I have a budget of 1200ish and curently own a Panasonic 42" plasma, TH-42PX60B, it's a few years old, it's still working well, I plan to give it to my parents, leaving me the task of buying a new family telly.
Content through Sky HD (still 1080i to my knowledge), and either Nick JR, Sports, Movies or soaps, so the whole Smart thing is not essential, neither is 3D, although passive is a preference here.
The need to watch all content smoothy and realistically will likely require a reasonable amount of MHz (comments?), which puts it in a price bracket where you get smart and that anyway.
I have been looking at allsorts, including, Panasonic Viera TX-L47FT60B, Samsung UE46F7000,Samsung UE46F6740,Philips 47PFL6008S,Sony Bravia KDL47W805.
I am getting very confused between all of the current tech, the content displayed either makes them all look great or all look ropey, then there's the prices, what I guess are midrange at 800 ish, then some better at 1200, then those that are totally out of budget.
There are some 55's cheaper than 40's, there are some 47's more expensive than 55's.
There are 2 main viewing locations in the lounge, one is 2.5M away, the other is 3.5M away, most viewing is done at 2.5M, this leads me to think that 46-50" is the best size? comments welcome..
If anyone could offer any advice, even of models to avoid or take a further look at, it's all useful.
please ask me if I need to provide any further information.
I look forward to all replies.
Content through Sky HD (still 1080i to my knowledge), and either Nick JR, Sports, Movies or soaps, so the whole Smart thing is not essential, neither is 3D, although passive is a preference here.
The need to watch all content smoothy and realistically will likely require a reasonable amount of MHz (comments?), which puts it in a price bracket where you get smart and that anyway.
I have been looking at allsorts, including, Panasonic Viera TX-L47FT60B, Samsung UE46F7000,Samsung UE46F6740,Philips 47PFL6008S,Sony Bravia KDL47W805.
I am getting very confused between all of the current tech, the content displayed either makes them all look great or all look ropey, then there's the prices, what I guess are midrange at 800 ish, then some better at 1200, then those that are totally out of budget.
There are some 55's cheaper than 40's, there are some 47's more expensive than 55's.
There are 2 main viewing locations in the lounge, one is 2.5M away, the other is 3.5M away, most viewing is done at 2.5M, this leads me to think that 46-50" is the best size? comments welcome..
If anyone could offer any advice, even of models to avoid or take a further look at, it's all useful.
please ask me if I need to provide any further information.
I look forward to all replies.