HDTV Advice

JamesN

Budget: £450 Maximum
Size: at least a 40" Widescreen
Must be HD

ok those are the spec's i want, not really bothered if i comes with freesat or anything similar.

Basically, i want to get a big great quality screen, as good as i can get for the money. could possibly push it to £500 but i'd rather not given the state of the economy.

Does anyone know any great deals out there?

Also, should i wait for the January sales instead? anyone have any idea if tv's will come down in price much by then, as i dont mind waiting.

Thanks very much for your help!

James

sturll

JamesN wrote: »

Budget: £450 Maximum
Size: at least a 40" Widescreen
Must be HD

ok those are the spec's i want, not really bothered if i comes with freesat or anything similar.

Basically, i want to get a big great quality screen, as good as i can get for the money. could possibly push it to £500 but i'd rather not given the state of the economy.

Does anyone know any great deals out there?

Also, should i wait for the January sales instead? anyone have any idea if tv's will come down in price much by then, as i dont mind waiting.

Thanks very much for your help!

James

For that price you have better chance of getting a Plasma with decent spec or settle for a LCD with low spec.

Start with Currys - in regard to price dont expect too much of a drop, what the TV companies are doing now is releasing say series 1, then after 6 months withdrawing it and releasing series 2 etc etc, this ensures that the customer always pays a premium for a premium TV.

aliEnRIK

Does it need any scart or component sockets? How many hdmis? Will you be watching freeview?

Marty999

sturll wrote: »

For that price you have better chance of getting a Plasma with decent spec or settle for a LCD with low spec.

Not sure what choice of plasmas you would get for £450, I think you will be looking at LCD TVs for your budget.

sturll

Marty999 wrote: »

Not sure what choice of plasmas you would get for £450, I think you will be looking at LCD TVs for your budget.

Plasma is cheaper than LCD.

BillScarab

But £400 for a 40" Plasma is still a very small budget, even £500 is. LG do a 32" Plasma and even that is £463 at Amazon

aliEnRIK

Richer sounds have 42" Samsung plasmas for 500 quid

jaydeeuk1

Phillips 42" £449

http://www.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct_clearancebargains&pid=PHIL-42PFL5522&tc=1&region=

Polaroid 42" £439

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Polaroid-TLU-04223BU-Definia-Widescreen-Freeview/dp/B0016IGPXG


Acoustic Solutions / Argos £449 (can get for less) 1080p

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&referredURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.argos.co.uk%2Fwebapp%2Fwcs%2Fstores%2Fservlet%2FSearch%3FstoreId%3D10001%26catalogId%3D1500001151%26langId%3D-1%26searchTerms%3D529-4055&jspStoreDir=argos&referrer=COJUN&cmpid=COJUN&searchTerms=529-4055&langId=-1&catalogId=1500001151

No idea of the quality of them in person but from reviews I doubt they'd compare to a Sony / Panny, but they're in budget. The phillips one would probably be the better of them, but thats their budget range TV. I was looking at these TVs when I was after a decent 40"+, but decided on the sony 40v4000u for £599 / 5 year warranty. Fantastic set, even with SD feeds.

aliEnRIK

The cheap philips tvs tend to be awful for 'movement' onscreen

Polaroid are NOT good for tvs and I highly doubt Acoustic Solutions are either.

Traveller1981

I would recommend second hand with that budget for a decent set. Check out the classifieds on AVforums.com

You might be able to pick up a cheap second hand commercial screen panasonic PHD7/8 etc for that money which will give a better picture than most TV's up to £1k.

jaydeeuk1

2nd hand often means little or no warranty, and if spending the best part of £500, I'd want a decent warranty to back it up.