Which is the best 37' inch hdtv to purchase?
 

looking for something cheap and good :) any reccomendations

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Tesco do a Technika 37" LCD 1080p tv for around £500. If the 26" what I have is anything to go by then I think it'll be a very good buy. Had a quick look on Tesco.direct but didnt see it as sometimes online items are not in store and vice versa.

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Which is the best 37' inch hdtv to purchase?

- nothing that will be cheap..
whats ur max budget?

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Thinking about getting a 37" myself and after looking around this is the one I'm looking at http://www.digitaldirect.co.uk/produ...oduct_id=13867. It's got 3 HDMIs and gets quite good reviews. Got a Toshiba DVD with HDMI so hopefully they'll work well together.

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their not cheap but in the long run you wont beat panasonic.:D

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The actual budget is the most critical factor.

You'll need to look at the spec and decide what you really need, contrast, pixel support and resolution, Inputs (HDMI / Scart / tuner types) etc. At the budget end things will be fast moving wheras at the grand plus range it's a case of study the magazine reviews.

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This is why I mentioned the Tesco Technika 37" 1080p "cheap"

But ebuyer.com has a 720p\1080i Hannspree for £365 "cheaper" :) http://www.ebuyer.com/product/126887

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check out www.electrical-deals.co.uk. They boast about being cheapest on web.

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Might be worth considering :) £399.99 Dabs Value 37" Full HD LCD TV

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I'm not sure that these cheap "supermarket" / hanspree / dabs / "unknown brand" etc LCD tv's are really value for money.

A friend recently got an Onn 32" LCD from Asda, not sure what they paid for it, but to honest the picture is terrible.
Blurring and juddering on all but the slowest of movement on screen, picture is so soft with SD pictures from Virgin (they don't have HD so can't comment on that) and as for the black levels forget it, it doesn't get anywhere near black.

Makes the picture on my 7 year old CRT look blummin' fantastic!

But hey, they seem happy with it, but I know I wouldn't be.

I'm currently considering getting a 32" LCD (don't have the room for anything bigger), and if I convince myself to do it, I'll be getting this one:
http://www.hdtvorg.co.uk/reviews/lcd..._TX32LMD70.htm
Can get it for around £500

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Spot on. I've got a Samsung Le40m87 and the blacks are black, there are no clouds that Sonys have. I got it for £640 (quidco+ double e-coupons from Currys). I cannot buy it for that money today.

You need to do some work and be patient to get a Samsung Le37m87 cheaply. Register with Quidco and monitor avforum & moneysavers for e-coupons and offers: For example dixons has currently a miserable e-coupon "FIVEOFFTV" To Get 5% Off.

Re: Which is the best 37' inch hdtv to purchase?
 

I wouldnt touch anything except panasonic.

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Panasonic Plasma 37".

Only manufacturer to do a plasma that size (well it used to be, might be more now)

You can't get better!

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When I was looking for a HDTV I was told go for LG or Toshiba, even though I was standing next to a Panasonic.

Another thing I was told

Upto 32" go for LCD

above 32" get Plasma

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Another thing to bear in mind is viewing distance.For a 37" tv you want about 9 feet between you and the screen especially when watching sd channels, size is not everything.

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the thing with the cheaper brand TVs is that they are cheap because they use old panels and old processing components (up to a good 4 to 5 years old - the stuff that the named brands used that amount of time ago but have since binned) - thus they are cheap. named brands such as panasonic, pioneer (often regarded as the best in flat panel TVs at this time), sony (though you'll pay more for that name) and the such are MUCH better as they actually supply the latest technologies in their TVs. you really do get what you pay for. buy the tele cheap, expect poor picture / audio / build and outdated components. you really are better off saving for a bit longer and getting something named. the prices are dropping all the time, so hold out and save some money. for a descent 37", I would not pay less than around £800 to £900.

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hey guys thanks for advice, i dont want to spend more then 600 kwid to be honest...and looking for a 1080p

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You cant give a distance without the resolution.

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Just you try telling the wife that, have been saying it for years but still she keeps complaining :rolleyes:

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Then Tesco's would be your best bet.

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I've got that one - except it has an A at the end of the model number, no idea what the difference is :erm:

Gorgeous :)

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i can recommend this hannspree tv http://www.ebuyer.com/product/134965...ctype=extended ,check the customer reviews on it..as i got for my daughter last year and at the the price its outstanding value for money,i kept it in my house for 2/3 weeks to make sure it was working ok for her and had no probs at all with it..:):):):):)

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How about Samsung LE37R87BD? It can be got below £500, including Freeview.

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Hi Guys, I thought I'd use this thread rather than start a new one.

Mrs has put her foot down and we can't get anything bigger than a 37" HDTV. My requirements are:

Budget ~800
Good for SD tv
Good for HD content (from V+)
Good for BR from PS3
Most important, Decent pic for watching sport.

Can this be done?

