You can't judge any TV in the shops. They are all set to 'demo' or 'vivid' mode and look horrible, with over-saturated colours and over-sharpened edges. Once you get them home reset them to 'normal' or better still 'THX' mode and you should get nice natural colours and good resolution. Don't forget that plasma sets need a little running-in for the colours to fully saturate, not sure about LCD.
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A good idea to buy a set up dvd, can make a real difference IMHO.
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I know what you are saying Martin but in all honesty new TV's look very clear & sharp looking compared {Something i don't like}, i played about with my mates new panasonic TV, no way can i get it to look like ours does, as no way can i get ours to look like his..
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What I shall get when I eventually buy a Plasma !Originally Posted by MartinT
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Mike
Depends if you'll have a Blu-ray spinner by then! It's no good testing an HD set with SD pictures.
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Unlikely. If hifi is 10 out of 10 then TV is around 5 or maybe less. Buying any sort of TV kit is very low importance.
Not sure why. Similar with cameras, just can't get excited about them
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Mike
Yes, but you can put a Blue-ray player in your shopping trolley next to the spuds, these days.
EDIT: my old Sony multi-region Blue-ray/DVD player is in the garage which you can have cheap, if you like?
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If it is truly multi-region (Sony being film makers usually arrange for their players to be region fixed - and this is done with hardware, so cannot be "reprogrammed") Martin, then I'll buy it off you.
PM me with details
Thanks
Barry
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Thanks for the offer. I have a Toshiba DVD player that hasn't been turned on in months, likely not at all this year.
I do have a rather nice record deck and CD player that get a lot is use though
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