Laptop or telly?
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It's just an option considering your original budget was over 1k. The 100hz is also over rated, check out avforums for comparisons, the concensus seems to be with the 40V over the 40D
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get a loan and buy both!!
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Keep the laptop and the current TV you have, invest money into savings and avoid being a slave to Capitalism?
What does 1080P and 24P do for you anyway?
What does 1080P and 24P do for you anyway?
Jesus christ don't do it, LG = BAD.
If you really want a tv to look sensational in everything including HD then spend your dosh on a panasonic PX70 42 incher, or a 50 inch. If you are going to use a tv for tv prgrams, movies, and games then a good plasma is the only way to go. SAmsungs arn't that great, pioneers are best but you need to decie if they justify the premium, and the panasonics are bargains. Also 1080p isn't worth it unless your sit closer than 5-6ft on a 42 inch set. Better to put your money towards a set that gives better picture quality as more pixels DOES NOT magically mean better quality. My Pioneer kuro is only a 720p set with 1024 x 768 resolution, but made the 1080p panasonic PZ tv look very average indeed.
You can get a big department store to pricematch the cheapest store and get a 5yr warranty. But most importantly I need to know what distance you will be viewing from, budget, and hat will you be using it for. Hen il crank out some good recommendations.
I was just browsing through a catalogue, and finally found the perfect telly
Its 1080p. It does 100hz. It does 24p. And its a good size:
sony bravia kdl-40d3500u
Browsing around the net can see it on sale for £800. £400 cheaper than i was willing to go..
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Just looked further, can get for £700!
Only problem is, that with the Telly, DVDs are watched through my PC as my DVD player plays things out of sync, and my PC is pretty noisy.
And at the moment, bar MP3 which im about to complete, i have no games to play on said telly.
Basically both options have large disadvanges and are more of 'want' purchases rarther than 'need' purchases.
Not a good idea, and ignore all the 100000hz and figure quoting technobable. Sonys are very very overpriced and are LCD only. I really can't recommend a panasonic plasma enough, as you can pickup. ou can even get the 'just out' panasonic 42inch PX80 for a touch over 700 if you look around, then get that department store to pricematch, and you get the 5yr warranty and delivery for free.
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LG are a budget brand easily on par with samsung.
I wouldn't say that, even the samsungs are better than LG. If you want a tv with a poor picture that will probably break down then go LG. If you want a tv that offers the best value with nearly the best picture quality, then the panasonic plasmas are the only way.
It also says something with pioneer moving to panasonic panels combined with their electronics when they stop 'in house' panel production in the next year.
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M1330's are great, I got mine to use at times when I didn't want to use my desktop but now the only thing my desktop is used for is music as it's hooked up to my amp. Even when sat at the same desk as my computer I use the laptop!
Keyboard is fine as it's a normal sized layout. I've done lots of essays and work on it with no probs.
Keyboard is fine as it's a normal sized layout. I've done lots of essays and work on it with no probs.
I went through so many samsung TVs before settling on my LG. Both are very much budget brands with specialities in different areas but the dynamic dimming and terrible black crushing on the Samsungs put me right off.
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Sony LCDs are not overpriced.
Thanks for your input, really helpful.
Well they cost more than other LCD tvs, and the picture quality is still along way from matching a similarly priced plasma. They are overpriced and touted as the the LCDs out there. Granted that may be true, but Il say again that the PQ isn't great for SD for the money, and the blacks still don't compete.
If people post their opinion, then please don't jsut post trying to defend your, or someone elses purchase.
Dunno where you got that from but M1330s are no where near that price.
The base one alone is £579, and thats without the 9 cell battery and LED screen. So theres +150ish.
Plus, you cant get M1330s with the T7500 according to the dell website.
The one i was looking at:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5550 (1.83 GHz)
Windows Vista® Home Premium
Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support
Tuxedo Black & 0.3 mega pixel Camera for White-LED Display
13.3" UltraSharp™ WXGA (1280x800) White-LED Display (300 nits) with TrueLife™
Biometric Fingerprint Reader
4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048]
160GB Free Fall Sensor (7200RPM) Hard Drive
128MB nVidia® GeForce® 8400M GS edit
8x DVD+/-RW Slim Slot Load Drive
Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
Dell™ TrueMobile 355 internal Bluetooth Module
Dell™ Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-Card - Europe
65W AC Adapter edit
And that comes to £944.37
Maybe, but the reviews ive read seem to think that the 100hz is better for normal telly with fast moving stuff & the 24p is great for films.
Thats not to say that i have only the Sony as the only choice there though.
I quite like the look of those ones with the ambilight feature as well...
That plasma TV looks good, but its not a proper HD set, its only 1024 according to the spec sheets i can find.
SIGH, you have been sucked in by all the dribble out there. I must have been to to spend £1400 on a 42 inch kuro that isn't 'proper HD' as it only does 720p.
100hz means nothing and is just something to entice people, and i have to say there is no such thing as 'proper HD'. The panasonic tvs are the best value tvs for displaying standard freeview footage, and look damn good for games and HD too. LCDs on the other hand look pretty poor for standard footage and this is helped by the fact their resolution is higher.
you shouldnt worry about specs, just go into a big department store which has waitrose underneath, then compare the panasonic px70/px80 with a samsung/sony LCD normal tv picture then get them to setup bluray on both and compare.
Please please go and read through the ''is plasma right for me'' at avforums in their plasma section, those people do no what they are on about. I spent months comparing tvs, and discounted LCD a few days in as plasma screens were far superior.
What distance will you be sitting from your tv ?
look in the laptop section. people in there have gotten GREAT deals by haggling with dell salespeople on the phone. some people have had loads knocked off
True. I ordered the other half a 1525 and managed to get them to knock the delivery price off.
.Still doesnt get round the fact that the 1330s cant be gotten with the T7500s, according to dell.
. Unless they've recently changed their spec listings?
.Its not just a marketing term though, it actually does make a difference.
My mate has some toshiba 32" with 100hz, and the difference in a lot of stuff compared to my sammy 26", especially on fast moving stuff that isnt DVD is quite noticable.
Plus, there is such a thing as proper HD. I like to call it a panel with 1920x1080 resolution.
.Bottom line is that if i buy a new telly, Plasma or LCD, i will want it to have 1080p resolution, 24p & 100hz. I want to upgrade my telly in all ways. Going to a 1024 screen from the current 1366 one isnt an upgrade.
If the difference isnt there as you say in, then theres no harm in having it is there?
.My eye level will be about 2-2.5meters from the center of the screen, looking upwards slightly due to the seating position. Ive looked at tellys in various shops, and stood about that far away. I recon 42" is about the minimum, 47" ideal, and 52" would be like a cinema, with all my view filled by the screen.
But ive been wrong with those sort of estimates before...
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