Lcd HD TV

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What's the best Full HD Lcd 37 or more, for watching Football. No ghosting, nice colours and good contrast. In other words just the best tv to buy.

Thank you

 

[D.J.KRIME]

At that screen size I personally would recomend the Panasonic Plasma, it may not be a Full HD affair but will do a far Superior job in all the other departments you were worried about.

 

[John Duncan]

[quote user="D.J.KRIME"]At that screen size I personally would recomend the Panasonic Plasma[/quote]

Yup.

 

[Anonymous]

And if I realy would like to buy an lcd?

And what about the new loewe (costly) and samsung

 

[John Duncan]

[quote user="vaidyapaul"]
And if I realy would like to buy an lcd?[/quote]

Any particular reason?

 

[professorhat]

Indeed, for football especially, you should be looking at plasma.

If for some reason, you refuse to get a plasma and you really want to go for LCD, then I suspect you will be disappointed and would probably be better off getting a second hand CRT.

 

[Anonymous]

Agree with the other feellas on this one. At that sort of size LCDs really start to show their flaws - especially with fast moving sports such as Footie or F1.So what puts you off Plasmas?

 

[Anonymous]

I was thinking electricity bill... Or doesn't it make much difference? I'm not very experienced I'm just repeating what I read in some papers and magazines.

 

[John Duncan]

Consumption is 150w for the panny 37" LCD, 235w for the plasma. So yes, about 50% more consumption. Difference between the two in standby is negligible.

I personally would have the plasma and cut down on hairdryer use..........

 

[Anonymous]

well I'm not completly bald jet so the hair dryer ....? hmm But ok I understand what your telling me. Cheers!

 

[John Duncan]

[quote user="vaidyapaul"]
well I'm not completly bald jet so the hair dryer ....? hmm But ok I understand what your telling me. Cheers!

[/quote]

Which as far as I can tell (though I shall seek alternative corroboration) means £3 a month to run instead of £2.

 

[Andrew Everard]

And of course plasma power consumption varies with the brightness of the picture being shown, whereas LCD power consumption is more or less constant.

 

[John Duncan]

So if you only ever watch Seven...........

 

[Andrew Everard]

... or a repeating loop of Ski Sunday...

 

[John Duncan]

[quote user="Andrew Everard"]
... or a repeating loop of Ski Sunday...
[/quote]

I feel there are crossover opportunities here. I may put it to the programme makers: how quickly can you get Gwyneth Paltrow's head from the top of the mountain to the bottom?

 

[6th.replicant]

Also agree with the gents who've replied above - a plasma really is a must-have if you watch lots of footbal &/or motor sport. Then, to compensate your elec' bill, only watch DVDs of 'dark 'n' moody' movies, such as the Alien-series, 30 Days of NIght, The Third Man, Sin City, et al!! ;-)

 

[Anonymous]

haha great! I have just been reading a bit about the plasma panasonic viera 42 Z. I think I'll go for it (if there isn't anything better around this price and size wise)

Thanks a lot for your time .

 

[Anonymous]

[quote user="6th.replicant"]Also agree with the gents who've replied above - a plasma really is a must-have if you watch lots of footbal &/or motor sport. Then, to compensate your elec' bill, only watch DVDs of 'dark 'n' moody' movies, such as the Alien-series, 30 Days of NIght, The Third Man, Sin City, et al!! ;-)[/quote]Means you'll have to sell your copy of Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory.

 

[Andrew Everard]

[quote user="JohnDuncan"]

I feel there are crossover opportunities here. I may put it to the programme makers: how quickly can you get Gwyneth Paltrow's head from the top of the mountain to the bottom?[/quote]

The new reality show - No Business Like Snow Business - in which just-about-celebs compete in a series of Winter Olympic sports.

Gasp as that one off Corrie hurtles down the Cresta Run on a tea-tray!

Shudder as someone who was in The Bill takes on the Giant Slalom!

Thrill to Biggins' attempt at the four-man bob!

Mr Duncan, you may be on to a winner...

 

[Anonymous]

I think ITV have shown interest in the concept. It'll be fronted by Ant and Dec with an 0898 phone poll to decide how much bonus the cheif exec gets this year....I mean who the best on each weeks show is

 

[John Duncan]

[quote user="Andrew Everard"]you may be on to a winner... [/quote]

.....who has already been chosen, naturally.

 

[professorhat]

[quote user="vaidyapaul"]I have just been reading a bit about the plasma panasonic viera 42 Z. I think I'll go for it (if there isn't anything better around this price and size wise)[/quote]
The Z is the Full HD model. If you're mostly looking at watching mainly SD broadcasts (e.g. Freeview), then I'd look at the X model which is HD Ready. This is because the set doesn't display as many pixels, so doesn't have to upscale the picture as far thus generally giving a smoother picture. Check them both out and make sure you're being shown standard definition displays so you can see the difference.

 

[John Duncan]

[quote user="Duncan2112"]I think ITV have shown interest in the concept. It'll be fronted by Ant and Dec with an 0898 phone poll to decide how much bonus the cheif exec gets this year....
I mean who the best on each weeks show is

[/quote]

Hey, it's alright for ME to be rude about them..........

 

[Anonymous]

thanks professorhat, I'm living in Italy and I'm looking a lot of PL football with Satelite (topfield 4000 pvr twin tuner) but this is not a HD receiver. you think I'll need a HD satelite receiver?

And in this case, still your explanation about Full HD and Ready HD is still applicable?

 

[professorhat]

Depends what definition it's broadcast at in Italy. In the UK, virtually all HD broadcasts are in 1080i, in which case, a Full HD set is probably better as it just has to de-interlace the signal (i.e. turn it into a 1080p progressive signal) to display the native 1080p definition of the set. However, if the broadcasts there are in 720p, then an HD Ready set is better in theory, as the picture does not have to be changed at all by the TV.

Please also note the words "in theory" as a lot depends on the capabilities of the TV set you're looking at as well!! You don't necessarily need an HD receiver, I'd recommend going somewhere where you can see the differences between the two so you can decide if it's worth the extra expense.