HD TV advice ( beginner)

My TV has broken and I want to get a new one. I have decided to move my
old 26" TV into the bedroom and get a new main TV for the sitting room.

I have seen two TV's which I am keen on ( Panasonic 37" screen) , The
only difference between them other than price is the HD.

One is HD ready, the other HD fully ready.
Can someone please explain this in very simple terms ( for a girl) so that
I know which I should get . What is HD and do I need a set for this and why
anyway? Are they going to change digital the HD or something?

You may find a page on my site a useful starting point ...
http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/Audi.../ChooseTV.html

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:45:07 +0100, "endymion"
wrote:

One is HD ready, the other HD fully ready.

That's a new one on me. I thought they were either 'HD Ready', or
not.

Can someone please explain this in very simple terms ( for a girl)

Great mistake to put this in :-) I know some families where the woman
of the household is technically far more 'with it' than the man!

so that
I know which I should get . What is HD and do I need a set for this and why
anyway? Are they going to change digital the HD or something?

HD stands for High Definition. This and 'HD Ready' is explained on my
web page. What I suspect is that 'HD Fully Ready' may refer to
changes to digital transmissions that are occurring. It's strange
that if it is an accepted term, Google has only 3 hits for it, one of
which is your OP!

Hopefully someone here can elucidate, you will get help, and I'll be
able to update my webpage to explain the latest piece of confusing and
possibly misleading jargon to hit UK TV!

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On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:45:07 +0100, "endymion"
wrote:

My TV has broken and I want to get a new one. I have decided to move my
old 26" TV into the bedroom and get a new main TV for the sitting room.

I have seen two TV's which I am keen on ( Panasonic 37" screen) , The
only difference between them other than price is the HD.

One is HD ready, the other HD fully ready.
Can someone please explain this in very simple terms ( for a girl) so that
I know which I should get . What is HD and do I need a set for this and why
anyway? Are they going to change digital the HD or something?


Panasonic seem to use "Full HD" to mean that the screen has 1080 lines.
This is the standard number of lines in an HD picture. And "HD Ready"
means that the TV can display HD pictures but that it converts the
resolution from 1080 lines to 768 lines. This just means that an HD
picture is not as good as it would be on a Full HD set but is better
than a picture from an SD (standard definition) source.

Can you give some more information about the two TVs you are interested
in, model name or number, whatever?

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

"endymion" wrote in message
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My TV has broken and I want to get a new one. I have decided to move my
old 26" TV into the bedroom and get a new main TV for the sitting room.

I have seen two TV's which I am keen on ( Panasonic 37" screen) , The
only difference between them other than price is the HD.

One is HD ready, the other HD fully ready.
Can someone please explain this in very simple terms ( for a girl) so
that I know which I should get . What is HD and do I need a set for this
and why anyway? Are they going to change digital the HD or something?


Pretty much all flat panel TVs now are HD ready.
That means that it has a screen resolution of at least 720 lines (compared
to 576 on "standard" TV) , but those labelled as Full HD have 1080 lines.

If all you plan on doing is watching DVDs or other standard definition
programs then you won't see much difference between the two.
They will both have a built in freeview tuner (digital tv through an aerial)
which will just be standard definition.

If you are going to watch high definition programs from a blu-ray player or
SkyHD (or similar) then the full HD set will look better.

--
Alex

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

"endymion" wrote in message
news
My TV has broken and I want to get a new one. I have decided to move my
old 26" TV into the bedroom and get a new main TV for the sitting room.

I have seen two TV's which I am keen on ( Panasonic 37" screen) , The
only difference between them other than price is the HD.


Like computers, now is never a good time to buy a TV as there is always a
better model available tomorrow.

TV's in the shops now have either LCD screens or Plasma (for larger sizes
over 40), but there is a new type just coming out - LED.
LED models on display seemed to me to have exceptionally clear picture.
They are very slim at just over an inch, and use around 40% less
electricity. If your set is on a lot that might be an important
consideration.
I expect all the manufacturers will have LED models out soon, though Samsung
are the only ones I have seen so far.

I'm not recommending these suppliers but they have some info about LED:
http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/edit...D-Series-7-8-9

http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/adv...000-Series-LED

Roger R

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"endymion" wrote in message
news
My TV has broken and I want to get a new one. I have decided to move my
old 26" TV into the bedroom and get a new main TV for the sitting room.

I have seen two TV's which I am keen on ( Panasonic 37" screen) , The
only difference between them other than price is the HD.


Like computers, now is never a good time to buy a TV as there is always a
better model available tomorrow.

TV's in the shops now have either LCD screens or Plasma (for larger sizes
over 40), but there is a new type just coming out - LED.
LED models on display seemed to me to have exceptionally clear picture.
They are very slim at just over an inch, and use around 40% less
electricity. If your set is on a lot that might be an important
consideration.
I expect all the manufacturers will have LED models out soon, though
Samsung
are the only ones I have seen so far.

These aren't LED TVs - they are LCD screens with the backlighting done by
LEDs.



--
Alex

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

"Mike Henry" wrote in message
...
Like computers, now is never a good time to buy a TV as there is always a
better model available tomorrow.

TV's in the shops now have either LCD screens or Plasma (for larger
sizes
over 40), but there is a new type just coming out - LED.
LED models on display seemed to me to have exceptionally clear picture.
They are very slim at just over an inch, and use around 40% less
electricity.

Less than what? Not less than a CRT I'll wager. How does their power
consumption compare with a CRT?

As there are no full HD cathode ray tube model TV's on the market (AFAIK) is
that a realistic comparison?

I thought idea with product promotion is to come up with significant
sounding but meaningless statistics such as: 40% less.
- Less than something that is 40% more of course ;-)

Roger R

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:53:47 +0100, "Roger R"
wrote:

"Mike Henry" wrote in message
...

Less than what? Not less than a CRT I'll wager. How does their power
consumption compare with a CRT?

As there are no full HD cathode ray tube model TV's on the market (AFAIK) is
that a realistic comparison?

He's wrong anyway. My 14" CRT consumes more electricity than my 15"
LCD, and you seem to be saying that LED backlit LCDs are more
efficient again than my relatively ancient lamp backlit model!

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In article , Java Jive wrote:

Less than what? Not less than a CRT I'll wager. How does their power
consumption compare with a CRT?

As there are no full HD cathode ray tube model TV's on the market (AFAIK) is
that a realistic comparison?

He's wrong anyway. My 14" CRT consumes more electricity than my 15"
LCD, and you seem to be saying that LED backlit LCDs are more
efficient again than my relatively ancient lamp backlit model!

Here are some objective figures in case it helps. My 46" LED/LCD TV consumes
about 70W when displaying typical pictures, about 45W with no input signal, and
3W in standby. How does that compare?

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But what are we going to compare this with?

On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:30:45 +0100, Roderick Stewart
wrote:

Here are some objective figures in case it helps. My 46" LED/LCD TV consumes
about 70W when displaying typical pictures, about 45W with no input signal, and
3W in standby. How does that compare?

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