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a lot of that depends on the quailty of the program ur watching - sport is especially bad..
u sure u cant spend more? for the 800 quid id suggest looking at some older sony models that now go for a lot cheaper.
but i think if ur spending 800 quid with little HD content you may be better off saving a bit more 1000-1200 and getting somthing very flash

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Samsung LE37M87BD (or M86BD)

37" Full HD 1080p LCD.


Can be found for under £800.

Actually, the LE40M8 can be found for under £800 too...



Or the Toshiba 37X3030

37", Full HD 1080p.

Under £800.


Both meant to be excellent, although I've read that the Tosh has better sound.


Or... the Toshiba 37Z3030D... 37", Full HD 1080p, 100Hz, 24fps... dunno about the price though.


Have a search around http://www.avforums.com/

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Cheers,

I could prob stretch to 1k, but I really can't go above 37" or the missus will go back to her " we don't need anything bigger than 32" " talk again.

I was thinking of the sammy, but heard some good some bad about it. It's important to me that footy doesn't blur too much.

I'll look into the tosh and see if I can find a display model showing something half decent.

I do sit on AVforums, but I tend to be blinded by science, with all the stats and settings.

Cheers again.

Re: Which is the best 37' inch hdtv to purchase?
 

i 37" is a fine size - of course depends how far away from it you will be.
i have used many samsung tv's and have found them all very nice

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IIRC, the only real bad point I read about the 37" Samsung was the sound was a bit weak.

Both that & the Toshiba 37X3030 have had great reviews.


Also, a quick Kelkoo has found prices for the apparently uber-awesome Toshiba 37Z3030D (Z range is the next up from the X range)

http://audiovisual.kelkoo.co.uk/sbs/.../18379214.html

http://www.1staudiovisual.co.uk/cata...ec&ref=208

From £799!


Full HD 1080p (like the Sammy & the Tosh 37X3030), 100Hz, and the ever important 24fps (so no more juddery Blu-ray Discs, as the PS3 can output 1080p24 for BDs).

Actually, I think the Sammy LE37M8 can do 24fps too, which may be worth a check.

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EDIT - A bit of Googling does seem to suggest that the M8 range can do 24fps :)

Seems firmware dependent, although apparently UK sets do have the correct firmware for it.


There's also the newer Sammy range, the F8 range, which are 100Hz & do 24fps.
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I've got a smaller & older Sammy R7, just over a year old. Lovely TV. If I had the space (& the money, lol), I'd happily buy a nice big Samsung TV.

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Cheers guys once again.

We'll be sitting about 8-9ft away from the TV.

I have a friend who has the 37"M86, but doesn't watch sport so hard to know if that would be any good. Though he does say he's ultra happy with it.

I'll do some reading up on the Tosh, I really like the look of the Sammy, so it's nice to hear good things about it.

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Watch the 'leccy bills though. Plasma uses twice what CRT does for the same screen size, and four times more than LCD.


You sure it's not just a case of "we paid x hundreds of pounds for this, it's awful, but we will like it anyway"?

Anyway, that case just underlines what I always say. Go and look at a few TVs. Preferably in a proper home cinema/hifi dealer (although most of those wouldn't touch non-brand TVs). Having said that even one in a department store, or supermarket would give you a better idea of what the picturers like than a photo on a website.

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My parents bought an LCD with built in DVD player and out of the box it looked aweful. Having run through the THX Setup the screen looks pretty good, not as good as CRT or Plasma but for the price good and well it is more portable and takes up less space.

So get you StarWars or Incredibles or another disc with the THX setup on it, pay your friends a visit and set up the contrast and brightness, colour balance and sharpness etc of the screen properly and it will look so much better.

Grass suddenly started looking like grass, not infected snot, that was the transformation on this screen.

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We returned two Hanspree sets and one Samsung set, 32 inch and 37 inch respectively. We gave all the sets a couple of weeks to bed in but couldn't ever get the sets correctly set so we were comfortable with them. Ordered a 32" Teco (£300) from Micro-direct on recommendation and have never been happier. Ending up getting a 42" as well and a friend bought a 42". All the sets are perfect, superb at SD (well compared to others we'd tried) and very capable at HD. They're not as pretty (frame-wise) as the Samsung or Hanspree and I can't find the remote codes but for the price paid I'm happy.

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Took delivery of the Panasonic TX-32LMD70 today, and all I can say is WOW :D

Only hooked up my Sky+ (not HD) so far, and the picture is absolutely stunning, it's amazing.

So clear, bright wonderful colours, and gets as near to black as makes no difference, no motion smearing that I can see, certainly not on normal programs, not watched any sport on it yet.
Only picture tweaking I've done was to turn off the dynamic mode, made the colours too bright for my liking.

It's in a totally different class to the "Onn" tv my friend has.

Got it for just under my limit of £500, and would highly recommend this to anyone.

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I'm thinking of buying lcd tv, glad I found this forum.
I've looked at a lot of screens in the last couple of months and would agree that the branded units are consistently better viewing than generic / superstore models.
However with a limited budget, I accept I may have to compromise and the Technika 37-907, (currently