.50 Caliber Bob
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Hi all,
I am new to this forum, and have done several searches and research from the threads here, and I have to say I am impressed with the amount of information and knowledge that is available.
My mission is to buy a new TV!
Basically at the moment I have a £85 old school tv that has lasted me in my first house for 3 years, but it needs upgrading now. Handily, I have been given £700 in vouchers from my employers (won a competition). The vouchers can be redeemed in PC World, Comet, Currys, Dixons, Argos, or Amazon, so I am limited to these retailers.
Total budged is probably about £800-900 (though I could push to £1000 if it made a really big difference)
My fiancee refuses to allow a 50" TV in the lounge unfortunately, but I have managed to talk her into letting us get a 46" one.
It's main uses will be for watching DVD's, ordinary viewing via Sky (not HD), but what I really want it for is for my PS3 and playing games! (Both online and offline).
At first I was leaning towards an LCD due to screen burning worries that I had heard about Plasma, but having spent several hours reading threads on this site screen burn is no longer something I am worried about, and am quite sold on the idea of Plasma as a better format for my particular needs.
People seem to be quite big fans of Panasonic Plasma sets, and I am torn between panasonic and samsung...
I would like it to be full HD 1080p, 100Hz, but dont know alot about other features. Built in freeview is not important as I have Sky TV.
The set which has so for caught my eye is this one...
Buy PANASONIC TH-46PZ8BA | Digital 46" 1080p hd ready plasma tv - Televisions | Comet
The Panasonic TH-46PZ8BA
I cant seem to find much information about this on these boards, as most refer to a slightly different model number, the TH-46PZ80B, and I dont know the difference.
So I guess my question is, is the TV posted in the link any good, what are the plus and minus points, or does anyone have any other recomendations?
Please be kind, I'm a little out of my depth here...
(Thanks for reading, I realise that this is quite a long post...)
I am new to this forum, and have done several searches and research from the threads here, and I have to say I am impressed with the amount of information and knowledge that is available.
My mission is to buy a new TV!
Basically at the moment I have a £85 old school tv that has lasted me in my first house for 3 years, but it needs upgrading now. Handily, I have been given £700 in vouchers from my employers (won a competition). The vouchers can be redeemed in PC World, Comet, Currys, Dixons, Argos, or Amazon, so I am limited to these retailers.
Total budged is probably about £800-900 (though I could push to £1000 if it made a really big difference)
My fiancee refuses to allow a 50" TV in the lounge unfortunately, but I have managed to talk her into letting us get a 46" one.
It's main uses will be for watching DVD's, ordinary viewing via Sky (not HD), but what I really want it for is for my PS3 and playing games! (Both online and offline).
At first I was leaning towards an LCD due to screen burning worries that I had heard about Plasma, but having spent several hours reading threads on this site screen burn is no longer something I am worried about, and am quite sold on the idea of Plasma as a better format for my particular needs.
People seem to be quite big fans of Panasonic Plasma sets, and I am torn between panasonic and samsung...
I would like it to be full HD 1080p, 100Hz, but dont know alot about other features. Built in freeview is not important as I have Sky TV.
The set which has so for caught my eye is this one...
Buy PANASONIC TH-46PZ8BA | Digital 46" 1080p hd ready plasma tv - Televisions | Comet
The Panasonic TH-46PZ8BA
I cant seem to find much information about this on these boards, as most refer to a slightly different model number, the TH-46PZ80B, and I dont know the difference.
So I guess my question is, is the TV posted in the link any good, what are the plus and minus points, or does anyone have any other recomendations?
Please be kind, I'm a little out of my depth here...
(Thanks for reading, I realise that this is quite a long post...)