Set up for 16 year old daughters bedroom

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I am really new to all this guys and could do with some help. I am planning on buying daughter a 37 inch TV for her bedroom wall (LCD or Plasma??) Which one should I go for. I plan on attaching just ordinary aerial to it and want to conceal all wires in the wall. What other devices should I attach to it and how. Was thinking a PS3 for blu-ray and games console but would like to stream content from laptop/desktop PC for her as well but have no idea on what to buy or how to use it. Would really appreiciate some advice.

 

[professorhat]

Wow, wish you were my Dad when I was 16! Anyway, I would definitely recommend plasma over LCD, probably the new Panny TH-37PX80. This has a PC input socket (VGA) which would allow you to connect up the laptop (unless the laptop has a DVI output in which case you can use a DVI to HDMI cable, though this is rare).

 

[Anonymous]

It's just for a quiet life to be honest..!!! Yeah I looked at the panny plasma yesterday in currys but they wanted £799.99 for it lol.would i connect the PS3 via a HDMI cable... Was thinking of one of those 4 in 1 boxes so i only need one cable.What cable do i use to connect laptop to tele.??. How would she get content of desktop onto tele though..

Thanks for all your help

 

[Anonymous]

The Panasonic Plasma is definitely a better screen, though I would go for an LCD if you are planning to use it as a PC monitor, and as a games screen, as static images will burn plasmas. Try something like a Samsung 37R87/8 this has a very good digital tv tuner, a dedicated "games mode" for the PS3 and also a PC input. This can be easily found for under £600-ideal as it is not yout main TV. If you dont plan to use either the PS3 or PC on the TV a lot and the main use is off-air television broadcasts, you cannot get better than the Panasonic.

 

[Anonymous]

TH37PX80B can be found for around 619 if you look around on google or kelkoo

also dont worry about screen burn... it is only a possibility if you leave the TV on the same static image for about 4-5 hours every days for 2 weeks... or sometimes leaving it on for over 8-10 hours in one day...

also the panasonic has a pixel shuffling technology built-into the TV which will slightly adjusty the pixels (which cannot by seen) so that static images arent in the same place all the time and it still looks great 🙂

 

[Anonymous]

What size is the bedroom? How far away from the screen will she sit/lie??

 

[professorhat]

Firstly, screen burn on plasmas hasn't been a factor for a while unless you play the same image for days / weeks at a time. The laptop / desktop screen saver would prevent screen burn if she accidently left it on anyway (that's what they're designed for!).

On hooking up your laptop / desktop, it basically depends what type of output connection you have on these. It will either be VGA or DVI (as shown in this picture):

If it's DVI, you can hook it up to one of the HDMI sockets using a DVI to HDMI cable. If it's VGA, you need to ensure the TV has an input for this (usually dubbed a PC input on the specs list) and then you'd hook this up with a standard VGA cable (same as use from your PC to your PC's normal screen).

Hope this helps!

 

[bf1]

[quote user="Stephen124"]
It's just for a quiet life to be honest..!!!

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When my dad wanted a `quiet life` I got a smack round the ear!

 

[Anonymous]

you probably deserved it !!!!!!!!!!