Buyin' Small TV's

Richard Slater · 23-12-2006, 21:46

My faithful old 11 year old 14" Sony TV is finaly dieing on me, the audio is distorted and you have to turn it up to maximum to hear it. I have come to the decision that it really needs replacing.

So... question is what TV to go for, had a look at the LG 15LC1R which looks pretty good, not fussed about Freeview (can't receive it) or HD (not going to be able to afford it), it has a SCART connector which is all I need for the DVD Recorder, would prefer composite video over S-Video (yuck) but not overly concerned as I can use SCART.

I would quite like some advise about other LCD/TFT screens available, might go shopping in the sales next week to see if I can pick up a good deal - however not going to buy anything other than Samsung, Philips, Sony or Panasonic in sales as they are the only brands I have consistantly been pleased with across their product range.

So... what to avoid? and what to look for?

Thanks In Advance

Burble · 23-12-2006, 22:06

S-video > composite as it carries the luminence and chrominance seperately.

Did you mean you'd rather have component? Component > S Video > Composite

SCART may not necessarily be any better, there are different flavours of SCART ranging from composite video based ones up to component.

Richard Slater · 24-12-2006, 10:20

I found composite to be more useful as you can convert RGB or S-Video to Composite more readaly, and RGB to S-Video is a no no from what I have experenced (understandable as combining the three colours to split them to chrominance and luminance again is understandably non-trivial).

Certainly the adapters to convert SCART -> S-Video don't work well on most low end Freeview and Sky boxes.

All that said, My DVD Recorder has Component, Composite, S-Video and SCART and anything I buy can be checked first. Then again how much difference does Component vs. Composite vs. S-Video have on a non HD small TV?

23-12-2006, 21:46	#1
Richard Slater Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 285	Buyin' Small TV's My faithful old 11 year old 14" Sony TV is finaly dieing on me, the audio is distorted and you have to turn it up to maximum to hear it. I have come to the decision that it really needs replacing. So... question is what TV to go for, had a look at the LG 15LC1R which looks pretty good, not fussed about Freeview (can't receive it) or HD (not going to be able to afford it), it has a SCART connector which is all I need for the DVD Recorder, would prefer composite video over S-Video (yuck) but not overly concerned as I can use SCART. I would quite like some advise about other LCD/TFT screens available, might go shopping in the sales next week to see if I can pick up a good deal - however not going to buy anything other than Samsung, Philips, Sony or Panasonic in sales as they are the only brands I have consistantly been pleased with across their product range. So... what to avoid? and what to look for? Thanks In Advance

23-12-2006, 22:06	#2
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	S-video > composite as it carries the luminence and chrominance seperately. Did you mean you'd rather have component? Component > S Video > Composite SCART may not necessarily be any better, there are different flavours of SCART ranging from composite video based ones up to component.

24-12-2006, 10:20	#3
Richard Slater Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 285	I found composite to be more useful as you can convert RGB or S-Video to Composite more readaly, and RGB to S-Video is a no no from what I have experenced (understandable as combining the three colours to split them to chrominance and luminance again is understandably non-trivial). Certainly the adapters to convert SCART -> S-Video don't work well on most low end Freeview and Sky boxes. All that said, My DVD Recorder has Component, Composite, S-Video and SCART and anything I buy can be checked first. Then again how much difference does Component vs. Composite vs. S-Video have on a non HD small TV?