Is HD overrated?

[gingerjedi]

Pardon me, but I call bulltulip on that. You can buy a 40" LED Ultra Slim TV by Samsung on Dabs for £1199:

http://www.dabs.com/products/samsung...d-tv-5GLV.html

But it's not OLED, LED screens are just LCD's with LED backlights.

OLED's pixels are individually lit, it’s completely different technology.

HTH

[Amiga500]

But it's not OLED, LED screens are just LCD's with LED backlights.

OLED's pixels are individually lit, it’s completely different technology.

HTH

OLED stands for Organic LED, you are correct the one I linked was really a LED lit LCD screen but is still is a lot thinner than a standard LCD screen as it is not using CCFL or HCFL lighting. This is a good cheap short term solution until OLED prices drop.

[eliquant]

HD is all about detail, the sweat on a tennis player's arm, the crows feet on that aged actor's face and for that I think its worth it. Its nowhere near detailed as much as viewing the real world through one's very own eyes but I tell you flicking back and forth Wimbledon tennis from BBC1 (standard Definition) to BBC HD, the difference is startling, you can see the detail on the faces in the crowd etc. overall a better experience and worth it.

My brand new TV which replaced the old one is a 63 inch plasma - yes mine is bigger than yours etc.. and I am very pleased with it - and was with the old one also. Also the brand new Samsungs have ethernet capability so you can use the TV as a DLNA media player from any DLNA PC acting as the media server (although its limited to what codecs the Samsung software can play); also the new Samsungs connect to the internet but content is highly restricted at the moment with very basic financial widgets which stream stock price data (delayed 20 mins !), Flickr and Twitter, this service is internet@tv (or tv@internet) from Yahoo, it comes free so you can watch TV and have the apps running on screen whilst you watch TV. I'm hoping that they get a (now U.S. only) "Netflix" widget on there as hinted which means you can pay per view any one of 20,000 online movies.

Note the "WoW" factor soon wears off and what is new and different just becomes the norm, but going back to SD creates a notable experience. I think Samsung have got this new scaler chip in their new series which "I believe" scales up SD content quite nicely. I think Samsung are the best overall given price / quality etc but get your 5 year warranty !

[contractor79]

I've only spenet £50 in my entire life on TVs. Though I must admit each time I go to a shop I think wow let's buy that 1k TV. But how much would I have to sell it for when I want to upgrade?

My parents always rented TVs and got upgraded each year, then got to buy the TV if they wanted for cheap at the end. Maybe that's the way to go.

[Amiga500]

My brand new TV which replaced the old one is a 63 inch plasma - yes mine is bigger than yours etc.. !

No, had a 60 inch plasma as well as my 40 inch LCD screen - preferred the clarity of my LCD screen. My friend just bought a new top spec Samsung plasma - playing his Xbox 360 in HD versus the same game on my Sony LCD revels inferior quality on the plasma (a less crisp image) couple with that plasma's are tulip for computer output.

I also nearly did my back in lugging one of those plasma's about, my LCD is nice and light for moving around.

[ookook]

Samsung, Panasonic Veira or Sony Bravia are the brands to go for IMO.

Regarding source material, while SKY HD etc costs a lot and delivers not much, if you have access to a decent dl source (ie Usenet) then there are thousands of Blu-Ray / HD-DVD source movies / tv shows which are encoded into x264 and will play off a media player.

We have a server handlng all the dl's that is NFS mounted onto the media player - so kick your downloads off any time you want from work and they're waiting to be played when you get back.

[voodooflux]

Samsung, Panasonic Veira or Sony Bravia are the brands to go for IMO.

Pioneer are worth adding to that list - outstanding picture quality, but it comes at a price premium.

[Ivor Bigun]

No, had a 60 inch plasma as well as my 40 inch LCD screen - preferred the clarity of my LCD screen. My friend just bought a new top spec Samsung plasma - playing his Xbox 360 in HD versus the same game on my Sony LCD revels inferior quality on the plasma (a less crisp image) couple with that plasma's are tulip for computer output.

I also nearly did my back in lugging one of those plasma's about, my LCD is nice and light for moving around.

For movies and games, a HD700X is far better than ANY TV - plasma, 60 inch or otherwise...and it costs a fraction of what you paid .
A spare bulb is about £100 and lasts 3000 hours.
If you don't believe me, check out the reviews!
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-5212.aspx

[Amiga500]

For movies and games, a HD700X is far better than ANY TV - plasma, 60 inch or otherwise...and it costs a fraction of what you paid .
A spare bulb is about £100 and lasts 3000 hours.
If you don't believe me, check out the reviews!
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-5212.aspx

So you'd be paying £100 a year for a new bulb if you used it heavily (the quotes are often exaggerated too) and would have to sit in a darkened room. Sounds feasible to me

[Ivor Bigun]

So you'd be paying £100 a year for a new bulb if you used it heavily (the quotes are often exaggerated too) and would have to sit in a darkened room. Sounds feasible to me

"Duhhhh look at my 60 inch plasma, its the best don't you know - only cost £5000"


Anyway, Amiga500, if you spend that amount of time in playing with yourself, you'll go blind anyway.