[mythtvnz] anyone recommend the Phillips 32" LCD Widescreen flat TV?
Steve Hodge
mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:25:16 +1300
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On 1/17/07, Jason Haar <jhaar-ourshack-com@whanau.org> wrote:
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> Currently my wife has her eye on the Phillips 32" LCD Widescreen
> (32PF7321: see http://tinyurl.com/yqzyx2) and from what I can see it
> looks pretty good.
My opinion is that you are best off either buying the cheapest acceptable
quality TV you can or buying something likely to be future-proof (i.e. 1080p
native resolution). In my case I went for the cheap plasma - a 42" Hyundai
about a year ago. I'm very happy with it. Burn-in is not the bugbear people
make it out to be, even with a relatively low quality set.
One factor to consider is the size of your current set. A 32" widescreen TV
shows a 4:3 picture at the same size as a 26" 4:3 TV. So if your existing TV
is 26" or bigger you might want to consider a larger TV unless you plan to
stretch 4:3 content horizontally (which, incidentally, I do). With a 29" 4:3
TV the difference is significant: a 32" widescreen TV displaying a 4:3
picture has only 80% of the area. So I'd definitely consider a 42" unless
your room is very small - you won't regret the extra size.
Steve
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On 1/17/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jason Haar</b> <<a href="mailto:jhaar-ourshack-com@whanau.org">jhaar-ourshack-com@whanau.org</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Currently my wife has her eye on the Phillips 32" LCD Widescreen<br>(32PF7321: see <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yqzyx2">http://tinyurl.com/yqzyx2</a>) and from what I can see it<br>looks pretty good.</blockquote><div>
<br></div></div>My opinion is that you are best off either buying the cheapest acceptable quality TV you can or buying something likely to be future-proof (i.e. 1080p native resolution). In my case I went for the cheap plasma - a 42" Hyundai about a year ago. I'm very happy with it. Burn-in is not the bugbear people make it out to be, even with a relatively low quality set.
<br><br>One factor to consider is the size of your current set. A 32" widescreen TV shows a 4:3 picture at the same size as a 26" 4:3 TV. So if your existing TV is 26" or bigger you might want to consider a larger TV unless you plan to stretch 4:3 content horizontally (which, incidentally, I do). With a 29" 4:3 TV the difference is significant: a 32" widescreen TV displaying a 4:3 picture has only 80% of the area. So I'd definitely consider a 42" unless your room is very small - you won't regret the extra size.
<br><br>Steve<br><br>
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