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Going to look at getting a new telly after christmas, i currently have a crt type and although in perfect working order its a good oppotunity for a new one

so plasma or lcd? whats the pro's and cons? LED is to expensive

what do you watch mainly?
plasma's used to be far superior for blacks in movies but these days there is less in it.

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I've got a Toshiba Plasma, 2007 Plasma of the year (bought in 2008). It is fantastic, the HD in particular the blacks are very very clear.

I also have a 'Foen & hirsh' or something Lcd in the bedroom. It's an LG inside a black box. not bad at all. I think they are about £250 now for the 32" version.

Andy your telly is a Pioneer Kuro not Toshiba.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

If you want full HD, and a screen no bigger than 40" lcd is our only option.

Oh yeah, shows how much I watch it. The £250 one is in the bedroom. From memory the pioneer one was about £1400 18 months ago for 42" - money well spent. Cornoation Street looks great

On 15th Dec, 2009 sturgeo said:

On 15th Dec, 2009 minimadmotorman said:
Andy your telly is a Pioneer Kuro not Toshiba.

In that case its worth closer to 2500 than 250

lcd for 32inch and under, plasma for over this size

looking for a 40 i think, any recommendations? i have the hdmi dvd and surround

The black Samsung plasmas are best value for money at the moment. Ive had a 42" LG plasma for 4 years now and am looking to replace it with the Samsung, not that theres anything wrong with the LG, I just want a 50"

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Get to Comet and look at them side by side with the same feed (other electrical stores are available). I find plasma quite blurred and grainy on fast moving images (footy generally) but Plasma's undoubtedly cheaper, there's no arguing that. LED and LCD are close to one another but LCD can never deliver "true" black as they are constantly back-lit and merely try and block the light. LEDs can be "turned off", but they're bloomin' expensive still (think they have "wider" viewing angles too).

I think for films and anything >42", Plasma is better because of the contrast it can achieve, LED better for sports & games, but merely my opinion. Unfortunately there are so many websites contradicting one another you're knackered trying to get an impartial view!

Personally I think there's no substitute for going and seeing the TV in action; some Plasmas will be better than LCDs and vice versa, irrespective of the Plasma/ LCD quandry.

Just ordered a 32" Samsung LED last weekend, it seemed to stand out above some of the others when compared side-by-side in the shop. Delivery not till Saturday, we'll see how it stacks up then!!!

wolfie, wait till the sales

when i was looking for a new telly for my old man late sept, i made sure it had:

min 40" screen
full 1080 HD (not 720)
min 100hz (most have 200hz now anyway i think)

i wasnt fussed if lcd or plasma, but expected to pay around 800 to 900 for a lcd and about 200 less for the plasma version, so tbh mainly looked at plasma

in the end i got a 40" LCD sony from M&S for £650 (was £1400 2 weeks earlier, but they were selling off old stock from the storeroom cheap as it had been replaced with a new model that was exactly the same but 200hz instead of 100),

Also knocked off another £100 if i took in any old telly as part ex

was pretty pleased with that

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we've got a samsung 1080p 40" LCD - far better when we got the AV amp to go with it

good looking unit as well

I just bought six month old 28" Sony Bravia from my sis, really need 32" minimum to be honest. Still a great tv though.

I have a a series 8 samsung 46" tv and its lovely. .
The actual LCD panels are made by LG, Samsung, and Philips....

So I would stick to one of those personally... with Sony you are paying for the name.

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after a bit of searching i think i will go for one of these if there in the sales
http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/Prod...CFWlr4wod513HJA

they seem cheap enough online as well
http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/2748333/ar...r&CodePromo=oui

ebuyer.com are pretty good for tellys.

I got my 32" Samsung from here.

http://www.directtvs.co.uk/

Was the cheapest place when I bought mine.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

I was thinking of getting this http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/3157650/ar...television.html was £1000 a while back