26" HD Ready LCD TV - £317.24 inc VAT

archy121

1080P is very high resolution standard & you would not be able to appreciate any difference from a 720P on a 26" screen.

I belive you need to have 50+" to start apprciating benifits it can deliver & you would need HD media such as movies on BluRay discs or console games that can utilise such high resolution e.g. PS3. Be happy with 720P.:beer:

irv

kronas wrote:

woah 16ms response time no thanks!

I would not let a 16ms response time put you off....it's all relative....I had a cracking little set made by Acer (26" LCD) which had a 16ms response time and I never once noticed any picture drag (or whatvever it's called).

Looks like a good set this one, especially at that price. :beer:

madpom

IClaudius - you have a PM!

I only need the tv for my home "office" so it's hardly likely to ever get connected to a HD source, and price is the most important aspect, followed by size and then picture quality (yeah go figure!). To be honest I've looked over loads of sets in Currys etc and I haven't found a single set that has what I would consider a great SD/Analogue-sourced image. And that includes the pricey sets too.

Yes OK I admit the source material is poor quality in Currys (one distribution amp for 20 sets) but still CRT's manage better from the same source.

brandx

madpom wrote:

Have just ordered it from Pixmania - fingers crossed it's as good (for the cash) as people have made out!

You'll let us know what you think of it when you've had it a day or two, won't you?

vishpatel

http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=420779&highlight=HANNSG+JT261

I bought this tele as a xmas pressie for my mum

honestDave_2

this looks remarkably like the 26" Sonix Sainsbury's were selling a year ago for £500. I bought two of those and both went back. The first had a lot of dead pixels and went back within a week, the second died after about 7 months. Hope these ones are better.

madpom

bandx - yep I'll give a full review once I get my hands on it. Pixmania's ordering process was fun (not!). Email requesting a scan or fax (to iffy looking international phone number) of a council tax bill or bank statement/utility bill or even driving license. As if I'd send a bank statement over unsecured means! Anyway after scanning and emailing a letter from $ky they phoned me and asked for confirmation of what I ordered, what proof I'd sent and my address.

All to prevent fraud? Think I'll be much happier sticking with "normal" retailers in the future.

bellamy_47

can someone tell me how to get the £297 price from pixmania please? I don't know where to get the code from either, I want this for a pc monitor bedroom tv. has anyone hooked their pc up to one yet?

madpom

I found the code through the PriceRunner site, searching for HannsG JT261. It was listed under the site details for Pixmania.

bellamy_47 - I've PM'ed you the code direct.

mk-donald

For a 26" set, to be worrying about not just whether it takes a 1080i feed, but even a 1080p feed, is rather questioning the gilding on the lily.

There's a good graphic on the HTTV UK website at
http://wirelessdigest.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/resolution_chart.jpg
where I'm sure we can all argue about its total accuracy, but the jist of it is spot-on, namely unless you're sitting close enough you aint gonna notice!

If you ARE thinking about 1080p quality, you SHOULD in my view be in the realm of a 40"+ display at standard sitting room distances. AND expecting to feed it with a £500-£1000 HD DVD player of one kind or another - ie you are NOT in the market for the cheapest 26" display one can find.