Recommend me a good 32" LCD telly please.
05 September 2008, 08:52 AM
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Recommend me a good 32" LCD telly please.
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Turned my old telly on last nite and pic has a purple tinge to it which as far as i know means tube is on way out-so im after a new 32" LCD digital telly.
What do folk recommend from personnal experiences plus what do i need to look out for, any good websites with reviews on them-see the gadget show liked a toshiba one in 32 inch size.
I dont want any bigger then 32" but i do want it to be digital - it doesnt get used much and i rarely watch dvd's on it and dont hook it up to a playstation etc type of thing neither - so basically i just need a good decent pic and decent sound from it - so i reckon £400 to £500 should do as my budget for one.
Any recommendations please?
Turned my old telly on last nite and pic has a purple tinge to it which as far as i know means tube is on way out-so im after a new 32" LCD digital telly.
What do folk recommend from personnal experiences plus what do i need to look out for, any good websites with reviews on them-see the gadget show liked a toshiba one in 32 inch size.
I dont want any bigger then 32" but i do want it to be digital - it doesnt get used much and i rarely watch dvd's on it and dont hook it up to a playstation etc type of thing neither - so basically i just need a good decent pic and decent sound from it - so i reckon £400 to £500 should do as my budget for one.
Any recommendations please?
05 September 2008, 09:19 AM
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ironically i 've just bought a Toshiba 32" LCD Tv it's 32XV505DB (£500) but i'm sure you can shop around for it being cheaper online
https://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/388570
i bought it for 1080P and the good contrast ratio admittedley i bought it for gaming.
Normal picture running through my Virgin box is poor ,not tried DVDs yet though
https://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/388570
i bought it for 1080P and the good contrast ratio admittedley i bought it for gaming.
Normal picture running through my Virgin box is poor ,not tried DVDs yet though
05 September 2008, 09:29 AM
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You can pick the Sony Bravia 32" models up in Sainsburys/Tescos for around the £400 mark. People will go oh you don't want one of them as they are cr4p as they are the supermarket model (U) but i've got 2 of them and they are bloody excellent and defy anyone to prove to me their 32" Sony Bravia picture is better than mine. A relative also bought one after seeing the 2 I bought as they were very impressed for the price. Use them for normal telly/freeview, xbox360/ps3 dvd's and bluray and the picture is fantastic. I'd tried some of the budget 32" tv's before the Sony and they all had hideous picture quality in comparison and got returned for a refund.
05 September 2008, 09:37 AM
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You can pick the Sony Bravia 32" models up in Sainsburys/Tescos for around the £400 mark. People will go oh you don't want one of them as they are cr4p as they are the supermarket model (U) but i've got 2 of them and they are bloody excellent and defy anyone to prove to me their 32" Sony Bravia picture is better than mine.
Because obviously the supermarkets make their own TVs just like people who wiil not use supermarket fuels
05 September 2008, 09:50 AM
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Slightly over budget but - 32" LCD - Panasonic Viera
Panasonic Viera TX32LZD80 LCD HD Ready 1080p Digital Television, 32 Inch - John Lewis
1080P with a 5 Yr Guarantee
Or try here http://www.richersounds.com/
Panasonic Viera TX32LZD80 LCD HD Ready 1080p Digital Television, 32 Inch - John Lewis
1080P with a 5 Yr Guarantee
Or try here http://www.richersounds.com/
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You can pick the Sony Bravia 32" models up in Sainsburys/Tescos for around the £400 mark. People will go oh you don't want one of them as they are cr4p as they are the supermarket model (U) but i've got 2 of them and they are bloody excellent and defy anyone to prove to me their 32" Sony Bravia picture is better than mine. A relative also bought one after seeing the 2 I bought as they were very impressed for the price. Use them for normal telly/freeview, xbox360/ps3 dvd's and bluray and the picture is fantastic. I'd tried some of the budget 32" tv's before the Sony and they all had hideous picture quality in comparison and got returned for a refund.
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You can pick the Sony Bravia 32" models up in Sainsburys/Tescos for around the £400 mark. People will go oh you don't want one of them as they are cr4p as they are the supermarket model (U) but i've got 2 of them and they are bloody excellent and defy anyone to prove to me their 32" Sony Bravia picture is better than mine. A relative also bought one after seeing the 2 I bought as they were very impressed for the price. Use them for normal telly/freeview, xbox360/ps3 dvd's and bluray and the picture is fantastic. I'd tried some of the budget 32" tv's before the Sony and they all had hideous picture quality in comparison and got returned for a refund.
