Should have done it ages ago.

Filled the Landrover with Diesel ...

We've just done exactly the same. Upgraded from a heap of crap JVC 28" CRT to a Samsung 32" TFT - the difference is immense. I think it has 2 HD inputs, VGA, component HD etc - certainly a lot of plugs on the back to use ;)

I'd been thinking about it for ages, but I got an Xbox 360 for my birthday and it just looked shit on the CFT (couldnt read alot of the on screen text), so the next day I went out and found this one in stock and bought it. Could have got it cheaper online but I wanted something that evening :)

I'm massively impressed with the Xbox too - obviously the graphics are now great but I can also stream movies from my PC upstairs which is very handy. And also my whole MP3 collection from the PC is now available downstairs, and the ipod even plugs in and works without any fiddling. I'm spending much more time on my lounge at the mo ;)

Taken SWMBO out for a meal. Refused to do it last night as it was rip off shitty Valentines menus everywhere.

Bought one of those myself at Xmas.

A| 28" CRT only has 26.5" viewable.

Playstation 3. And no, I'm not kidding.

Had mine fitted last Wednesday. Well worth the money.

Richer Sounds do some good 5.1 systems with seperate amp. I run a Panasonic SA-HE7 which is a good few years old now. Only downside is I've run out of optical inputs on it.

They are pretty good for the money even from the out of town retail sheds.

Yeah I know, had fun trying to explain it to the missus.

We are going to give them a call and see which upgrade they will give us.

We did look at Richer for the TV but decided to buy local. Richer was cheaper for the unit, but delivery made it more expensive.

Don't blame you mate.

kerching!

Mark Levinson.

You've bought into the branding and hype haven't you.

Lexus driver.

Bought a car :D

Getting a new wifi card tomorrow, it turnes out the old one was goosed. Though at £10 I guess it's not going to be propping up the local computer shop too much lol

Fair play on the telly purchase, I might be doing the same soon. When I switch the current one on the colours are all washed out, and it takes a little while for them to get to normal. It's been like that for a while but it's taking longer to sort itself out these days...

Ooo, you old romantic you ;-p

Was her suggestion. I'd already booked a table the week before.

Is it full HD? Or just HD Ready? I couldn't beleive how impressive BluRays were next to normal upscaled DVDs when I made the switch. They're just awesome, anyone that can't see the difference is A) lying or B) blind. My TV now is a 42" Panasonic TH-42PZ80B, I researched it for ages and the general jist of the internet seems to be if you can, get a Pioneer, if you're not that rich, then get a Panasonic. Loads of people have commented on the quality of the picture, and especially compared to my old set (I'm almost afraid to say it, but that was a 42" LG LCD) even mum can tell the difference.

I'm not just a super money waster by the way, whilst I was really happy to upgrade to the Panny, I wouldn't have done it as quickly (well, I bet I would heh) had the LG lasted longer than 7 months before developing faults... LG customer service was unbelieveably poor, they just used a local contracted place to repair, they kept not listening to me when I explained the fault, which I even demonstrated twice to the engineers when they came to collect it, and maintained it was fine. This was us just saying we didn't want them talking it again, as it came back damaged twice, a deep gouge the stand and a long scratch on the front of the screens 'border' bit - caught the light perfectly.

That was it, they just stopped 'trying to help' and it was when I was right smack in the middle of being ill, so time at home wasn't too plentiful and we had more important things to do and think about. One thing I did need at home was a TV though heh, I was sick of it going for most of a a week and coming back having only gained some damage - which they were "giving us a call when the fault was sorted to get that sorted out. I gave it to my parents anyway. and it's fine for them as the fault was involved with coming out of Stand-By and AV-1 - they don't use either feature though, plug off at night, internal freeview.

I'm not trying to scare you by the way dude heh, I just got a bit of a rant on there didn't I... On the positive flipside of that though, my brother's had a 32" LG LCD for about 3 years now and it's fine, never a single boo boo. Also, a mate bought the same LG as me, and developed the same faults so I'm assuming that it was a fault with that model - it was an LG 42LC2D I think.

We moved my TV onto the wall, so I needed longer cables to run them out the way and hidden. I bought a cheapy 5m Scart for my PVR to replace 2m flashy, more expensive one my brother gave me. Wow. The picture difference was massive. The 5m one came out, the old one back in, and it really was night and day. I knew cables mattered but never knew it was that much heh. Anyway, it turned out the 2m wasn't that expensive at all, it was just a case of buying from the right place. £5 on Ebay = crap, £50 in Currys = £9 at CPC, so I ordered a 5m one from them, along with a few other bits, co-ax aerial cable, craft knife and blades, and some precision screwdrivers.

Does shopping at Play.com help our economy, or someone elses...?

It's actually smaller in 4:3. I originally wanted a widescreen that gave pretty well the same size image in 4:3 as my old 28" - and couldn't fine one. So went for 45". ;-)

It was the second one in the shops that didn't say Beko/Logik/Matsui/ Arianet etc, and it came with an additional HDMI, 2 scarts, and a PC input, some only came with either 1 scart, or no PC input.

I studied the websites for the various makes, and reviews, and the older LT75 was canned for sounding crap from the internal speakers, so I binned the idea of getting a refurb one, even though it was the same price but included a 160GB freeview PVR.

Just nice to have someone who is supposed to know about sound doing something for your TV too.

=A0 London SW

Nah this was a 16:9 28" CRT. Replaced with a 16:9 32" TFT Case only marginally bigger, screen massive in comparison.

Yeah, 720p/1080i isn't it?

You don't need full 1080p unless you are sitting 2 miles away and at least on a 42" do you?

BTW. How the f*ck do you switch it off? Switching to standby no problem, but off, don't know. Manual mentions the mythical function exists, but the power button on the front and on the remote both only send to standby.

I have the 42LT75, and the internal speakers sound like internal speakers - i.e. perfectly listenable, but small and mounted in brittle plastic. If you want even moderately decent sound, you'll be using external speakers on any TV.

That said, the LT75 series has some rather annoying glitches in the firmware, and I couldn't really recommend one until LG sort it out, although they don't seem to be in any great hurry to do that...

I've not used internal TV speakers for sound for years now.

Originally this was because we had a nicam video and mono TV. Then when we got a stereo TV there still wasn't any point, because a proper hifi set, even fairly cheap, sounds _so_ much better.

In one way I think you did the right thing by not buying a refurb, but really they whole bose (I hear no highs, I feel no lows, it sounds like crap it must be bose) / Bang and Olufsen (hifi for the deaf) / Mark Levinson thing just represents esoteric brands desperate for some brand awareness, aspirational purchasing and licensing money.