Samsung CRT HD TV

lightstorm_2

Apparently Samsung are to introduce a 30" CRT HD TV (18"D) for around £300
Any more info on this product would be appreciated and will it be available in the U.K???

jamesybravo

http://www.t3.co.uk/news/247/entertainment/other/europes_first_hd_ready_crt

This should shed some light, it's a 32" btw and looks really good imo.

mjr600

It will be their second HDTV, the first was also SlimFit with HD via component and it bombed, terrible geometry etc

HD CRT's have been out in the States for a few years and are very popular, if Samsung have fixed the problems it should be a bargain buy.

RowaN

Is this it?

http://ws1.prcdirect.co.uk/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=WS32Z409TQX

Its hard to tell a SlimFit TV that can display HD apart from those that can just accept HD as an input. The manufacturers would prefer if we didn't know the difference and just blindly buy whatever they put out I guess.

jamesybravo

Just don't buy one until there's a few reviews out about it, I personally have high hopes for this as the 1st HD Ready CRT attempt from samsung had problems seemingly so surely they'll have rectified them for a 2nd attempt.

pchelpman

Lots of issues with so-called "HD ready TVs". Not least of which is whether or not they are really HD Ready. Can they go to 1080 lines or not? What are the colours like?

Generally this set sounds fairly good but I belong to DigitalSpy forums where the advice and help is great on stuff like this. I'm not saying that the help here isn't good too ... just that there's more viewpoints on that site as well.

For instance check out this discussion .....

http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=353557&page=1&pp=25

RowaN

pchelpman - yes, this is the same point I just raised.. can it actually display HD or just simply accept it as an input. Samsung have assured me by e-mail that it can display 1080i.

Subtle nuances of geometory aside, I think the bottom line is that if you're paying £4XX for a TV and expecting it to be amazing, then you're living on a strange planet where TVs are actually good value for money. If I bought this TV it would be as a toy. And I would probably be happy with it as a toy.

Assuming this is the HD model, I've just found it even cheaper:

http://www.clubstores.co.uk/newproducts.php?cat=tvs&club=fli

under 400 notes.

Teak

RowaN wrote:

pchelpman - yes, this is the same point I just raised.. can it actually display HD or just simply accept it as an input. Samsung have assured me by e-mail that it can display 1080i.

Shame it's 1080i(nterlaced) and not 1080p(rogressive). Because of the differences between interlaced and progressive, 720p is meant to achieve results that are practically indistinguishable from 1080i (up to 50"?) and actually slightly better with fast movement. Which is why I think 720p will be used for sports, while 1080i for films.

A lot of current HD-Ready TVs are only 720p, so wouldn't be suprised if 1080i HDTVs are marketed heavily but without mentioning the above. However, supposedly there are 'true' 1080p HDTVs coming. I say 'true' because I think current 1080p HDTVs only upscale 720p/1080i input to 1080p and cannot accept native 1080p input.

Not sure if Sky will bother to broadcast in 1080p, but as I understand it Blu-ray DVD movies will be in 1080p.

skippy64

Does anyone know if you could connect a Apple Mac Mini to this TV? If so it would be quite a cheap alternative for a large monitor. I accept that this is a daft question due to the differences between PC monitors & TV's but its just an off the wall question that's probably got a simple answer. :think: