Arthur Daily
Feb 2004
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quote:
Originally posted by HoldDaSalad
Shit man, which TV did you get? I want details.
don't make the same mistakes i did, and get twisted up with details.
i went into this with a few choices to be made..
LCD or Plasma, its been about 4 years from when i 'really' looked into LCD.
Samsung's new LED/LCD's on paper made me reevaluate my LCD fears.
although in the flesh, LED and normal back-lighting didn't look 'that much' different. well not a £1000 difference that's for dam sure.
anyway, LCD was back in the equation and looking at some of the dam sexy lcd's my choices doubled. or did they?
my budget was still 1k, and i wanted bigger than 42" and a native ratio of 1080p.
LCD & plasmas are a hell of a lot thinner than i remember, so much so that for some models its regarded as a selling point.
with display models on rotating stands as if to say "hey im thin n sexy".
but one question sprang to mind over and over again, Who watches a tv from the side?
yer its thin as fuck, but i cant see anything from here. lol
Samsungs series 6 with its internet'ish rss and whether had me for a while.
the ability to play movies from USB or via the network was tempting for about 15mins until during a kfc i decided i wasn't going £300 over budget and more importantly whatever set i decided on, its gonna be hooked up to a feckin ps3.
besides, by now i was starting to feel for 50" and these samsungs where only 46".
pioneer's where nice but for a tag of £2500 for what i could tell was just the ability to handle a standard SD tv signal was just...
well they where over twice my budget so fuck em.
i almost went for a 50" LG LCD, with built in DTV and a 160 hard drive for recording... but noticed it was 720p and digging a little deeper discovered its recording was restricted to its built in DTV.
but it was the 720p that put me off most, i was now SURE i wanted 1080p and 50".
LG had looked after me in the past with a warranty repair, so they where a good contender.
then i noticed a 50" 1080P LCD for £1500, humm £500 over budget lets have a look anyway.
no DTV recording built in but it dose have DTV and 3 HDMI blaa blaa blaa
pic was good, but could the settings be different from the others around it?
fuck it, lets see if i can haggle on it.
but no sooner had i started the haggle process the guy pointed to the corner of the store where a boxed up tv EXACTLY the same model was showing a price of £1100.
Why? because the box was damaged.
but he assured me the TV was fine... safe to say after a demo and a little Arthur charm i got it down to 1k and here we are.
what brand? whats the spec?
lol
like i said, 50" LCD 1080p native and the hidef shit looks awesome. nuff said.
i learnt one thing, the internet research is only good to see whats out there and at what price.
nothing beats seeing these sets up n running side by side.
why go by a site that sells tv's with a review just next to the price,
would they put a bad review there?
only review sites worth a toss are ones that don't sell shit,
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