Hello,
My first post and most questions have been asked before but not in one thread. I have a 29" CRT (Panasonic and still very good) but feel I am missing out on images offered by large flat screens. Currently watch DVDs and SD via analogue and digital (not great where I live) but no Sky. If I upgraded I would get either a freesat dish, or the Sky pay once watch forever offer without taking subscription, so HD not immediately important but could be in the future. I am also assuming more HD will be on offer from Freesat in the future, so this would be my source of HD rather than subscription.
Having read many reviews I went to JLewis yesterday with current favourite the panasonic (£1250). View distances would be 8' min (maybe 8.5' min) up to 12'. The viewing angle would be no less than 45 for one seat not often used, mostly closer to 90.
The salesman switched both TVs to analogue, we compared and all votes (wife, me and 2 daughters) went to the sony (£1610). We were ~ 10ft away. Swiched back to HD and again the sony looked better (brighter, sharper in both SD and HD) than the panny. Some posts mention that salesmen set the TVs such that the more expensive one looks better, so my dilemma is which is better for my current and future stuation, or should I be looking at something else?
I wasn't aware of issues re the sony until I searched on here after returning from JL, so another factor to consider.
Thanks in advance,
Richard
My first post and most questions have been asked before but not in one thread. I have a 29" CRT (Panasonic and still very good) but feel I am missing out on images offered by large flat screens. Currently watch DVDs and SD via analogue and digital (not great where I live) but no Sky. If I upgraded I would get either a freesat dish, or the Sky pay once watch forever offer without taking subscription, so HD not immediately important but could be in the future. I am also assuming more HD will be on offer from Freesat in the future, so this would be my source of HD rather than subscription.
Having read many reviews I went to JLewis yesterday with current favourite the panasonic (£1250). View distances would be 8' min (maybe 8.5' min) up to 12'. The viewing angle would be no less than 45 for one seat not often used, mostly closer to 90.
The salesman switched both TVs to analogue, we compared and all votes (wife, me and 2 daughters) went to the sony (£1610). We were ~ 10ft away. Swiched back to HD and again the sony looked better (brighter, sharper in both SD and HD) than the panny. Some posts mention that salesmen set the TVs such that the more expensive one looks better, so my dilemma is which is better for my current and future stuation, or should I be looking at something else?
I wasn't aware of issues re the sony until I searched on here after returning from JL, so another factor to consider.
Thanks in advance,
Richard
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