LG Smart TV

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derrick wrote: »

Not really, they either are or they are not, admitted it may be down to personal ideals, but if the picture on a CRT is superior to LED then it is, it can't be "iffy".

This is my last contribution to your thread (because I feel as if I'm just repeating myself over and over).

If you connect up a modern flatscreen TV to a HD source via HDMI then the picture quality will not only be superior to a CRT, it can also have a much larger screen and will use less electricity.

If you connect up a modern TV via SCART to old receiving and recording equipment then the picture quality will be vastly inferior to that provided by a CRT.

VisionMan

If I may...

The 'new' modern flatscreen HD/ready TV's provide a far superior picture than old CRT's. But only if you connect it to also suitably modern HDMI connected equipment.

If however you want to buy a new TV and connect it to old equipment via a scart , you would actually suffer a degradation in picture quality. So its literally a case of you would need to upgrade all of your AV kit and not just the TV.

Which is also what Moneyineptitude said.

WTFH

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

If those catch up services are important to you, then the method suggested to gain access to them is not really feasible given that the user interface on SMART TVS is very basic indeed. There is no keyboard for a start.

If the OP has a tablet, they can install the LG Remote app which will give them a qwerty keyboard along with other functions that aren't as good when you just have a v remote in your hand.

teddysmum

derrick wrote: »

I have just signed up for their email, on the £10.00 voucher it states, "Not valid in conjunction with any other offer/promotion", so not sure if they would honour both "offer/promotion" together.

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I don't have a printer, so haven't downloaded and read the actual voucher. However, a few months ago, I was looking at some speakers and mentioned that I could find a better deal (which they, as usual, promised to beat) then added that I would not be able to print the email voucher.


They said that I could enrol in the shop, so wouldn't need to print...and they didn't say I couldn't use the voucher with a price beat...so it will be worth calling to ask.

poppasmurf_bewdley

derrick wrote: »

It is my understanding, (from comments on one site), that you can access iPlayer OK and Net flick etc, but not ITV player, 4OD or channel 5 catch up, but you can access them via the net with WI-FI.

Comment from Amazon website : -"I noticed a lack of ITV player, 4OD and Channel 5 player and the only way currently to access these is by using the internet icon, going to the individual website and then bookmarking each one for ease of access for future use."

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I bought an LG Smart TV earlier this year, but it's not so smart!

You cannot access any Catchup apart from BBC iPlayer. I've tried loading ITV Player and 4OD via the Chrome Browser, but keep getting told the TV doesn't support them. The TV won't even play some BBC programmes.

If you want all the Catchup channels, then you need to connect it to a Sky+ HD box, a YouView box or Samsung BluRay Smart Player. Samsung seem to be the only TV/BluRay manufacturer who have all the Catchup options available.

almillar

derrick - plasma has had an equal to or better than CRT picture for decades. Since plasmas got bigger than CRTs went, it's been superior.
LCDs were always behind with colour, contrast, black levels, motion. That's the advice you're running on. It's long out of date. LCDs (that includes LED) are now much better.
You seem to think that SCART on a CRT will look better than on a flatscreen. This is not about the type of screen, it's about the size. You're taking the same picture, and blowing it up. There is a point at which you can't 'zoom in' any more, and the picture will look worse.
If you go from a 32 inch SCREEN to a 50 inch SCREEN (no matter what type) and keep using your SCART connected devices, you will NOTICE the poor quality of the SCART that you haven't NOTICED on your smaller screen. That's why it would be a good idea at this time to buy some sort of HDMI PVR, one box, that will replace your VCR and PVR. By all means give them a go if you want, but as I said, you'll find it difficult to get a TV with 2 SCARTS these days, and if you do it might be an older model.

derrick

almillar wrote: »

derrick - plasma has had an equal to or better than CRT picture for decades. Since plasmas got bigger than CRTs went, it's been superior.
LCDs were always behind with colour, contrast, black levels, motion. That's the advice you're running on. It's long out of date. LCDs (that includes LED) are now much better.
You seem to think that SCART on a CRT will look better than on a flatscreen. This is not about the type of screen, it's about the size. You're taking the same picture, and blowing it up. There is a point at which you can't 'zoom in' any more, and the picture will look worse.
If you go from a 32 inch SCREEN to a 50 inch SCREEN (no matter what type) and keep using your SCART connected devices, you will NOTICE the poor quality of the SCART that you haven't NOTICED on your smaller screen. That's why it would be a good idea at this time to buy some sort of HDMI PVR, one box, that will replace your VCR and PVR. By all means give them a go if you want, but as I said, you'll find it difficult to get a TV with 2 SCARTS these days, and if you do it might be an older model.

Ok I do understand it, I will more than likely upgrade the PVR shortly, but as I have said, I am old school, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it, if I have problems using the scart then I will have to do something, until then I am not bothered about the connections, I only mentioned the scart in my OP as an aside, (wish I had not), then every one piled in, but no one seems to have a opinion on my original Q which was about the TV, now if you haven’t got a view or opinion, so be it. But lets forget the debate about scarts, that was not my question!


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derrick wrote: »

I am old school, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it,

It is "broke" though, your old equipment is clearly no longer properly functional with new technology.

derrick wrote: »

if I have problems using the scart then I will have to do something,

Why are you stubbornly refusing to listen to the advice, not just from me, but from everyone else? The fact is that if you connect the new TV you propose to old equipment then you will have a lessened viewing experience. I don't understand why this is so alien to you?

derrick wrote: »

I only mentioned the scart in my OP as an aside, (wish I had not), then every one piled in, but no one seems to have a opinion on my original Q which was about the TV.

Your original question did ask about the TV I grant you, but you deflected any answers you might have received about the TV by stating that you were still using antiquated connections to products for which there is no longer any manufacturer support. There really is little point in anyone telling you about the features of this TV as you don't propose using it to it's full potential.
If I were you, I'd continue using your old CRT, VCR etc until it all ceases to work completely. Then you'll be forced to properly upgrade rather than try to do it in the "piecemeal" manner you seem determined to follow.

No one is "piling on" you. You don't want to upgrade and that's fair enough, but please don't ask us to applaud you for it.

VisionMan

derrick wrote: »

No one seems to have a opinion on my original Q which was about the TV.

You could buy the best TV on the market, or the worse. But if your going to use a scart connection to view it on, it wont make any difference to the picture quality. It will be awful no matter what you buy.

Sorry to be confrontational, but its true. You need to upgrade your kit to HD as well as the TV to get the full benefit of these new HD Ready TV's.

almillar

OK derrick - specific to the TV you listed, it's only got one SCART, so it doesn't really suit your needs if you really want to hold on to your VCR. Check the connections at the back of your PVR - does it have a TV SCART, and a VCR SCART? If so, I MAY be right in saying that you can connect the VCR through the PVR into the TV, and it might automatically switch. Don't take my word for it though.
I've got no problem with what you propose to do, but you asked if these new TVs will make your picture worse - they won't. They'll just show up the problems more easily, for the simple reason that they're being 'blown up'.
As long as you can accept that, go ahead and try it.