HDTV for XBox 360? (£350-400ish)

[ozy]

Hi,

I've decided to purchase an XBox 360 for my bedroom, and i'm looking for a suitable HDTV to compliment it. Whilst I know a fair bit about computers, I'm fairly clueless when it comes to TVs so any advice on this would be appreciated. My budget is around the £300-400 mark (for the TV).

Thanks,

Chris (ozy)

 

[ozy]

Thanks for the reply.

Space really isn't a massive consideration (currently have a 28" behemoth sitting on my desk), however, I would deem my current tv overly big for my needs (from my pillow to the tv is only about 3 meters).

With this in mind, a 26" HDTV, while nice, would not be necessery if there were smaller HDTVs available in around my budget (something around 20" may well be be satisfactory).

I've also thought about using a widescreen TFT as a makeshift TV, but I don't know the feasability of having it running both as a TV and off the XBox also.

Regards,

Chris (ozy)

 

[ozy]

Hey soundwave, that looks like a pretty good option although I think the 28" version would be a better bet (whats the model number btw?). What quality difference would you see between an "HD ready" TV like that, and an actual HDTV when it comes to the XBox360? much at all?

Just one other question, what exactly is the difference between an "HD Ready" TV, and one that isn't? Surely its either high definition, or its not?

Cheers

Chris (ozy)

 

[ozy]

Thanks for answering those questions Neil/Abyss, to be honest I think i'm sold on the idea of paying as much as £600 - as i really cant be doing with lugging a 28" CRT up the stairs

Seriously though, while both options are tempting, I think i'm going to go for the Samsung LE26R41 you mentioned before, as I can buy it over a 12 month period from another site (unless anyone else has any other suggestions for a £600 HDTV). As for size, I would like to think 26" would be enough, the 28" CRT I currently have seems more than big enough .

Thanks again for all your help everyone!

Chris