CyprusScooby

I looked round fr ages for a 40" LCD Tv before settling for a Sony Bravia KDL40W2000 from Digital Direct | Widescreen TV, DVD, Hi-Fi, Camcorders, Home Cinema, HD Ready for £950.
By far and away the best LCD picture out there and 5 stars and best LCD TV from Which!

HankScorpio

Here's another nice review of that one:

Panasonic TH42PZ70 Review

That would be my pick of the moment and just have to wait and see how bonus time goes
I was looking at 700 but someone on here pointed at the 70 and it's fantastic value, especially at that Curry's price.

Another thing I've been doing in the shops is getting them to put on standard digital tv because that's what a good percentage of viewing will be in. PS3 in 1080 - lovely, bluray spiderman - wow... but if the bloke off the news looks like he's made from lego then that would get on my teats very quickly.

Yes you can get upscaling recorders, amps and such like but to just watch a bit of Flog It, it's got to display SD reasonably well as well.

WR 1mposter

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37" below lcd, 37"above plasma

First 50-ish hours of veiwing a plasma there is a risk of screen burn they also use more electric.

WR 1mposter

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Just brought the panasonic TH50PZ70 with a pedastol for £1450, a lot cheaper than the 700

4X4BOB

Try this:

1st AudioVisual Online: SAMSUNG LE40M87BD 40 INCH LCD TV: LCD Screens: LCD TV: 40" LCD TV

Samsung 40" Full 1080P for £735!

JP4

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Value for money at the moment is the Panasonic PZs 42" (I've got this and am really happy with it )or 50".

My understanding is LCDs are ideal for Gaming whereas Plasmas for Films, Tele etc.

WR 1mposter is correct that after a certain size Plasma is the way to view...although LCD's are catching up with improving technology. The top Plasmas i.e. Pioneer, Panasonic are a lot more environmentally friendly (unlike the old versions) and are designed to last as long as the average life of an LCD.

Hungrytang

I got the panasonic TH-42PZ70B a couple of days ago and its a quality bit of kit.
My local telly shop matched currys offer and also gave me the 5 year Panasonic warrenty

Im just waiting untill the 16th of january to order SKY HD because it rumoured to be coming down in price.

WR 1mposter

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Waiting for that aswell

pauld37

Thats what I thought, but not what the write up at the bottom of here states

Panasonic TH42PZ70B Review: 42" Viera HD 1080p Plasma TV

T5OLF

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There just seems to loads of issues with them, motion blur, clouding, bleeding at the edges etc. Maybe I have spent to much time on AVforums .

T5OLF

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What is the fan noise like?

pauld37

Too much info. sometimes isn't good, went round all the Electrical shops again today my head hurts

HankScorpio

I can't see anything in that article about lcd <37, plasma >37

T5OLF

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Yeah know what you mean, I have changed my choice many times. First I was going for an LCD but then I read about motion blur and all the other problems. So I moved on to plasma but then you have burn and retention issues

These are/were my short list:

Sammy M87 or F87 but seem to have build issues

Sony KDL40V3000
Sony KDL40W3000

The 2000's are the older model and suffer from clouding

TH42PZ70B is looking like the winner for me, that or the W3000

finchyboy

Sky Hd is a waste of time i have cancelled my subscription as there is a lot less broadcast in HD then sky would let you believe.

None of the international cricket
None of the World Superbikes
None of the Moto GP

Sport wise it's o.k for premiership football and rugby that's all

Movies are the normal sky rubbish programme "upscaled"

J4CKO

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I bought a Toshiba 1080p, 37 inch, well pleased with it, went in the shop with £1500 and could have gone higher but it fitted in its corner and the picture was as good as anything, in face, going to buy a 32 for the other living room and move the Samsung 26 inch (also very good) into our bedroom.

I think its hard to buy a bad one nowadays, even the cheapo never heard of brands ones seem acceptable.

I expect they will keep coming down in price over the next year and then start to find a realistic price level as the market gets saturated.

WR 1mposter

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This is the quote.


"Even more worryingly for plasma makers, the technology's traditional size advantage over LCDs is quickly being eroded. The same report revealed that within the 40 to 44-inch TV segment, market share for LCD TVs increased to 58% versus 41% for plasmas (the rest were rear-projection TVs). 50-inch and over is the only class where we can safely say that plasmas still dominate."

Hungrytang

Its silent...

I personally havent heard any fan noise at all....

pauld37

Thats the one

corradoboy

More a case of which technology is cheaper to make, thus marketed more aggressively and thus adopted by the general public in greater numbers than which is the better technology. I despair at most ordinary people. Every day millions eat in McD's, drive around in Corsa's, drink lager etc etc. Betamax was always better quality than VHS, but the public were sold the lesser technology on the back of marketing in the shape of rental tapes. We always get suckered, and the better option is always there, but we never take it

Cupramax

I've got a PZ70 to. Cracking piece of kit, really cant fault it.

HankScorpio

Cheers - I was looking for something that said better rather than which was selling best.

More Focuses sold tham Imprezas

pauld37

Point proved

J4CKO

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Maybe thats for most they do the same job and are a lot more economical to run ?

This makes interesting reading.

Power consumption compared

TVs:
Average plasma: 350 watts
Average rear-projection: 211 watts
Average LCD: 222 watts

Other A/V gear:
PlayStation 3: 197 watts
Xbox360: 187 watts
Average PC: 78 watts
DirecTV HR20 DVR: 33 watts
Wii: 19 watts
Slingbox: 9 watts
Wireless router: 7 watts