Which LED telly?

Aruffell

Aruffell

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Saw a nice toshiba 42" led earlier for £529 but can get it for under £500 online.

Any others to consider? Will be paired with a fusion htpc and z5500 speakers.

Andy
 
Its an okay telly, which is why its cheap, they quite slow to respond to the remote, some times needing several attempts, also not great picture quality, its quite soft looking and flat.
 
insane200 said:
Its an okay telly, which is why its cheap, they quite slow to respond to the remote, some times needing several attempts, also not great picture quality, its quite soft looking and flat.
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Can you recommend another better LED tv for less than £500?

Andy
 
Does it have to be led ? lcd is just as good tbh, for that money id be looking for something like a samsung, which should include freeview HD as well.

like this Samsung LE40C580 40-inch for £421.99 on the rainforest.
 
Never had a problem with Toshiba's in the past. Are Samsung really that much better?

Obviously being LED backlit really jumped out at us and the fact it's 100Hz and is slightly bigger at 42".

Won't be using the freeview as it will all be connected via a HTPC out to a set of Z5500's so will probably get a tv card fitted.

Andy
 
The cheaper LED screens sadly tend to have problems when it come to uneven lighting especially blooming in the corners of the set and a much darker middle, it's really annoying for me anyhow.

I'd recommend the Samsung LE40C580 as well, can be had for £399 - £449 depending on the warranty you want, and it's probably got one of the best picture qualities on sub £700 sets, it's easy to set up has internet connectivity and can play back media directly via USB or over DLNA network. Check out the thread's on the C580 range at AVFourms. :)
 
Aruffel, you sound like a chav irl :D

Ah just hearing your different accents, your russian is quite convincing :o
 
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Journey said:
The cheaper LED screens sadly tend to have problems when it come to uneven lighting especially blooming in the corners of the set and a much darker middle, it's really annoying for me anyhow.

I'd recommend the Samsung LE40C580 as well, can be had for £399 - £449 depending on the warranty you want, and it's probably got one of the best picture qualities on sub £700 sets, it's easy to set up has internet connectivity and can play back media directly via USB or over DLNA network. Check out the thread's on the C580 range at AVFourms. :)
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+1 on all of that. I bought a LE40C580 for my Mum and its a great bit of kit. Filled a 1Gb usb powered HDD with HD mkv's and it plays pretty much anything also connects to my wifi network to stream.
 
kalvindeane said:
Aruffel, you sound like a chav irl :D

Ah just hearing your different accents, your russian is quite convincing :o
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Is that file still about? Link me up :D I think i was 16 when i did that, im nearly 24 now :eek:

fornowagain said:
+1 on all of that. I bought a LE40C580 for my Mum and its a great bit of kit. Filled a 1Gb usb powered HDD with HD mkv's and it plays pretty much anything also connects to my wifi network to stream.
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Seems to be that that piece of kit is quite low-end from what i've read?

cmndr_andi said:
Hi there, you may want to consider the LG 50PK250 - 50in 1080p plasma. My friend picked one of these up last week for £480 and he is well chuffed with it.

It gets a pretty good write up from AV forums and if you are mainly running content through a HDMI connected HTPC then it will be pretty great.
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Just going to read up on it now.

Able to mail me (in trust) as to where he got it for that price?

Though it seems the Toshiba (albeit the 46" version scores slightly better - http://www.avforums.com/review/Toshiba-Regza-SL753-46SL753-LCD-TV-Review.html)

Thanks,

Andy
 
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If you were going to go for a cheap LED, the lowest I'd go is the samsung C5100 series, or preferably the C6000 series. The 5100 is a notch over your budget, but worth it. Nice colours, good lighting and contrast. Or save your dosh and go for a cheaper LCD Such as the LG LD450
 
Nah I found it last night and didn't keep the link. I saw it in a thread in the GD Archive, can't remember name of the thread but it was just people posting recordings of their voices. Shame most of them are no longer working.:(
 
milkinc13 said:
H.D ready means can accept HD input weather it be 1080 or 720

But if the T.V has a freeview HD or freesat HD tuners onboard then they are HD T.V's
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So so so so wrong.

HD Ready means it can receive an HD input (but it may well have a freeview tuner built in, or freesat) but can only output at 720p resolution.

Full HD is as above, but outputs 1080p resolution.
 
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