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Originally Posted by Matth (Post 35803387)

One disadvantage of taking away the front speaker grilles (pretty much every TV these days is just a screen and narrow bezel) - it really has not done the sound much good.

They used to call TV sound "the poor relation" some time ago, but if anything, it's got worse in the super slim models of today.

If you care a lot about sound quality you wouldn't be using TV speakers in the first place. I for one am glad they stopped wasting space for junk I will never use.

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Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35803426)

Judge for yourself ;)

I judge the old TV to be 987x666x271mm and the new to be 1086x705x308mm

I would not call that "without increasing the overall size" given it's wider, taller, and thicker.

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I suppose another factor is that more people do buy the soundbars and surround sound systems now for TVs. Not much point building in fantastic speakers when they'll just get disabled

^^ This. I don't even have a TV and I have several surround sound systems.

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq (Post 35803579)

I judge the old TV to be 987x666x271mm and the new to be 1086x705x308mm

I would not call that "without increasing the overall size" given it's wider, taller, and thicker

Fair enough, my bad. It seemed to fit into the same space

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq (Post 35803579)

If you care a lot about sound quality you wouldn't be using TV speakers in the first place. I for one am glad they stopped wasting space for junk I will never use.

Agreed, we got a 5.1 Philips Soundbar and its the third best purchase we have made for our entertainment. First being the 4k panny and second the media PC I built.

Not in the market until our 28" Sony WEGA CRT model stops and that could be some time. Then too many newer TV's are just too big, don't want much bigger than 32" the way we have our room orientated. And can I still see the picture at near 70-80 degrees, OK I can't see much on the current one but I can still see something.

More seriously am looking for something to attach VHD box in back room. This would be small (22-24") as room is very small and would be viewed at sort of desktop distances.

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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh (Post 35803709)

More seriously am looking for something to attach VHD box in back room. This would be small (22-24") as room is very small and would be viewed at sort of desktop distances.

I got a 19" 720P Digimate TV/DVD combo for the kitchen a while ago. Plays CDs and memory cards, has SCART, HDMI, USB and a VGA inputs. Cheap as chips and works well. Only downside is it doesn't have the HD tuner for freeview only the standard one.

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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh (Post 35803709)

If it is space you're talking about then you will find you can increase the picture size more than 32in due to virtually no bezel on a lot of new tvs, so would fit in the same space.

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Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35803426)

Judge for yourself ;)

Old TV http://www.techspot.com/products/tvs...-40c750.52256/

New TV http://www.trustedreviews.com/samsung-ue48h6400-review

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Luckily they do seem to getting a bit fatter again than they were. Samsung especially went full on with the Edge lit thing for a while, but with the move local dimming in the higher end TVs, they have had to increase the size again to include all the LEDs.

I suppose another factor is that more people do buy the soundbars and surround sound systems now for TVs. Not much point building in fantastic speakers when they'll just get disabled

Problem is, the base of some is not soundbar friendly - the Samsung's 4 leg spider takes up a lot of space - maybe a good 2.1 PC set would fit better - or maybe a soundbar could be semi hidden at the back - hmm, might measure that up.