LCD/Plasma/CRT/DLP - questions

[charlesr]

Can't you get 1080p LCDs for that price these days? My 720p set is 42" and at my viewing distance it doesn't matter, but it might be different for you.

[charlesr]

e.g. http://www.richersounds.com/showprod...=HITA-UT42MX70 (I have no idea if this is good, but it's 1080p). You'd need a separate sky box or freeview box though - there's no tuner in it (same with mine).

[MJ]

I got a Sony KDL-40L4000 from Sainsbury's a month or two ago and am really pleased with it. It handles the various inputs well and SD content doesn't look too bad at all.

After several months of use, the motion blur the Sony KDL-40L4000 suffers can be really annoying at times, particularly in darkly lit video games.

[Jebus]

Thanks Charles, was gonna upgrade my 32" for a bigger one and put the 32" in the playroom/games room, instead I've decided to buy a 22" LG 1080p Freeview for the playroom and spend the money I've saved on other nice things

[Salsa Party Animal]

Anyone give me advice for handling Wii, GC, DC, PS2 and XBOX games on 50" 1080P Plasma (V10 Panasonic) as I am not sure on viewing distance for them. My bed is about 7ft away from TV.

[Papercut]

I'm happy at 2-3 metres away. I like to see teh sub-pixels

[Salsa Party Animal]

Will the screen burn affect new generation Panasonic V10 Plasma series ?

Do I need to turn down brightness or whatever for first 30 hours or what.

[Alastair]

Hi guys, some advice again please. Before Christmas I was asking about the Sony KDL32V4000 but we never got round to buying one. What's happened to that set? It's disappeared from the internet!?!

We now have a load of John Lewis wedding vouchers to use and my mind has turned back to TV's especially as they do price matching and also 5 year warranties.

So, 6 months later, what's the new kid on the block for that level set? I see the KDL32S5500 and it's a bit pricier but is that the replacement? Or are there other manufacturers I should be looking at now? Price range is as close to 400 as we can get really.

I knew I should have tried to get one in the Richer Sounds boxing day sale for 300 quid

[abigsmurf]

The 5500 reviews very well, especially for SD upscaling. However it has very high input lag, even in game mode

[Alastair]

Thanks. However I don't know what input lag is!

It'll mainly be used for watching freeview and upscaled DVD's by the way.

[anephric]

Will the screen burn affect new generation Panasonic V10 Plasma series ?

Do I need to turn down brightness or whatever for first 30 hours or what.

You'll always get retention, but you'd have to abuse that set like no-one's business to get actual burn-in.

People argue frenetically about running-in times, but I left mine in Eco mode for the first 100 hours, with brightness and contrast set at <50.

[abigsmurf]

Thanks. However I don't know what input lag is!

It'll mainly be used for watching freeview and upscaled DVD's by the way.

Input lag is the time it takes for a video signal to display on screen.

It's irrelevant for TV and DVD but for videogames, it's basically like playing on a laggy connection on games that aren't (usually) designed to compensate for it.

[Alastair]

Thanks smurfy.

Is the Samsing LE32B450 comparable to the Sony at all? Just another option that JL sell.

[Salsa Party Animal]

I have been looking at TV stands for my new 50 inch plasma and want something suitable for gamer. I want something cool and hide my cables if possible and not exceed &#163;150. No wooden cupboard or anything.

Any recommendation ? As most of them are designed for TV, DVD player, Amp and one more thing.
I will be using

XBOX 360, PS3, DC, Wii, PS2, AV receiver, Sky HD, HD DVD player, AV control center.

I would like room for Gamecube, N64, XBOX as well and new Blu Ray player eventually.

[prinnysquad]

No idea whether or not this is the right thread, but heigh ho.

Basically the missus and I are looking at new tvs, due to the existing one making a high pitched noise for hours on end every so often. I saw on tv this morning that Currys were having a sale, so I decided to check out what they had online.

I found a HD Ready Samsung 32" tv for 350 quid, but alarms started ringing when i read down the page and saw the phrase '50hz'.

I've got dozens of region 1 dvds, even a region 4 dvd, and I've unlocked all the dvd players in the house to play them. Being a n00b scum, I'm under the impression that region 1 ntsc dvds need a 60hz tv to run them. Is this right or have I made it up?

Will my Godzilla dvds play on that 50hz samsung HD ready tv?