The Great Cheapest & Best Plasma Hunt

MSE_Martin

Time for another great hunt. !The aim is the find the cheapest and best value plasma screen TV on general sale in the UK. !

So just to start the ball rolling - and without any judgement on quality....

£999 42in; plasma

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Jon_C

Looks like a good price for such a big screen but I don't know what the quality would be like.

Richer Sounds have a 42in Daewoo for £999.99 as well. I think it had been selling for £1,500 until fairly recently.

I'd be interested to know what the cheapest one available is.

scattycat_3

:P

42"£14 quid cheaper Here in sunny Manchester

And posted with HMV's E&OE on quality etc

Expect prices to plumet in 2005, as 27" LCDs are appearing below £600

webhamster

Personally the lifespan of plasma just isnt good enough yet combined with picture quality for me , but thats a personal preference.

I would suggest that the buyer wear out shoe leather making sure that they like the quality of picture of these over the rear projections at 100hz and digital combed for half the price.I prefer them myslelf to a plasma with washed out vcd looking picture on the sub 2 grand plasmas.

If you are a heavy smoker and have a dusty enviroment though both the plasma (non passive) and the rear projector based will dust and cloud.

Horses for courses , view in bad conditions , and decide what you like.

sabelu

Goodmans 42 inch @ Ibrahims Filling Station, Thorney Toll nr Peterborough £695

24seven

After doing a lot of research, I would recommend the Panasonic TH-42PWD6 as the best value 42" Plasma

It maybe not he cheapest but at £1549.00 Delivered it's excellent value for a proven quality product IMO

gibbajabba

After doing a lot of research, I would recommend the Panasonic TH-42PWD6 as the best value 42" Plasma

It maybe not he cheapest but at £1549.00 Delivered it's excellent value for a proven quality product IMO

Ive read that this is also the best one to go for,check out this price http://ws4.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=PANA-TH42PWD6B-BLK&SID=3833d3450967bedf075d9c49ca19acee

24seven

Ive read that this is also the best one to go for,check out this price http://ws4.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=PANA-TH42PWD6B-BLK&SID=3833d3450967bedf075d9c49ca19acee

It looks good to start with, but excludes a terminal board, which RS charge £150 for, then RS charge £150 for a wall bracket.

AVsales have a Special Offer including a wall bracket and terminal board, which does work out better and AVsales have a great reputation with customer care.

scattycat_3

If big piccies is a requirement, the new DLP technology is worth a look. It has revolutionised Back Projection TVs from being one only pinpoint place to view from to Plasma busting view from anywhere. contrast ratios in many thousands. Visit Comet for a demo, price again is high £3k,

BUT on the other hand good DLP projectors can be had for around £500 and will give a small cinema experience. If of course you have the room

Scat

PS Martin, is it to be Cheapest? , Best?, or a combination? :-/

MSE_Martin

Is it to be 'cheapest or best'?

It's to be the most MoneySaving plasma TV - which is a combination of lowest cost and workability - i think the above discussion is perfect.

(PS and yes i in error put in a pre-VAT £899 plasma, i've deleted it and deleted the relevant posts pointing it out - abusing my power )

Rave

i've deleted it and deleted the relevant posts pointing it out - abusing my power )

Muhahahaha!

Anyway, my advice for anyone considering buying a Plasma (or LCD for that metter) now is- don't. Although it's tempting to think 'Wow- £1000 for something that was £4000 two years ago must be a bargain!", I'm convinced that in the next 6 months to a year they will continue to tumble in price. In addition, many of the current cheap screens are missing the digital inputs which I believe will be essential to get the best out of the High Definition broadcasts which will begin in 2006 (or the high definition DVDs/Blu Ray discs which will arive around the same time). Ideally you want a high resolution panel too, but I suspect they'll take more than a year to drop into the £1000 price range.

The picture with LCDs is a bit different- many have digital inputs and a high resolution now, but the panels themselves look pretty crappy IMO, and will undoubtedly improve as new manufacturing plants come online.

If you can afford to buy a £1000 TV every couple of years, then fair enough, buy now and enjoy it now. If you can't, then I would advise you to wait a few more months before buying.

Rich :¬)