40" LCD <£1500 with Scart and DVI

[barney]

Sorry for cross posting this (also similar thread in AV section) but its turned into something that i think will get a better response in this section.

Basically im looking for a 40" LCD screen to mainly use as a TV. Must be HD (good resolution) have at least 1 scart socket (ideally 2) and DVI so i can connect a PC up. Needs to be good for games and watching films (which is why i changed from my original thoughts of buying a plasma because i didnt want it to get burnt in by playing games/using as PC monitor for long periods of time).

The Sony's look very good but the ones i have seen dont have a DVI input which defeats the object of me getting an LCD over a plasma. Actually most of the 40" LCD's dont seem to have DVI inputs (any idea why this is?)

Any suggestions on a good one to look at?

Thanks a lot, hoping to try and decide on something in the next couple of days so i can get it here for next week

 

[barney]

37 is a bit to small and i have a hard time justfiying it as it isnt a big upgrade from my current TV (i have had to sell this as a TV upgrade and NOT a bigger monitor for my PC that i have already spent way to much money on ).

Might have to end up going for a 37 though or spending more for a 40" with a DVI. Just looking through now but product specs arent as good as gettings peoples first hand experience

Any there any alternatives to DVI without losing picture quality? I know VGA could be used and on some monitors (smallers ones at least) the VGA can be almost as good as DVI are there any other connections i can look at without having to buy a whole lot more kit? Planning to use a spare PC as a media center as i believe you can upscale DVD's to HD with software.

 

[barney]

Hmm that looks pretty damn good. If i can convince the other half that a 37" would be worth getting then i will definatly look at that.

At the moment my other option is a Atec AV420W 42".

I hadnt heard of Atec before but they are a Korean company that works very closely with LG/Phillips and use LG panels. Costs less then £1500 with a wall mount and the reviews i have seen so far say its a good screen.

Basic Spec is:
Slim LCD Featuring A Compact and Slim Design
Low power - consuming design (less than 40% of past Tubes)
12ms response time
Eco - friendly system
Long - life backlight, for 60,000 hours
HD Ready Function(480i, 720p, 1080i)
DVI, LCD Monitor
10W X 2 Internal Speaker, Home Theatre
VIDEO, DVD PLAYER, PLAYSTATION etc
TV SYSTEM NTSC- Closed Caption, Parents Control PAL/SECAM - Teletext
Display Size 42 Inches (1067.3mm, Wide)
Pixel Pitch 0.227 x 0.681 mm
Resolution 1366 x 768 (WSXGA)
Colour Depth 8bit 16.77M colours
Luminance 500 cd/?
Contrast Ratio 1000 : 1
View Angle R/L 176, U/D 176
Surface treatment Hard coating(3H), Anti-glare treatment
Tuner System NTSC // PAL, SECAM
Sound system M // B/G, D/K, I, L/L
Stereo MTS,SAP // NICAM
Teletext Closed Caption // TELETEXT
Parents Control