Top 5 32" LCD screens!

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This is what I consider to be the top five best 32" LCD tv screens (in priceclass between 400-1000£) on the market as far as my knowlege reaches. If you have an other opinion please feel free to notify me and I will gladly make a change in the post/list!:D

1: Philips 32PFL9603D | more info

2: Panasonic Viera TX-32LZD85F | more info

3: Sony Bravia KDL-32W4000 | more info

4: Panasonic Viera TX-32LZD80F | more info

5: Samsung LE-32A656 | more info

It should perhaps be mentioned that I mostly focust on the gaming ability of the screens but I don't think it will mather to much.

Also feel free to correct my english, even thought it will be a lot to correct :p
 
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Panasonic TH42PZ80, one of the best budget plasma TV out there, and better than most LCDs :D
 
OK nice, but can you tell us why and how you came to that conclusion? Are they all much a muchness? Do any excel at a particular thing? Do any have cool stuff that the others don't?

I was messing with a Sharp LCD the other day and noticed a RS232 port with full info in the manual on how to basically control anything in the TV via the port. I thought that was kinda neat from a 'write a small PC script to fully automate stuff' point of view. Imagine you could hook up photo sensor, and automatically adjust the TV brightness to the ambient light, for example. Or depending on the aspect/res of the played back movie on your PC you could control the desired scaling option on the TV without the need to faf about with remotes. Anyone got any more info on these sort of hacks?
 
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Panasonic TH42PZ80, one of the best budget plasma TV out there, and better than most LCDs :D
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Yes, It seems many people are coming round to plasmas 'being better' than LCDs, (largely due I believe to decent plasmas hitting the 5-600 mark), but LCDs are still cheaper, and you can't get 32 inch plasmas, and LCD are still better for certain things. (PC Viewing, text, perhaps certain gaming scenarios)
 
whitecrook said:
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Yes, It seems many people are coming round to plasmas 'being better' than LCDs, (largely due I believe to decent plasmas hitting the 5-600 mark), but LCDs are still cheaper, and you can't get 32 inch plasmas, and LCD are still better for certain things. (PC Viewing, text, perhaps certain gaming scenarios)
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Well i thought i should put the Panasonic out there since some people may use this thread to help them choose a TV.

The Panasonic is very good for films SD and HD viewing will have a better blacks than LCDs in that price range. I think the Panasonic would be just as good and maybe better than a LCD for playing your ps3 or xbox, but i can't really comment on that yet since i won't have my Panasonic until xmas :D
 
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This thread is titled Top 5 32" LCD screens. The TH42PX80 is neither 32" or LCD. I still fail to see the relavance. (edit I don't disagree - I have one!, but there's a thousand other threads recommending it, not in this one as well, please :) :) a meaningful discussion on LCDs would be informative and helpful I feel I certainly have never been impressed aith any LCDs I have seen. Perhaps someone can show me the light. )

ag agg edit again : I notice you said better than MOST LCDs.. Care to tell me which LCD is better?
 
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When I say most I'm talking about in general as i have not seen every LCD TV :p
 
ok you wanted an explanation of my rankings. here it is.

1. the Philips 32PFL9603D is on the top because of its superior picture cuality and the remarkable pixel qualety. it gives nice sharp pictures and offers good contrast. all of the TV:s mentioned have more conections alternative then you will ever use so i not gonna mention that. this tv also have the verry cool and good ambilight whitch turns the edges on the sides of the tv into the color shown on the screen. this makes the room glow in the same color whitch saves your eyes from the sharp edge from light to dark. (search for ambilight on youtube for more info)

2:Panasonic Viera TX-32LZD85F is the only 32" tv whitch have both 1080 pix and 100Hz screen. this means the screen is updated 100 times instead of 50 as usual telies do, which gives you a smother look.

3: Sony Bravia KDL-32W4000 is simply here for its relative low price combined with its good stats. worth mention is that it have a funktion which allows you to put a picture of your own or one of the pre-programed ones as a standby-mode screensaver. this makes the tellie looks like a picture while you are not using it!

4:the Panasonic Viera TX-32LZD80F has about the same stats as the leader (Panasonic Viera TX-32LZD85F) even though it suffers in the 100 Hz. its still a verry good and stable 1080/p tv whith all the funktions you need.

5: the Samsung LE-32A656 is the cheapest telly of the one mentioned but its considered a good 1080/p tv for the person who is looking for something right under the sharpest tellies. it doesnt have any special funktions, exept its gorgeous design. the scrren of this machine is super ultra clear, which may couse touble whith reflecting light in light areas.

thats about it i think. please correct me if mistaken!
 
Erm Op have you actually compared each of these sets with different types of footage, Ie. sky, inbuilt freeview, upscaled dvd, blu, gaming, HTPC use, as it seems you are just quoting things from reviews, and also making comments that mean nothing regarding picure quality.

Not trying to be harsh, but it reminds me of a thread on the GTR forum where a guy who had played lots of Gran turismo decided to tell people the correct way of driving round the nurbergring circuit without ever haveing driven a GTR, let alone driven around the circuit.

