LCD/Plasma/CRT/DLP - questions

[El Leone]

Anyone got any recommendations for a HD-TV ranging from 19 inch to 24 inch? Cheaper the better, but Build quailty is important too.

[Rossco]

EVENTUALLTY!! All set up nicely now. Still not had a chance to sit down and play games but put XBMC up in 720p and it looks ace!!

Here's some pictorials!

[PeteJ]

Nice setup

If you have Finding Nemo on DVD I recommend giving it a go, the colours are so vivid on this screen, more so than even the Philips which is twice the cost. It's not perfect though - I notice some ghosting (I belive) when there is a dark background with bright characters in the foreground. It's like a halo-effect around them - particularly on the shark bit near the start.

Possibly related to the fact I'm running it through Power DVD, though. Still - it looks far better than I've ever seen the film before - even in the cinema.

I've got it setup at the moment as a second screen on the PC - I keep losing the mouse

[themanwithapc]

If you want a DVD to show off it's abilities, try The Incredibles. Even better than Nemo, although that isn't a bad movie to show off your new screen either.

[PeteJ]

Behold the pointless feature that is PiP.

And me being lasy with the camera.
edit - I should add that each TV channel updates one at a time, changing every few seconds.

[themanwithapc]

Behold the pointless feature that is PiP.

I dunno about that. Some people would find it pretty useful.

[HaHaUK]

3 PiP screens! I thought they only did one!

Rossco & Pete, you got any retro consoles (DC,N64, SNES) to try on it?

[Rossco]

Wowwww Incredibles looks... well Incredible!!!

Put on Kill Bill just there too to compare it with my mates Samsung, we both played it on our Xboxes but I done mine through official component cables and at 720p. He done it at standard res using cheapo cables and his looked quite crap, where as this looks perfect! Really really sharp, so smooth. And best of all, I can see not one bit of blurring or ghosting at all on this TV!!!

Just watched a downloaded episode of Lost there too, at 608 x 336, Xbox upscales it brilliantly, it really does look great!!

ANDD, normal analogue TV looks quite good too. I expected it to be rubbish, but its just the same, if not a bit better actually than before!

Here's some pictures, taken at medium quality on my phone, any bigger and the quality starts to deteriorate. Looks well good though!

So happy with it.

I'll go do some SNES games on my Xbox to see what they look like, I dont have any retro consoles to actually see what they look like normally, but its better than nothing I guess...

[HaHaUK]

Real nice Rossco.

[Rossco]

WOWWWWW SNES looks ACE!!

Really really crisp and clean, that really surprised me!

And I just put Halo 2 on there too and WOW! Amazing. Looks perfect!

[HaHaUK]

Those shots look wicked! I doubt the actual SNES will be like that tho

Have you tried PS2/GC through RGB yet? Or are you just doing them with component?

[Rossco]

It looks crap through RGB.

Have official component cables for all three consoles and they are all bitching!

Quickly put on FIFA 05 and it was rather good, expected worse but it excelled well, a bit soft around the edges of some text and the player are quite jaggy but nothing too serious. Bloody annoying to set up component on PS2, you have to plug in via Scart first then change to component options then plug the cables in!?

Then put RE4 on the Cube and after hearing everyone say its crap, I was pleasantly surprised. It looks most excellent, Playing it letterboxed obviously. Otherwise it doesn't look right. So I'm glad that RE4 survived, means I dont need to go buy the PS2 version to play it decently now! I did think the Cube had options to change to component for better picture though? Not in the options though when you start without a disc. Oh well..

Pictures as usual!!

[HaHaUK]

This set is looking very very nice indeed, may have to buy it soonish

Rossco, are all those games PAL or US?

[Rossco]

Halo 2 is PAL, FIFA is PAL and RE4 is US.

It truly is a brilliant TV, have yet to fault it! Looks really smart too, I keep just looking over the whole setup now and admiring it!

[El Leone]

Anyone got any recommendations for a HD-TV ranging from 19 inch to 24 inch? Cheaper the better, but Build quailty is important too.

Thanks for helping guys.......