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[Squatch]

Get John Lewis to price match, they give all TV's a free 5 year warranty.

SD picture will always look worse when you have more pixels to stretch across, a HD picture on a 720P would be indistinguishable to a 1080P on a 37” LCD at 8 feet as they human eye cant detect the extra resolution, you’d only start to notice on a bigger screen or when sitting closer.

Couldn't agree more. I got John Lewis to price-match a 46" Samsung 1080p LCD from Empire Direct in Romford. There was a problem with it so I had them take it away 3 weeks later for a complete refund. Ended up getting a 42" Pioneer Kuro 720p plasma and it blows the doors off the Samsung LCD for both SD and HD input. Forget about 1080p - you need at least 46" to detect the difference.

[Spacecadet]

And the result:-

After some persuasion JLP price matched empire direct on the Samsung @529. Not the absolute cheapest but includes 5 year guarantee.

enjoy

[ASB]

And the result:-

After some persuasion JLP price matched empire direct on the Samsung @529. Not the absolute cheapest but includes 5 year guarantee.

[gadgetman]

I bought the LG and am very impressed.

I previously bought a 42" LG Plasma for the family room and love it so for a 37" for the living room the LG was my first choice. It cost £500 from Empire Direct. I already bought the edXtra cover with the plasma so I'm covered for 3 years on both.

One thing I particularly like on the LC55 is that it accepts a 1080p signal which the plasma doesn't (good for PS/3).

The plasma was about £650 by the way.

I also own a 19" Sammy and the piano black of the LC55 is just as nice, especially on a £50 chrome and black glass stand from Amazon.

LG 37LC55
Tosh 37C3035
Samsung LE37R87BDX

[lukemg]

Gadget show did some back to back reviews recently.
http://gadgetshow.five.tv/jsp/5gsmai...escription=TVs

[gingerjedi]

It's worth noting that flat panel TV’s (especially LCD’s) tend to come with crap factory defaults, again AVforums is your friend when looking for good settings.

[Spacecadet]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-PS42...1535720&sr=8-1

I've got the Samsung 42" 720p Plasma TV. Wasn't too impressed at first but after adjusting the colours, brightness and contrast it finally gave a very nice picture.
Can't fault it now, upscaling is pretty good (although the PS3 does is slightly better)

[ASB]

Samsung Piano Black is very stylish (IMHO)

In my view second only to the "picture frame" of the Toshiba 40xf355d. If I was going full hd I think I'd spend the 900 odd on this but it's pretty much 400 quid over the samsung.

[gingerjedi]

Mrs ASB has given me 38"/96.5 cm of wall space to play with. She won't have an inch more. This gives me the following initial shortlist:-

LG 37LC55
Tosh 37C3035
Samsung LE37R87BDX

I have this one Toshiba 37WLT68, it's been out longer than the Toshiba 37C3035 but has a slightly better spec (100Hz M mode, 3x HDMI etc) I can't fault it.

[Archangel]

LG 37LC55
Tosh 37C3035
Samsung LE37R87BDX

Samsung Piano Black is very stylish (IMHO)

[Troll]

I went with 50" Viera

[Ardesco]

I only considered Sony Bravia or Panasonic Viera when I bought mine, as thay seem to do the best in all the reviews that I've read.

Pioneer Kuro!!!!

[TheFaQQer]

I went with a Bravia.

I went Viera. But I only wanted a 32" screen or smaller, but 1080p which effectively gives a selection of one TV.

[oracleslave]

I only considered Sony Bravia or Panasonic Viera when I bought mine, as thay seem to do the best in all the reviews that I've read.

I went with a Bravia.

[TheFaQQer]

I only considered Sony Bravia or Panasonic Viera when I bought mine, as thay seem to do the best in all the reviews that I've read.