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Right I've got the week off work and I've been putting off getting a LCD HDTV for long enough now so I've decided to have a look and find out what the best options would be for me
I've had a look around review sites and the like and there seems to be soo many options its hard to even try and narrow a choice down, I went to my local TV place and had a chat with the guy there and he helped me out with a few things that I wanted to know beforehand too.
Things I'd like to know from a gamers perspective are:
Brightness: 500 cd/2 - What's good or bad about brightness levels for gaming?
Dynamic Contrast: Yes (5000:1) - Whats this actually mean, I read higher = better?
Response Time: 8ms - Is this like refresh rate? Lower = better?
Resolution/HD Standard - I read that I probably wont need 1080p for a good few years or maybe some PS3 games..
The TV is for my bedroom where I currently have a 28" Widescreen CRT, the room isn't very big at all so my options are 32" or 37" maybe 40" at a push.
I dont actually have and TV channels on my TV as I have no house ariel or cable in my room so the TV's pretty much for gaming only and the odd DVD (not many) I never had the sound up very high so I'm not going to be needed too fancy sound stuff on the tele either.
So.. which brand's are good or to be avoided, which TV's are reliable or prone to problems etc..
I guess thing main things I'm looking for in a TV are: Picture Quality, Style of the Set and Reliability.
Any help would be much appreiciated (I've looked through the older TV threads and stuff and found some helpful stuff there too)
Also feel free to add pictures of your current TV and opinions etc in the thread too
Cheers Olly.
EDIT: Currently looking at this as a nice set: Samsung
I've had a look around review sites and the like and there seems to be soo many options its hard to even try and narrow a choice down, I went to my local TV place and had a chat with the guy there and he helped me out with a few things that I wanted to know beforehand too.
Things I'd like to know from a gamers perspective are:
Brightness: 500 cd/2 - What's good or bad about brightness levels for gaming?
Dynamic Contrast: Yes (5000:1) - Whats this actually mean, I read higher = better?
Response Time: 8ms - Is this like refresh rate? Lower = better?
Resolution/HD Standard - I read that I probably wont need 1080p for a good few years or maybe some PS3 games..
The TV is for my bedroom where I currently have a 28" Widescreen CRT, the room isn't very big at all so my options are 32" or 37" maybe 40" at a push.
I dont actually have and TV channels on my TV as I have no house ariel or cable in my room so the TV's pretty much for gaming only and the odd DVD (not many) I never had the sound up very high so I'm not going to be needed too fancy sound stuff on the tele either.
So.. which brand's are good or to be avoided, which TV's are reliable or prone to problems etc..
I guess thing main things I'm looking for in a TV are: Picture Quality, Style of the Set and Reliability.
Any help would be much appreiciated (I've looked through the older TV threads and stuff and found some helpful stuff there too)
Also feel free to add pictures of your current TV and opinions etc in the thread too
Cheers Olly.
EDIT: Currently looking at this as a nice set: Samsung
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