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How do all, looking for a bit of advice please. :D

Now, the plan, around Christmas is to get a hold of a PS3. I'm contemplating a 32" TV to go with it so it'll double up as a blu ray player via HDMI.

Now, is there anything I should be looking for in a new TV? I haven't bought one since I bought this goliath of a CRT.

I have a PVR, only a SCART connection though, but that will suffice for recording for now and I'll no doubt just be using the TV speakers although I may move the 5.1 downstairs if I tinker with my PCs sound.

Is this the sort of thing I should be looking at clicky or are there some glaring problems in the specs that I should avoid/look out for?

Cheers all, any advice appreciated by the TV numptee. :D

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Full 1080p support and 100Hz technology. I was quite impressed by the Samsung LE32B652T4WXXU at around £600.

If you can afford it though, consider the Samsung UE32B6000WWXXU LED TV - knocks LCDs into a cocked hat in terms of picture quality - but then it is £800.

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How much? :shock: :D

I'm sort of mid range value for money kind of a guy rather than a bells and whistles boy. Thanks for the pointers though. :D

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Value wise you can't beat the LG LH series at the moment.

LH3000 - from Richer Sounds is £370 or £380 from Dixons and you can normal get a discount code for dixons.
1080P, 80K contrast, 50hz, no USB.

LH4000 - from Amazon is £387.
1080P, 80K contrast, 100hz, USB (which can be turned into HD divx compatable from the service menu.)

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Thanks hobgob :D

I've done a little reading, need to do more, but people seem to be suggesting that 1080p is only really noticeable on screens >32"... Is that just a fundamental basic, as in you wouldn't really notice the difference on a 15" screen between 720 and 1080 but, say, a 37" would show this difference up?

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37" and above need to be 1080p or the pixels are a bit to big spoiling the quality of the image.
32" 1080p TV's look great but if you're sitting too far away it defeats the point of the extra resolution

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I would opt for 1080p for anything 32inch and larger, I would say that 1080p is a fundamental basic for TV's now.

If your ever even going to consider using a PC on the TV 1080p is a must.

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Thanks for feeding the knowledge guys. :D

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Value wise you can't beat the LG LH series at the moment.

LH3000 - from Richer Sounds is £370 or £380 from Dixons and you can normal get a discount code for dixons.
1080P, 80K contrast, 50hz, no USB.


Yip, I've got a 37" version of that (mine's has USB) :D

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pcernie wrote:
TheHobgob wrote:
Value wise you can't beat the LG LH series at the moment.

LH3000 - from Richer Sounds is £370 or £380 from Dixons and you can normal get a discount code for dixons.
1080P, 80K contrast, 50hz, no USB.


Yip, I've got a 37" version of that (mine's has USB) :D

Do you have it hooked up to a PS or Xbox? How's it looking?

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pcernie wrote:
TheHobgob wrote:
Value wise you can't beat the LG LH series at the moment.

LH3000 - from Richer Sounds is £370 or £380 from Dixons and you can normal get a discount code for dixons.
1080P, 80K contrast, 50hz, no USB.


Yip, I've got a 37" version of that (mine's has USB) :D

Do you have it hooked up to a PS or Xbox? How's it looking?


PS3, looks absolutely stunning in games (haven't rented a BR yet :) ), you have to fiddle with the settings as with any TV to get good contrast etc, but out of the box is perfectly acceptable compared to some other TVs :)

The sound out of it is amazing, and that's before you get to the TruSurround or whatever it's called. I haven't even properly played around with that yet!

Haven't tried the USB port as I haven't had much need yet. You've certainly enough ports to cover you for most outcomes. Swivel stand's a useful feature. Freeview tuner's excellent and gets a far better signal than the boxes in the house.

If there's anything else you wanna know, just ask. It seemed to be the whole package for a good price, so I went for it :D

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Cheers pcernie. :D

Aye, I had a trawl over some other forums and there's a lot of praise for the sound. I did notice for a wedge more you can get a 100Hz version, not entirely sure what the benefits would be to be honest over the 50hz.

Nice to hear the PS3 plays well, I'm planning to get a PS3 around Christmas time and fancy having a HD TV to hook it up to with the HDMI for the Bluray as well.

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