Which TV to go with Humax 9200T?

I have a Humax 9200T PVR which I'm very happy with. Until recently, we
were watching it through a hitachi CRT, and it looked fine, but the tube
went so I bought an Acoustic Solutions 26" LCD from Argos. Yes, I know
it's a very cheap TV and you get what you pay for ... but the picture is
just atrocious - very grainy and unclear.

A bit of googling suggests that this is a widespread problem when
watching SD broadcast on an HD set, so I guess I need a set that
produces a decent SD picture.

Given that I'm not interested in forking out lots of money for HD, and I
want to keep the Humax, can anyone recommend a reasonable sized TV with
a good SD picture? LCD would be nice if possible, the big CRT sets just
take up so much room.

Thanks in advance,

- guy

In article , Guy Snape
wrote:

I have a Humax 9200T PVR which I'm very happy with. Until recently, we
were watching it through a hitachi CRT, and it looked fine, but the tube
went so I bought an Acoustic Solutions 26" LCD from Argos. Yes, I know
it's a very cheap TV and you get what you pay for ... but the picture is
just atrocious - very grainy and unclear.

A bit of googling suggests that this is a widespread problem when
watching SD broadcast on an HD set, so I guess I need a set that
produces a decent SD picture.

Given that I'm not interested in forking out lots of money for HD, and I
want to keep the Humax, can anyone recommend a reasonable sized TV with
a good SD picture? LCD would be nice if possible, the big CRT sets just
take up so much room.

Thanks in advance,

- guy
The latest Sony Bravia range (W4000 series) works excellently in both
HD and SD. I have the 40 inch model and it makes SD look amazingly
good. Sony isn't cheap: but cheap LCDs tend to be crappy.

Guy Snape wrote:
|| I have a Humax 9200T PVR which I'm very happy with. Until recently,
|| we were watching it through a hitachi CRT, and it looked fine, but
|| the tube went so I bought an Acoustic Solutions 26" LCD from Argos.
|| Yes, I know it's a very cheap TV and you get what you pay for ...
|| but the picture is just atrocious - very grainy and unclear.
||
|| A bit of googling suggests that this is a widespread problem when
|| watching SD broadcast on an HD set, so I guess I need a set that
|| produces a decent SD picture.
||
|| Given that I'm not interested in forking out lots of money for HD,
|| and I want to keep the Humax, can anyone recommend a reasonable
|| sized TV with a good SD picture? LCD would be nice if possible, the
|| big CRT sets just take Up so much room.
||
|| Thanks in advance,
||
|| - Guy

Until now I've shied away from purchasing a LCD TV, simply because of the
poor quality pictures I've seen of the majority of them compared to my old
CRT receiver.
However a month or so ago I was quite taken by the picture on a 37 inch
Philips I saw being demonstrated in a Makro store [which I subsequently
bought on an impulse buy] the price was good as well £399 plus VAT.
I have to say that I have been more than pleased with it, especially when
playing back recordings from my Humax 9200T via RGB SCART, if anything the
picture quality looks better than using its own internal Freeview tuner.
My original intention was not to expect too much from SD digital and buy a
Freesat hi-def receiver, something which I am now more than happy to delay
until I can see what Humax will have to offer in the way of a Freesat PVR.

Ivan wrote:
|| Guy Snape wrote:
|||| I have a Humax 9200T PVR which I'm very happy with. Until recently,
|||| we were watching it through a hitachi CRT, and it looked fine, but
|||| the tube went so I bought an Acoustic Solutions 26" LCD from Argos.
|||| Yes, I know it's a very cheap TV and you get what you pay for ...
|||| but the picture is just atrocious - very grainy and unclear.
||||
|||| A bit of googling suggests that this is a widespread problem when
|||| watching SD broadcast on an HD set, so I guess I need a set that
|||| produces a decent SD picture.
||||
|||| Given that I'm not interested in forking out lots of money for HD,
|||| and I want to keep the Humax, can anyone recommend a reasonable
|||| sized TV with a good SD picture? LCD would be nice if possible, the
|||| big CRT sets just take Up so much room.
||||
|||| Thanks in advance,
||||
|||| - Guy
||
|| Until now I've shied away from purchasing a LCD TV, simply because
|| of the poor quality pictures I've seen on the majority of them
|| compared to my old CRT receiver.
|| However a month or so ago I was quite taken by the picture on a 37
|| inch Philips I saw being demonstrated in a Makro store [which I
|| subsequently bought on an impulse buy] the price was good as well
|| £399 plus VAT.

Before anyone rushes in to point it out, I meant that I bought the TV on an
impulse buy, not the Makro store)


|| I have to say that I have been more than pleased with it, especially
|| when playing back recordings from my Humax 9200T via RGB SCART, if
|| anything the picture quality looks better than using its own
|| internal Freeview tuner. My original intention was not to expect too
|| much from SD digital and buy a Freesat hi-def receiver, something
|| which I am now more than happy to delay until I can see what Humax
|| will have to offer in the way of a Freesat PVR.

