Spec me a telly: Budget £1000

[Nolar Dog]

As title really.

Looking to upgrade my TV and not really sure what would be best.

My only criteria are:

Between 42" to 50" (so I'm assuming plasma is the way to go?)
HD Ready

Any recommendations from those that know about this kind of stuff would be very welcome.

Muchos gracias.

[CO2000]

Head over to AVforums.com & be prepared for hrs of reading or head to John lewis/Comet/Costco etc & narrow down the ones you like the look of first. Then spend slighty less time reading all about them

LCD's go to 70"'s so 46" or 52"ers are freely avaiable (Lighter than Plasma but then there's the Blacks and motion blur but no screen burn etc etc etc)

[escargot]

www.digitaldirect.co.uk - owned by this man: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?h=0...

He's a top chap and many PHers have purchased from him.

[trooperiziz]

http://www.digitaldirect.co.uk/panasonic/th-50pz80...

Slightly over budget, but worth it.

(this is in the wrong forum, I thought the new ph was easy to use )

[LeeThePeople]

trooperiziz said:

http://www.digitaldirect.co.uk/panasonic/th-50pz80...

Slightly over budget, but worth it.

(this is in the wrong forum, I thought the new ph was easy to use )

I have one of those, its great I can turn it off via my bluray player too

[moosepig]

http://www.digitaldirect.co.uk/panasonic/tx-p46s10...

There you go. Plenty of other good deals on that site too (the other Panny mentioned above for example)

With your budget, Panasonic plasma is THE way to go.

HTH

Chews,

The Muesli

[daninsidious]

For a grand you should be able to get a decent 1080p, LCD at around the 40'' size. Probably best to go on the 'review' sites and see what the general consensus is.

[kambites]

I got a P42G10 and am very happy with it. You can get one for around 900 quid. Only problem with it is that the sound quality is crap, but that seems to be true of most TVs and is easily fixed by plugging it into a hifi.

Edited by kambites on Thursday 25th June 20:36

[Nolar Dog]

Not checked the links yet but I will do later.

Thanks in advance.

There may be more questions

[moosepig]

For some good bedtime reading on this subject, which has been thrashed to death on here a thousand times, have a good read of this thread paying particular attention to Plotloss and Derestrictor. They are professionals who know what they are talking about.

In a nutshell: plasma. Pioneer or Panasonic. End of. With a £1000 budget, Panasonic.

[kambites]

It's worth baring in mind that since that discussion, Panasonic have released a new generation of panel (which they call "NeoPDP") that, to my eye at least, gives a pretty dramatic improvement in image (specifically motion) quality and apparently a hefty reduction in power consumption and weight, although I have measured neither.

[Nolar Dog]

Someone was telling me about the benefits of LED televisions last night...

Any opinions on those please?

[JulianHJ]

Nolar Dog said:

Someone was telling me about the benefits of LED televisions last night...

Any opinions on those please?

Oh dear...

[garycat]

moosepig said:

http://www.digitaldirect.co.uk/panasonic/tx-p46s10...

There you go. Plenty of other good deals on that site too (the other Panny mentioned above for example)

With your budget, Panasonic plasma is THE way to go.

+1

I bought one of these a month ago and Im very very very impressed. Pic quality from Sky HD is stunning.