Hi,
I’m in a bit of a quandary and would appreciate some advice.
My 8 year old CRT TV has started to develop a fault which means it’s a 55:50 chance as to whether it switches on or not, so I’m now in the market for a new set.
The size of screen I will go for is 32” and rightly or wrongly I’m a big fan of Panasonic, and if I was to buy a set today it would be the Panasonic TX-32LXD700. This set is of course HD Ready, so my question is, should I buy this set now or wait until Panasonic introduce a 32” Full HD set, whenever that may be?
I suppose I will be buying an HD disc player in the next 2 to 3 years but other than that I have no plans in the near future of getting an HD source, unless HD appears on Freeview soon. However, if this new set lasts for another 8 years like my current set, that will take us to a time where HD broadcast will be the norm, so should I future proof myself now by waiting for a 32” Full HD set?
Also, with existing television broadcasts, i.e. not HD, will I notice any difference in picture quality between HD ready and Full HD sets as I presume there is more digital processing involved in up-scaling to Full HD as opposed to HD ready?
So that’s my quandary, HD Ready now or wait for Full HD, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
I’m in a bit of a quandary and would appreciate some advice.
My 8 year old CRT TV has started to develop a fault which means it’s a 55:50 chance as to whether it switches on or not, so I’m now in the market for a new set.
The size of screen I will go for is 32” and rightly or wrongly I’m a big fan of Panasonic, and if I was to buy a set today it would be the Panasonic TX-32LXD700. This set is of course HD Ready, so my question is, should I buy this set now or wait until Panasonic introduce a 32” Full HD set, whenever that may be?
I suppose I will be buying an HD disc player in the next 2 to 3 years but other than that I have no plans in the near future of getting an HD source, unless HD appears on Freeview soon. However, if this new set lasts for another 8 years like my current set, that will take us to a time where HD broadcast will be the norm, so should I future proof myself now by waiting for a 32” Full HD set?
Also, with existing television broadcasts, i.e. not HD, will I notice any difference in picture quality between HD ready and Full HD sets as I presume there is more digital processing involved in up-scaling to Full HD as opposed to HD ready?
So that’s my quandary, HD Ready now or wait for Full HD, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers