This Isn't Really Anything 'gamey' Per Se...

[Marco-R34GTT]

Ok, well the old tellie on the farm has now died, after 20 years of good, solid service, the NEC has no passed on..

So what me and the folks had in mind was to take our current LG widescreen tellie to the farm, along with our LG DVD/VCR combo and buy a new setup for our Perth house...

Now we are looking at getting something good quality, we don't need/want something too flashy, but as long as it will play BluRay and normal DVD's well and also my new PS3 (which I'll be getting soon), now I know I should be looking for something with an inbuilt HD tuner for the HD tellie stations, need something that will do 1080p... See I'm pretty good with PC's but I don't know much about TVs.... What else should I be looking for???

Thanx all!

[ferni]

What size do you want? Anything smaller than 50" 1080p native is a waste on, unless you sit like 1 metre from the tv. The Contrast/Colour/Picture is much more important.

If you want 42" get a plasma, 1080p isn't needed but up to you.

If you want <42" Gotta be an LCD, 1080p is a bit of a waste.

If you want > 42" Then Plasma 1080p...

Panasonic make a decent plasma for a reasonable price.... about 1300 for the 42" 720p one or about 2200 for the 42" 1080p one...

Inbuilt HD tuner or external, up to you, a lot of them come with it in now... One less box and cables to worry about.

As for BluRay, your PS3 will do it, so up to you if you want another separate player.

Everyone will have different opinions, check dtvforum.info if you want to read more.

[Trent04]

What size do you want? Anything smaller than 50" 1080p native is a waste on, unless you sit like 1 metre from the tv. The Contrast/Colour/Picture is much more important.

If you want 42" get a plasma, 1080p isn't needed but up to you.

If you want <42" Gotta be an LCD, 1080p is a bit of a waste.

If you want > 42" Then Plasma 1080p...

Panasonic make a decent plasma for a reasonable price.... about 1300 for the 42" 720p one or about 2200 for the 42" 1080p one...

Inbuilt HD tuner or external, up to you, a lot of them come with it in now... One less box and cables to worry about.

As for BluRay, your PS3 will do it, so up to you if you want another separate player.

Everyone will have different opinions, check dtvforum.info if you want to read more.

i agree, my parents have 50" panasonic and the picture is awesome

[DivHunter]

When looking around at the med-big Plasma and LCD TVs the Pioneer LCDs always look awesome.

You want the TV to connect via HDMI with HDCP compatability. Myself I wouldn't settle for anything less than 1080p no matter what size the screen.

[Marco-R34GTT]

I'm thinking 50 here, as you guys say, no point going much smaller...

However, we do have some constraints, I don't think I could go for anything too 'mega'..

I was looking at Pioneer, my cousin has one and it looks mint!

[DivHunter]

A Pioneer that size comes with installation. I know someone through work that had 3 installed in their home and one fell off the wall and had to be replaced. Not at their expense ofcourse, the installer would have had a 'please explain' seeing as at the time they were still well over 10k a unit.

[25GTT]

yeah i recently bought a 50inch plasma, did all of the work and investigations, read ups, forums the works, value for money is the panasonic 50inch viera (the one i got in the end), Pioneer did have the best quality but you pay considerably more for it.

no other tvs plasma or lcd came close to the viera, i still go to my mates house every so often and watch the footy on his Sony LCD and think what a waste, LCD is not made for fast moving pictures like plasma. Dont get me wrong the LCD when on a normal picture ie watching the getaway show with the host wearing a skimpy bikini while on a bright blue beach LOOKS AMAZING, but when the images need to move quickly there is a lot of 'pixelation'

When your in your local harvey norman/retravision ask them to put on the footy, you be the judge :-)

Save your time and use the time i spent for your benefit, i did my homework and would recommend the panasonic viera 50inch as mentioned, also they do a 42 inch as well should money play a major factor.

Hope that helps