pslewis

Which would be the best make for picture quality?

I have a SONY Dolby Pro-Logic set-up, so NICAM is adequate ...

Its the picture quality I want ...... now, these 3 have decent 100Hz TV's for around £900 for a 36" Flat

Philips, Panasonic or Toshiba??

SONY?, my dad had 3 SONY's and sent them all back - he now has a Panasonic.

The Toshiba at £799 is the cheapest .......

I don't really hold much for Philips reliability .......

What do you reckon??

Pete

fatscoobyfella

TOSHIBA..no contest....

phelpsa

Get a life. Go outside and drive the scoob hard.

pslewis

Done that ............ now, need a TV!!

If you don't know the answer, go and play with yourself!

Pete

Suresh

Philips quality is massively improved. I think they even make picture tubes for some of the Japs... We bought a 32" Pixel plus CRT a year ago and it's still going strong and the pictrue quality is absolutely superb.

Suresh

phelpsa

Ok i'll be a good boy now

I would have said sony as I have had no problems with them and the sony TV I had was good quality, but as you say, I wouldn't trust them if I had sent three back.

Philips then, as I have heard good things about their customer service.

Adam

pslewis

I have a SONY Trinitron at the moment - superb picture ..... only its a portable (29")

Pete

ozzy

Have you looked at 100Hz sets? I couldn't live with the pixelation on a Sony KD32-NX200 and sent it back after a few days. There was some pink tinging in the corners and I felt it wasn't worth the £900.

Parents have a 32" Panny and I've been very impressed with it. Still get pixelation on it as it's another 100hz telly.

Can't fault either on DVD's or games consoles though.

Stefan

PG

He must be knocking on 100 years old Pete ! you sure it wasnt just his eyesight ?
My folks have the Toshiba. Very nice set and excellent value !

hawkthescoobslayer

pete

why do you want 100Hz??

compare a proper toshiba 36inch crt tv to a 100Hz one on terrestrial tv and/or video and you wont want a 100Hz.

However if it is for mainly sky or dvd then 100Hz is fine

Toshiba 36in widescreen tv's are nice, ive always liked toshiba's not stupid money, not too many gadgets just a good solid picture.

However it is 1+ years since I looked things may have changed.


Paul

ps I only have B+O stuff anyways

cheddar bob

Anyone care to explain the difference of 50Hz & 100Hz where 32"/36" CRT's are concered as looking to get a new one myself and always assumed that 100Hz was the one to go for?

Will only really be used for Sky, DVD's (going for that Denon 5.1 surround sound system from comet (the 1 for for £426) when I get round to buying it ) & a PS2.

Freak

you need a big telly because of your cateracs dont you

C h a z

Philips make the tubes for B&O and Loewe. Alot to do with picture quality is the way the image is processed though.

Why not go for a really cheap plasma from Comet or Tiny they are really really good

Sith

http://ws4.richersounds.com/showprod...27293fb420If06


If they still have them.
You just need to buy the AV box.

r32

Pete, there are several forums for TV and similar stuff, have a search round, they helped me when I was looking for a Plasma, bought a Panasonic in the end, fabulous.

I was going to buy a 36" CRT, the Toshiba looked good but there was a bunch on the Forum that had problems, the Philips is supposed to have great picture quality. However have you had a look at the size of a conventional CRT 36"? Check the weight too, they are just huge. The shop I wanted to buy from, because of service etc, do not stock 36" CRT units because health and safety rules mean they need to send out three people to install it and if it needs servicing they have to send two out because of the weight. One reason I bought a Plasma, some good LCD TV's out there now....

GaryCat

I have the panasonic TX36 something, it is excellent but requires a hefty stand and 2 people to lift it.

super slider

if you look in one of the audio visual mags i think it is a new Panasonic or Philips 36 CRT which has fantastic reviews . best TV of all kinds, nothing touches it. something to do with the processing. its about 1000 but may get it cheaper. got an award of the year
Michael

C h a z

Sith, according to that RS advert there is no way to connect to the panel!

Includes Tuner X
S-video X
No Scarts 0
No RGB Scarts 0

Are they perhaps selling it without the video board? If so your looking at at least another £150

Good panel though, worth bearing in mind that all the black ones were commercial panels and if you have a silver one with a sprayed silver on/off button instead of a shiny chrome one then its an import, don't know where you stand with warranties etc on those.

Chip

Ive got a Philips CRT and pic quality is superb. Wouldnt buy Sony ever again as I just simply had too many reliablilty problems with their stuff.

Guy who delivered my TV also told me he collects far more Sony TVs for repair under warranty than any other make.

Chip

C h a z

Another great quote from the RS page.

" sales assistants are neither trained, qualified nor insured to do installations. "

Basically they don't know a thing about the product so wouldn't have the first clue how to set it up.

"Having said that, we are happy to give advice in-store or over the phone where possible."

Having said that we will bull **** you 'till you go away.

richiewong

Got a 36" Panasonic 100Hz jobbie, it's fecking great

Happy New Year Pete

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Philips are ALOT more reilable that they used to be...mainly because all their crappy tat is pushed out under the Bush or Grundig brands.

My personal preference is Toshiba (picture frame model) followed by Philips.
My mate on the other hand rekons the Philips is better than the Tosh.

Does picture quality really matter when you have cateracts?

tiggers

Toshiba are the way to go I think - as someone said great picture, not too many gadgets and a sensible price. My mate got one about a year ago and for the money it's an excellent piece of kit.

BTW I'm pretty sure that if someone did a survey they'd find most B & O owners also own a BMW - badge engineering at it's best

tiggers.

Funkii Munkii

36" Tau Panny in the lounge , 4 years old superb, untold use, as already mentioned, total weight with stand is 110 kgs, you'll struggle with the zimmer

28" Panny in the bedroom 10 years old also also superb

The Philips I bought in 1991 is still being used by my mum, gave it to her in 95 and its still perfect although she has just bought the 100 htz 36" Panny for her lounge and the philips get relegated to the bedroom.

Dave

GC8

Toshiba make the best CRT's. Id expect a man who advocates a £29:99 DVD player to buy the cheapest though.....

Simon

Tiggs

36 tosh picture frame CRT in the living room, 32 inch version in the bedroom....both superb

scoobyboy

had a philips 32" 100htz for nigh on 7yrs now on every day from about 8am (kiddies stuff) to about 11pm and never had a problem. even got a philips video and dvd player all been excellent.

pslewis

Those who say that 100Hz is no good for terrestial TV - why?

I understand that you can turn the 100Hz off though and revert to 50Hz?

Also, my father-in-law has a Panasonic 32" - crap picture because of crap reception BUT, one thing drives me nuts about it is it keeps swapping from widescreen to narmal and back again??????

Pete

paulr

Just go and take a look,choose the one with the best picture and hand over your C/C.

What else is their to think about?

pslewis

I have noticed that no-one have ALL 3 running in the same store, on the same programme and visible with each other ..................... very difficult to remember what one was like in another shop.

Also, lots of shops play through DVDs (the Plasmas and LCDs look great with that input) but normal TV reception is where quality tells

Pete