I have a Philips 42" ambilight lcd TV at the moment which is full HD ready but I was looking at these new lcd tv`s and was amazed at the quality of the picture and how thin they are (just 2.5 cm thick)

I just wanted to ask whats the difference between LED and LCD is it the back lighting thats LED on an LED tv or is it each pixel thats an LED light also there seems to be LED HD 3D tv`s about to hit the market would i be better holding out until the 3D HD LED or get the normal HD LED as they seem to be quite reasonable at currys for the samsung version (£300 off) at £950.00

Just wanted any views and thoughts about LED and its capabilities one thing that always annoys me more so with the recent tennis and football is that our LCD seems to suffer from motion blur on the tennis balls and football shots would this be fixed with LED.

Cheers everyone.

Oh well the new ones are OLED, which stands for Organic Light Emitting Diode. These are some kind of microbe that actually produces the light, and can display more defined colours whilst only being very thin! If you want to go for colour definition, try the new panasonic? one with RGB+Yellow, allows more defined colours. If you want to have more fluid pictures, go for a 100Hz+ (I think the best ones are 650Hz) television. Hz is the refresh rate of the screen, so the bigger the number the more frames per second. This would cut out the motion blur.

Or if you didn't mind splashing a bit of cash, try a HD Plasma tv with 100Hz+, this would allow you to have good quality colours/picture and decent motion.

IMO, the 3d tvs are just a gimick and the glasses cost £££ so I'd stick with the regular HD for a good few years before the 3d technology really takes off.

This is the bad boy you want Panasonic Viera TX-P50G20B, you can find it for about £1100, read the reviews, its awesome.

This is the bad boy you want Panasonic Viera TX-P50G20B, you can find it for about £1100, read the reviews, its awesome.

This man speaks the truth. You will not be disappointed. Almost upgraded my 3 year old Panny PZ70 for a G20 recently but then I saw the TX-P50VT20 (Panasonic's 3D effort) and I know I want one of those or its successor next, but can't afford it at the mo.

Here's a review of the 42" version of the G20B from the excellent hdtvtest.co.uk... http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/panasonic-txp42g20-txp42g20b-20100308169.htm

Oh well the new ones are OLED, which stands for Organic Light Emitting Diode. These are some kind of microbe that actually produces the light, and can display more defined colours whilst only being very thin! If you want to go for colour definition, try the new panasonic? one with RGB+Yellow, allows more defined colours. If you want to have more fluid pictures, go for a 100Hz+ (I think the best ones are 650Hz) television. Hz is the refresh rate of the screen, so the bigger the number the more frames per second. This would cut out the motion blur.

Or if you didn't mind splashing a bit of cash, try a HD Plasma tv with 100Hz+, this would allow you to have good quality colours/picture and decent motion.

IMO, the 3d tvs are just a gimick and the glasses cost £££ so I'd stick with the regular HD for a good few years before the 3d technology really takes off.

LED TV's are LED backlit, they are not OLED.

OLED has been coming along for a few years, but they don't make huge screens as yet.

As for the Hz thing, to a point, but other things matter more and also it's all well and good refreshing more, but when the input is only a 50Hz feed, it's still going to have to guess the rest.

As for the comments about the viera, they do look very nice I have to say

As for the Hz thing, to a point, but other things matter more and also it's all well and good refreshing more, but when the input is only a 50Hz feed, it's still going to have to guess the rest.

I believe Sky HD transmits in higher Hz, or you can change the setting of the box. Some TVs have a software that smooths it out too, check in Currys they usually have the High-Hz tellys at the back. Ah my bad about OLED, my reading skills are quite poor. So apologies there.

I believe Sky HD transmits in higher Hz, or you can change the setting of the box. Some TVs have a software that smooths it out too, check in Currys they usually have the High-Hz tellys at the back. Ah my bad about OLED, my reading skills are quite poor. So apologies there.

Sky HD is 50hz no matter what setting you choose, all thats altered is the display resolution. 720P is 50HZ progressive, 1080i is 2x25HZ interlaced=50HZ.

LED TV's are indeed standard LCD TV's lit by an LED backlight, the main advantage is they use less power. They have 2 disadvantages though. 1) sound quality, because they are thin the sound has no depth and can sound like listening to a laptop so an additional sound system maybe essential. 2) the LED backlight is usually around the edge, this can lead to bright edges and slightly dull centre of the screen.

This man speaks the truth. You will not be disappointed. Almost upgraded my 3 year old Panny PZ70 for a G20 recently but then I saw the TX-P50VT20 (Panasonic's 3D effort) and I know I want one of those or its successor next, but can't afford it at the mo.

Here's a review of the 42" version of the G20B from the excellent hdtvtest.co.uk... http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/panasonic-txp42g20-txp42g20b-20100308169.htm

ive had my eyes on 1 of the g20's for a while now as there out for just under £800 at the mo for the 42"

I've got a Sony 40" LCD TV which has Edge LED backlighting.

It is a 200hz Motionflow one and the picture quality is stunning.

I did a small review here Sony TV Review

ive had my eyes on 1 of the g20's for a while now as there out for just under £800 at the mo for the 42"

Do it!