New TV - £450

Aod · 4 Dec 2010 at 23:23

Hello guys, my parents have finally decided to replace the dinosaur television (which still works by firing electrons at phosphor! :eek:

)

looking for a 42" model, not fussed between LCD/plasma, as long as it has lots of input options then i'm happy with it.

let me know what to look for because i'm not an expert when it comes to home-cinema.

manic111 · 5 Dec 2010 at 11:23

Can you stretch at all? A certain large department store is doing the Panasonic S20 at £540 with a 5 year warranty...

EDIT: Sorry, I know that this isn't in your budget, but thought that I would inform you. It's not that far out of your budget, and is an excellent deal.

Aod · 5 Dec 2010 at 13:40

manic111 said:
Can you stretch at all? A certain large department store is doing the Panasonic S20 at £540 with a 5 year warranty...

EDIT: Sorry, I know that this isn't in your budget, but thought that I would inform you. It's not that far out of your budget, and is an excellent deal.

would this large department store be part of the Waitrose group? £540 defnintely isn't a massive stretch from the original budget if the TV's worth it.

email in trust matey

alle · 5 Dec 2010 at 17:10

...Lots of 'input' options?
One hdmi to your amp is all you need really

manic111 · 5 Dec 2010 at 17:49

alle said:
...Lots of 'input' options?
One hdmi to your amp is all you need really

I might be wrong, but I thought that you output to your amp, and inputs were from things such as blu-ray players, consoles, Sky boxes etc?

Aod · 5 Dec 2010 at 18:22

alle said:
...Lots of 'input' options?
One hdmi to your amp is all you need really

but that hinges on having a nice Amp. which we don't

alle · 5 Dec 2010 at 18:26

...That would put a kybosh on that then

Aod · 5 Dec 2010 at 18:26

alle said:
...That would put a kybosh on that then

aye

alle · 5 Dec 2010 at 18:31

manic111 said:
I might be wrong, but I thought that you output to your amp, and inputs were from things such as blu-ray players, consoles, Sky boxes etc?

...They would all connect to the amp, via hdmi / comp out from a scart etc...which would then only need one hdmi connection to your TV.

The amp's remote can then control all your devices and switch between them accordingly. I've saved so much time without have to change tv channel then get the right remote etc etc.

Paul11 · 5 Dec 2010 at 18:32

i just got my mum a 42" panasonic plasma TH-42PX80B

its not 1080p (but she doesnt need it for just watching tv a few odd DVD's

£429

alle · 5 Dec 2010 at 18:33

Aod said:
aye

Doesn't have to be expensive. I just bought one of those Sony 2400es receivers for £250 Does all that and more.

Aod · 6 Dec 2010 at 13:47

i bought the Panasonic TX-P42S20B that Manic111 told me about.

42" 1080p plasma for £539, nicely done