New HD TV Help :D

[Ibanezman]

Hi guys,

Looks like we are getting a new 37" LCD, just wondering what people thought to this :

http://www.sharp.co.uk/invt/lc37xd1e&bklist=

It's only going to cost £800 with a 3 year warranty, it's 1080p, sounds great

Anyone got one ?

Cheers
Andy

 

[McBunny]

its old
try the tosh x series 37X3030D
http://www.home-entertainment.toshi.../pages/lcdplasma-regzax-37x3030d?opendocument

 

[Ibanezman]

Looks nice that mate, i've got to say, i'm not all that techy with TV's at the moment, could you tell me why it's better Apart from things like contrast

 

[Steve]

Panasonic th37px70 plasma for that


Unbelievable picture.

 

[McBunny]

there have been alot of problems with the sharp sets mainly the bigger screens tho and as i said they are old now 6 months or so and thats a long time in todays tv world spec wise it also does 1080p from a pc thats a big plus imho as its the best way to connect a 360 up

 

[Ibanezman]

Panasonic th37px70 plasma for that


Unbelievable picture.

Hehe hi plasma man x

I want to play xbox 360 HD games on it quite a bit mate, so I hear they look better on LCD ?

 

[Ibanezman]

there have been alot of problems with the sharp sets mainly the bigger screens tho and as i said they are old now 6 months or so and thats a long time in todays tv world spec wise it also does 1080p from a pc thats a big plus imho as its the best way to connect a 360 up

The Tosh is actually £20 cheaper woo

Just feels like 800 quid is too cheap for a good 1080p set, or has stuff just come down alot in the last year

I thought the Sharp did 1080p via VGA too, my old 32" Aquos does, although it's not as good as component :dapprove:

 

[Steve]

Lee & KDF will be along soon

A lot of us in the know have these

 

[Ibanezman]

Lee & KDF will be along soon

A lot of us in the know have these

Thats cool mate, I would like opinions from anyone, i'd never rule out plasma as I hear normal tv and movies are great etc

 

[Final Maxim]

lcd's are fine, unless you go into minute details and are a serious geek, then you wont regret buying one, i havnt.

also plasmas burn alot more, so they suck

 

[McBunny]

there have been alot of problems with the sharp sets mainly the bigger screens tho and as i said they are old now 6 months or so and thats a long time in todays tv world spec wise it also does 1080p from a pc thats a big plus imho as its the best way to connect a 360 up

The Tosh is actually £20 cheaper woo

Just feels like 800 quid is too cheap for a good 1080p set, or has stuff just come down alot in the last year

I thought the Sharp did 1080p via VGA too, my old 32" Aquos does, although it's not as good as component :dapprove:

your aquos will have never done 1080p letalone via vga !!

prices have come down alot in the last 6 months

 

[Steve]

also plasmas burn alot more, so they suck

Your obviously talking about plasmas from the 80's.


Not the latest generation

 

[7MAT]

lcd's are fine, unless you go into minute details and are a serious geek, then you wont regret buying one, i havnt.

also plasmas burn alot more, so they suck

I suppose they need re-gassing as well. :lolup:

 

[McBunny]

plasmas are great unless you want to run 1080p

 

[Macester]

just paint your wall white and get one big ass dlp projector

 

[Ibanezman]

your aquos will have never done 1080p letalone via vga !!

prices have come down alot in the last 6 months

Yes, I worded it wrongly, when it's plugged in via vga, the option for 1080p is there, but obviously when I pick it it goes black. So I just set it to 720p

Therefore I would expect the new Sharp to display it fine via vga, as it's 1080p

 

[McBunny]

your aquos will have never done 1080p letalone via vga !!

prices have come down alot in the last 6 months

Yes, I worded it wrongly, when it's plugged in via vga, the option for 1080p is there, but obviously when I pick it it goes black. So I just set it to 720p

Therefore I would expect the new Sharp to display it fine via vga, as it's 1080p

you would expect it but ya would be wrong

most tv's dont support it over vga due to licensing rights and stuff most only do like 1024x768

 

[Ibanezman]

Ah well thats a big thing then, so if i'd only get DVD's upscaled to 720p\1080i on the Sharp, and 1080p on the Tosh, well there's enough to make a decision there hehe

Any other suggestions mate or is the Tosh deffo the way forward.... only £780 woop

 

[7MAT]

No problem with 1080p on a plasma, mine works fine!

What ever you go for make sure it can accept a 1080p signal at 24fps (as not all can) - you'll want this for Blu-ray / HD DVD playback.

 

[McBunny]

dvd's upscaling depends on the player but most wont do 1080p as it requires too much power something the 360 and ps3 have in bucketfulls so they can do upscaling but they will be connected via hdmi for the ps3 and vga for the 360 so its only of major use if you have 360 as that only upscales to 1080p via vga not component

tbh best bet go to a shop and watch them both see what one you like most and buy that if you like it get it if you dont then get something else

 

[Lee]

I've got a 42" Panasonic Plasma and a 26" Samsung LCD. The image on the Panasonic is much better than on the LCD.

