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LCD or Plasma?
« on: 13 September 2006, 14:55:28 »

I've got to get a new telly as my old one is beond "economical repair" according to the warrenty muppets. I'm thinking of getting LCD or a plasma telly to replace it (got to get it from Currys or Currys digital as replacement vouchers can only be spent there)
What would you recomend? I'm after nothing smaller than 32"
Or what should i avoid?
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Re: LCD or Plasma?
« Reply #1 on: 13 September 2006, 15:13:34 »

Naturally, I'm gonna say avoid Sony. Useless, unreliable, unusable piece for junk from a lying, deceiteful, disgraceful, useless company.
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Re: LCD or Plasma?
« Reply #2 on: 13 September 2006, 15:28:19 »

LCD is the way forward and is now just at a stage where it can be considered good.

Plasma is old hat, not massively reliable, power hungry, heavy.....should be avoided realy.

Interestingly the best LCD's I have seen recently have been the Philips and Tosh ones with the LG screens fitted.

Dont forget that you idealy want a built in freeview tuner and it should be HDTV compatible
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« Reply #3 on: 13 September 2006, 15:56:54 »

Depends on how much you want to spend.

Plasmas - panel or TV - benefits with both, Pioneer are very good, as are Panasonic

LCD are more TV based, there are SDTV only ones, but if you want future proof you want a 1080 vertical resolution screen.

For 46" look at the Sony KDL46X2000U, this is the best on the market at the moment.

http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=331883

Smaller scour the same site and see what people think, I have seen the above TV and it is good, There is a large Phllips LCD which is pretty good, The Sony S series are basic and the V series are in between. There has been a Toshiba announced - give that a month to appear.
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Re: LCD or Plasma?
« Reply #4 on: 13 September 2006, 16:04:32 »

I wish I'd scanned avforums before I bought my last Sony TV, then I would have realised what a piece of shit they truely are  >:(.

Still, my own fault, I would only consider Sony, so thats what I bought. And regretted.
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« Reply #5 on: 13 September 2006, 16:14:09 »

One thing I have learnt years ago - if it is too cheap it is no use

My current TV is nearly 7 years old, my old portable is over 20 years old. Both Sony

I have seen a few LCD TVs and some are dreadful, same with Plasmas.

CRTs well until they disappeared Trinitron tubed ones were good, but when they tried to compete on price things were not so good. Mine is well made, but when it wears out I will have to get a flat panel type or a rear projector.

So if a Sony item is cheap it is propably naff.

If the price makes you wince it will be fine.

As to any TV, I have never seen a TV where it was perfect with everything, you have to choose what you want.

What actual model TV did you have Jaime?
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Re: LCD or Plasma?
« Reply #6 on: 13 September 2006, 16:24:40 »

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LCD is the way forward and is now just at a stage where it can be considered good.

Plasma is old hat, not massively reliable, power hungry, heavy.....should be avoided realy.

Interestingly the best LCD's I have seen recently have been the Philips and Tosh ones with the LG screens fitted.

Dont forget that you idealy want a built in freeview tuner and it should be HDTV compatible

Got to agree with Mark on this one - LCD [smiley=thumbup.gif]

Having seen LCD and Plasma sets, LCD is definitely the better of the two. I'm also told by those in the know that they will last a lot longer than Plasma sets.
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« Reply #7 on: 13 September 2006, 16:28:31 »

I bought my 32" TV as it was the only 50Hz flat screened IDTV with no surround sound on the market, at the time the only boxes were Ondigital boxes and they were £200 and not as good.

No point paying for TV surround sound speakers as they are usually naff.

DVD - not many shops selling them, interest free credit, £100 off and actually being available meant I got a Sony first time.

H/C receiver, money off and 5* awards off HCC and HE did this for me.

Video cameras I will not mention my 1982 one bought S/H in 1985 but this is one area where Sony are among the top brands, my MiniDV one was one of the first to do anamorphic widescreen without losing vertical resolution, it was one of the better cameras at the time and was praised in the press. I got mine from Jessops after playing with a few Sony and Canon ones.

I have quite a bit of non Sony stuff such as a Pioneer DVD player,  Castle speakers, a Pace PVR ect.
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Re: LCD or Plasma?
« Reply #8 on: 13 September 2006, 16:29:06 »

LCD is much much better i agree with mark and as TB said avoid sony LCD is much clearer aswell  ;)
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« Reply #9 on: 13 September 2006, 16:29:16 »

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LCD is the way forward and is now just at a stage where it can be considered good.

Plasma is old hat, not massively reliable, power hungry, heavy.....should be avoided realy.

Interestingly the best LCD's I have seen recently have been the Philips and Tosh ones with the LG screens fitted.

Dont forget that you idealy want a built in freeview tuner and it should be HDTV compatible

Got to agree with Mark on this one - LCD [smiley=thumbup.gif]

Having seen LCD and Plasma sets, LCD is definitely the better of the two. I'm also told by those in the know that they will last a lot longer than Plasma sets.

As to Toshiba - wait for the 1080p TVs out in a few months
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« Reply #10 on: 13 September 2006, 16:31:32 »

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LCD is much much better i agree with mark and as TB said avoid sony LCD is much clearer aswell  ;)

What problems have you had with Sony?

I hope you haven't been buying their cheap stuff!
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Re: LCD or Plasma?
« Reply #11 on: 13 September 2006, 16:34:09 »

OK who make Sony stuff and why I say avoid the cheap stuff.

All in one home cinemas - Samsung
Vhs VCRs - Hitachi, Smasung, NOT Sony
Their Freeview PVR is a Digifusion, their Freeview box was much better.

Sony stuff which is good, anything which makes you wince.

They are still leaders at video camera technology
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Re: LCD or Plasma?
« Reply #12 on: 13 September 2006, 17:22:09 »

I have had a 42" plasma for a year now & am well happy with it (goodmans).

Thing is if you want a BIG telly,plasma is the way to go cause of the high price of comparable lcd's ATM. If I had say £3500 instead of £1100 would have prolly bought the LCD.

Both have their pro's & cons,ie colours are better on a LCD but the viewing angle is better on a plasma.

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Re: LCD or Plasma?
« Reply #13 on: 13 September 2006, 18:13:36 »

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One thing I have learnt years ago - if it is too cheap it is no use

My current TV is nearly 7 years old, my old portable is over 20 years old. Both Sony

I have seen a few LCD TVs and some are dreadful, same with Plasmas.

CRTs well until they disappeared Trinitron tubed ones were good, but when they tried to compete on price things were not so good. Mine is well made, but when it wears out I will have to get a flat panel type or a rear projector.

So if a Sony item is cheap it is propably naff.

If the price makes you wince it will be fine.

As to any TV, I have never seen a TV where it was perfect with everything, you have to choose what you want.

What actual model TV did you have Jaime?
Had my (current) Sony TV around 4 years. Cost over £1500, and was supposedly best 28" trinitron Wega they did apparently. Its the FQ series shite. Paid a Sony price, got a Goodmans quality TV.  And its not a 1 off, this is the 4th I've had (under warranty).

I have a C&G 224, specialising in colour television, so I know exactly what is wrong with this set, but apparently the Sony call centre staff know more about electronics than I do.....   >:(
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Re: LCD or Plasma?
« Reply #14 on: 13 September 2006, 18:27:44 »

KV28FQ75?

Supposedly quite good, however it is a 100Hz TV [smiley=thumbdown.gif]

If you have a fuzz on the picture there is a fix which involves playing with the service menu. On avforums somewhere
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