HDMI and Telewest TVDrive

coneypark · 25 Feb 2006 at 16:24

Hi Guys,

Not sure if anyone will be able to help with this or not but thought this looked like the best place to ask.

I am getting upgraded to Telewests TVDrive box which is also HDTV ready- I know they dont have much on there in Hi def at present but was looking to get a new TV anyway.

According to Telewest's web site:-
What do I need to watch High Definition TV?
To watch high definition you’ll need a HD set top box (like TVDrive) and a HD ready television with a HDMI socket. TVDrive enables you to watch high definition programmes if you have a HD ready TV.

Now I have been looking at some LCD TV's and was really wanting to go for a 23" Widscreen model but I dont seem to be able to find any that have an HDMI socket. Have found a few that say they support HDTV through DVI.

The two that I was thinking about are the Philips 23PF5320 23" HDTV-Ready LCD Television and the Samsung LE23R41B 23" 16:9 LCD TV.

Was just wondering if any of you guys know of any other models or makes that I should look at. I was wanting to keep the budget to around £500.

The only TV's I have found with HDMI sockets are all 26" models that are over my budget and a little larger than I was looking to get.

Any advise or suggestions would be appreciated as I seem to have gotten myself completley confused about HD side of things.

Thanks

coneypark · 25 Feb 2006 at 19:53

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I like the look of the LG one. Will need to have a look around and have a think. I havent really found any good sites that have LCD TV reviews so not found any reviews of any of these TV's.

coneypark · 26 Feb 2006 at 05:48

Hi again guys,
Been loking into this further and i think i have got my head round this now.

The TVdrive has a HDMI slot on it but the LCD TV I am looking at doesn't. It does have a DVI-I socket which supports HDCP.

So if i use the following cable HDMI to DVI-I along with L & R audio cable every thing should work fine?

Would appreciate it if someone can have a look for me and confirm if I have got this correct or not

coneypark · 26 Feb 2006 at 13:45

thanks for your help with this peahead. i started off thinking i knew what i was looking for and ended up totaly lost.
know i can buy happy in the knowledge that it will all work ook.
thanks again

coneypark · 26 Feb 2006 at 20:41

I will have a look at the other forums. My install is down for 2nd March but it will just be getting used on my normal CRT at the moment so I wont be using the HDMI port so i would appreciate you posting your feedback once you get yours installed as I wont be geting my LCD for a month or two.
Just want to make sure that if I'm getting a new Tv that i get one that works and I dont really want one as large as 26" which seems to be starting size for LCD's with a dedicated HDMI port.

Thanks