LG 42" LCD TV with TRUE HD (1080P) for £779 !

richto

cheapskate58 wrote: »

Who on earth is going to be recording on VHS via Scart for gawd's sake?

Errrm, the vast majority of people using a VHS would be using Scart connections.

dippy

gromituk wrote: »

Interpolation occurs anyway, because the picture is overscanned...

Overscanning removes few lines. Interpolation of SD is still minimal for 1080p (where the ratio is ~2) compared to 720p (ratio is ~1.4).

gromituk

Interpolation isn't "minimal" at all - you're generating every line from a combination of others, whether you're overscanning a small amount or completely changing the number of lines. The challenges you need to overcome are just the same.

dippy

gromituk wrote: »

Interpolation isn't "minimal" at all - you're generating every line from a combination of others, whether you're overscanning a small amount or completely changing the number of lines. The challenges you need to overcome are just the same.

Most freeview channels are 576 lines, except a few that are 520 lines. There's no reason why the upscaler can't remove the top and bottom extra lines to make it an integer resize. These are usually removed by analogue tvs anyway. No interpolation required!!!!!!

FunkyMunkey

richto wrote: »

Errrm, the vast majority of people using a VHS would be using Scart connections.

I may be wrong, but I think he was trying to make the point that most people who'd be buying a 42" HDTV probably wouldn't still be using VHS. So for Which? to even mention it (especially in such a short review) is completely pointless.

cheapskate58

FunkyMunkey wrote: »

I may be wrong, but I think he was trying to make the point that most people who'd be buying a 42" HDTV probably wouldn't still be using VHS. So for Which? to even mention it (especially in such a short review) is completely pointless.

Exactly my point FunkeyMunkey - although some around here are, how shall we say, a little too challenged to have worked that one out:D

cheapskate58

dippy wrote: »

Both screens are the same size. People would be sitting at the same distance for both, otherwise one would appear smaller/bigger and you're effectively losing out on buying a bigger screen.

We're talking about 5-6 metres viewing distance, unless you live in a mansion. Are you saying that you really can't see the difference between 720p and 1080p? 1080p is 1.5 times the resolution of 720p.

SD (500 lines) would look the best on 1080p as it's almost twice the number of lines. It means that there's none of the fuzzyness (interpolation) crap that you'd get on 720p and thus is displayed natively (twice actually).

At the distance you suggest, 5-6 Metres, (thats around 20 feet), unless you have the vison of Superman you ain't gonna notice the difference between a 42" screen displaying 720p or 1080p. If you sit closer, then yes - but who on earth will sit 3-4 feet directly in front of a 42" plasma, apart from someone who has bought too big a screen for too small a room:eek:

SD displayed on either screen will look the same viewed from that distance - a more pertinent point is the quality of SD signal; whether it is broadcast or from a DVD

dippy

cheapskate58 wrote: »

At the distance you suggest, 5-6 Metres, (thats around 20 feet), unless you have the vison of Superman you ain't gonna notice the difference between a 42" screen displaying 720p or 1080p. If you sit closer, then yes - but who on earth will sit 3-4 feet directly in front of a 42" plasma, apart from someone who has bought too big a screen for too small a room:eek:

SD displayed on either screen will look the same viewed from that distance - a more pertinent point is the quality of SD signal; whether it is broadcast or from a DVD

At 5m, we're only talking about 5m here, some people may even have less space in their living room, you don't need superman's or a hawk's vision, just normal vision. Come on, it's not as if we're talking about kms which is the real acuity of hawks.

icarusi

Lord_Jason_The_Invincible wrote: »

I found this site helpful: http://www.plasma-lcd-facts.co.uk/home/
If you are going to hook up to your laptop - I would suggest that you don't go for a Plasma as they are prone to screen burn... Its too easy to have the same pixels on the telly lit up for a prolonged period of time without realising.

And if you want a recommendation - go for a Samsung... they are a bit more pricey - but the difference in quality is well worth the extra money!

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