I want to by a new TV and want some advice

aliEnRIK

Marty_J wrote: »

Or tried a voodoo dance?

(....yawns......)

Marty_J

Haha, I thought that would get a responsie (even if it was only a yawn!). :beer:

bladeguard

So why dont line conditioners work the theory seems good was even wondering if thats why my vega went down. Does it not depend on your mains and its voltage high peeks

thanks

moonrakerz

trcooke wrote: »

Another word of advice when getting demo's of TV sets. Get the shop to show you the picture when connected to a standard SD source such as Sky or Freeview. Some shops will feed all of their sets with a HD source to make them look awesome and this is fair game because they are selling HD sets. But, and this is the big but that sorts the wheat from the chaff, a lot of the lesser quality sets just don't handle regular SD content very well at all and let's be honest, 98% of the time you're going to be watching regular old telly channels.

I have compared regular Sky TV between a Sony and a Samsung set and the difference was very apparent. The Sony picture was far better.

A request to connect a demo set to an SD aerial is usually met with: "I'm afraid we can't do that because......................"

I tried Currys, Dixons & Comet and none would do it ! However my local John Lewis (actually a Waitrose !) were more than willing, one set needed someone to go and get a longer aerial lead, which they did. The staff seemed very competent as well.
I didn't buy a TV at the time, but when I get one it will be from John Lewis.

bob_a_builder

I didn't buy a TV at the time, but when I get one it will be from John Lewis.

and get the benifit of a 5 year warranty too - don't forget they will price match too

The comet guy did say that you needed to check SD as not all sets handled this well.

falls off chair, as Comet guy tells customer something helpful

aliEnRIK

moonrakerz wrote: »

A request to connect a demo set to an SD aerial is usually met with: "I'm afraid we can't do that because......................"

I tried Currys, Dixons & Comet and none would do it ! However my local John Lewis (actually a Waitrose !) were more than willing, one set needed someone to go and get a longer aerial lead, which they did. The staff seemed very competent as well.
I didn't buy a TV at the time, but when I get one it will be from John Lewis.

Respect to John lewis.
I personally HATE Currys and Comet
As a sort of guide to SD scaling, heres the manufacturers in order of best downwards (Generally speaking)
Pioneer (Head and shoulders above all the others), Panasonic, Sony, Samsung........
then it all gets a bit confusing from there on in

moonrakerz

aliEnRIK wrote: »

I personally HATE Currys and Comet

TBH I didn't intend buying there, I went in because thay had a lot of sets on display !

Traveller1981

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Nice tv mate! Bit large for my room but id certainly have bought one otherwise
Do you use a conditioner or tried a better mains cable?

Thanks.

Nope standard all the way for me. This falls into the HDMI quality debate, and for the money, I'd rather get some more HD content.

aliEnRIK

Traveller1981 wrote: »

Thanks.

Nope standard all the way for me. This falls into the HDMI quality debate, and for the money, I'd rather get some more HD content.

IF youd posted that last year then you'd be right
HOWEVER
Russ Andrews (VERY well known hifi guru) has since PROVEN that removing RFI (Mains interference) from hifi amps DOES reduce its THD (Total Harmonic Distortion)
Hes ALSO 'proven' that his braided mains cables reduce RFI and EMI (Mains and airbourne emmisions)
Ergo, theres IS no longer a cable debate

bob_a_builder

Go on then, its a quiet day here, I'll bite ...

Russ Andrews (VERY well known hifi guru) has since PROVEN that removing RFI (Mains interference) from hifi amps DOES reduce its THD (Total Harmonic Distortion)
Hes ALSO 'proven' that his braided mains cables reduce RFI and EMI (Mains and airbourne emmisions)

This years only 5 days old, he's been a bit busy then, since there was no proof before...

"Ergo, theres IS no longer a cable debate "

There is until you provide a link to a reliable source

remember this is a Money Saving forum, you are into the law of diminishing returns with these cable, conditioners etc