Any one into plasma tv's?
20 July 2004, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Hoppy
There was another useful thread on plasmas a couple of weeks ago.
Points I would make are that the picture source determines the picture quality far more often than the screen. Most broadcast TV that I watch on Freeview is below the capability of my screen, but you get the odd surprise that really looks great. Adverts can be good (
) and DVDs are usually stunning.
Poor lip-synch is part of the deal with plasmas - picture lags behind the sound as the image takes a mo to process. It can be really annoying. Some high-end AV amps allow you to adjust this. (Info thanks to LogicLee.)
My telly is an LG 42in from John Lewis, which I've now seen at £1,950 in Oxford Street (was £2,800 earlier this year) which is an absolute snip. Get John Lewis to price match, who also give a five-year guarantee. Set has stacks of features, including a screen-burn zapper.
Plasma TVs are just like digital cameras, trick mobiles and other new tecky stuff - always getting better. Buy now and be happy, but there will always be a better/cheaper one in a few months.
Richard.
Points I would make are that the picture source determines the picture quality far more often than the screen. Most broadcast TV that I watch on Freeview is below the capability of my screen, but you get the odd surprise that really looks great. Adverts can be good (
) and DVDs are usually stunning.Poor lip-synch is part of the deal with plasmas - picture lags behind the sound as the image takes a mo to process. It can be really annoying. Some high-end AV amps allow you to adjust this. (Info thanks to LogicLee.)
My telly is an LG 42in from John Lewis, which I've now seen at £1,950 in Oxford Street (was £2,800 earlier this year) which is an absolute snip. Get John Lewis to price match, who also give a five-year guarantee. Set has stacks of features, including a screen-burn zapper.
Plasma TVs are just like digital cameras, trick mobiles and other new tecky stuff - always getting better. Buy now and be happy, but there will always be a better/cheaper one in a few months.
Richard.
20 July 2004, 01:42 PM
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I have 2000 lumens on my lcd projector on an 8 foot wide screen.
it is far from ideal during the day, but then thats why I go to work!
In the evening I shut the black out curtains which shine light directly onto the screen, but leave those illuminating the seating area open.
Ambient light level is enough to read the newspaper comfortably at any point in the room, and screen is as visible and clear as you would ever need it to be except in the very darkest of dark scenes. On those odd occasions I just close the other black out curtains or wait for the evening to watch that film.
it is far from ideal during the day, but then thats why I go to work!
In the evening I shut the black out curtains which shine light directly onto the screen, but leave those illuminating the seating area open.
Ambient light level is enough to read the newspaper comfortably at any point in the room, and screen is as visible and clear as you would ever need it to be except in the very darkest of dark scenes. On those odd occasions I just close the other black out curtains or wait for the evening to watch that film.
20 July 2004, 02:05 PM
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Well this is what I thought - I can't see a thing on my nice big wide screen telly if the sun is shining directly into the lounge. Surely not a lot of difference and a problem for any type of screen or projector?
20 July 2004, 02:21 PM
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You guys using projectors, do you use a proper screen or just a white wall? Pukka photo projector screens are 100-200% brighter. And cheap. From Jessops etc.
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