DabsValue 42" PDP Plasma TV HD Ready £799.99

ukbill69

If you are looking for a flat screen television that provides excellent picture quality with low picture distortion, then this plasma TV is the solution you have been looking for.

Specifications

Display size diagonal: 42"
Resolution: 852 x 480
Brightness: 1000cd/m2
Contrast Ration: 3000:1
Video Inputs: D-Sub 15, DVI (with HDCP), YPbPr/YCrCb(Supports HDTV)
Maximum Audio Output: 20W (10W x 2)
Scart Sockets x 2
Progressive Scan
Picture in Picture
Teletext
Stand included
Speakers in seperate box
1 year RTB Warranty
Dimensions: 1354x388x851mm
Weight: 51kg

http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx?Quicklinx=3TLX

welshblob

its not quite HD ready according to the reviews as it can't support the proper HD resolution

ukbill69

Video Inputs: D-Sub 15, DVI (with HDCP), YPbPr/YCrCb(Supports HDTV)

nordberg

Look at the resolution - it's not HD Ready.

kokyu

You can feed it a high-def (HD) signal, but it won't be displayed properly because the set's resolution is less than 1280x720. It'll just strip infomation off until it's reduced it to a size it can cope with.

HD TVs are like the full unabridged version of a book, glorious works of art. Standard definition (SD) TVs are like abridged versions. Same story, same words used, just less of them in SD and therefore ultimately worse quality.

mk-donald

And to be 100% FAIR to DABS they make no such 'HD ready' claims, indeed they explicitly state on the Specification page:

"HD Ready ? Not HD Ready"

So just an over enthusiastic recommendation.

It's a shame for the consumer marketplace that there is so much confusion.

Fogg1969

I'd still not recommend buying a HD ready plasma. The premium you'll pay for it over non HD plasma like this amounts to quite a lot still.

I'd recommend buying, this, well, the 42" Panasonic in richersounds.com is what I'd go for really - and using that for 3 yrs. By the time HD is properly propagated you'll have had a lot of use from the current display, and it's safe to say that 2009's technology will be much improved, and a lot cheaper too.

So, do you spend £2000 now on a HD ready plasma?

I'd personally spend £1000 now on something that's adequate, then £1000 again in a few years... Put it this way, in 2009 I'd rather have £1000 to spend on a new display than be using a £2000 display from 2006. I'll also have the 2006 display to demote to the bedroom.

We're bargain hunters here. What's we don't need HD till freeview have adopted it!