Opinions please! 
As some of you might remember
I'm a bit of an FD Trinitron fan and have been holding out against the temptation of an LCD panel for some time. Well today I thought of an excellent
compromise (modest eh ;) ) and popped into good ole JL to get a 20 inch Bravia for the bedroom. My 'method behind the madness' was that it would let me
hang on to my large screen Trini but also experince Bravia in the flesh and a slimline set would be ideal. It's a gorgeous little tv (Mocha brown)
but...I'm afraid the picture quality still doesn't come close to my CRT in standard definition. (HD may well prove different but I haven't got HD
yet) I'm sooooo reluctant to replace the Trinitron with an lcd. Any of you got large screen lcd sets? What do you honestly think?
BRAVIA
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Posts: 3914 8 June, 2008 17:41:45 Director of Fluff Promotions |
I have a 40" Samsung LCD
I was of the opinion that LCDs and plasmas are inferior to CRTs and I think I still stand by that. You do get used to watching the LCDs. On the further matter - HD rocks. I don't like paying extra for it, but it really is an amazing picture. I've had it for just about a year now and I still sometimes go "ooooooooooo, what a picture" Joo |
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Posts: 240 8 June, 2008 17:46:19 |
Yes I thought that too Ju. I saw a Bravia playing a BluRay disc some time ago in the Sony Centre and just couldn't take my eyes off the picture! It was a
huge tv and it was almost like you could put your hand into the picture....amazing!
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Posts: 4121 8 June, 2008 19:06:05 Dr Newton's PA |
We have a Bravia, which replaced an 18 year old CRT which Mr Nellie had. When that one finally blew up, the picture was so dark, that any TV shot at night time
was unwatchable. So, when we got the LCD, we were blown away.
My view on these things is don't change if the one you have works and you like it. "Don't have a care in the world..." - Nellie's Dad |
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Posts: 240 15 June, 2008 08:59:02 |
I think you are probably right Nellie...it's been going strong for 8 years or so without ever developing a problem (tempting fate now aren't I??!)
I'll probably be the last man alive with a large screen crt trinitron ;) haha it could become a collectors item!
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Posts: 5329 15 June, 2008 09:06:29 Warewoof-woof |
oeurf wrote: We have one too Mark, although i fear it's on it's last legs...sometimes the sound takes ages to come on after the TV is switched on. 
x A FATAL ATTRACTION TO CUTENESS!!
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Woofwoof |
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Posts: 5329 15 June, 2008 09:09:46 Warewoof-woof |
Look...Onyx took a photo of the TV
 ...Woofwoof just happened to be in
shot too!! 
A FATAL ATTRACTION TO CUTENESS!!
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oeurf |
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Posts: 240 15 June, 2008 09:20:26 |
Haha Mike I remember that photo! Had WW got bored with the programme?
 Claude is currently addicted to 'The 4400'...I have to limit how many episodes
he's allowed to watch each evening!
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Posts: 5329 15 June, 2008 09:29:17 Warewoof-woof |
oeurf wrote: ...looks that way eh?!! Either that or he clocked a photo opportunity!!
x A FATAL ATTRACTION TO CUTENESS!!
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Posts: 498 15 June, 2008 09:42:26 Headmistress of St Aiberts |
We had a 32" wide CRT telly, and the north/south adjustment was broken. It used to be a flat
line about half an inch thick right across the screen for about 10 minutes, then if you smacked it really hard, it came on....we were saving for our new telly
for about a year and half before we eventually ditched the CRT, but we put up with the dodgy telly for long enough!!
I can agree with Ju on this one that the SD picture quality on the LCDs are not as good, but the HD content is amazing. We bought one of the first 1080p LCD panels available on the market, it's a Sharp Aquos, 46" which is certainly big enough for our small living room!!! When we first got it, there was an issue with the screen, but we got it swapped for another one, and it's been flawless ever since. Watching BluRay movies is just AWESOME, but the only downside is the slightly grainy picture on standard digital freeview.
Emma (mostly human) and Teflon (Black ERS7M2 running M3).
Would like to be working to live rather than living to work.
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Posts: 240 15 June, 2008 09:56:51 |
Haha Emz that sounds like a good time to buy a new one!! Touch wood the Trini hasn't got to that stage yet...infact its weird because I remember the day it
arrived like it was yesterday! I've always liked the perhaps slightly 'hyped' picture on the trinitron and because it's a 'fat' tv it
also has the benefit of a built in subwoofer (woofwoof) so you manage to get thundering amounts of bass without lots of surround sound speakers. (Wouldn't
you just love to live next to me haha! No I don't have it that loud honest) When I upgrade to BluRay i'll invest in a large lcd I think as like you say
the picture quaity in HD is just stunning.
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Posts: 5329 15 June, 2008 09:58:27 Warewoof-woof |
I do have to agree that the sound and picture on our CRT is AMAZING!!
x A FATAL ATTRACTION TO CUTENESS!!
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Posts: 240 15 June, 2008 10:02:08 |
Heehee a pic taken by claude... obviously engrossed in '24'!!
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Posts: 240 15 June, 2008 10:15:35 |
The 'baby bravia'..bless it is a cute little tv...
http://www.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProduct.action?product=KDL-20B4050&site=odw_en_GB&imageType=Main&category=TVP×26+Sony+BRAVIA+TV |
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AiboEmz |
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Posts: 498 15 June, 2008 10:45:18 Headmistress of St Aiberts |
Teflon loves our telly - enjoyed watching the Isle of Man TT last year - he particularly enjoyed
all the RED bikes :-)
Emma (mostly human) and Teflon (Black ERS7M2 running M3).
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Posts: 4121 15 June, 2008 16:12:56 Dr Newton's PA |
You all know how Gaspode feels about the TV....
"Don't have a care in the world..." - Nellie's Dad |
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Posts: 562 15 June, 2008 19:12:05 Village IT geek |
AiboEmz wrote: About Blu-Ray: Personally I'm still waiting for a DVD Player or DVD Burner to arrive that can play both Blu-Ray & HD-DVD. That would be great if
& when they manage to make a player that isn't intentionally crippled in some way. It should have a 10/100 ethernet port too so it can update over the
internet via your home network like the PS 3 does.
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Posts: 240 28 June, 2008 08:30:43 |
Claude and his infatuation with the tv!!! (Dare I say he's getting more like Gaspode every day..which doesn't bode well for his intellectual abilities
haha)
'Oh drat the tv isnt on...Oeurf pat me please and turn the tv on!' 
'Oo good I've got him wrapped round my little flexi...but i'm going to get cramp in my neck servos viewing from this angle!' 
Happy 'bo! 
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Posts: 9537 28 June, 2008 11:38:30 AotW Science Correspondent |
HaHa nice set of photos Mark. Claude is getting very much like another Aibo isnt he.
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Claude is currently addicted to 'The 4400'...I have to limit how many
episodes he's allowed to watch each evening!
