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Old 19 October 2010, 01:29 PM
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The TV in the kids room has given up the ghost on it's HD connection. Scart is working ok so perfectly watchable, just nice to have the glorious HD feed.

So, I can either get another 32" TV, circa £350 to replace it, or wait and put that towards an LED 3D TV (£1k? eek) for the Lounge and give the kids the Panny I have at present.

Obviously 3D TV will come down in price, does anyone know any inside info as to what technology is coming along that may push it down, in which case I'll wait and use the Scart connection for the time being. is it a must have or crap?
Old 19 October 2010, 01:32 PM
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Crap
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+1 Crap
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Whats crap?
The scart connection or 3D TV
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3D TV is a gimmick, oh and crap
Old 19 October 2010, 02:50 PM
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A mate has bought one, has 3 films, one of them looks great, everyone feels an idiot watching it.
Old 19 October 2010, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by JackClark
A mate has bought one, has 3 films, one of them looks great, everyone feels an idiot watching it.
But if it was an Apple product it would be "game changing"
Old 19 October 2010, 03:16 PM
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No new toy then, off to find a cheap 32" HD TV
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Too early in the developement yet I think. There may be much better forms of 3D in the future.

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If there's nothing else wrong with it, why not get the broken TV fixed rather than just chuck it in a skip?
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Fair point.
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Very odd, just tried a different HDMI cable and all is well. Funny how the other HDMI cable worked on another TV.
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My mates got 3DTV and he says its fantastic. Really realistic. He fell asleep during the Everton V Liverpool match last Sunday and when he woke up his wallet had gone !.
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Originally Posted by CaptainJohn
My mates got 3DTV and he says its fantastic. Really realistic. He fell asleep during the Everton V Liverpool match last Sunday and when he woke up his wallet had gone !.


We have a scouser in work - he's a nightmare for "borrowing" things and "forgetting" to bring them back
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Mum's just two weeks ago bought the Samsung PS50C680 50" plasma 3D HDtv that Currys had on offer with 3D BluRay player + 3sets of 3d Glasses and 3Dbluray of MostersvAlians all for £999

It's not on offer now, but is still £999
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/samsung...90363-pdt.html

i must say, its brill, yep, 3D might be a bit of a gimmic, but when you watch Sky sports, Golf or tennis in 3d it feels like you're there.
watching the 3D DVd that came with it is very clear.

I was a bit sceptical about the Plasma, but now I've seen hers i want one

she also got (from superFi) the Onkyo308 amp with the Canton 60cx cinema 5.1 speakers.

the whole lot is very good for the money.

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