Need recommendation LCD TV.

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AMDPower

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Hi all

I want to buy a tv for the family(parents, little brother and so on) and would like LCD TV. Was really looking to spend max £1000 can stretch a little more.

I was specifically looking at Sharp LC52X20E 52 which are going for £1099. Was wondering what is the catch with these? i did remember that sharp LCD used to suffer from banding issues, is it so with this TV?

could anyone recommend something better? need it for just general watching TV, DVD movies and some games, i doubt they would notice much difference between a great LCD and even GREATER LCD TV. Basically i would prefer screen size over quality, as long as its acceptable (compared to their old 26 CRT)

thanks for any help.
 
I know you specified LCD, but you can get a Panasonic TH50-PZ80B 50" plasma for under £1100 if you shop around. The picture quality is the best in this price range. I would go for that rather than any equivalent priced LCD.
 
thanks for the recommendation.

will be tough for me to decide which to get that is for sure.

anyone have any other recommendations before i decide tomorrow?
 
And I wade in with the plasma flag.

Go lcd if you want a gaming/pc monitor at 32 in size, or 37 if you really must, but anything bigger to be used as a proper tv, E.g. actual tv, films, some gaming, then get yourself a plasma.

In this pricerange the panasonic PZ80 is the obvious choice and the one I would go for.
 
i have a 46" Sharp Aquos LC46X20E and it is awesome as a monitor and for gaming its even better.

I would definatly reccommend this range of HDTV's to anyone.
 
Having owned an LCD and now own 2x Plasma, i will never (atleast for the foreseeable future) go back to LCD!

My experience of them is that they can not match the quality of plasma and i would not waste any money on them.

Plasma!
 
2blue4u said:
all this plasma is better over 40" is just garbage. Total rot.

LCD is superior at all sizes.
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So you've said in a number of threads, but I've yet to see any constructive aruments to back that up.

I've got a small LCD and a 42" Plasma.

Plasmas have quicker response times and as a result handle motion better. On small screens this isn't an issue, but on large screens it becomes very obvious.

Plasmas have better black levels that LCDs which means that shadow details and dark scenes look better.

I would consider these to be pretty much absolute facts. However, buying a TV is a subjective decision, so really it's about the picking the screen that produces the image you like.
 
Brightness 500 cd/m²
Dynamic screen contrast 30000:1
Response time (typical) 2 (BEW equiv.) ms
Viewing angle 176º (H)/176º (V)
Diagonal screen size (inch) 42 inch
Diagonal screen size (metric) 107 cm
Display screen type LCD Full HD W-UXGA Act. matrix
Panel resolution 1920 x 1080p
Picture enhancement Perfect Pixel HD Engine, Perfect Natural Motion, Perfect Contrast, 3/2 - 2/2 motion pull down, 3D Combfilter, Active Control + Light sensor, 100 Hz Clear LCD, Jagged Line Suppression, Progressive Scan, 1080p 24/25/30 Hz processing, 1080p 50/60 Hz processing
Screen enhancement Anti-Reflection coated screen
Colour processing 2250 trillion colours 17bit RGB


That doesn't look too shabby for an LCD?
 
it doesnt mean anything either. dynamic contrast is not an accurate measurement of contrast. wheres the real contrast ratio, the black level measurement?


2blue4u, you should really stop posting untill youve seen even a half decent plasma next to a range topping lcd. you wouldnt bang on about lcd's being better then.
 
And all that means what? My car is supposed to get 32 mpg, but I've never got more than 28 out of it.

I can't understand why people read all this marketing FUD, especially on stuff like contrast levels or different processing tricks.

There is no standard methodology for measuring contrast ratio so manufacturers can print what they like and it can't be achieved under real world conditions anyway. That one is at least honest enough to say 'dynamic contrast', which is one of the first things you'd turn off when you took it out of the box anyway.

Incidentally the next gen Pioneers will achieve total blackness by completely turning the pixel off so according to thier documentation their contrast ratio will be infinate. That should put an end to all these daft numbers, although I still expect Samsung to develop an infinity + 10,000 panel.

When it comes down to it though the numbers mean very little and it's all about the actual picture.
 
Plasmas 'being better' than LCDs is NOT a new thing... Plasmas have pretty much always been better than LCDs. It's just the fact the plasmas are now the same price as comparable LCDs, AND this happens to be 5-700+. It wasn't long ago a plasma would cost a minimum of £2000. Pionneers are well known for their quality, but even their ED (480p) sets from years ago absolutely spank the pants of many current LCDs. (in terms of PQ)
 
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2blue4u said:
Brightness 500 cd/m²
Dynamic screen contrast 30000:1
Response time (typical) 2 (BEW equiv.) ms
Viewing angle 176º (H)/176º (V)
Diagonal screen size (inch) 42 inch
Diagonal screen size (metric) 107 cm
Display screen type LCD Full HD W-UXGA Act. matrix
Panel resolution 1920 x 1080p
Picture enhancement Perfect Pixel HD Engine, Perfect Natural Motion, Perfect Contrast, 3/2 - 2/2 motion pull down, 3D Combfilter, Active Control + Light sensor, 100 Hz Clear LCD, Jagged Line Suppression, Progressive Scan, 1080p 24/25/30 Hz processing, 1080p 50/60 Hz processing
Screen enhancement Anti-Reflection coated screen
Colour processing 2250 trillion colours 17bit RGB


That doesn't look too shabby for an LCD?
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WOW you can copy out a spec sheet, congratulations, I really am in awe.

Here I can do it too, have a look at this link where measured results for the best set on the market were confirmed by an unbiased and highly regarded review site. It might be over your head, but I assume many of the parts listed under PICTURE ENHANCEMENT in your quote might be too. I don't even know what some of them mean, but I do know that most of them will be utter tosh and should be turned off anyway:

http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/Pioneer-PDP-LX5090/

You clearly have no knowledge about flat panel televisions and haven't spent time reading up on the tehnologies, let alone compared various sets, so please stop spamming this thread with rubbish :rolleyes:


whitecrook said:
Well when I watch my TV, I'm usually looking at the picture it produces, not the spec sheet it comes with. YMMV.
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But look at all those numbers the manufacturer have allowed him to see, they must be right ;) :D

Seriously, your statement could not be more correct :)

although I still expect Samsung to develop an infinity + 10,000 panel.
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infinity + 10,000 / 0 ;)

O and thanks for a new sig quote 2blu :D:D
 
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