joz8968

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That fvcking genuinely made me crack! ROAR!

oldsplice

Then my work here is done!

ScoobyWon't

You've just hit the nail on the head

fatscoobfella1

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Basically because of he cost..

Equivalent Viera was twice the price and you wasnt getting double of anything for the money...

I reiterate that i still have a 37" Viera full HD upstairs,and its a superb TV just not as good as the Samsung for a lot less money..

Dont let the SN snobs blindfold you into spending more money than whats needed..

ALi-B

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You have a point. Some Vieras aren't brilliant: For example the u20 and x20 series (and their u10 and X10 predacessors) are not really that good and you'll get a better LG for the same money. But they are in the cheaper end of the market where there is a lot more hit-and-miss models to try and choose from.

When there are some very good offerings from Sharp, Philips or LG, they should not be walked past because of the brand; Tosh Regza aren't bad either.

Having said that, I found some £1K Samsung LEDs to be somewhat over-vibrant and have quite nasty motion interpolation (like its playing in 1.5x fastforward), and then go jerky when its disabled. Where a cheaper Panny plasma G20 had no such issue.

Goes to show; buy what YOU think looks good. And don't be scared to get the remote and have a play with it, sometimes a dull looking TV can be brought to life with some simple changes to the colour settings or contrast modes.

fatscoobfella1

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Yea..

The LED can look super vibrant,as they come out of the packet with all settings high.. But like i say after and hour or so of setting up the picture is superb.

The backlight setting can be turned down and scan settings adjusted.I have not noticed any interpolation issues or picture tear. I recently put the colour settings up a few notches as i was noticing the picture looking slightly washed out in certain situations. The picture is now much improved.

Its hard to say because what people see is so different,but i would urge the buyer to look at all TV's and see what suits there eye best.

Whenever a TV thread comes up 99% of the posts just say Viera,Viera,Viera and as much as i have championed the cause myself over the years,i have had my eyes opened to what can be bought for much less money without the added "panny" tax added..

Ant

Weren't you going to get a iPhone not long back


Where's that pikey index that was posted here a while back.

hodgy0_2

your wifes a lucky women

anyway we have a Toshiba Regza, which is nothing special tbh (verging on poor)

Leslie

Panasonic 1080p is as good as any. The 1080 will give better quality on standard definitition as well as HD.

My chav 42" plasma works extremely well in our pretty small lounge. First class for sport.

Les

ScoobyWon't

This Panasonic Viera 42" 3D Plasma is supposedly on offer at a really good price.

joz8968

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Yep.

An AV industry standard tip for adjusting CRTs and plasmas - so as to get things pretty much looking okay before fine tuning - is to whip the brightness (black level) to 30% of maximum, and the contrast (white level) to 70% of maximum. This should put the monitor in the rough ballpark for the blackest blacks being black, without losing too many (if any) greyscales. And the whitest whites being as white as possible without too much (if any) blooming/loss of details.

Colour/hue/saturation set to the middle position - or 50% of maximum.

These settings usually render acceptable 'life-like', viewing results.

LCDs don't necessarily follow the above rule though - due to their sensitivity to ambient lighting conditions.


The AV Essentials and/or the AVIA AV setup DVDs work wonders for the technophile to dial in the correct display settings.