thisburningage
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My wife and I dipped our toes into the world of HD TV's a couple of years ago (after lots of research which made what little brains I have ache with information! ) when we bought our Series 6 Samsung 46". In fact we were so impressed with it a year later we ended up convincing my folks to buy a 46" Series 7 to replace their ageing 28" CRT! Watching blu-ray films and playing PS3 and PC games are one of the vices we have and, after finally saving up enough to turn our mess of a room into a half decent lounge (the Samsung is in the bedroom) we're now looking for another decent HD TV to go in it.
Although the title says 50" Plasma we're not irrevocably set on that particular path, it's just that we've seen a few interesting looking 50" Plasma's within our price range, £700-800 (we might be able to stretch to £900 but it would be fantastic to pick up one for less if that's even possible! ) and the thought of us getting a 50" TV sent us a little weak at the knees! So, our first post on here is asking for advice: which 50" Plasma would you recommend? Would you even recommend going for a plasma or is there a decent 46" LCD screen that we could afford? Ideally it should have plenty of HDMI ports, be quick enough to use for gaming (bizarrely my other half also loves gaming, though more PS3 and Wii. The aim is to eventually set up not only the PC and PS3 for games but also a few retro consoles that we own that haven't been used in donkey's years like my C64 and Amiga 500 while eventually adding a SNES, Dreamcast etc). A nice addition would be a USB port to hook my external drives straight up to in order to play various media from it directly into the TV without having to always route through the PS3. Although the wife has a thing for Samsung products we're pretty much open to any brand that can do the job well (and a wall mountable unit would also be great!).
I'm currently trying to read around the subject again as it's been a while since I last looked into it but unfortunately my brain is a little frayed around the edges at the best of times so if anyone could give us some advice it would genuinely be very much appreciated
Although the title says 50" Plasma we're not irrevocably set on that particular path, it's just that we've seen a few interesting looking 50" Plasma's within our price range, £700-800 (we might be able to stretch to £900 but it would be fantastic to pick up one for less if that's even possible! ) and the thought of us getting a 50" TV sent us a little weak at the knees! So, our first post on here is asking for advice: which 50" Plasma would you recommend? Would you even recommend going for a plasma or is there a decent 46" LCD screen that we could afford? Ideally it should have plenty of HDMI ports, be quick enough to use for gaming (bizarrely my other half also loves gaming, though more PS3 and Wii. The aim is to eventually set up not only the PC and PS3 for games but also a few retro consoles that we own that haven't been used in donkey's years like my C64 and Amiga 500 while eventually adding a SNES, Dreamcast etc). A nice addition would be a USB port to hook my external drives straight up to in order to play various media from it directly into the TV without having to always route through the PS3. Although the wife has a thing for Samsung products we're pretty much open to any brand that can do the job well (and a wall mountable unit would also be great!).
I'm currently trying to read around the subject again as it's been a while since I last looked into it but unfortunately my brain is a little frayed around the edges at the best of times so if anyone could give us some advice it would genuinely be very much appreciated
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