EsuriJohn

Hi Mitzyboy,

You done well. Thats about £750 and about what you would pay at the lowest price in UK at the moment. The 37 in is spoken of in the same awe as the 42 in so you should be on a winner.

I have seen a formula which relates screen size to room size but can't find it at the moment, but you do need a big room if you don't want to feel taken over by a 42 in.

One thing I have been told is that Plasma screens do not travel well so taking one from UK to CDL (even a new one still packed) is not a good idea.

Regards,

John.
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Miss Naughty

Hi, that was great value, i Agree pack it well.
I have heard that plasma's do not last as long as lcd, but then again i do not know the truth in that as well.

Mitzyboy

Oh I'm pleased it was a good deal, purely luck I promise you ... I heard plasma doesn't last but apparantly its around 30,000 hours which will do me. I hope from what I heard that the burn in has been sorted also.

So eveyone get down to Pineda Electrodomesticos whilst the deals still good

EsuriJohn

Hi Mitzyboy,

I read that plasma need regassing after about 16yrs normal use so is that 30,000 hrs. I think you will be OK.

The only other problem appears to be that they dont work as well over 9000 feet AOD but I should not think that will worry many people.

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Pony

I hope you did your research. Just because a TV is labelled "HD ready" does not necessarily mean it can display the full picture resolution from a HD source.



I nearly bought a "HD compatibe" 42" plasma display on Amazon for $699 inclusing free shipping! Thinking it was too good to be true and knowing nothing of HD (presuming HD was just HD, right!). I did some research, its a mine field...

HD can be 1280 × 720 pixels or 1920 × 1080
you have 1080i or 1080p, and even my head spins


look at the two HD-TV's sizes shown below, both called HD, but notice the huge difference!

jonsol

Well Mitzyboy I have just done a quick sweep of the net and the cheapest quote ( in uk. ), for the model you bought is £924.00, ...up to £1299.00, so thats an excellant deal ! !

jdr

When I got mine I went all over the net, it really gave me pains in the head, the more you look the more confusing.
I came up with the conclusion OK it may only last 30,000 hrs LOL, I have never had and used anything for 30,000 hours.
I think Gassing and burn in is a myth.
If I am still alive in 15 years I will post and let you know the problems I had.
The enjoyment we have had out of it so far, it has paid for it self already.
Sky and DVD are magic through it, we also have cable, some channels good some bad, but that is the crap service not the tv, it also picks up the mono Spanish channels really well.

Fred James

I seem to remember reading a review of TVs that said that the optimum distance from which to watch a TV is 4 times the diagonal. In other words you should sit 14 feet away from a 42" screen.

jdr

Thats about right Fred we sit about 4 to 5 mtrs away, that seems fine.

pete_l

... and when you consider how well the human eye can focus, you'll realise
that at those distances you can't see the "dots" that make up a normal
definition picture - let alone an HD picture.

So far as HD content goes, at the moment most of it is just normal
programmes that have been reformatted by the TV studios (Sky HD is showing
"Malcolm in the Middle", folowed by Buffy). So if it appears better, that's
only because of the processing that the studio have done.
This should change over the next several years.

The good news is that you'll get the full benefit of watching HD format
films on DVD -- provided of course you buy an HD DVD player and can get
HD format films.

Pete

Oh, and your laptop should be fine. One thing to look out for when buying
a lappy in spain (or any other country) is that all the commands will be in
spanish and the keyboard might be "funny" too.

Miss Naughty

Thank's for that pete