new tv...?

[Gert van Santen]

Andrew Robinson schreef:
> Manufacturers make lots of tiny incremental upgrades, there are
> serious bargains to be found by searching out the last few of the
> previous generation, you can sometimes buy the top of the old range
> for the price of the bottom of the new if you search around.
> 
> Viewing distance is important, choose your screen size based on the
> distance to your favourite chair - I found 46" to be good for 14ft
> distance, the old 36" was too small. Actual physical pixel count is
> very important, avoid anything less than 1080 vertical, as they can't
> show all HD formats without throwing data away. 100 Hz is good, but I
> found that I preferred the picture on a top end 50Hz screen to a
> similarly priced low end 100Hz one. I ended up choosing one made by
> Sharp, but I think all the major names are pretty similar (and they
> probably use the same panels) so once you've found the feature set you
> like, just buy on price. I've found the VGA input on mine to be
> useful, consider looking for one if you'll ever want to have a
> living-room computer set-up.
> 
> Oh and lastly, watch out for delivery charges and boxes too big to fit
> in family cars. The 46" just scraped into Wendy's car, I'd have been
> stung for £70 for a 3/4 mile delivery if I'd gone for a 47"!
> 

Hey, thanks, Andy - great info!

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