TV - HD Ready or Full HD?

dumpallhere

Need to buy a new TV.

Will probably be 39-42 inches wide screen and the viewing distance of about 7-8 feet.

Am keen to get a Full HD, but given the screen size and viewing distance, should I go for it ... or settle for HD ready?


TIA.

penrhyn

Can you even buy 720 line TVs any more, AFAIK they are all 1080.
So the question is moot.

PS Full HD only refers to screen resolution, the TV may or may not have a Freeview HD tuner

macman

Anything over 32 inch, you should be looking for Full HD. The price difference is minimal or non-existent now (if, as above, you can even find an HD Ready spec TV that isn't rather old stock).

Kite2010

penrhyn wrote: »

Can you even buy 720 line TVs any more, AFAIK they are all 1080.
So the question is moot.

PS Full HD only refers to screen resolution, the TV may or may not have a Freeview HD tuner

Going by the TVs in the sales in the supermarkets, some of the cheap 'bargains' were x768, so yes you can still buy TVs which are "HD Ready" but not full HD

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Kite2010 wrote: »

Going by the TVs in the sales in the supermarkets, some of the cheap 'bargains' were x768, so yes you can still buy TVs which are "HD Ready" but not full HD

I agree the "Supermarket Specials" continue to be low specification and best avoided anyhow.

Ky-An

HD tv is only beneficial if you are subscribing to hd. Otherwise doesn't make much difference. Size of room should determine size of tv.

Froglet

Well,we had an HD ready telly,bought when they were first brought out,as that was pretty much the only choice.Now that there are so many HD channels,it is by far the most popular choice.Ours was a Sony 40 inch and the picture was good but as we pay for HD with Sky decided to upgrade to a full HD and a slightly larger screen.We now have a Samsung 46 inch full HD(not a smart one) and the picture is superb.So I can fully recommend them!

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Ky-An wrote: »

HD tv is only beneficial if you are subscribing to hd.

There are now Freeview HD channels which don't require a subscription.

penrhyn

O deary me.
Keep up with the program K9

dumpallhere

My spec. requirements are basic:
- don't need a 3D TV,
- don't need a Internet enabled TV (have sky subscription & 2 old sky boxes lying useless; also have enough laptops at home with HDMI port which I hope will allow me to connect the laptop display to the TV and use catch-up / VoD services via the laptop on the TV screen).
- don't need USB / external recording capability.
- even though don't need one, all TV models I have shortlisted have Freeview HD tuner.

That leaves me with (I think) two other basic spec. requirements - TV screen size and screen resolution. Or am I missing anything else?

Screen size - 42" is the maximum that we are comfortable with. Anything bigger will be too big for the room.

Screen resolution - Given that the viewing distance is no more than 8 feet, the one thing I was unsure of was whether I will be able to experience "HD magic" when viewing at 6-8 feet. Hence the question initially.

Having read the first 2 responses, checked the minute details of those shortlisted models which are advertised as "HD Ready".
They are all 1920 x 1080 resolution!!!
..... don't why they are being advertised as "HD Ready" rather than "Full HD" or "True HD"!

Froglet

I don't know why either! This one

http://www.coopelectricalshop.co.uk/Samsung-UE42F5000-Black-42Inch-Full-HD-LED-TV-with-Built-in-Freeview-HD/id-SAM-LED-UE42F5000-BK

Is the smaller version of the one we have .It is really good,i can recommend it,and it is definitely full HD. 1920 x 1080 IS full HD!!

Also if you use this code BDS30 you can get it for £340!!