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Watching SD on LCD....my crt finally blew up

africanspurs

Justin Edinburgh
Hey guys, help needed

Lost my sanyo CRT TV the other day...it literally starting buzzing sharply with no screen

looking to buy a cheap priced LCD tv, one major thing i am worried about is watching SD channels on it. i heard its a bit crap..also i have heard that the sound quality on some LCD TVs can be brick

can anyone help me out? what LCD Tv would you reccomend for SD watching? is the sond good? picture quality etc etc?
 
I'm not recommending anything because SouthStand will tell me they stopped making them in 2003.
 
i have a 40" sony bravia LCD. it's freaking awesome. no complaints whatsoever.

hi mate

can i ask, is yours FULL HD or HD Ready?

do you watch standard definition or HD? or bothe even...what is the quality for picture and sound for both

i have to say though, your first statment is very promising LOL;)
 
You need to say what setup you have as in any freeview stuff etc, price your willing to pay

I take it SD is sky digital.

You really should be looking for Freeview HD integrated into the TV.

Anologue you do not need anymore as there is no signal. Have they started making TVs yet without.. not sure.


EDIT - Just looked again at you post..

SD is standard definition.

Ultimatley the larger the screen the worse it gets.

If you mainly watch BBc1, ITV, CH4 and Ch5 then I think the Freeview HD carries them. Meaning the size won't matter.

There is different freeview.. look it up on the freeview site.

http://www.freeview.co.uk/
 
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Thankd Supehudd

I watch TV through my Sky box.

SD does stand for standard definition but i do have a sky plus box.....and i would most likely be watching all channels on there

i have an amazon voucher thats about 90 pounds. overall i dont want to pay more than 200-210 (and thats including the amazon voucher)

is Full HD worse off than HD Ready when viewing standard definition TV via a sky plus box?
 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-32R...6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1338204193&sr=1-6

There's a seller on here selling this "Used - Like New" for less than ?ú250 Affy. This Tosh has their "Resolution+" technology in it, which upscales SD content to make it a little clearer. It also has an in built HD Freeview box, 32" screen and full 1080p HD... Quite a lot of bang for your buck. Looks like the unit is seconds coming straight from Toshiba direct, no previous owners.
 
I've never seen a TV in any shop that is simply 'HD', they're just HD Ready. If it's labelled as 'Full HD' that again just means Full HD Ready.

EDIT: I think there are some TVs that basically have an in-built HD set-top box, but most TVs do not.
 
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I'm not recommending anything because SouthStand will tell me they stopped making them in 2003.

Ah, you're the guy with the trinitron

sony1_Trinitron.jpg
 
hi mate

can i ask, is yours FULL HD or HD Ready?

do you watch standard definition or HD? or bothe even...what is the quality for picture and sound for both

i have to say though, your first statment is very promising LOL;)

full HD mate but i also watch SD channels on it and they are fine.

im a man who is blu-ray-or-nothing type, so that should give you some gauge. ;)
 
What size was the CRT African.

about 27 to 28 inches diagonal....thing is with CRT big back TV is that they are like squares to even though it was 28 inches corner to corner..the thing was BIG cause it had some decent height like about 20 inches plus high
 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-32R...6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1338204193&sr=1-6

There's a seller on here selling this "Used - Like New" for less than ?ú250 Affy. This Tosh has their "Resolution+" technology in it, which upscales SD content to make it a little clearer. It also has an in built HD Freeview box, 32" screen and full 1080p HD... Quite a lot of bang for your buck. Looks like the unit is seconds coming straight from Toshiba direct, no previous owners.


Wookie, that could very well be my next Television set.......

many thanks to you and Superhudd for the suggestions.


any other advise would be very welcome indeed
 
OK, just to point out

FULL HD v HD Ready

They are both HD televisions.

When HD first came to the public it was sold to them as HD Ready, many people didn't even know what it was they were buying thinking HD is just HD.

HD Ready was mainly TVs that showed a signal called 1080i

Because of this SKY broadcast there signal for HD in 1080i, also because it was cheaper than FULL HD

Some people believe TV makers purposely held back FULL HD so they could sell the product as an upgrade on 1080i

Full HD is 1080p

Full HD basically is for BluRay players, BluRay is done in 1080p, something you might find on its covers of the disc.

HD Ready 1080i is mainly SKY HD, but you can still play BluRay on it, just not to full quality.
 
I like this, its a bit out your price range, but its LED which IMO is better than LCD

http://www.marksandspencer.com/Pana...V/dp/B004X7H81K?extid=TPF_170810_PriceR_T_230
http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/pl/2-2698859/TVs/Panasonic-Viera-TX-L32E3E-Compare-Prices

Or this beauty

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/11776585/art/samsung/series-5-ue32eh5000-full.html?srcid=3
http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/pl/2-2796172/TVs/Samsung-UE32EH5000-Compare-Prices


If you have time on your side, then how about seeing what John Lewis sells and try a price match

http://www.johnlewis.com/231546439/Product.aspx

Price match with the pixmania shop..

This way you get the quality 5year guarentee that John Lewis offer.
 
OK, just to point out

FULL HD v HD Ready

They are both HD televisions.

When HD first came to the public it was sold to them as HD Ready, many people didn't even know what it was they were buying thinking HD is just HD.

HD Ready was mainly TVs that showed a signal called 1080i

HD Ready only need 720 horizontal lines

There was also an HD Ready 1080p, which represented the fuller resolution for Full HD pictures

When looking at TVs for your living room, I wouldn't touch anything that does have at least 1920 x 1080 resolution
 
Yeah I was kinda trying not to confuse him with the resolution jargon tbh and simplify it with the 1080i and 1080p
 
You can get a Full HD Ready TV. This means that it's SD until you make it HD (e.g. through a Sky+ HD box). Just because it's advertised as 1080p it does NOT mean it is 1080p necessarily; it might just mean it's 1080p ready.
 
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TV Type
Display Resolution
Pixels
SD(Standard Definition, Conventional) TVs
720 H x 480 V
Less than 1 Million pixels
HD Ready TVs
1366 H x 768 V
1 Million pixels
Full HD TVs
1920 H x 1080 V
2 Million pixels
 
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