I currently have a 37" LCD LG TV in the living room (its a 37LG5020 model) which I bought back in 2009 for not-much-money, to replace an older 720p LG 37" model where the power supply had blown. Fixed the power supply issue so have the old TV in the bedroom, and the newer one downstairs.
But I'm finding myself primarily watching either movies or sport (football and some US sports like baseball) a lot and occasional casual Xbox gaming, and hankering after a bigger screen. I have a voucher redeemable for about £250 at various stores like John Lewis, Currys, Argos etc, so figured I could budget up to £450 for a TV in the 46" to 50" range for the living room (so circa £700 in total).
I immediately looked at the current crop of LG 47" LED TV's as the default choice, a bonus being the passive 3D system (not critical though), the magic mousey-remote and a decent looking feature set.
THEN....I read the forums. Lots and lots of talk of dirty screen marks, panel uniformity issues, motion blur and so on. More that this, the common view seemed to be that such issues are a by product of the edge LED backlighting and the newer thin form of these TVs. Now, as I said I watch quite a bit of sport and whilst the size of my current TV could do with being bigger, I've never knowingly seen any problems with motion blur, panel uniformity or anything. Perhaps I'm just lucky. Perhaps they don't show as much on a 37" panel. I dunno. But it made me nervous.
Then, a common view seems to be that Plasmas - despite about to become obsolete - offer a better PQ for movie and sport viewing. My living room isn't mega bright, and the smallish windows have curtains, so reflection probably won't be an issue. But then I'm struggling to find stockists (especially John Lewis, who I like) who have any in stock, and I guess theres no guarantee they ever will.
So I'm in a quandary. I don't want to buy a bigger, newer screen only to find that I'm taking a step back in PQ, so I thought I would post on here in case anyone has any suggestion.
I'm not married to LG by any means (in fact I have a Samsung sound bar), but I'm finding the choices way too confusing. Are ALL new sub £1k LED panels just, well, a bit poor?
Sorry if the requirements are very vague!
But I'm finding myself primarily watching either movies or sport (football and some US sports like baseball) a lot and occasional casual Xbox gaming, and hankering after a bigger screen. I have a voucher redeemable for about £250 at various stores like John Lewis, Currys, Argos etc, so figured I could budget up to £450 for a TV in the 46" to 50" range for the living room (so circa £700 in total).
I immediately looked at the current crop of LG 47" LED TV's as the default choice, a bonus being the passive 3D system (not critical though), the magic mousey-remote and a decent looking feature set.
THEN....I read the forums. Lots and lots of talk of dirty screen marks, panel uniformity issues, motion blur and so on. More that this, the common view seemed to be that such issues are a by product of the edge LED backlighting and the newer thin form of these TVs. Now, as I said I watch quite a bit of sport and whilst the size of my current TV could do with being bigger, I've never knowingly seen any problems with motion blur, panel uniformity or anything. Perhaps I'm just lucky. Perhaps they don't show as much on a 37" panel. I dunno. But it made me nervous.
Then, a common view seems to be that Plasmas - despite about to become obsolete - offer a better PQ for movie and sport viewing. My living room isn't mega bright, and the smallish windows have curtains, so reflection probably won't be an issue. But then I'm struggling to find stockists (especially John Lewis, who I like) who have any in stock, and I guess theres no guarantee they ever will.
So I'm in a quandary. I don't want to buy a bigger, newer screen only to find that I'm taking a step back in PQ, so I thought I would post on here in case anyone has any suggestion.
I'm not married to LG by any means (in fact I have a Samsung sound bar), but I'm finding the choices way too confusing. Are ALL new sub £1k LED panels just, well, a bit poor?
Sorry if the requirements are very vague!