setjellyfish
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I was putting off buying a new tv to replace my old plasma due to everything looking crap but my new LG 48 inch OLED copes fine with everything and looks no worse than the old tv on SD even with a bigger screen.
Not to mention there are often very bad remasters of shows where the image is zoomed in when it was originally 4:3. You even find this on old shows via streaming services. This makes the picture even worse.many of the channels that broadcast older SD programmes, do not show them in the correct 4:3 aspect ratio
Yep I had a PW7 plasma, low res but boy was SD a quality image, really miss that monitorMy old Panasonic GT60 plasma was excellent at scaling SD. I’d be looking for something similar if I were you. The older studio displays were excellent too - the PH 9 (I think thats the right model) had an amazing image quality on SD and HD material was good too, even though it wasn’t a true HD panel. You just have to have something that will feed it a signal as they’re purely a monitor.
The reason will be down to the source material, and or the chosen master displayed by the TV channel. Some episodes will be better than others because they are more modern, or the mastering of the episode was better when it was created.What is this thing with upscaling? I have several devices which claim to do this but I've not seen the slightest bit of evidence to suggest that they do.
With regard to SD broadcasts, they seem to be very much a mixed bag. On my 65" Samsung Q90T I've seen a few old episodes of Escape To The Country on HGTV which look terrible, yet others which look infinitely better. I find it difficult to understand how any particular TVs can make old SD look better, although the obvious way round it to me is to use the 'Zoom-out' facility to make the screen size smaller. That will improve it in the same way as which awful photos can often look acceptable when viewed on a phone screen.
I'm not sure they are correct when they mention that TV comes with a VA type panel.Hi, is this set still good for watching SD content?
42.5" LG 43LM6300PLA - Specifications
Specifications of LG 43LM6300PLA. Display: 42.5 in, IPS, Direct LED, 1920 x 1080 pixels, Viewing angles (H/V): 178 ° / 178 °, Refresh rate: 50 Hz / 60 Hz, TV tuner: Analog (NTSC/PAL/SECAM), DVB-T, DVB-T2, DVB-C, DVB-S, DVB-S2, Cores: 4, Dimensions: 973 x 572 x 85 mm, Weight: 8 kg.www.displayspecifications.com
Is it very old? I'm coming from an ancient Pioneer Kuro PDP-LX508D plasma TV (after 15 years of service now is dead, unfortunately). Naturally, I'm going to watch HD (720 and 1080) content too (TV channels and movies). I can buy that set in my country for €470.
Thanks for any advice
But that is a 4K TV and therefore, SD upscaling would be worse, or not? Right now I don't watch 4K content.The LG A2 OLED would be a better fit.
Well, this is my short list:Won't be as sharp but OLED makes for a much better overall picture so it should make up for it a bit.
If you're looking for something cheap that doesn't have to upscale as much, then a cheap LCD like that LG is the way forward. Just don't expect it to be on the same level as high end TVs of the past.
Got it.There's no benefit to direct LED backlighting on cheaper TVs since they do not impose a FALD system.
I prefer darker edges if I have to choose.Edge/Direct will have no winner, edge LED lit TVs tend to suffer from brighter edges, whilst direct tend to suffer with darker edges.
VA maybe, but since the Panasonic is an unknown, I would prefer the LG. I don't have much confidence in Hisense... Do you?Biggest deciding factor will be panel type, do you want IPS or VA? A TV using a VA panel is going to harness light behind it a lot better than IPS.
According to THIS review, yes it is (please read the user comments below). But if you think there is no benefit with a 10-bit panel (instead of a 8+2 FRC panel), my guess is the LM6300 will be fine (right?). Are you sure about this? Wouldn't a 10-bit panel have better colour? Keep in mind that this TV supports HDR (both LM6300 and LM6370 models).I also don't think the specs are accurate in your list. I highly doubt the LG 43LM6370PLA is using an 10bit panel.
What about the Philips?Most 43" TVs use IPS, and I would guess no different with the Philips.
There is no benefit to a 10 bit panel for you at all. More bits equates to more steps in colour, not more colours and it only comes into play with HDR. Anything pre HDR uses 8bit colour in the source.According to THIS review, yes it is (please read the user comments below). But if you think there is no benefit with a 10-bit panel (instead of a 8+2 FRC panel), my guess is the LM6300 will be fine (right?). Are you sure about this? Wouldn't a 10-bit panel have better colour? Keep in mind that this TV supports HDR (both LM6300 and LM6370 models).
If you prefer VA stay clear of LG which are using IPS. The brand of a television is not an important factor at all. All make good and bad.VA maybe, but since the Panasonic is an unknown, I would prefer the LG. I don't have much confidence in Hisense... Do yo
Probably I'd go with a cheap TCL or Hisense. The cheaper the better provided they are made by their own company and not outsourced like Panasonic. TCL and Hisense still make their own TVs.What about the Philips?
And finally, if you had to choose one, which one would you choose?
The low-end Panasonic TX-40MS490B I looked at this week (for someone else) did not scale at all well, even after moving away from the shop settings, and didn't have the options to turn many things off (that I could see). Very disappointing. I did also see a LG OLED-42C24LA that claims a very whizzy scaling engine (tho £999) and I think it might be worth a look, but perhaps not in JL in Oxford Street as they don't have an aerial connected to theirs. (Possibly put some content on a USB stick??? Channel 4-7 on Freeview seems a decent choice for comparisons, as it's crap even by Freeview standards, at least when I was in JL.)Hi, is this set still good for watching SD content?
42.5" LG 43LM6300PLA - Specifications
Specifications of LG 43LM6300PLA. Display: 42.5 in, IPS, Direct LED, 1920 x 1080 pixels, Viewing angles (H/V): 178 ° / 178 °, Refresh rate: 50 Hz / 60 Hz, TV tuner: Analog (NTSC/PAL/SECAM), DVB-T, DVB-T2, DVB-C, DVB-S, DVB-S2, Cores: 4, Dimensions: 973 x 572 x 85 mm, Weight: 8 kg.www.displayspecifications.com
Is it very old? I'm coming from an ancient Pioneer Kuro PDP-LX508D plasma TV (after 15 years of service now is dead, unfortunately). Naturally, I'm going to watch HD (720 and 1080) content too (TV channels and movies). I can buy that set in my country for €470.
Thanks for any advice
Freeview has limited bandwith and most commercial channels are 544x576 resolution.OK I've compared SD channels between Freeview and Freesat on my LG and Freesat SD is noticeably a better resolution than Freesat.
Could this be down to the TV processor or is Satellite a better carrier of the broadcast signal ?
It's a vestel rebadge. Not Panasonic at all.The low-end Panasonic TX-40MS490B I looked at this week (for someone else) did not scale at all well, even after moving away from the shop settings, and didn't have the options to turn many things off (that I could see).
Very interesting - many thanks.It's a vestel rebadge. Not Panasonic at all.
This will tell you about Panasonic.Very interesting - many thanks.
Where does this info come from please?
(I am aware of How to Tell If Your TV's a VESTEL but does that guarantee all models before some point will be Vestel?)