37 inch recommendations?

[scenario8]

Evening all,

I'm after a new toy. The 32" Sony digital CRT we've had for 8 years is becoming more and more emotional as it gets older and, hell I'm man enough to admit to myself I fancy a bit of retail therapy. So we're after a new telly. Our lounge is barely 3m X 4m and since we didn't try hard enough at school this space doubles as our dining room so I think we're going to have to limit ourselves to 37 inches. I've had a look in Currys and even 37" seems plenty big enough to me (how some of you get along with your 50+" beasts I've no idea). Anyway, as a sucker for the brand and their aesthetics I quite like the look of another Sony and the Sony KDL37EX503 scored pretty well in last months WHSAV Supertest.

http://www.multizoneav.com/Product/SONY/LCD_%26_Pl...

£650 with 5 years warranty seems ok to me.

Any other suggestions? I know many of you think I should really be after a Panny Plasma (convince me) but I'll ask for help anyway.

Thanks in advance.

[Plotloss]

Panasonic TX-P37X20

[scenario8]

Thanks Mr P. I was half expecting (hoping) you to reply. Tell me, never having had a plamsa before, and only ever viewed them in a crappy big chain environment and not really "got" them, what have I not appreciated about the Panasonic range? Half this forum believes the sun shines out their HDMI sockets, but they remain a mystery to me.

And by God they're not lookers, are they?

[Phooey]

Seems good vfm

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5...

[RichB]

Plotloss said:

Panasonic TX-P37X20

Quick thread resurection, are plasma cheaper than LCD, wouldn't have thought so yet this is £450 in Tesco http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.208-1114.aspx and I've been looking at Panny 37" LCD which seem to be around £750. Plotless, I know your opinion is to get plasma if it's available in the required size so is there a catch with this model? R...

[Plotloss]

No catch. It'll be the better set in picture quality terms.

[OldSkoolRS]

What about if the set was also being used as a PC monitor?

I'm looking at replacing a 32" LCD in the conservatory, that will also double as a monitor for video editting in the darker evenings (it will be moved to another room in winter). I could fit a 37" in the conservatory and the price seems little more than a 32" anyway, but I'd be using it for long periods with static parts of the image so screen burn or IR might be more of a concern, plus I'd want the sharpest image for reading small text too. FWIW whatever set I get will be calibrated this winter as I've found out about a deal for a week's rental of a i1Pro sensor so I may as well do all my displays.

If I stick to 32" would the Panny or Sony be the better option in LCD versions? I'd want 1080p for the PC use BTW.

[Plotloss]

PC inputs do skew the playing field as they are less motion and more resolution dependant so LCD does win in that area as LCD is better at displaying a (largely) static image.

Currently the image processing electronics in the Panasonics are top of the class but there won't be a massive margin between them.

[OldSkoolRS]

Thanks for the quick reply Plotless. I'm likely to go Plasma in the living room when I eventually change that set, but this one is a different situation with the PC use and bright environment.