I suggest having a good read up on the technologies and what everything means, sharpness isn't that important considering most tvs have their default sharpness cranked up, and it looks horrible. Also you mentioned that the sony is great because it can look like a picture. Not really a major point at all, just some fancy trick programmed in as an afterthought.

Picture quality is also made up from more than just 1080 pixels, you have the black level and the shadow details produced in the darker areas. No point in having super black blacks if there is no detail. Then you have the white levels, combined with the blacks to give the overall dynamic range of the image which creates better depth if the range is greater. Then you also have the number of pixels I.e. 720p vs 1080p which is a minor point unless you sit close to the set. Then you have the colour accuracy, greyscale calibration settings, picture processing options, and the ability or not to properly output a 24fps signal.

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Yes, It seems many people are coming round to plasmas 'being better' than LCDs, (largely due I believe to decent plasmas hitting the 5-600 mark), but LCDs are still cheaper, and you can't get 32 inch plasmas, and LCD are still better for certain things. (PC Viewing, text, perhaps certain gaming scenarios)
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You can get a 32 plasma :p LG PG6000, very good picture, but the IR is quite bad, although it was a brand new set that I was tinkering with.

Totally agree with you that LCDs are better for some things (your examples)with plasmas having their upsides. One thing I do prefer on plasmas is console gaming as they do handle motion better whatever tech the LCD compared to it has, and the absence of input lag. But then if someone ueses the screen solely for gaming a plasma will suffer IR, that's where LCDs do take away the worry on a pure gaming/PC type screen.
 
Come ON! I know you can get A 32 " plasma. Which is not quite available, or only just available in the few weeks. Where are all these other 32 inch plasmas then?
 
whitecrook said:
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.........but LCDs are still cheaper, and you can't get 32 inch plasmas.....
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Come ON! I know you can get A 32 " plasma. Which is not quite available, or only just available in the few weeks. Where are all these other 32 inch plasmas then?
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:confused::D:p

My friend has had his Lg 32 plasma for a few months now, I should know as I went round when he got it to help him calibrate it ;) It is the only 32 inch one though, never said their were any others.
 
I know I havn't written everything about the tellies but thats kind of the point, right? if i did write more spesific if would be like writing the reviews al over again. this is more of a teaser or guidelines of which screens are worth taking a second look at, thats why i posted the links in the first post. just find the one you are intrested in and go to the link to find out more about it. and no, I havent tried all of the mentioned screens, I am simply listing them judging their stats.
 
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I know I havn't written everything about the tellies but thats kind of the point, right? if i did write more spesific if would be like writing the reviews al over again. this is more of a teaser or guidelines of which screens are worth taking a second look at, thats why i posted the links in the first post. just find the one you are intrested in and go to the link to find out more about it. and no, I havent tried all of the mentioned screens, I am simply listing them judging their stats.
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You can't compare tvs with their stats let alone their PQ based on them. Contrast ratios are useless and should really be ignored, there is no set standard to differentiate between any of the stupidly large quoted numbers.

I'm sure people can havea look at spec sheets themselves, but most importantly they should browse forums like avforums for user opinions, settings, and here you are more likely to see posting about what problems the sets have. Then read the reviews of sets on avforums and especially HDtvTest.

I can see that you are just trying to help, but all you have posted is your opinion on some tvs by looking at their spec sheets and a review, i don't want people to be misinformed :)
 
ok im sorry, as you said i just tried to help :) this was exatly what i was looking for for about 2 waeks ago, so i thought i could make one myself based on the thing i learned about the screens under these 2 weaks... im sorry if i did something wrong and i encurage people to ignore this list (or at least dont take it to seriusly, but this is still very good screens in my op).

I'm just curious, how would your list look? would it be any similar to mine or is everything i wrote just crap?
 
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ok im sorry, as you said i just tried to help :) this was exatly what i was looking for for about 2 waeks ago, so i thought i could make one myself based on the thing i learned about the screens under these 2 weaks... im sorry if i did something wrong and i encurage people to ignore this list (or at least dont take it to seriusly, but this is still very good screens in my op).

I'm just curious, how would your list look? would it be any similar to mine or is everything i wrote just crap?
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Hey

Not trying to come over harsh, flicking between Ocuk and writing stuff at work, so firmly in work mode.

It's not a crap list by any means, some of the sets are very good. I spent a long time comparing sets when I bought my first tv back in january, then upgraded again in june to a 50. Spent far too much time comparing sets in various showrooms, and reading up on technologies and problems :D

The W4000 is a very good LCD, probably the most impressive I have seen, but it still can't hack SD footage nearly as well as a PX80 panasonic plasma. But in 32inch size the W series is good. I haven't seen the philips you mentioned, but the panaonic LXD85 is a good set in the £400-450 range although the blacks arn't as good as the sony. The samsung 656 is pretty good, but I'm not a fan of samsung sets, mainly because you can get the superior sony for around the same price.

The LG 32inch PG6000 plasma produces a very nice picture indeed, and has none of the smearing and motion problems of any of these LCDs, but unfortunately it does suffer from bad image retention, so you would be constantly be worrying about burning a static image into it.

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ok thx. no harm taken :)

Have you ever seen the W4000 in use of computer screen? i heard somewhere that you only could run it in 720p :(
is this corect?
 
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