Full HD tv

aliEnRIK

sarahblaneuk wrote: »

aliEnRIK - we were looking at the http://www.trustedreviews.com/tvs/review/2009/10/13/Sharp-Aquos-LC-40LE600E-40in-LED-Backlit-LCD-TV/p1 does this look any good?

Luckyluck this whole tv thing is going to cost me an absolute fortune!!

I personally wouldnt buy a sharp. They tend to fall down on motion, sound and upscaling

This sounds bad too ~
"I also came across an odd glitch with the 40LE600E. If I was playing an Xbox 360 game using the TV's Movie preset with the Film scanning mode active when I switched the TV off, the next time I turned the TV on to play the game again, the picture broke down quite spectacularly during very bright moments. It would white-out completely in some areas, streaking, and generally being completely unwatchable for a moment or two until the picture content darkened down again."

sarahblaneuk

Thanks alienrik our pricerange is about £500 for about a 40" what would you recommend?

aliEnRIK

Generally speaking I recommend Samsung plasma or LCD, Sony LCD or Panasonic Plasma

But finding anything in your price range is difficult

Theres this Samsung ~
http://www.richersounds.com/product/lcd-tv/samsung/le40b530/sams-le40b530

But I cant find ANY reviews on it so I cant really recommend it

Theres this pan ~
http://www.richersounds.com/product/plasma-tv/panasonic/viera-txp42x10/pana-txp42x10

But its only HD READY and not 1080P

sarahblaneuk

Thanks Alienrik will show hubby them tonight.

Whats the difference between full hd and hd ready???

aliEnRIK

sarahblaneuk wrote: »

Thanks Alienrik will show hubby them tonight.

Whats the difference between full hd and hd ready???

Its just some BS wording thats been made for the latest generation of tvs

FULL HD is 1080P. The highest resolution you can currently get via standard means. But the only way you can get true 1080P material is via bluray (Although 720P and 1080i as well as SD (Standard Definition) does exist on some blurays) or via games machines like a PS3 (Though true 1080P material is few and far between)

HD READY means the tv is capable of accepting at LEAST 720P material (Not guaranteed to work with 1080P or 1080i though). Pixel range is usually 768 (oddly) though some true 720 panels do exist

Its a bit of a minefield. 1080P is technically the best to go for, but so much more comes into play. Its pointless buying a 1080P tv if it has lots of other problems (smearing, flickering etc)

geordie458

I have this one:
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/samsung-le40b551a-40-full-hd-lcd-tv-02452238-pdt.html?srcid=369&xtor=AL-1&srcid=369&xtor=AL-1&srcid=369&xtor=AL-1

If you use code 6MAY you get 6% off and you can use quidco too. Review for the 550 here: (same tv as the 551)

http://www.trustedreviews.com/tvs/review/2009/08/18/Samsung-LE40B550---40in-LCD-TV/p1

I can recommend it, especially for Bluray.

Hammyman

sarahblaneuk wrote: »

Hi, i'm looking for some advice on HD tvs, I'm going to buy a new tv this week and am looking at full HD. What I would like to know is as well as a new tv would I need to upgrade my virgin media set top box to a HD one so that i dont get a fuzzy screen??? or would my regular virgin box give me a good HD picture. Sorry if i'm confusing everyone I'm completely lost when it comes to things like this

Unless you're planning on buying a 50" screen or sitting less than 8ft away from it at 40" or 5ft at 32", don't get hung up on getting 1080p. At an average viewing distance of 10ft, you'd need a TV There's a thing called the "Escher Scale" which shows the size and viewing distance from screen for the eye to be able to percieve a difference in resolution from the lower one. Endgadget put it on their website. Also all HD broadcasters (Sky, Virgin, FreesatHD etc) output in 1080i. The difference between 720p and 1080p is inperceivable on sets smaller than 50" unless you're sat right on top of them.

http://hd.engadget.com/2006/12/09/1080p-charted-viewing-distance-to-screen-size/

Also remember that the larger the screen, the worse standard definition is going to look on them without built in upscaling however not all upscaling is equal. Standard Definition picture quality is often overlooked when people buy HD TVs but the fact is that most of what they'll watch is in SD and it spoils the enjoyment they get. My mates 1080p 42" Samsung looks horrific on SD programmes compared to my 1080i 32" LG to the point I can't watch it. My other mates 52" Sony looks better than the aforementioned Samsung because its a better quality set with good upscaling. Make sure that you get them to show you the set on freeview receiving ITV1 (none HD)which has some of the worst quality due to low bitrates, and BBC1 which has some of the best SD quality.

You're far better off buying a mid to high range 1080i TV with a really good screen than you are a 1080p in the budget range of the brand for the same price.

aliEnRIK

Hammyman wrote: »

Unless you're planning on buying a 50" screen or sitting less than 8ft away from it at 40" or 5ft at 32", don't get hung up on getting 1080p. At an average viewing distance of 10ft, you'd need a TV There's a thing called the "Escher Scale" which shows the size and viewing distance from screen for the eye to be able to percieve a difference in resolution from the lower one. Endgadget put it on their website. Also all HD broadcasters (Sky, Virgin, FreesatHD etc) output in 1080i. The difference between 720p and 1080p is inperceivable on sets smaller than 50" unless you're sat right on top of them.

http://hd.engadget.com/2006/12/09/1080p-charted-viewing-distance-to-screen-size/

Thing with those graphs are that they dont take into account that for example, viewing 1080P content on a 720P tv then means its 'scaled' which in itself is a drop in quality. That and the fact I dont for one second believe it should be a straight line graph

sarahblaneuk

I just wanted to come back on and thank everyone for all their help!! After talking with hubby we realised we wouldn't get what we wanted on our budget, so had to add a little more on top. After constant looking all over the place we finally settled on the panasonic TX-P42G10I really hope we've made the right decision, we're going to pick it up tomorrow!!

Thanks again everyone!!

Hammyman

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Thing with those graphs are that they dont take into account that for example, viewing 1080P content on a 720P tv then means its 'scaled' which in itself is a drop in quality. That and the fact I dont for one second believe it should be a straight line graph

The reason it doesn't take it into account is that it is based purely on the definition the human eye can perceive therefore it doesn't matter a toss whether you're viewing 1080p content on a 720p TV.