New TV you say... 37 Inches please.. Suits you!

[SidewinderINC]

Right, I've decided to start saving for a TV/looking to buy one with 0% interest for a year..

Don't say "you can get a 42" TV for only £100 more" because I don't want a 42" TV

I'm after 1080p as I don't see the point in buying 720p becuase I could just get a SDTV for £150 till the rest come down in price.

Around £650 is my waaay max budget

I've seen a couple that I like the look of.

The Samsung LE37M87BDX That is top of the budget too.

The Hitachi L37V01U which as you can see is quite cheap at amazon at the moment.

The Toshiba 37X3030DB which is also at the top of my budget.


Can you AV gurus give me any idea of which is good/bad/ugly


Ta Muchly

Matt

[Zirax]

Hmmmm I remember that some people on here got loads off a TV through quidco.

I really like the look at the Samsung's but IIRC the model numbers are very very important for instance is it that the RDX is better than the BDX? Its something like that which you really need to get into the specs for

[SidewinderINC]

I think with the samsung the M87 is better than the R87. The R87 is only 720p wheras the M87 is 1080p amongst other things. I'm not sure what the last part of the name means.

I hadn't forgotten about Quidco, already got £135 back through it.

[Grandad]

Panasonic TH37PX70

depends on what you want it for though really, I would be very careful buying LCD at that size, if you watch SD TV and especially sport then Plasma is a far greater option

[SidewinderINC]

I'll be pluging either an Xbox360 or PS3 into it, and my computer for streaming media.

I've heard plasmas aren't the best choice for inputs like that, but I might have been misinformed.

And I never watch sport.. ever

[Grandad]

Plasmas were regarded as having issues with burn retenrion when used for gaming but that really isn't the case any more, LCD may well suit you then as long as you don't watch much SD stuff

sport is the reall no no on LCD TVs

[SidewinderINC]

As I say, it'll mainly be for consoles/media streaming/dvd
But I will be watching some SD channels whenever I watch TV on it.

What are upscaling DVD players like?

[LeperousDust]

Upscalling DVD players can be good and bad depending on their upscalling chips. If you want consistent results using your PC with ffdshow would be (a lot cheaper) and a better option. For what you're doing Xbox etc... definately go LCD over plasma, unfortunately you look away from the marker for all of two days and every model number changes so i cant really tell you what to get, but read around avs forums and avforums (or whichever theyre called, i only read them when i need to know). Check out the for sale sections too once you know what you're looking for, or even try last years model (still excellent) but second hand on ebay locally. You'd be suprised what you can save, i mean i know you want 1080, but what if you can save £££ and spend it on loads of other goodies too!?

[leowyatt]

Our plasma has been running in nearly 2 months now with no problems or a sniff of retention. It's used for gaming regularly and is fantastic. After seeing a samsung LCD TV in action it just reaffirmed that I'd made the right choice with our plasma.

[Desmo]

We've got the 40" M86/87 and we're really pleased with it. I mainly went with 1080p as I was going to use the 360 on it a lot, along with running a computer through it. I'm also more than happy with the SDTV picture from the internal freeview. OK, so it could look a bit better on a 720p set or on a plasma, but I'm still more than happy with it overall

You really need to decide what it's main uses are before beciding on an LCD or Plasma. If you're running a 360 and computer throught it most of the time, I'd opt for LCD personally.