New 40'' hdtv - £1500ish - any ideas?

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Am looking to buy an Hdtv - min size 40''

I would like it to be reasonably future proof - and needs to be compatible with sky hd

really not sure what to go for any advice would be great

cheers

Duncan
 
Sony Bravia either the W or the X versions. Might push your budget up to 2000. But easily worth every penny.

You can get a V version for 1500 but they only do 720p where as the W and X do 1080p

If you have the money. Bravias are by far the best tellys on the market atm
 
I have seen:

TOSHIBA 47" HD Ready FREEVIEW Digital LCD TV


Picture:

· 119cm Visible Screen Size / 16:9 Screen Format / 1920 X 1080 Pixel
Resolution / High Definition Ready
· 800:1 Contrast Ratio / 550cd/m2 Brightness / 3D Digital Comb Filter /
Active Vision LCD
· Progressive Scan / DNR / Selectable Picture Format / Auto Format (WSS)
· Interactive Features:
· Fastext / Text Page Memory / Digital Text / EPG

for £1700, is it worth going for this or for one of the bravia's?
 
Bravias, definately. The SD and HD picture quality of the V/W/X series is quite a bit better.

The Toshiba panel may be 1920x1080, but it's not 1080p. Not that that matters "too" much.

You can get the 40W2000 online for an unbelievable £1469.99 at the moment.. :eek:
 
Iv been on the lookout for a 46" so have been reading around abit, but for a 40" I would deffo recommend the sony W series, don't think iv read a bad thing about it.
 
I recommend Sony BRAVIA 3LCD SXRD. I dont recommend one of the Sony LCD tvs as the screen kept on trailing and slowing down. But not sure what model it was.
SXRD have amaing pciture quality, if u check avforum people would recommend it. I have the 50inch sony bravia kdfe50a12 which i got a year and ahalf ago and love it to pieces. Mine has only 1 HDMI input whereas the newer SXRD version of my tv has 2. The conrast ratio is much higher too. You wont be able to get a 1080P for 1500, they costaround 2500+, 720p i the next best after that. Check out avforums.
 
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duncsharp said:
Am looking to buy an Hdtv - min size 40''

I would like it to be reasonably future proof - and needs to be compatible with sky hd

really not sure what to go for any advice would be great

cheers

Duncan
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I would strongly advice you to look at the new Pioneer range of plasma HDTV's.

You can get the 4270XD for £1429 if you shop around.
 
Amrit said:
I recommend Sony BRAVIA 3LCD SXRD. I dont recommend one of the Sony LCD tvs as the screen kept on trailing and slowing down. But not sure what model it was.
SXRD have amaing pciture quality, if u check avforum people would recommend it. I have the 50inch sony bravia kdfe50a12 which i got a year and ahalf ago and love it to pieces. Mine has only 1 HDMI input whereas the newer SXRD version of my tv has 2. The conrast ratio is much higher too. You wont be able to get a 1080P for 1500, they costaround 2500+, 720p i the next best after that. Check out avforums.
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Id check your facts before posting - a quick google showed:

Sony Bravia 40" LCD-TV KDL-40W2000 - £1600
which includes 1080p
2*HDMI
1* Componant

The newer Bravia's have a second componant in addition to the above and I believe a better LCD but come in around £2000

There are also different variety's of hdmi available now, not always described the same way - the newer variety will always be backwards compatable with any source you have (dvd player, pc or amp etc) but if I were you I would try and get your tv with the most uptodate version

Type B is backwards compatable with Dual link DVI where as Type A is not (unfortunately all info I have seen points to latest Sony's having type A - although this was only a quick search

Type B also known as HDMI 1.3

I believe there may be other differences also but you can real all about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI
 
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FrankJH said:
Id check your facts before posting - a quick google showed:

Sony Bravia 40" LCD-TV KDL-40W2000 - £1600
which includes 1080p
2*HDMI
1* Componant

The newer Bravia's have a second componant in addition to the above and I believe a better LCD but come in around £2000

There are also different variety's of hdmi available now, not always described the same way - the newer variety will always be backwards compatable with any source you have (dvd player, pc or amp etc) but if I were you I would try and get your tv with the most uptodate version

Type B is backwards compatable with Dual link DVI where as Type A is not (unfortunately all info I have seen points to latest Sony's having type A - although this was only a quick search

Type B also known as HDMI 1.3

I believe there may be other differences also but you can real all about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI
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Can you explain the advantages of type B in a domestic AV setup? Who's using type B at the mo?
 
squiffy said:
Sharps new DX1 series are 1080p sets, looking into these myself.
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Seem a lot of people are complaining about banding issues on this set on avforums.

Its a shame because they look clear winners really spec wise but looks like Sony W series are the ones to buy at moment.
 
bingham67 said:
Seem a lot of people are complaining about banding issues on this set on avforums.

Its a shame because they look clear winners really spec wise but looks like Sony W series are the ones to buy at moment.
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Local TV shop has them on display, so going to have a look.
I wouldn't buy a Sony, rather have Samsung, LG....or even Bush :D
 
squiffy said:
Local TV shop has them on display, so going to have a look.
I wouldn't buy a Sony, rather have Samsung, LG....or even Bush :D
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Please explain why rather than just posting something for seamingly no reason what so ever - after all the Sony's have been getting KO reviews all over the place - possibly anti Sony bias rather than against the product?

firstborn - not sure who is using type b hdmi (or version 1.3) but it was only ratified as an "official" type August 2006 if I remember wiki link above correctly

main advantage would be if you have a pc attached with a very new graphics card ( without meaning to be patronising htpc usage would be domestic av usage as you put it) alos depending on the av amp you have or might be getting Denon and a few others may prefer one type or other for HDMI switching capabilities etc
 
squiffy said:
Because Sony are overpriced, low quality and no better than any others. Not worth the price premium.
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Umm in this case none of that is true. Clearly you have not auditioned these TVs.

I have seen the Bravias, the fujitsu's the toshibias, the Panasonics, the Pioneers, the LGs, and the sharps. the Bravia for the price wins hands down. The fujitsus are a close second at 150% the price.
 
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