What about this TV?

[Karl]

lol...
anyone know the answer to my HD question?

[AdamW]

Yes you are currently running HD via your HD Cable....

The elite offers you HDMI which is the best possible High Definition out at the moment....but not all TV's have HDMI ports either....so you need an expensive TV also......pow

[Karl]

the clouds on the Vegas menu screen look pixelated as hell, this is why i was asking the question :/

only on the menu screen like..

[James]

Originally Posted by Soulless

the clouds on the Vegas menu screen look pixelated as hell, this is why i was asking the question :/

only on the menu screen like..

vegas - for fun not graphics
graw2 - for immense graphics and gameplay

I find vegas is crap unless I fiddle with the res settings (don't know if 360 has the option or not).

[AdamW]

I cant fault the graphics on my vegas..........Craig what settings do you have it on?

[Karl]

HD 1080i i think?
dont think i can use 1080p, one of the two anyways.

do i need to go into vegas settings?

[James]

Originally Posted by Soulless

HD 1080i i think?
dont think i can use 1080p, one of the two anyways.

do i need to go into vegas settings?

Change it to 720 or something.. the one lower than 1080i

[Payney]

I work for Samsung in customer returns and resales... I will see what prices i can get you on some discounted TV's.

Samsung arn't exactly the best for TV's though mate... I'd go with Sony or something.

[Karl]

Originally Posted by AnthonyVTR

I work for Samsung in customer returns and resales... I will see what prices i can get you on some discounted TV's.

Samsung arn't exactly the best for TV's though mate... I'd go with Sony or something.

look smart though mate! haha

[Jacko]

Originally Posted by AnthonyVTR

I work for Samsung in customer returns and resales... I will see what prices i can get you on some discounted TV's.

Samsung arn't exactly the best for TV's though mate... I'd go with Sony or something.

word on the street(currys) has it...that samsung/sony are gash...LG/phillips are the best tvs...hoping to get a 42" LG one sometime this week...its gunna break the bank but i fingure if i buy a 42" then ill have no reall need/want to go bigger too soon.

[jasonwellwicked]

I know quite a bit about TV's, unfortuante side affect of working for john lewis A&TV dept.

The TV you selected is ok, the resolution is pretty good in that it was running 1650 x 1050?? (cant remember) which is better than the standard 1366 x 768 for this size of screen.

So on the resolution front ( the biggest derivative of picture quality) it will offer you a crisper sharper image than most TV's

However the contrast ratio (second biggest derivative of picture quality) is pants. At a ratio of 700:1 it means that there are 700 shades of each individual colour... 700 shades of green (footie pitch), blue (sky/sea)... purple/yellow/ any other colour in spectrum.

This figure compared to other TV's of size ranges around 1200:1 up to 5000:1Therefore higher contrast ratio and higher number of shades for each colour subsequently more depth and detail given in any picture.

Personally id go for sony or panasonic (23inches is more common) rather than samsung as above.

Reason being is that despite sony screens are made by samsung, samsung tvs have smaller speaker drivers which are also rear mounted so sound quality is pants aswell.

To answer component question, it will give you HD picture BUT unlike HDMI connectors it will not give you digital sound. therefore you need seperate RCA cable to get sound and it will be analogue sound (not as great basically).

And last point to make, built in freeview and HD ready (4x picture detail than terrestrial tv by using xbox 360, PS3, blue ray disc player, HD dvd player, or sky HD or Virgin media HD (coming soon)... is ofcourse essential for future proof ability and also any freeview channel will give you a clearer picture than on normal tv, i.e. bbc1 on analogue = okish, bbc1 on freeview (digital) = very good quality

[jasonwellwicked]

+ Best resolution currently available is 1920 x 1080 pixels (full HD) in two derivates 1080p (progressive - all lines scanning sideways to display image)
1080i (interlaced - lines devided in two and scan sideways to display image - better than progressive as can display images quicker

best contrast ratio available is only really available on Plasma tvs and around 10,000:1 static image figure or 15,000:1 dynamic figure (moving image - statistic looks better to consumers but isnt as much as static counterpart

[b0t13]

most of the TV designs and technology comes from LG in korea. if i was going to buy a HD TV it would be the LG as they have some part in almost every TV on the market..

i know sony buy designs from them for deffo, as do alot of other companies..

sony and big names just slam there name onto it with the pricetag.