Ok, Id really appreciate some help on this.
Im a little confused by all the jargon and the terms Full HD and HD ready and am in the market to buy a new TV to replace an awful 27" Matsui CRT for my parents.
The TV will be watched from a distance of between 4-7metres.
(As I understand it, Full HD (1920x1080) is approx double the resolution of an HD tv that is not labelled 'Full HD'.)
However Im not sure that buying a Full HD TV will be the better choice.
The reason for thinking this is that my parents will mainly watching television via an aerial NOT a satellite dish, although they do already receive and watch digital Freeview via their aerial.
They will never have cable and its very unlikely that they will be receiving signal via a Satellite dish, mainly due to the fact that satellite dish is impractical because the signal is obstructed by trees.
The TV will never be used to play computer games and very seldom do they watch DVD's.
Im not sure if in the future they will watch Bluray - its possible. I hope with a larger and nicer TV this will encourage them to watch more films, so perhaps it might be an advantage to buy a BluRay player.
So with these viewing habits could they actually receive a better quality picture by not buying a Full HD TV - what I mean by this is it not true that most of the TV signals they will be receiving be at 720 resolution - and DVD's will also be at this resolution, so whats the point of a full HD TV which will have to upscale the image and a possible degradation in image quality. I saw 2 Panasonic LCD TVs, running side by side showing a music channel - I would suppose being broadcast at 720 resolution.
The image on the HD Ready model was clearly superior to the Full HD model - in terms of resolution anyway - i.e. there was greater definition on the HD Ready Model - I would suppose this was a result of the image on the Full HD model needing to be processed and upscaled.
Im not sure if there can be a definite answer on this.
Part 2 of my question, what LCD TV would you recommend with these factors in mind:
- 42" (although might consider 37" - although there is a viewing distance of between 4metres and 7metres, so I think 42" would be more suitable)
- The TV MUST be from Argos, because it will be purchased with Nectar points (100,000 of them) - although its not a problem if it exceeds the value of the Nectar points.
- I don't want to buy something nasty although Id hope that It wouldnt be necessary to buy a Panasonic or Sony and pay alot more. It does'nt need to be a top of the range product but id prefer it to be a good product - whatever the new tv is going to be, will hopefully be a vast improvement on what they have at present.
- Maximum price willing to pay - £600
Many thanks to anyone who can advise me on this
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