bits.
Footy is a good example dont look at the ball and watch the crowd its all out of focus........

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Mine's an ordinary crt but freeview is a way better picture than analogue. Traffic breaks it up sometimes and weather can affect it as well. I'm leaving upgrading to plasma or lcd till the one I have packs up. The first lcd I looked at was 3 times dearer than they are now,so they are going to come down more, the picture seems to lag, like a smear when anything moves quickly but hdtv is going to fix that apparently because it has to process the signal it receives at the moment but HDTV will not need so much processing.

It won't be too long before you won't be able to buy a 'glass screen' TV - several manufacturers have already stopped making them.

I have found that it doesn't pay to get too close to the screen on my LCD TV - you do get to see pixellation on many of the Sky channels, although the BBC ones are excellent quality. It's all down to the amount of bandwidth each channel is prepared to pay for.

I have also seen a demo of HDTV - astonishing quality, but unless they improve the quality of programme content I'm not going to bother until the price drops hugely.

DJ

It all depends on the size of the television. But if you go over 32" I would choose plasma today.
The obvious choice would be an Panasonic or a Samsung.

Just remember that if you want a really good picture from your DVD use the HDMI cable and you need to calibrate your TV.
Not many calibrate their screens, but it often makes big difference from the factory settings.