In article , Ivan wrote:
|| However a month or so ago I was quite taken by the picture on a 37
|| inch Philips I saw being demonstrated in a Makro store [which I
|| subsequently bought on an impulse buy] the price was good as well
|| £399 plus VAT.

Before anyone rushes in to point it out, I meant that I bought the TV on an*
impulse buy, not the Makro store)

Hungarian accent "I will not buy this tobacconists - it is scratched".

Rod.

"Ivan" wrote in message
...
Guy Snape wrote:
|| I have a Humax 9200T PVR which I'm very happy with. Until recently,
|| we were watching it through a hitachi CRT, and it looked fine, but
|| the tube went so I bought an Acoustic Solutions 26" LCD from Argos.
|| Yes, I know it's a very cheap TV and you get what you pay for ...
|| but the picture is just atrocious - very grainy and unclear.
||
|| A bit of googling suggests that this is a widespread problem when
|| watching SD broadcast on an HD set, so I guess I need a set that
|| produces a decent SD picture.
||
|| Given that I'm not interested in forking out lots of money for HD,
|| and I want to keep the Humax, can anyone recommend a reasonable
|| sized TV with a good SD picture? LCD would be nice if possible, the
|| big CRT sets just take Up so much room.
||
|| Thanks in advance,
||
|| - Guy

Until now I've shied away from purchasing a LCD TV, simply because of the
poor quality pictures I've seen of the majority of them compared to my old
CRT receiver.
However a month or so ago I was quite taken by the picture on a 37 inch
Philips I saw being demonstrated in a Makro store [which I subsequently
bought on an impulse buy] the price was good as well £399 plus VAT.
I have to say that I have been more than pleased with it, especially when
playing back recordings from my Humax 9200T via RGB SCART, if anything the
picture quality looks better than using its own internal Freeview tuner.
My original intention was not to expect too much from SD digital and buy a
Freesat hi-def receiver, something which I am now more than happy to delay
until I can see what Humax will have to offer in the way of a Freesat PVR.


Hi Ivan, you don't know the model number of the Philips do you? I'm in much
the same boat as the OP.

Cheers,

Rob.

Roderick Stewart wrote:
|| In article , Ivan wrote:
||||| However a month or so ago I was quite taken by the picture on a 37
||||| inch Philips I saw being demonstrated in a Makro store [which I
||||| subsequently bought on an impulse buy] the price was good as well
||||| £399 plus VAT.
|||
||| Before anyone rushes in to point it out, I meant that I bought the
||| TV on an impulse buy, not the Makro store)
||
|| Hungarian accent "I will not buy this tobacconists - it is
|| scratched".
||
|| Rod.

Hungarian accent "please, I, would, like to fon-dle, your butt-ocks"..

"Roger Wilmut" wrote in message
. ..
In article , Guy Snape
wrote:

I have a Humax 9200T PVR which I'm very happy with. Until recently, we
were watching it through a hitachi CRT, and it looked fine, but the tube
went so I bought an Acoustic Solutions 26" LCD from Argos. Yes, I know
it's a very cheap TV and you get what you pay for ... but the picture is
just atrocious - very grainy and unclear.

A bit of googling suggests that this is a widespread problem when
watching SD broadcast on an HD set, so I guess I need a set that
produces a decent SD picture.

Given that I'm not interested in forking out lots of money for HD, and I
want to keep the Humax, can anyone recommend a reasonable sized TV with
a good SD picture? LCD would be nice if possible, the big CRT sets just
take up so much room.

Thanks in advance,

- guy
The latest Sony Bravia range (W4000 series) works excellently in both
HD and SD. I have the 40 inch model and it makes SD look amazingly
good. Sony isn't cheap: but cheap LCDs tend to be crappy.


Don't suppose you know how well it compares to the previous W3000s?
I've seen one of them and liked it

--
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger , then I hide until it goes away"

www.drzoidberg.co.uk

Gray Robert Mr (MAC) wrote:
|||
||
|| Hi Ivan, you don't know the model number of the Philips do you? I'm
|| in much the same boat as the OP.
||
|| Cheers,
||


37PFL5522D.. My only real complaint is the sound [it has inbuilt speakers]
with no provision to hook up external speakers from its own internal
amplifier, something I could do with my old Mitsubishi crt TV.
However taking into consideration the price [shop around] IMV it performs
better than many more expensive models I've seen.

Some reviews here.http://www.reevoo.com/reviews/mpn/philips/37pfl5522

|| Rob.

Guy Snape wrote:

snip

This must be one of those rare and endangered beasts, the lesser spotted
helpful relevant newsgroup.

Thanks for the replies everyone.

- guy