Full HD 1080p, 37-40", £400.00 ono

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Im in the market for a new tv, budget of £400.00 or so, anyone got any reccomendations in the 37-40" region, prefer a 1080p set as it will be used for blu ray playback. Thanks in advance.
 
What would worry me is the amount of people on about how thier samsung monitors are dying just after warrenty expires as they are using cheap caps in them.
 
Firestar_3x said:
Yep the C530 is a cracking TV for the cash imho:

http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/samsung-le32c530-le40c530-20100813815.htm
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After a *lot* of research I decided that the Samsung LE40C580 was probably the best TV in this price bracket - hopefully I'll be proven right as I've just ordered one. :D

IMO it's worth paying a little extra for the C580 as it has a Freeview HD tuner, better styling (subjective of course), and a more advanced internal processor (the Valencia as opposed to the Trident or MStar you'll probably find in the C530), which apparently does benefit the overall image quality. Like the C530, it also accurately displays a 4:4:4 chroma signal without downsampling (fed through the HDMI-1 socket), which is nice if you want to use it as a PC monitor.

It's available for £422 at... errr... somewhere, which offers an unconditional 30-day return policy in addition to your standard DSR rights, so you have plenty of time to decide whether it will suit your needs. :)
 
Apem said:
What would worry me is the amount of people on about how thier samsung monitors are dying just after warrenty expires as they are using cheap caps in them.
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I've had quite a few Samsung screens in the past going right back to the introduction of the 18.1" Samsung TFT.

Never had an issue, had a 40" full HD Samsung for 3 years and it never missed a beat (sold it on and its still going strong), several Samsung monitors which have had no issues, and my current 24" samsung lcd and 40" C530 samsung TV in the games room are all working fine.

CaptainCrash said:
After a *lot* of research I decided that the Samsung LE40C580 was probably the best TV in this price bracket - hopefully I'll be proven right as I've just ordered one. :D

IMO it's worth paying a little extra for the C580 as it has a Freeview HD tuner, better styling (subjective of course), and a more advanced internal processor (the Valencia as opposed to the Trident or MStar you'll probably find in the C530), which apparently does benefit the overall image quality. Like the C530, it also accurately displays a 4:4:4 chroma signal without downsampling (fed through the HDMI-1 socket), which is nice if you want to use it as a PC monitor.

It's available for £422 at... errr... somewhere, which offers an unconditional 30-day return policy in addition to your standard DSR rights, so you have plenty of time to decide whether it will suit your needs. :)
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Hope you enjoy it, mines for exclusive use as a monitor and its doing a fantastic job!
 
Hmmm, will the C580 be ok with the speed of F1(main reason for purchase!)
Or should I be looking at plasma,,,,

So many choices,,
 
Personally i prefer Plasma tv's for just about everything, i've cycled through Plasma - LCD - Plasma for my main tv, i find the colours and black levels better, panning / actions shots are flawless and you get better value for money imho.
 
Cheers guys, quite like the look of the 40" LE40C530, found it on one place at £369.99, £30.00 cheaper than one of the big high street stores. So i may go for it, Intend to use it for blu ray and occasional gaming on the pc. I already have a sharp 32" 1080p lcd, but i need to replace the very old 20" crt telly im using in my room, fancied something a bit bigger this time, not fussed about built in freeview hd as i can add a standalone box set at a later date.
 
setter said:
Cheers guys, quite like the look of the 40" LE40C530, found it on one place at £369.99, £30.00 cheaper than one of the big high street stores. So i may go for it, Intend to use it for blu ray and occasional gaming on the pc. I already have a sharp 32" 1080p lcd, but i need to replace the very old 20" crt telly im using in my room, fancied something a bit bigger this time, not fussed about built in freeview hd as i can add a standalone box set at a later date.
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I just got the C530 40 inch one for the same price and its a superb set. Using it for PS3 and sky and the picture quality is seriously good. No ghosting or tearing and I'm also using it as a PC monitor via HDMI and the picture quality is stunning when you get the picture set up properly. The most realistic out of the modes for it is the movie mode which seems to stop the oversaturation of colour and sharpening crap which really makes the imagine on HD sources look rubbish. Really happy with my purchase.

There are problems with the C580s 24p function which causes it to judder during bluray playback, which is the only reason I didn't go for that instead.
 
The SAMSUNG LE37C530 looks really nice but it lacks the built in freeview HD which is something I would want :P
 
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