LCD/Plasma/CRT/DLP - questions

[EvilBoris]

The Samsung sets are all style and no substance though, you can get much better performing sets for the same money.

[Benji]

I've always found samsung mobile phones to be the same, very nice looking but perform like a one legged man in a sprint with a two legged man in terms of their overall quality

[Lyris]

I remember during Summer 2005, Samsung had a fairly big following on the AV Forums because they were among the first to introduce an affordable 32" HDTV (800 pounds or so). But it had a few problems and there seemed to be a higher than average number of dud sets.

Now the competition is a lot tougher and even "expensive" brands like Sony have comparably priced TVs, so I can't see any reason to put Samsung at the top of your list.

[Benji]

As i said mate, it looked pretty cool (shoot me lol)

Noticed a few of the other lads had them aswell in the post ur setup thread so thought they must be of a good standard, think im gonna opt for that Toshiba one.

Just need to get the ever so expensive sky HD now

[EvilBoris]

Noticed a few of the other lads had them aswell in the post ur setup thread so thought they must be of a good standard, think im gonna opt for that Toshiba one.

I had one of the older Samsungs just before the 360 came out, as did LOADS of people here. Like Lyris said, it was the only decent Priced HDTV you could get at the time.
Samsung haven't really improved much in regards to picture quality since, a few people here who owned the Samsung's have gone to the WLT68 sets and are dead chuffed with them.

[Benji]

All sorted then, that's me sold

Thanks for the help dude. Afaik aswell the hd dvd' drives are coming with King Kong still right? Found one for £129 you see

[EvilBoris]

It is a bit hit and Miss apparently, some have Kong and Some don't.

[Kotatsu Neko]

I remember during Summer 2005, Samsung had a fairly big following on the AV Forums because they were among the first to introduce an affordable 32" HDTV (800 pounds or so). But it had a few problems and there seemed to be a higher than average number of dud sets.

Now the competition is a lot tougher and even "expensive" brands like Sony have comparably priced TVs, so I can't see any reason to put Samsung at the top of your list.

They still have excellent industrial design, perhaps the best out there. The Sony's look really cheap in my opinion, certainly not how a so called top tier brand should look.

[Flompy]

I had one of the older Samsungs just before the 360 came out, as did LOADS of people here. Like Lyris said, it was the only decent Priced HDTV you could get at the time.
Samsung haven't really improved much in regards to picture quality since, a few people here who owned the Samsung's have gone to the WLT68 sets and are dead chuffed with them.

Like me. The Samsung sets are 'alright' but the Toshiba is ****ing ACE!

[Spatial]

Well, chalk me up as another Toshiba convert too.

Got my 32WLT68 today and it's already justified me splashing the money on it. Gone are the artifacts and extra jaggies from the manky scaler in my JVC LCD.

Although the Tosh obviously doesn't get rid of jaggies at least I now know my TV's not introducing any more and degrading the picture

As another plus the image seems to be so much richer and colourful too. The settings are still a little too dark for my liking but I'm still in the middle of tweaking.

Hurrah!

[SharkSkin-Man]

I got my replacement 37WLT68 last Wednesday (first one was battered in transit), fiddled about and got it set up to my liking now.
Really, really impressed - PS3 through HDMI looks great, but it's the ace SD quality which was the really nice suprise.

[Crisp_Rapper]

They still have excellent industrial design, perhaps the best out there. The Sony's look really cheap in my opinion, certainly not how a so called top tier brand should look.

sony are without doubt a 'so called' top tier brand, particularly when it comes to designing anything. they fail.

[Benji]

Ordered, coming thursday... woop!

[Benji]

Waiting for it as we speak, although it's snowing a fair bit out here.

What company do Empire Direct use to ship stuff?

[SharkSkin-Man]

I can't remember the name of the company, but this is their number 0845 6042352 (scribbled on a piece of paper in my wallet from last week ). If you ring them and quote your Empire Direct order number they should be able to give you an update regarding delivery.