Dad after a new 42" HDTV

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He came into some money and is after a 42" HD Plasma. Any recommendations? Im looking at a few now but am not sure whats better whats not etc..

Thanks in advance :cool:
 
You'll want one that is 720p, and most aren't. Ideally you'll want 1080p as that's blue-ray afaik. Read up on Plasma screen burn.

LCD TV's offer higher resolutions, don't suffer from screenburn (although someone here had a LCD with it) but have poorer blacks.

The Panasonics are supposed to offer the best picture quality, I've seen a LG in high street and picture looked nice on that, usually Plasma suffers from lack of detail...I guess playing back HD material so that helped a lot :)

I had a LG 32LX2R for a week, great as a PC monitor, only thing let it down was poor blacks (and backlight isn't adjustable)
 
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o yeah sorry thought i put it lol eeerm he said 1200 but i know he would probs go over if it was worth while :)

Ive seen a few like this :

Samsung 42" PS42E7HD
42" Hyundai Vvuon Q421H HD
Samsung 42" PS42Q7HD
Samsung 42" PS42S5H HD

Going for between £1020 upto £1259
 
squiffy said:
You'll want one that is 720p, and most aren't. Ideally you'll want 1080p as that's blue-ray afaik. Read up on Plasma screen burn.

LCD TV's offer higher resolutions, don't suffer from screenburn (although someone here had a LCD with it) but have poorer blacks.

The Panasonics are supposed to offer the best picture quality, I've seen a LG in high street and picture looked nice on that, usually Plasma suffers from lack of detail...I guess playing back HD material so that helped a lot :)

I had a LG 32LX2R for a week, great as a PC monitor, only thing let it down was poor blacks (and backlight isn't adjustable)
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Any HD monitor /TV HAS to be 720p at a minimum!!!

Dont believe there are any 1080p 42" widely available and certainly not at that price

I would look at the Samsung R71 model - been having great reviews recently, I am certainly a hearty follower of its older brother R41/R51
 
Any HD monitor /TV HAS to be 720p at a minimum!!!
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Doesn't stop a 480p Plasma from being advertised as "HD compatible" or similar reworking/tricks :rolleyes: or if the display lacks HDMI. Can get around with DVI, but if the source uses HDCP basically knackered.
 
squiffy said:
Doesn't stop a 480p Plasma from being advertised as "HD compatible" or similar reworking/tricks :rolleyes: or if the display lacks HDMI. Can get around with DVI, but if the source uses HDCP basically knackered.
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the key thing here is look for "HD Ready"

there are all sorts of other HD type slogans made up the by manufacturers to fool consumers, like HD compatible. You need HD ready :)

if its HD ready, it has HDMI, HD component, and will do 720p and 1080i
 
inspection12 said:
tosh 42wlT66

£1500ish if you shop around.

awesome panel and 1080p resolution too.
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its not got 1080p resolution as its still only 768 pixels high. it will however downscale 1080p to fit, which most tvs wont however
 
squiffy said:
Doesn't stop a 480p Plasma from being advertised as "HD compatible" or similar reworking/tricks :rolleyes: or if the display lacks HDMI. Can get around with DVI, but if the source uses HDCP basically knackered.
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Thats exactly why HD Ready is all you need to know - dont get me wrong its abhorrant the marketing trickery that goes on but the "tick" & HD Ready is all you need to remember

Anything thats only 480p is not HD - simple as

HDCP is a law unto itself as is most things involving MS that heavily

MrLOL said:
if its HD ready, it has HDMI, HD component, and will do 720p and 1080i
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Is HD Componant part of the "Ready" spec? I hadnt realised that, thought it was just HDMI from a socket point of view
 
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bingham67 said:
Its resolution is 1920x1080 is that not high enough for 1080 i dont really have a clue maybe you can explain. ?

This one (not sure if competitor or not)

http://www.digitaldirectuk.com/products_moreinfo3/index.asp?product_id=10714
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missed that

didnt think there were any 1080 lcd panels yet

sony has only just released its 1080 x series, and samsung doesnt have one, nor does panasonic. only 1080 panels that i were aware of were the new £6k pioneer panels.

the 66 range is quite old as well, comparatively speaking to the x series
 
If using a HTPC to send native rez, then will it be 1080P compatible? (or better?) not bad price considering size and rez. I had a 32" LG for a week, upto 1080i (768 vertical)
 
Have a look at the Hitachi 42PD7200, it can be picked up for £1250 with a 4 year warranty. its a very nice screen :)
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MrLOL said:
the key thing here is look for "HD Ready"

there are all sorts of other HD type slogans made up the by manufacturers to fool consumers, like HD compatible. You need HD ready :)

if its HD ready, it has HDMI, HD component, and will do 720p and 1080i
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A display doesnt require HDMI to be HD Ready. It can be HD Ready with just DVI (observing the other HD Ready laws).

Also, is 42inch really a good idea? I run a business that installs AV equipment and I go to loads of propertys that are average/small size with a 42" set. They are sat too close to the TV so it will always look crap, it just overpowers the room and looks crap too.

Almost all of my installs are like this unless they phone be for advice prior to purchasing. 32" seems to be the right size for the avergae home around Bristol. Obviously this is not the rule.
 
42" will be perfect we got a big living room ;) its got a pool table down the end not full size but is plenty big enough for practice! and sofas n chairs in :)

He's got weekend off so is gonna look through them all then and make his mind up :D
 
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