Re: TV Recommendations?

["Andy" <andywhitfield2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thx for the replies.
But what I really want to know is which technology?
I'm going for 32" so will be either LCD or LED.
I think plasma is likely to be too expensive?
Regards
Andy

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Marcus Warrington <marcus.warrington@...> wr=
ote:
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> Andy
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> Using Pythagoras and a bit of maths, 14.5" vertical gives a
diagonal scre=
en size of ~24" (I'd guess it's a 26" tube but the bezel is
cropping it dow=
n to 24"). Scaling that to a 16:9 ratio means that in order to
maintain the=
same vertical height you'd require a screen size of 29" which means
you'll=
be looking at a 32"  (and hence a slight increase in vertical height)
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> As to TV recommendations, I'd say Plasma rather than LCD/LED but then
tha=
t's a whole new flame war :) I'd recommend checking out any TV on AV
Forums=
; at least it'll give you an idea of any known issues with the TV before
yo=
u buy; http://www.avforums.com/
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> I'd also recommend checking COSTCO to see if they sell the TV you're
afte=
r. They aren't usually the cheapest, although they do sometimes have
specia=
l offers on. The good thing about COSTCO is they have a 90day refund
policy=
. So you can buy the TV and effectively trial it at home for 3months then
t=
ake it back for a full refund - no questions asked. You can even take it
ba=
ck and then buy another one and get another 90 days. I'm not sure how many
=
times you can do that but I know of people who have done it at least 4
time=
s. Another good thing with COSTCO is that all TV have a 5year warranty...
a=
nd it's a really good warranty as well. A lot of policies give you a
slidin=
g percentage of the purchase price based on the age of the TV, but COSTCO
g=
ive you a full refund of the purchase price if it breaks within 5 years.
Al=
though you do have to pay =A330 a year for membership, you only need to be
=
a member to buy the TV and a member if you claim,  you don't have to be a
m=
ember for the intervening years. So basically it's  =A330 for a 5 year
warr=
anty, and =A360 if you make a claim.
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> Marcus
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of=
Andy
> Sent: 07 March 2012 11:42
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] TV Recommendations?
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> Got to replace my TV.
> I've had a quick google.
> What's best LCD, LED with local dimming or edge lit LED TVs?
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> And which makes/models?
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> Current 4:3 ratio TV is 14.5" on the vertical.
> Not sure what that equates to on the diagonal for wide screen TVs?
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> Thx
> Andy
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