Personally I got the vastly superior 'T' model from Amazon for about £50 more than they were selling the 'U' jobs in Tescos. This has a better panel the than 'U' (source Sony's own website, higher contrast etc.) and has better processing. Picture processing is what Sony really excel at. I'm happy
05 September 2008, 11:39 AM
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I tried two other brands that I returned as they were useless both watching freeview and also playing hd gaming. Then I risked the Sony U model after seeing how people slated it and found that it was excellent. It's more a case of the other model owners don't want to admit that their more expensive models bought from a 'proper' shop are in fact no different in watching digital tv or hd gaming/bluray.
Please explain what is so drastically different between the U models and the v/w etc that make the u sets I have so 'cr4p'. I have read about the component differences and still maintain what I see in a Sony shop is no better than my U model. Before anyone says I need to go to specsavers I have a1 eyesight so
Perhaps the analogue pictures are better but as i've never even watched analogue tv on mine and have no need to then that really is irrelevant to me as digital tv is built into the set.
05 September 2008, 11:42 AM
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So long as you believe that then all well and good.
Personally I got the vastly superior 'T' model from Amazon for about £50 more than they were selling the 'U' jobs in Tescos. This has a better panel the than 'U' (source Sony's own website, higher contrast etc.) and has better processing. Picture processing is what Sony really excel at. I'm happy
Personally I got the vastly superior 'T' model from Amazon for about £50 more than they were selling the 'U' jobs in Tescos. This has a better panel the than 'U' (source Sony's own website, higher contrast etc.) and has better processing. Picture processing is what Sony really excel at. I'm happy
lol that's fine, I didn't pay the supermarket price as I know someone who works for one of the supermarket chains and got a nice discount and paid only £380 for each of my U models
Your happy, i'm happy except I paid a lot less for mine so everyone is happy
05 September 2008, 11:47 AM
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There's not much to choose between the top brands. We have a Philips in the bedroom which is excellent, but Panasonic, Toshiba or Sony is probably just as good. It's worth trolling Amazon for a couple of weeks as we got ours for £440, but a week later it went up to over £800 It is still listed at over £600 even though it's now an out of date item. HotUKDeals is worth a good browse too, and Google shopping brings good price results.
Sony KDL32S3000 32" HD ready LCD TV £380 @ PC World + 2.5% quidco - HotUKDeals Forum
EXPIRED - Toshiba 32A3030DB 32" Widescreen LCD TV - HD Ready - Freeview - 768 res - £274.90 with 5 year warranty - HotUKDeals Forum
Sharp 32" 1080P Full HD Ready LCD TV DirectTVs £449.97 - HotUKDeals Forum
Samsung 32" HD Ready Freeview LCD TV £350.58 delivered @ Dixons - HotUKDeals Forum
You search further.
It is still listed at over £600 even though it's now an out of date item. HotUKDeals is worth a good browse too, and Google shopping brings good price results.Sony KDL32S3000 32" HD ready LCD TV £380 @ PC World + 2.5% quidco - HotUKDeals Forum
EXPIRED - Toshiba 32A3030DB 32" Widescreen LCD TV - HD Ready - Freeview - 768 res - £274.90 with 5 year warranty - HotUKDeals Forum
Sharp 32" 1080P Full HD Ready LCD TV DirectTVs £449.97 - HotUKDeals Forum
Samsung 32" HD Ready Freeview LCD TV £350.58 delivered @ Dixons - HotUKDeals Forum
You search further.
05 September 2008, 11:50 AM
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I know absolutely nothing about TV's but when I wander through the shops I always seem to notice that the Sony screens look better than the others........ they seem to be less "blocky" with a natural colour.
Just my observation with no evidence
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I know absolutely nothing about TV's but when I wander through the shops I always seem to notice that the Sony screens look better than the others........ they seem to be less "blocky" with a natural colour.
Just my observation with no evidence
Shaun
05 September 2008, 11:52 AM
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The difference between the S and U is that the S has the latest generation of the excellent Sony Bravia picture processing engine. The U has very basic picture processing though Sony still label it as a Bravia set for marketing purposes.
