Advice on new TV-what do you recommend?

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Having had two Samsungs go legs up( first one mother board died after 10 months, second had clouding) , I'm up for a new screen but am still undecided. I know I should be auditioning some but it's very difficult when the only shops around are Curry's or Comet. Have been holding on waiting for the 46" Panasonic G15 but, having read that it's smaller brother has noise and lack of detail issues, I'm wondering if it's going to be good enough. After all, if I'm spending over a grand I want a pin sharp picture. Don't know if the V10 series is any better, though it would have to be the 50" and don't know whether that will be too big. Do also like the idea of DLNA but wonder how much I'll use it. WHF seem to rave about the latest Sony ??W5??. Then again the Philips ranges seem to do very well but can't find any reviews on thier 47"ers. Also can't find anywhere who sell them, which is more the point.

No one set seems to be perfect in all areas. I know you will all bang on about Kuro- maybe I should have bought one when I had the chance but now they're rarer than hens teeth but also don't have some of the advanced features of the latest sets. 

Getting a bit despondent about it all. By now I would have thought plasmas & LCD's to be perfected but they all seem to fall short in some way. In fact when I see a CRT, I think 'wow, nice picture'. Or am I just imagining that?

Anyway, if anyone's got any recommendations, please come forth and fight your corner.

Soz for the rambling. 

 

[Anonymous]

samsungs b850 plasma is said to be good ,50inch , around £1500 ,also samsung ue46b7020 and ue46b8000 are getting rave reviews , both led tvs .. if you havnt been scared off samsung they do seem to have some nice sets ...very sharp picture on the latter 2 , and all the latest xtras ..

 

[Anonymous]

oh , the sony kdl46we5w is meant to be very good too , around the same price ..

 

[Anonymous]

Been a little put off from Samsungs after my previous experiences.

Does anyone have any knowlege of Philips' 47"ers, or of the Sony or V10 Panasonics?

 

[Anonymous]

Anyone??

Claire? Andy?

 

[Anonymous]

Right. Right. Well, thanks for that. So WHF just recommend whichever manufacturer has the most advertising space in thier mag. Controvertial but I guess you'd know. And it does seem to ring true when you read a review then see the number/size of adverts from the manufacturer getting the best reviews. Bet the moderators will take you off for that, mate! Goes to show you can't go on any review alone. Bit wrong though isn't it, for all those mugs who buy these magazines.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Arepeebee:Right. Right. Well, thanks for that. So WHF just recommend whichever manufacturer has the most advertising space in thier mag. Controvertial but I guess you'd know. And it does seem to ring true when you read a review then see the number/size of adverts from the manufacturer getting the best reviews. Bet the moderators will take you off for that, mate! Goes to show you can't go on any review alone. Bit wrong though isn't it, for all those mugs who buy these magazines.

Wrong in every single respect, and I'm not too sure how you reached so fanciful a set of conclusions, although you do seem to be discussing it with yourself at some length...

 

[Anonymous]

WHO IS IT EXACTLY YOU THINK THEY FAVOUR IN THEIR REVIEWS? I CANT SAY IVE SEEN ANY MANUFACTURER GET FULL MARKS ON EVERY PRODUCT. BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION, I CAN ONLY SPEAK ABOUT THE v10, WHICH I WOULD RECOMMEND. FAIRLY GOOD TV PICTURE, VERY GOOD DVD IMO AND VERY GOOD BLU RAY, AND ON THIS POINT I DISAGREE WITH WHATHIFI. THEN AGAIN I HAVENT SPENT ANYWHERE NEAR THE TIME THEY HAVE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SCREENS WITH BLU RAY, SO THEY WOULD KNOW IF OTHERS PERFORM BETTER. THE SAMSUNG 7020 IS EXCELLENT AS WEL, THOUGH I DIDNT LIKE THE NORMAL TV PICTURE I SAW ON IT IN JOHN LEWIS. HOPE THIS HELPS.