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I m thinking to buy 50" plasma tv any advice please?
I m thinking to buy 50" plasma tv any advice please?
yes. make it a 52" or 62". bigger is better.
they look stooopid in london houses u got this lil room n big cinema telly :|
you sit so close u can see the pixels :|
not to mention extravagance :torture:
they look stooopid in london houses u got this lil room n big cinema telly :|
you sit so close u can see the pixels :|
not to mention extravagance :torture:
u only get pixels when u have a cheap source. u get a HD-DVD or Blu-Ray source, and there won't be any pixels. Heck, he could put component source, and it would still be no pixels aslong as it's high res.
but i do agree it's not worth the extravagance, but seeing as most members on here talk about "not spending too much" but goes around buying 900 USD bags, I think it's best to let the person decide on their purchase.
muhammed_1428
25-12-07, 06:11 PM
Erm... Unless the room is massive, I'd say downgrade to a smaller size - probably 36 - 42 inch max...
I'm using an LG 20 inch widescreen HD now... It doubles as a monitor and a screen to play games on (since it has in built TV tuner and therefore a scart post... Not sure what I'm gonna do if I get a PS3...).
I was going to buy a 27 inch but realised it would be HUGE to have on a desk, it would be great for games but crap for working etc... But anyways, with regards to your tv...
Yeh, I'd recommend you decrease the size, a nice size is 42" (again, unless the room is very very big and you'll be pretty far from the TV, if the room is like, a qaurter of one floor of a typical house, which is about 4mx5m, then even 42 is too big IMO).
As for type, people generalise and say Plasma, my advice: STAY AWAY FROM PLASMA. Ever played an arcade game and notice you could still see the 'press play' or 'insert coin' as a sort os silouhette shape at the bottom, this effect is known as ghosting this is because its a plasma TV, i.e. TFT (Thin film Transistor), it uses Gas to produce to the image essentially, and so therefore after about 3/4 or 2/3 years depending on usage, the gas will start to settle at the bottom and you get a white bar forming at the bottom which covers the picture.
With regards to the ghosting effect, this will most likely happen with something like the sign of 'Islam Channel' or BBC news etc, or the clock at the top right of the news channel etc etc, anything that stays there the entire time you're watching.
So therefore, your favourite letters should be LCD - Liquid Crystal Display, lasts longer and picture quality is increased. As for Brands, I'd recommend LG, Philips or Panasonic, or if you can afford the extra £200/300, Pioneer (Pioneer really is the best and you could get yourself a warehouse deal with this brand quite easily).
In case its for games as well, usually nowadays TVs usually have a VGA port (the blue one for PCs to plug into), and usually have scart ports, the important thing is how many HDMI ports it has (usual average of two nowadays) Make sure you get a TV that doesn't just have one! And ensure it has component connection as well (like the composite red yellow white but this time its red green blue and has the best quality since the picture and audio signals are through different wires)
Final piece of advice is unless you already have a digibox, get a TV with inbuilt freeview, just more efficient, less space taken around the TV, less wires, therefore less hassle.
If you couldn't understand much of this :p PM us
Although IMO just buy a £400 30 inch one and save the rest, 50 inch is just huge...And expensive!
P.S. and there won't be any pixels. Heck, he could put component source, and it would still be no pixels aslong as it's high res.
Sorry but I don't know which TV you saw like this, not true with the ones we tried over where I used to work. Composite is a bad idea and should be restricted to tube tvs (the old ones that aren't flat), on flat Tvs they're a nuisance, I doubt nowadays many new HDTVs even have composite on them anymore considering everyones going HD with HDMI and component...
many thanks for your all informations.:) bro
I have a 10X5 Meter room and tv is only sony 32" CRT (glass tube) which is
not enough. Your informations will be very helpful and i m looking to spend up
to £2000.00. I m looking warranty as well at least it should be 5 years
Sorry but I don't know which TV you saw like this, not true with the ones we tried over where I used to work. Composite is a bad idea and should be restricted to tube tvs (the old ones that aren't flat), on flat Tvs they're a nuisance, I doubt nowadays many new HDTVs even have composite on them anymore considering everyones going HD with HDMI and component...
yeah you should be sorry. because component and composite are two different things. component is Hi Def, composite is not. It's analog.
muhammed_1428
25-12-07, 08:24 PM
lol, sorry if i offended you, but according to this
u only get pixels when u have a cheap source. u get a HD-DVD or Blu-Ray source, and there won't be any pixels. Heck, he could put component source, and it would still be no pixels aslong as it's high res.
you were implyng that its ok to use composite so long as you have an HD source, which isn't true...
Bro I'm amazed you're gonna spend £2000 if I may vent my opinion... What are you a trader who hit it big or something! (foresaw the credit crunch did you :p What do you work for Goldman? :p) But hey its your money, your choice, sned us pics when you get it!
10x5 sounds cool, I guess 50 inch won't be too big, just dont let the kids sit too close to it!
lol, sorry if i offended you, but according to this
you were implyng that its ok to use composite so long as you have an HD source, which isn't true...
Bro I'm amazed you're gonna spend £2000 if I may vent my opinion... What are you a trader who hit it big or something! (foresaw the credit crunch did you :p What do you work for Goldman? :p) But hey its your money, your choice, sned us pics when you get it!
10x5 sounds cool, I guess 50 inch won't be too big, just dont let the kids sit too close to it!
as salamu alaikum
lol u didn't offend me bhai. I was joking with the "yeah you better be sorry".
but i was trying to point out above that u are mistaking two different types of technology. composite is also known as RCA. it's basically the red-white-yellow combo. component is a totally different format. it's green-red-blue and red-white.
see in composite setting, video is going through one pipe: the yellow cable. this is very compressed and hence we call it "analog". component takes 3 different cables jsut for video: red-green-blue. u can think of it as taking the place of a single yellow cable in RCA/Composite. And because the video signal is split to three different pipes (colors if u will), the image is MUCH higher. again, component is HIGH DEF. composite is ANALOG.
i hope you understand this now.
as salamu alaikum
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