37" telly - which of these three please?

BillScarab

Fifer, we bought a TH-37PX80B last year and so did my mother. Excellent televisions with a great picture. For me the SD picture on the plasmas was much better than on the euqivalent priced LCDs. We've been very happy with ours.

I've recommended them several times to people and would continue to do so.

Buglawton, we used to have a JVC CRT with a built in subwoofer and for me the sound on the Panny is good enough. Whether it is quite so 'full' I'm not sure but it is certainly acceptable and if it's not good enough you can always get a proper home cinema surround sound system.

Moneymaker

If you want to use the TV with a Sky Digibox, make sure your Sky remote has the code for the TV before you buy it. See more advice here:
http://www.glodark.com/buy_a_tv.htm

Fifer

TonyMMM wrote: »

I have just bought the Panasonic TX-37LZD80 (£638 on Amazon) , and am using it with Freeview (Humax PVR) and with a Sky box (free viewing, not HD) and the picture is really exceptional - much better than I expected ....the sound is very good too.

highly recommended

Mmmmmmm. £629.99 at Richer Sounds (plus £63 for a 5 year warranty). :think:

e00c

Sony 32v4000 £499. bargain... i just got one - much better then the toshiba I had!

t-elle

BillScarab wrote: »

Fifer, we bought a TH-37PX80B last year and so did my mother. Excellent televisions with a great picture. For me the SD picture on the plasmas was much better than on the euqivalent priced LCDs. We've been very happy with ours.

you can always get a proper home cinema surround sound system.

I agree with this and so does my neighbour who recently bought a Sony lcd. His picture is great, but still not as great as mine (his opinion!)

We have a Sony surround DAV260 for watching movies and certain tv programmes (oh and dvd's). The sound from the panny is not as good as the old crt but not so that you don't want to listen to it!

Astuteboy

Fifer wrote: »

Thanks all. Since posting this, I've also been looking at the X10 (seen posts from people price matching at JL with S&V but I think they have to be within a certain radius and no S&V don't have shops up here unfortunately - £699 is more than I wanted to pay). I'm also thinking about the 32" LG plasma. £439 from Richer Sounds with a 5 year warranty seems a bargain (£399 without the extended warranty).

You can definitely find the TXP37X10 a lot cheaper online than John Lewis' £699

http://www.comparetvprices.co.uk/ms/TXP37X10B/

£542.80 including delivery from 1staudiovisual. I think Pixmania are offering £10 off the price shown there as well, but I can't get on their website at the moment to check. It's only £6 more from Amazon if you want to buy from a more familiar name.

For the KDL37V4000, £499 from Comet isn't bad but you can have it for £429.99 including delivery from Play.com

Personally, I've had a 37LG5000 for a few months and not had any issues - not saying it's the best TV in the world, but it's good value for a 1080p 37" LCD.

Fifer

Astuteboy wrote: »

You can definitely find the TXP37X10 a lot cheaper online than John Lewis' £699

Just seen Richer Sounds advertising it at £549.95, so (if in stock at Edinburgh) should be able to get JL to pricematch and get their free five year warranty.

Astuteboy

Fifer wrote: »

Just seen Richer Sounds advertising it at £549.95, so (if in stock at Edinburgh) should be able to get JL to pricematch and get their free five year warranty.

I like JL, but I would imagine watching them knock £150 off for you would be far more satisfying than buying online ever could be

Fifer

Astuteboy wrote: »

I like JL, but I would imagine watching them knock £150 off for you would be far more satisfying than buying online ever could be

And they provide free delivery.

BillScarab

Not to mention the 5 year guarantee.

Go for it Fifer, I'm sure the TV won't disappoint.