Which LCD or Plasma set?

BillScarab

Well I had to buy a new telly last week after our old CRT broke. I went for a PAnasonic 37px80 plasma which is the smaller version of the one aliEnRIK mentioned an it is superb. The SD picture is better than any LCD I've seen and just 10 minutes ago Virgin swapped out my old V+ which had a duff HDMI port so I now have HD and that's stunning. Also the Panasonics are 100hz if that is of concern to you they also accept 1080p/24fps which I believe is the latest standard used on Blu-Ray.

The other advantage is that the PX80 range are relatively cheap. They've won a lot of awards as well.

And as always do some research on https://www.avforums.com

donnajunkie

they admitted they were wrong in the end? so did they refund the difference then?
i've never seen the point of price match from the customers point of view because if it is cheaper elsewhere then i would just go elsewhere in the first place.

superscaper

donnajunkie wrote: »

they admitted they were wrong in the end? so did they refund the difference then?
i've never seen the point of price match from the customers point of view because if it is cheaper elsewhere then i would just go elsewhere in the first place.

The point was trying to get it at the cheaper price. After their admission they then sold it to us at the cheaper price. I completely agree with you about going elsewhere, as I'd already said in my post if it was me personally I'd have gone elsewhere. I think it's that my parents think they have better recourse going back to one of many JL stores if anything goes wrong instead of a single independant store. Not my logic by the way. Because if they don't stick to their own terms on pricematching then I don't see why they'd necessarily stick to their warranty terms either.

donnajunkie

ok, what is the difference between these?
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ArgosComparison?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500001151&categoryId=&langId=-1&returnToURL=%2Fwebapp%2Fwcs%2Fstores%2Fservlet%2FBrowse%3FstoreId%3D10001%26langId%3D-1%26ID69%3D10199306%26c_1%3D1%7Ccategory_root%7CHome%2Bentertainment%2Band%2Bsat%2Bnav%7C10199181%26c_2%3D2%7Ccat_10199181%7CTelevisions%7C10199303%26c_3%3D3%7Ccat_10199303%7C40%2Band%2B42%2Binch%2BLCD%2BTVs%7C10199306%26r_1%3D4%7CScreen%2BSize%2B%28inches%29%7C40%7C1%26r_3%3D5%7CBrands%7CSony%7C1&compIds=1500231879&compIds=1500271569&orderedIds=1500231879_1500271569_

M4RKM

looks like the contrast ratio (amount of gradients between the whitest white, and the blackest black) is different on the more expensive one

donnajunkie

i noticed that the contrast is lower on the more expensive one. shouldnt the more expensive one have the higher contrast because its the higher the the better isnt it? anyway what i suspect is there is some sort of !!!! up because look at the model numbers of the two tvs and compare every other detail. it is the same tv with two different prices isnt it?

aliEnRIK

donnajunkie wrote: »

i noticed that the contrast is lower on the more expensive one. shouldnt the more expensives one have the higher contrast because its the higher the the better isnt it? anyway what i suspect is there is some sort of !!!! up because look at the model numbers of the two tvs and compare every other detail. it is the same tv with two different prices isnt it?

Yup

Looks to me like theyve made a mistake somewhere

[Deleted User]

I wouldn't get hung up on contrast ratio's as they're just a figure that there's no standard test for and are rigged by manufacturers to put on their features to wow people with.

When it comes to how you watch your set in your house, contrast ratio will not even be a factor.

donnajunkie

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Yup

Looks to me like theyve made a mistake somewhere

they often make mistakes regarding the spec as well. so over the past week i have learned to just look at the manufacturers website to be sure of the correct spec.

aliEnRIK

TorrestheGreat wrote: »

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