As the Panasonis is new it does suffer a little from temporary burning, but it goes after a short while watching something else. I should really run it in on a lower setting to be honest.

PS3 and 360 both look amazing on it.

SD and HD TV look out of this world, far better than on the LCD. The biggest let down on an LCD is when watching SD TV.

 

[McBunny]

No problem with 1080p on a plasma, mine works fine!

What ever you go for make sure it can accept a 1080p signal at 24fps (as not all can) - you'll want this for Blu-ray / HD DVD playback.

yours will be down converting the signal unless your super rich

 

[McBunny]

couldnt agree with lee more sd looks much better on plasma than lcd most of thats down to the lower resolution of plasmas tho plasmas look fantastic on cartoons they look erm very cartoony

 

[7MAT]

No problem with 1080p on a plasma, mine works fine!

What ever you go for make sure it can accept a 1080p signal at 24fps (as not all can) - you'll want this for Blu-ray / HD DVD playback.

yours will be down converting the signal unless your super rich

PDP-5000EX :rasp:

Even on a decent 1365 x 768 plasma screen the picture quality is going to be much nicer to view than on a full 1080p LCD.

 

[Lee]

Review of mine: http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/Panasonic-TH42PX70/

LCD just doesn't give such a nice sharp picture, and it can't compete with the blacks.

 

[McBunny]

flash git over 4k on a tv lol

 

[Ibanezman]

dvd's upscaling depends on the player but most wont do 1080p as it requires too much power something the 360 and ps3 have in bucketfulls so they can do upscaling but they will be connected via hdmi for the ps3 and vga for the 360 so its only of major use if you have 360 as that only upscales to 1080p via vga not component

tbh best bet go to a shop and watch them both see what one you like most and buy that if you like it get it if you dont then get something else

Aye mate, I meant upscaling from my 360 via vga. Looks great in 720p, so it'd be great if it went to 1080p too.

Just out of interest, how much worse is 360 gaming on plasma, compared to LCD. I do sit fairly close

 

[Ibanezman]

flash git over 4k on a tv lol

Hehe 4k compared to 800 quid hmmm lol

 

[7MAT]

flash git over 4k on a tv lol

I never said I owned one , although I did test one against the 507XD I purchased. Just couldn't see a big enough difference to justify the extra £2K.

 

[McBunny]

if you sit close and you will need too to see any difference between 1080p and 720p then well you wont see much difference in quality really just in the way it renders colors as they have different color spectrums

 

[Ibanezman]

if you sit close and you will need too to see any difference between 1080p and 720p then well you wont see much difference in quality really just in the way it renders colors as they have different color spectrums

Still worth getting the 1080p set though I presume, I am a bit of a bugger for minute details

Just seems a waste when we get HD players that output in 1080p and i'd be having them in 720p hehe, I must have max res

 

[McBunny]

i dont blame you hence i bout a 1080p set at xmas but tbh id be amazed if you could see the difference really unless you are stood about 2" from the screen lol especially on a 37" screen

its a bit different at 65" - 105" but at that size you are only beeing flash for the sake of it lol

 

[7MAT]

lol especially on a 37" screen

its a bit different at 65" - 105" but at that size you are only beeing flash for the sake of it lol

^^^^^^^^

I agree.

 

[Ibanezman]

Hehe prepares for the 2 inch test

So is that it then, is that my new tv lol, nothing else really worth it, I can go up to £900-1000 at a push

Gotta admit it looks lovely

 

[McBunny]

tbh go try them out first dont buy blind or they may have a trait you just cant live with

 

[Ibanezman]

Hehe don't worry mate i'll go check them out in store, I know what I like, I just needed a few tv models in mind before I went

 

[rich[182]]

Tosh 37" X series 1080p, £838 inc 4 yrs warranty
http://www.cramptonandmoore.co.uk/37x3030db-i602376.html

 

[Chrisjk]

make sure wen u get it out of the box u check v. carefully for any dead pixels, if its got 1 right in ur line of site were u always notice it send that sucker back. for the record does my 360 actually upscale std dvds over componant? its just sum sorces say it doesn't and sum say it does, personally i think the picture is a little richer but not to the same std as my upscaler.

 

[Ibanezman]

Tosh 37" X series 1080p, £838 inc 4 yrs warranty
http://www.cramptonandmoore.co.uk/37x3030db-i602376.html

Cheers mate, nice price. I was looking at Empire for £820 with a 3 year, and if I could find a code 10% off. If not, £18 for an extra year warranty not bad at all

 

[Ibanezman]

make sure wen u get it out of the box u check v. carefully for any dead pixels, if its got 1 right in ur line of site were u always notice it send that sucker back. for the record does my 360 actually upscale std dvds over componant? its just sum sorces say it doesn't and sum say it does, personally i think the picture is a little richer but not to the same std as my upscaler.

Aye mate, had a couple go on my psp, very annoying :dapprove: Current LCD is perfect though, 2 years old now

You need vga to use upscaling I believe