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By *uckscouple2007 OP   Couple
over a year ago

Bucks

Bought a toshiba LCD back in march from amazon and the USB ports have stopped working. As that model is now discontinued they've arranged refund and will collect it next week..

Question is ..

Buy the latest version of same telly with the refund -or- buy the LED version which is 10% more expensive??

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

Mines LED, it's only a cheap make too but the picture is brilliant x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Go with LED, might cost you a little more but much more energy efficient. Better for the polar bears apparently.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Take a trip to a tv shop and compare the pictures and sound quality. There is a surprising variation between different models.

Led won my vote

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

i have only just entered the land of the flat screen tv lol

my old one weighed an absolute tonne

but while we are on the suject of TV's...i need a HDMI cable, thought they just looked like smalrt leads but they dont

are there different ones for differet TV's??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

as far as im aware a hdmi cable is universal.. mine cost me £30 wahhhh

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

LED is better in my opinion especially if you watch HD sports/films etc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Bought a toshiba LCD back in march from amazon and the USB ports have stopped working. As that model is now discontinued they've arranged refund and will collect it next week..

Question is ..

Buy the latest version of same telly with the refund -or- buy the LED version which is 10% more expensive??"

LED max input sockets and you won't go wrong.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"as far as im aware a hdmi cable is universal.. mine cost me £30 wahhhh"

sod that...ebay here we come lol

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By *issBehavingxxWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow


"i have only just entered the land of the flat screen tv lol

my old one weighed an absolute tonne

but while we are on the suject of TV's...i need a HDMI cable, thought they just looked like smalrt leads but they dont

are there different ones for differet TV's?? "

Just recently updated my TV as well as my virgin media... The guy who came out to change over the virgin box had the HDMI cable with him, but he basically said if I needed to ever buy one buy the cheapest one... Shops will try and sell you them for 25 quid etc, but they're no different to one you can get for £1.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Led also a lot thinner and therefore looks better. I also think the picture us superior compared to LCD.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"i have only just entered the land of the flat screen tv lol

my old one weighed an absolute tonne

but while we are on the suject of TV's...i need a HDMI cable, thought they just looked like smalrt leads but they dont

are there different ones for differet TV's??

Just recently updated my TV as well as my virgin media... The guy who came out to change over the virgin box had the HDMI cable with him, but he basically said if I needed to ever buy one buy the cheapest one... Shops will try and sell you them for 25 quid etc, but they're no different to one you can get for £1. "

HDMI cables are a lot more delicate than scart leads - so if you bend em about a lot they will break (unless you pay a fortune for Monster ones)But they're dirt cheap on ebay - so easy to replace!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i feel robbed by sainsburys if a one pound cable would have done the same thing.

i was lured in by the gold coloured plating and snazzy packaging... dammit

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By *ogistical NightmaresCouple
over a year ago

Manchester Area


"i have only just entered the land of the flat screen tv lol

my old one weighed an absolute tonne

but while we are on the suject of TV's...i need a HDMI cable, thought they just looked like smalrt leads but they dont

are there different ones for differet TV's?? "

Look on ebay

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sucker lol

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By *urreyfun2008Man
over a year ago

East Grinstead

HDMI leads on short cables almost anything will do, but if I was trying to run the cable 10m I would consider a better quality cable.

If USB ports broke through use, consider plugging a cheaper USB hub into them on next tv and then plugging/unplugging USB bits and pieces vai the hub.

On comparing in shops - so many don't have a decent reference signal, have seen loads using freeview as SD resolution to show off a HD TV.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If pic quality is the priority, just compare amount of megapixels tv has,bigger the amount, better the pic.

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By *ourbonKissMan
over a year ago

a land up north..... of leicester


"LED is better in my opinion especially if you watch HD sports/films etc"

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By *atasha_DavidCouple
over a year ago

Slough

google hdtvtest and checkout the tutorials and reviews on there, then make a decision based on fact and expert opinion

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Go with LED, might cost you a little more but much more energy efficient. Better for the polar bears apparently. "

Agree, make it an upgrade if you can afford it (honest point - I don't have a TV so wouldn't know what 10% means).

You'll save a little energy, and more when you're watching dark horrors or old B&Ws!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Bought a toshiba LCD back in march from amazon and the USB ports have stopped working. As that model is now discontinued they've arranged refund and will collect it next week..

Question is ..

Buy the latest version of same telly with the refund -or- buy the LED version which is 10% more expensive??"

The rule of thumb seems to be bigger is better so get the biggest one you can fit in the corner and wear a tin hat when the Mrs sees it.

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By *he Original TTMan
over a year ago

Brackley, Northants

Ok! Finally a subject I can use my work expertise for!!

LED is the way to go - many reasons, i.e. efficiency, brightness, picture quality, lack of 'smearing' seen on LCD's.....

I specify TV's on a daily basis and would recommend the Samsung range or LG. No point going for a 'bigger' brand name as the quality will be no better and you will pay a lot more.

As for HDMI leads - don't go for the cheapest ones!!! Pay a little more (a 2m one for £15-20) and you will get a reliably better picture. The cheaper ones do 'knock back' the signal quality - this can be seen by doing a side-by-side comparison (I have done it!)

And anything over 10m should not be done with one cable - use a repeater or a cat5 transmitter/receiver pair of adapters (can be bought on eBay) as HDMI is not designed to be transmitted over an HDMI cable more than 10m. (It's also cheaper too!!)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pave the way, go for OLED

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