05 September 2008, 12:04 PM
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This is not so. Okay it was a 26" model I bought but the T has a S-PVA panel which has a wider viewing angle (178 vs 160 degrees) and a better contrast ratio (8000:1 vs 5000:1). The S and U models use TN panels, TN panels are the cheapest LCD panels in use.
The difference between the S and U is that the S has the latest generation of the excellent Sony Bravia picture processing engine. The U has very basic picture processing though Sony still label it as a Bravia set for marketing purposes.
The difference between the S and U is that the S has the latest generation of the excellent Sony Bravia picture processing engine. The U has very basic picture processing though Sony still label it as a Bravia set for marketing purposes.
05 September 2008, 12:13 PM
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I can understand if there is a noticeable difference on a much bigger screen and apart from price at the time one of the other reasons for not going for a big screen was the picture quality for non hd tv seemed a lot more varied between manufacturers and 32" seemed to give a much better picture for digital tv unless you went really expensive on the big sets.
05 September 2008, 12:38 PM
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I want a new telly but there`s nothing wrong with my old Sony CRT apart from poor picture, and I`m not allowed a new telly till this one `goes bang` How can I make make my telly `go bang` without being found out by my wife. I dont want to electricute myself in the process.
Any tips?
I could remove the fuse from the plug I suppose, she`ll never know
Any tips?
I could remove the fuse from the plug I suppose, she`ll never know
05 September 2008, 01:37 PM
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I want a new telly but there`s nothing wrong with my old Sony CRT apart from poor picture, and I`m not allowed a new telly till this one `goes bang` How can I make make my telly `go bang` without being found out by my wife. I dont want to electricute myself in the process.
Any tips?
I could remove the fuse from the plug I suppose, she`ll never know
Any tips?
I could remove the fuse from the plug I suppose, she`ll never know
05 September 2008, 01:45 PM
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swirl a magnet over the front of the telly a few times and leave it hidden next to the tube at the back.......get the wife to have a look, shake your head a few times and mutter "broken tube"
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05 September 2008, 04:02 PM
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Especially the likes of Currys and Comet where the spotty 17yo know-nowt will sell you a Matsui but tell you it's the best ever made so he can collect his 'sales spiv'. Take advice from AV Forums (if you can get a reply from the grumpy gits) or similar once you know which ones are your front runners. Don't trust magazines either, as the biggest advertisers always come out tops in their tests 
Amazon reviews can be a good resource, but they again are open to manufacturers submitting their own 
05 September 2008, 05:09 PM
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Thanks for the tip Shaun, I`ll let you know how I get on
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Don't get the Sharp.... I was going to but a friend in the trade warned me (crap picture !) even at directtvs price it's a bad 'un.
I went crazy and got the Panasonic 1080P 100Hz from Directtvs and with dvd picture is awesome enough, but I'm waiting till Saturday to get the new Sony xyz-350 Blu-Ray as it's only £225 at digitaldirect !
HTH
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P.S. It's a bit over budget, but picture quality is where it counts, ( small study, so didn't need a bigger screen !)
I went crazy and got the Panasonic 1080P 100Hz from Directtvs and with dvd picture is awesome enough, but I'm waiting till Saturday to get the new Sony xyz-350 Blu-Ray as it's only £225 at digitaldirect !
HTH
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P.S. It's a bit over budget, but picture quality is where it counts, ( small study, so didn't need a bigger screen !)
05 September 2008, 08:17 PM
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Can't remember where I saw it, bit I'm sure I saw a Sony BDP for under £180 recently 
I may be wrong in this assumption, but in these days of digital connectivity, the player is just a disc reader, so barring any error correction you will get the same image from the cheapest as you do from the dearest 
Of course, if you use any analogue connections then any onboard processing is still subject to the quality of the electronics, firm and software.
I may be wrong in this assumption, but in these days of digital connectivity, the player is just a disc reader, so barring any error correction you will get the same image from the cheapest as you do from the dearest Of course, if you use any analogue connections then any onboard processing is still subject to the quality of the electronics, firm and software.
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Blimey ! your CRT must have good de gaussing.
If my Hitach CRT even gets a sniff of something magnetic it develops purple swirls and colour smears
Maybe the fuse option may be best LOL
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Blimey ! your CRT must have good de gaussing.
If my Hitach CRT even gets a sniff of something magnetic it develops purple swirls and colour smears
Maybe the fuse option may be best LOL
Shaun
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