Best 40-43" TV?

[tapid]

Even if you don't go as far as 4k anything HD is very,very good. The only trouble is turning onto something like itv2 the picture looks terrible in comparison so I just
mainly watch hd channels now, footie looks stunning.

[brian2957]

Hi Brian,



Yup, but I'd imagine that's more because of technology moving on, or LED being better than plasma, than necessarily any superiority of Sony over Panasonic... The picture quality on the TVs of the latter I've been looking at, of comparable size to the former, has generally looked superior to my eyes



That's an interesting point, mate, and noted. So are you saying that said 5-year guarantee is not offered on the same TVs by Currys? Also, it was my understanding that Panasonic offer a 5-year guarantee on all of their TVs, although I may be wrong? The service side of things may also be relevant.



43" is the most I would go to, but there doesn't seem to be many good 43" TVs....

Marco.

Yup agreed mate , LED TV technology simply overtook plasma over the six years I had one . The Sony was a good price and I was happy with the picture . The Panasonic TVs tend to be more expensive , but I'm not advocating one over the other in terms of picture quality or VFM.
No not everyone offers what I will describe as a '' genuine '' 5 year guarantee , so try to read the small print . Some will cost you quite a lot of money .

[Marco]

Hi James,

I have a mate at work who is a technology addict and has researched TV,s to death. He has Sky Q and decided last week to get a Sony TV capable of 4K picture quality. This is what I would go for as 4K picture quality is stunning and I believe Sky will be putting out stuff at this resolution.

If you have a computer that does 4K just look at stuff recorded in this format and you will be convinced. Ok mainstream broadcast maybe someway away but if you have a smart TV and Sky you will be able to start watching stuff.

For me Sony have the most natural picture quality. The other manufacturers although good are sometimes a bit over the top and too much.

So a 42 inch Sony smart 4K capable TV might do the trick.

http://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/te.../xd8305-series Here you go Marco

Excellent shout there, mate, as usual. I hadn't seen that one!

However, whether it's 'better' than the Panasonic we've been discussing (shown here: http://www.johnlewis.com/panasonic-v...a-overlay_show), I guess is subjective

It's more expensive than the Pany, most probably because of being two inches bigger, but I guess I'll have to compare the two, side by side, to decide for myself...

Marco.

[Marco]

Even if you don't go as far as 4k anything HD is very,very good. The only trouble is turning onto something like itv2 the picture looks terrible in comparison so I just
mainly watch hd channels now, footie looks stunning.

Good point, Brian! It's like with hi-fi: once your ears become attuned to a better sound than you had before, there's no going back, and I guess it's the same with visuals

The footy looking stunning is my primary reason for choosing this type of TV, so I'm really looking forward to that!

Marco.

[Stratmangler]

The set Marco linked to does have a 5 year guarantee http://promotions.panasonic.co.uk/pr...view_terms/117 - it's at the top of the list.
It won't stop Currys staff from lying about it, so when they suggest needing an additional warranty you can happily tell them to eff off.
Personally I'd video the staff member giving their "expert advice" and fire a copy off to head office, Panasonic, and to the relevant consumer body, and wait to see the fallout.

[Jimbo]

Hi James,



Excellent shout there, mate, as usual. I hadn't seen that one!

However, whether it's 'better' than the Panasonic we've been discussing (shown here: http://www.johnlewis.com/panasonic-v...a-overlay_show), I guess is subjective

It's more expensive than the Pany, most probably because of being two inches bigger, but I guess I'll have to compare the two, side by side, to decide for myself...

Marco.

Those couple of inches make all the difference mate

[Marco]

The set Marco linked to does have a 5 year guarantee http://promotions.panasonic.co.uk/pr...view_terms/117 - it's at the top of the list.
It won't stop Currys staff from lying about it, so when they suggest needing an additional warranty you can happily tell them to eff off.
Personally I'd video the staff member giving their "expert advice" and fire a copy off to head office, Panasonic, and to the relevant consumer body, and wait to see the fallout.

Nice one, Chris... Now there's an idea!

Marco.

[danilo]

I have a Best Buys' "Insignia" brand 42 incher. It's of decidedly mediocre quality.. more than ample for what I watch.
It was however cheap to buy $250
However the crappy thing blew out it's power board, 1 day short of it's one year warranty.
Not a hope that they would honor it.
Bought a replacement power supply/board from Ebay for ~25$ delivered... fitted it and It's back to working as well as it ever did.

[Stratmangler]

Nice one, Chris... Now there's an idea!

Marco.

The last time I went to Currys was for a laptop.
I bought it online to collect in person, and I was not a happy bunny when the sales assistant tried to sell me antivirus software.
I informed him that the laptop already had Windows Defender on it, so A.N. Other's antivirus software was not necessary.
The cheeky sod had the gall to glibly utter the words "but it's not as good as what we're selling", and that is an outright lie.

I could imagine Microsoft jumping all over someone's bones for that bit of misinformation.

[struth]

Defender usually comes bottom of the class in the independant tests, although I am using it on one of my pcs at moment. Alas it takes about 4 hrs to update its definitions, so is rarely on song in time to do anthing; fortunately I have other progs like MWB to cover me; not that I go anywhere bad.