Mrs Y

[yawner]

..has just metaphorically sliced off my balls.

She's decided we're getting a f*** off new flat screen telly. 

Recommendations please? (for the telly that is)

[Chris H]

 

[Jeewhizz]

you can get flat screened CRT TV's They just aren't 2 inches thick!

[yawner]

just recommend me a big telly you barstewards

this is painful enough already

[samhs]

Samsung - very pleased with ours (40")

[sickpuppy]

Got a JVC one. Perfectly happy with it. Was torn between it and a samsung. It just looked clearer in the shop.

Your best bet is to get down a shop and actually look at them working. See which your eyes find the best. Try and get the store muppets to put a decent signal through the telly rather than the 20 TVs off one signal they usually have which makes everything look crap. You might be better to go to a good independent store to have a look even if you end up buying elsewhere.

[chavalier]

let her choose it and slag it off at every opportunity

[yawner]

Samsung

Got a JVC one

Aye but WHICH one? 

Thats a bit like recommending a car and saying "get a Renault" or "Ford" 

Off to Toon now to look at an array of crap quality screens showing daytime TV or some grainy B&W film 

She's not the girl I married. It'll be ballroom dancing lessons next, or bridge parties.

[sickpuppy]

I can't remember which one as I'm at work and the telly is at home. It's not one of the top of the range one's but not the worst either. 32" cost about £600 about 6-7 months ago.

[samhs]

http://www.samsung.com/uk/products/television/tftlcd/le26r88bdxxeu.asp

I think that's the new version of the one we've got. Very pleased with it as I say - much better picture than the old TV which wasn't bad in the first place.

Sam

[Jeep Stone]

I got all my advice from avforums. They normally have recommendations based on cost in there.

I've got a Panasonic 42", but it's an old model now. They're still a good make though.

[keri]

I have a 40" Sony Bravia, twas on offer on the currys website a couple months back, picked it up for £780 instead of £1099, picture is bloody brilliant, none of that blur and pixelation a lot of LCDs have on sport like football.

[Whatever]

Samsung are very good and have the following 2 models in the range which are both true HD, 1080P

LE37M88BDX
LE40M88BDX

I can quotwe you if you like and if you're VAT registered even better for you.

[Tony]

Show her who's boss and stick to your guns!

[sarahA]

Isn't it usually the bloke wanting some massive, top of the range TV and the missus saying no?

[yawner]

Show her who's boss and stick to your guns!

Isn't it usually the bloke wanting some massive, top of the range TV and the missus saying no?

TBH I'm involved in tactical warefare here. I've yet to break the news that I'm thinking of trading-in the Harley for something more appropriate for the 21st Century. 

[sickpuppy]

TBH I'm involved in tactical warefare here. I've yet to break the news that I'm thinking of trading-in the Harley for something more appropriate for the 21st Century. 

You know where to go

[samhs]

I wanted to get a 37", but my missus insisted on a 40" suprisingly - she said the extra 3" makes all the difference. or something.

[chavalier]

TBH I'm involved in tactical warefare here. I've yet to break the news that I'm thinking of trading-in the Harley for something more appropriate for the 21st Century. 

you called!

That's where you are going wrong. Let her find out when its too late.

[yawner]

she said the extra 3" makes all the difference. or something.

surely I'm not the first here to be tempted to respond to this remark? 

[yawner]

she likes this one

[Jeewhizz]

she likes this one

5% cashback if you shop via quidco.com

See http://www.hotukdeals.com/vouchers for discount codes, but you can shave a tenner off too, so you'll be saving nearly £100ish

[yawner]

Too late! She's been orf and done the deal at Mr teh Amazon's shop apparently saving over £400 

There will heneceforth be a corner of Yawner Towers that is forever pixcellated.  Even worse, our lovely old Sony CRT (recently liberated from Mrs Y's mum's house after she died) is being put in teh flippin residents lounge!!!!   

HD my *arse*

[Jeewhizz]

TBH, if you had a JL near you, I would've coughed up the extra for the warranty and piece of mind it's with JL...

[yawner]

TBH, if you had a JL near you, I would've coughed up the extra for the warranty and piece of mind it's with JL...

We do, (in teh Toon anyway) but £400 for "piece of mind"? That sounds more expensive than a Dixons warranty 

[Jeewhizz]

says the man who doesn't trust the new technology

You could get a warranty after it arrives from somewhere like http://www.warrantydirect.co.uk/ - it's cheaper than buying it from the retailer, as the retailer has to charge 17.5% VAT, but as it's sold as an after market insurance, it's only 5%

Jee

[yawner]

says the man who doesn't trust the new technology

Oh its not that I question the reliability Jee - its just the quality of pic I challenge 

[Matt]

If youve gone Sony dont expect the normal 'quality' they provide.

Samsung and Panasonic are the best value for money. Hitachi are best upper price range (although they supply boards for others so its worth doing a bit of looking) and for budget LG are alright. Stay clear off philips (I know youve brought yawner, but for others...!)

I say all this, and in our new house we are currently using a 20" LCD which is from woolies and is shite.

[Chris H]

she likes this one

I've just followed that link and nearly fell off me chair Mr Y. It's an awful lot of money to watch nothing particularly good. I think age is having an effect on you.

[yawner]

she likes this one

I've just followed that link and nearly fell off me chair Mr Y. It's an awful lot of money to watch nothing particularly good. I think age is having an effect on you.

Chris my buttercup. You`re making teh fundemental/schoolboy mistake in assuming I have *any* say in this matter. TBF she's got the telly for 400 less than the price on the link. That said, you are right, its far too much for a box of pixellated blur.

Lets hope my acquiescence and cooperation in this matter bears fruit when I drag her into the motorbike dealers.