Are hd big tvs worth the money? and what is the downside?

de1amo

İ am considering going for interest free credit payment of a big tv--i can afford it but prefer the os way of getting it! but are they really worth the money and are there any downsides to them.
İ watch a lot of sport and feel my viewing will be enhanced--i have a big lounge. talk me out of it!!

gonzo127

if you are watching sport, i personally feel lagtime (or lack there off) is much more important than size - really you can have the biggest TV in the world but if it gets blury everytime there is movement you will get peed of with it very quickly

12bdebt3

I can't talk you out of getting an LCD TV. They are well worth it. It obviously looks a lot better in HD. BUT you don't need to get a massive TV. A 32" HD TV can probably handle the same pixels as a 42" TV. A 42" TV would be more pixelated with the same picture because the pixels will have to stretch further. Look for a 1080P 36" TV. Don't bother going over 40" it's not really worth it unless you're really rich and money doesn't bother you. What TV do you currently have?

P.S. Being part of MSE I'd advise you to save the money rather than spending and paying off. Obviously make sure you can pay off the whole TV within the interest free credit period if you use a card.

rodenal

Interest free or not, why not just buy it outright in the first place if you can afford it?

Anyway, as long as it isn't going to dwarf your living room then go for it, just dont be sucked into the expense of a useless 3d tv (imo)

corbyboy

My personal opinion is a big HD TV is only better if you have a HD source.

I think that a normal, non-HD programme looks better on a 32 inch TV than a 52 inch TV.

JasX

Depends what you're comparing it to, come the Xmas sales you can probably get a reasonable full HD 32-42" from a reasonable brand for under £380-£580. For what that would have cost you a few years ago size and reasonable quality for that price can be considered very good value.

Also on the plus side is they'd probably knock spots off similar sized TVs of 2 years ago. A guy at work (an Engineer too) did a ton of research and bought a £1200 television 9 months back for his lounge..... now he's a bit miffed his dad has just bought the EXACT same model for £600

Downsides:

Even HD is lower resolution than your CRT was capable of
Uses more electricity
Won't last as long (plan 5-8 years -a good CRT can last twice that or longer)
Doesn't stand up as well as a CRT if you throw your wii controller into the screen

de1amo

would it be would considering a 36 inch lcd --i live in turkey and have spied 42 inchers for about 550 quid--following what your getting for that will take more study! i am concerned about lag on the picture--i have a 29 inch tv of older technology and get no problems with either cable or satelite--only when it rains on satelite

What does crt mean??

12bdebt3

de1amo wrote: »

would it be would considering a 36 inch lcd --i live in turkey and have spied 42 inchers for about 550 quid--following what your getting for that will take more study! i am concerned about lag on the picture--i have a 29 inch tv of older technology and get no problems with either cable or satelite--only when it rains on satelite

What does crt mean??

CRT is just the old Television that are big at the back, some sort of ray tube, don't know what the C means, it's basically a vacuum that reflects beams of colour. Basically CRT is old technology that was used to create older TVs. LCD is a newer technology that gets rid of the massive TV and uses a plasma screen. I don't think they sell CRT TVs anymore.

JasX

arrontdep wrote: »

don't know what the C means, it's basically a vacuum that reflects beams of colour. Basically CRT is old technology

Its Cathode Ray Tube -basically all the old style 'big' TVs that were around before flat screen TVs came out are CRT type.

de1amo

CRTs are still alive and being sold where i am!- i am concerned i will buy a big white elephant!!--are the 42 incher at the low end of the price range going to leave me discontent!??--i am looking at phillips or toshiba but in the showroom they go from 'my price range up to double!--the model numbers do not coincide with uk sites so i cant see reports-i dont think the football i get is in HD--its premier league tv for world distribution--i even see the 3pm saturday games!!
the life span of these things seems off putting--does it increase with the more you pay?

Darksun

arrontdep wrote: »

CRT is just the old Television that are big at the back, some sort of ray tube, don't know what the C means, it's basically a vacuum that reflects beams of colour. Basically CRT is old technology that was used to create older TVs. LCD is a newer technology that gets rid of the massive TV and uses a plasma screen. I don't think they sell CRT TVs anymore.

The C stands for Cathode, - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathode_Ray_Tube

Also, LCD is an entirely different technology to Plasma screen, each has advantages and disadvantages so you shouldn't confuse the two (or other technologies such as OLED)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_Screen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_crystal_display
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED