TV LCD/PLASMA I can't decide

aliEnRIK

superscaper wrote: »

You'd probably get a kick out of this http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7593444.stm.

At least I did when I read it and "holodeck" was my first thought when I saw the article.

cool!

So if holographic tvs are combined with ultrasound we have our first holodeck! (of sorts)

sporty1

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Really depends how big and how much your willing to spend?
other factor is the connections needed (id recommened 3 hdmis ~ as nearly everything will be connected this way in the future)
This Panasonic 37" Plasma is VERY hard to beat for the money ~
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And no disrespect Dave, but the Richer Sounds guys in Preston were talking sh*te to me (And my grandfather). Id buy anything off them as theyre so cheap, I just wouldnt EVER take their advice.

I bought a tv 18 mths ago, at the end of Jan 07, it was HD READY with 2 HDMI sockets, i packed in smoking to buy this!;)
As technology changes so fast I DID MY RESEARCH i made sure that the tv was good technology wise for at least 4-5 yrs i.e HDMI etc. The tv came with freeview various ways of connecting appliances and most importantly HD READY, as i wanted in the future to connect to High Definition on whichever source, so now Oct 08 i choose to connect to sky HD who is one of the biggest supplier of digital throughout the uk.
I now this week have took the offer from sky £75 hd box + £35 installation total £110, using the savings of my ciggie money ( i’m proud of it packing in smoking ).
Sky engineer came out to install on 13 oct 08 and was emmediatly prompted with a HDCP banner across the screen. Saying this is not compliant with HDCP Basically the people in Hollywood copying there films shown on tv onto dvd players etc, I was told by the sky engineer that one of there technical boffins would ring me to explain the situation , after speaking to him at long length he basically told me it is a tv issue and not a sky problem, i therefore got intouch with PHILIPS the manufacturer of my tv, who are fully aware of this issue and offer a free software/firmware upgrade so that the tv and sky box do an electronic handshake ( accept each other ) the upgrade is via a usb dongle which is sent free of charge in the post simply insert into tv and follow the instructions and it solves the issue. Unfortunately my tv doesn’t have a usb port, when i told Philips this they quickly told me i would have to go through there recommended tv engineers as it is out of warranty at a cost of a minimum of £165 + VAT AT MY COST
( i dont think so ), i have now had to go down the route of trading standards who have told me that the book stops at the retailer who sold me the tv as it does not suit the purpose it was originally bought for HDMI connection (under the sales act of 1979 ). I am still awaiting the response from the retailer .
So to clarify i have purchased a HD READY TV to watch HD when i’m ready (which is now! :j , BUT CANT BECAUSE OF THIS HDCP BANNER ) :mad: Philips say i need the upgrade software to which they don’t have a plan B of getting it into my HD ready tv because i have no usb on this model ( unless i do the other option above at my cost, by having it sent away the back took of to make it then HD viewable ).
I think this is totally unacceptable as i purchased the tv HD READY at a cost of £1200 so not a cheap tv ,
As anyone else experienced this problem if so how was it resolved , bearing in mind the new sky boxes only support HDMI connection
thanks

ptmacey

donnajunkie wrote: »

yeah but a 1080 sony should be better than a 720 sony in the same series. if so many 720 tvs were better because they had only 720 then why would anyone bother making 1080? 1080 wouldnt even exist if it was worse. a tv would have to be pretty bad if the picture was worse when it has more lines on screen. surely in general 1080 is the next step up. i wouldnt be surprised if in a few years they come up with a tv with an even higher number. no doubt just as everyone has got sky hd they will come up with super hd.

there isnt much point getting a 1080p unless you have or plan on buying or have a 1080p source such as a ps3 or another bluray player,sky hd have officially said they have no plans to even consider broadcasting 1080p until after 2012,all broadcast hd worldwide is either 720p or 1080i,i have 1080p cuz i like watchin blurays on ps3,broadcasting super hd is out the question for a while cuz they cannt even broadcast 1080p,its currently impossible to broadcast 40-50 mbpr through the ether,my broadband is only 2meg through fibre optic cable,so think of the complexities involved to send 40-50 mbpr from a satelite,