Anyone know anything about TVs?

Anyone know anything about TVs?

whatup OLDr's. Looking at buying a TV soon, dont really know what to get as far as brands go etc. Dick Smith currently have a 42inch Vivo plasma for $499. which sounds pretty good. the specs arent top of the line as you would expect.

http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.s...k&utm_content=product&utm_campaign=PRS0006383

thoughts? ideas? protips?

Cheers

 

LMAO Fodds

Only think i can say is you get what you pay for.
There are basically 3 main manufacturers of the 'screens' (LCD and Plasma) but the key parts are the electronics - cheap brands - cheapy electronics...

Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, Panasonic - can't really go wrong.

LG - wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole and if i had a 10 foot pole id smash the shit out of it...

Vivo and all those cheap no frills brands are good if you have a low budget and aren't looking for the best picture and all that, but id be ready to buy another one in 3 or 4 years lol - 5 if ya lucky

I bought a Samsung 55 inch Plasma and honestly it's worth every dollar (although i got it for staff price at Harveys)
At mate of mine has some Hense or something like that and it isn't all that bad, he paid bugger all for it compared to me, but put the 2 side by side and you will see the diff.

 

I got a Samsung 50inch Plasma a little while ago it has a network connection that you can stream movies from your pc or media centre from. The only problem I had with it was that the media streaming software that comes with it is crap. But I found an Aussie company that has media streaming software that works very well on it.

Have a look around some more, Dicky Smith is a bit dear and you should be able to do better elsewhere.

 

havent got a huge budget cus im still unemployed, might just have to wait till i got a job, cheers boys

 

i got 60 inch samsung rear proj had for over 4 yrs PORN is great on it

 

Home videos of Geeza naked don't count Tas

 

even if he has a mask on

 

nice, i got a 6.1 kenwood amp, with 7.1 speakers ( 1 is unused), it goes offff! living in an old house it shakes the damn thing lol

 

Hey Crim I heard that the TV at Dick Smith's has Samsung internals which usually means it or its components were /was made by the same factory in Asia that makes the Samsung's

A Guy I'm working with at the moment's mate bought one and says its fine besides that its good value for $499 just that its branded with a dodgy name that's all
if I was on a budget I would go down the store and see one running and make a choice from there.

 

Samsung, like a lot of other major TV manufacturers, supply panels and electronics to other manufacturers. It doesn't however mean that it's as good (technology wise) as what they put in their own TV's. Selling older or lower spec tech to these cheaper TV manufacturers allows Samsung (and others) to generate extra income.

From what I can see Vivo assemble TVs in China from components sourced from several TV manufacturers. While particular models may use components sourced from Samsung, it's probably not true for all the TV's in their line up.

Just a note on that particular plasma. It's only 768p (1024x768)and not full HD (1080p) which keeps the cost down. Not a problem if you only intend to watch TV and DVD's. If you intend to do Blueray then it won't do it justice.