angrynorth

A mate of mine is after a flat screen telly he wants to know what is the best plasma/ LCD her can pick up for around £2k. Ideally the bigger the better but looking for good picture quality.

I know there are a few people on here who know a fair bit about this kind of stuff so I though I would ask on here

Any suggestions? Ta

djuk

Well out of the two LCD is going to be the more expensive, £2k will get probably a decent 26" LCD or a decent 42" plasma.

I think the Panasonic TH42PWD6 is down to about £1600 online now and I know a few scoobynetters have got these screens and are dead impressed by them so that might be worth a look.

Hope this helps

David

Petem95

www.richersounds.co.uk - theyre pretty cheap.

scoobyjimbo

A couple worth looking at, but it does depend on whether you want the tuner and speakers included for the 2k.

I would not bother with LCD, still too expensive at the moment.. take a look at these..

1. Panasonic 42PW6 - a very good model that can be had for around £1700.
http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/sound-a...166797/details

2. Hitachi 42 PD5200 - just won the latest what plasma award for plasma under 3k. - this comes in at just under 2k.. superb price and better than some plasmas in 3k price bracket.
http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/sound-a...195400/details

3. Phillips 42PF9946 - nice unit at just under 2k
http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/sound-a...214488/details

4. Panasonic 42PW7 - next nodel upto number 1 above - superb! http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/sound-a...230328/details

Of these i would plump for the Hitachi - a good model for under 2k and an award winner.

If you can push above the 2k mark then you could look at my choice which is the hitachi model above but at 50inch.. - just ordered it for my new gaff and cant wait to watch the footy on it..:-))

good luck

J

Rob D

Would also be a good idea to have a look here http://www.avforums.com for some excellent advice.

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

i know where you can get the lg 42" plasma for £1400.

or!!!

I can sell you a very cool projector which retails at £1200, and all I want for it is £600! heres a screen shot of mine being thrown at my wall, with ps2! the one id give you is brand new unopened box, with 1 year guarentee!!!



thats 64" square!!! and thats a 2 metre throw, @ 4 metres and above your looking at a 120" square picture without loosing quality, as its 1500 ansi. bulb life is approx 3000 hours! thats an average life of 4 hours a daay for about 5 years. then you replace the bulb, (unlike plasma and tft where you have to replace the unit after about 5 - 7 years)

mail me if interested.

jamo

drb5

iTrader: (4)

I want!




<Wuman in background>
NO! You can't have it!

ScoobyJawa

LG plasma's are widely regarded as cack

The Panasonic has one of the best screens for the money, very good quality, got mine a few weeks ago and its brilliant.

Its also raved by the guys on www.avforums.com and is the reason I bought it.......

Avoid the 1300-1400 quid ones.......

djuk

I can second both of these bits of information, we had an LG screen a while back and the picture quality on all sources was less than impressive.

However, I use Panasonic Viera and PW6 screens on a regular basis at work and we even have an old Panasonic PW3 in the gym at work (this is about 4 or 5 years old) and all are very impressive screens for the money.

David

angrynorth

Cheers for the advice so far

Narrowing things down a little and he is so far looking at:

Hitachi 42 PD5200 - Good reviews all over - about £1900

LG RZ 42PX11 - Nice screen and seems an improvement over LG's previous efforts. Also only £1500

PANASONIC VIERA TH-42PE30B - Nice, seems like this can be had for just over £2k but is it worth the stretch

And the other cheaper Panasonic mentioned earlier, the only thing being that these seem like they need a lot more setting up.

I never realised there were so many, and after wandering around Comet on Sunday with him there can be a massive difference in quality but in Comet you can never tell whether some fcukwit has been pissing around with the settings .

Sort of want one myself now as me & missus are moving house this week and it would look cool in the new front room... if only

Jamo, cheers for the projector suggestion, I wouldn't mind one of those myself but worried about the room always needing to be pretty dark to get a great picture. Looks very cool though! Does it do 16:9?

cheddar bob

I'm wondering how much is a new bulb for one of them?

Trumble

The panasonics are really good - just about to get one after extensive research

However I would say they are taking the pi$$ with 150 quid for a table top stand.

The best Ive seen for the 37" is 1950+stand at 150 and 1 year warranty.

But us British just a bunch of mugs... <flame-suit>on</flame-suit>

T.

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

yeah they do 16:9

you dont have to have the room dark as its a 1500 ansi. its on low quality there, as it increases the life of the bulb.

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

I have found a place online that charges £268 inc vat and inc delivery!

thats not bad for saying they last 3000 hours!

if you think of it this way, after about 7 years a plasma is useless, thats it done with once its gone its gone, Ive calculated for the amount i use my projector it will last me 4 years, maybe less only just though! i paid £600 for it, a plasma is around £2000 ish. after my bulb has gone ile put another in it, and it will still be as good as it is now! and it will last another 4 years and so on, and it will still be cheaper than the plasma for the next 16 years. (ish)

jamo

Floyd

iTrader: (9)

Jamo PM me some info please!

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korando-man

my neighbour has a plasma for sale 42 inch stand etc 1500

ScoobyJawa

New ones are more like 10-12 years on average watching (assuming you get a decent screen like a Panny). They now last 20,000-30,000 hours. By which time there will be something new along I'll want anyway!

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

yeah but how much moola mate?

edited to say oooh that was my 2000th comment. i come on here too much

ScoobyJawa

1650 delivered mate - which for a TV of that type is fapping class

And yeah - I know projectors are cheaper etc but it wouldn't have worked well where I use my plasma!!!

paulr

Without doubt the best pic i've ever seen is a Panny.......nothing comes close.

Trumble

Yeah the panny is good but 150 quid for a stand - FFS - I can buy two KHTs Eggs for that !

T.

angrynorth

Went with him last night to look at a few, compared the Panny Viera 37" to the LG PX11 42" on both DVD and Sky sources. There wasn't enough difference to warrant the extra £500 and coupled with the loss of 5 inches it looks like he will today be ordering one of the LG's from comet online. £1599 compared to £2200 in store. I've seen some terrible stuff about the old LG's but what I've seen so far has been positive.

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

he needs to shop about mate! if hes going for the lg you can find it a lot cheaper than that I found a place that was doing them for around 1200 with guarentee, let me see if i can find it again......

jamo

angrynorth

Cool, let me know where and I'll tell him to hold on. Kelkoo showed a couple cheaper but I think its better to pay the extra £100 for a place you know you can kick up a real fuss with if there is a problem.

Cheers

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

yeah it was on amazon.co.uk and it was £1299.99 delievered free, with guarentee etc. cant find it now sorry mate.

jamo

angrynorth

Nevermind, Cheers for looking though

ScoobyJawa

Panny PWD6 is only 1599 at Richer Sounds now, much better than an LG and 42" screen instead of the 37 panny he was looking at 4000:1 contrast ratio as oppossed to 3000:1 with the LG Bigger the better!

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

ive finally found it mate!!

click here http://www.sharfworld.com/products/PTV4203.JPG

its the panasonic 42" for £1389

cheers

james

djuk

Would be careful buying from Sharfworld, all their kit (as far as the Panasonic bits go at least) appear to be imports, hence no warranty.