The TV in the bedroom needs replacing and I'm going for probably a 19" lcd. I've had a look in Curry's this arvo and a few of them are HD ready but obviously more expensive. Is it worth going with this option or not? We have sky linked up to it, not that I'm sure that's relevant

TVM.

Unless you have Sky HD or a HD source [360 HD DVD etc] in the bedroom then don't bother IMHO.

I have HD in the front room and SD in the bedroom etc

:iagree: to take advantage of HD you will require a HD feed, so even if you had hd downstais the feed to the telly upstairs would require a minimum of Component connection ie not RF. So long as you get a decent resolution screen ie high number of pixels, then on a small screen the picture should look pretty darned good on an sd feed in any case. All in my uneducated opinion you understand

You don't need HD for a screen size less than 28" across diagonals, standard definition (SD) is high enough.

So it's not worth it, thanks people I do get confused with these numbers they quote on the display info, like the brightness number etc:confused: I guess the only thing to do is compare them to something really flash.

Ahhh But is it FULL HD, when i hear people talk about HD i dont think everyone is fully clear as to the variants within this category, as standard HD is 1366x768 but now FULL HD is 1980x1020, then therer's Interlaced and Progressive to think about to (my head hurts)

then again i could just be getting myself confused too

HD is nice though. We have Sky HD and the difference makes it worth while, not

that I watch it much, but it is nice for the wife & kids

Ahhh But is it FULL HD, when i hear people talk about HD i dont think everyone is fully clear as to the variants within this category, as standard HD is 1366x768 but now FULL HD is 1980x1020, then therer's Interlaced and Progressive to think about to (my head hurts)

1366x768 is WXGA, not HD. The lower HD resolution is 720p, which is actually 1280x720.

As for the original question I would agree with those who've said it's not worth it unless you have an HD source, but go one step further; putting a non HD signal into an HD screen will very often look worse than putting it onto a non HD screen. That's because the screen wil have to scale the signal up to the greater number of pixels, which introduces distortion and noise to the picture - there's a definite loss of sharpness.

There's a lot of sham going on at the moment, with programmes which are not made to HD standard being transmitted on HD channels. Also some of the so called HD channels aren't being transmitted in full HD - without getting too technical they are only going halfway there !

I'm going to wait until the BBC start transmitting HD which will be some years yet, but a lot of the programmes being made by the BBC now are already in HD format ready for the future repeats.

Well I bought a non HD TV yesterday and initial thoughts were it was good. I'm not so sure now so may take advantage of the 28 day returns policy and get another that was dearer.

What does the contrast ratio relate to? The one I bought was low but the other one I may get instead was 700:1

Well I bought a non HD TV yesterday and initial thoughts were it was good. I'm not so sure now so may take advantage of the 28 day returns policy and get another that was dearer.

What does the contrast ratio relate to? The one I bought was low but the other one I may get instead was 700:1

To be honest I wouldn't worry too much about the figures. Use the TV for a couple of hours and make sure you are happy with the picture and features before deciding to take it back. How often do you use the TV? Is it good enough for the times you will use it? Can you warrant the extra

What does the contrast ratio relate to? The one I bought was low but the other one I may get instead was 700:1

It's the difference in brightness between blacks and whites, so it affects the screen's ability to accurately render scenes with dark shadows and very bright areas.

When it was first set up yesterday afternoon I was quite happy but it was quite a decent upgrade from what was there before :P I watched it for a good couple of hours until falling asleep last night as I often do when Mr P is on nights and this is when I actually started noticing it is crap. There's not a lot in the extra money for the other one so yes, I can justify it.

I just need to give Mr P the good news

I've done a little research this afternoon and it seems the viewing angle when I'm in bed is all wrong so I'm going to buy a tilting wall bracket for it. There is also some light pollution on each side but this is also affecting the dearer one I was going to buy.

Pixi, most if not all small LCD TVs need to have your eyeline above the perpendicular of the screen so you're more "looking down onto it" rather than "looking up to it".

Unfortunately, most brackets don't allow you to have the TV tilted down enough so that even when lying in bed, with your head rather low down, you get a decent picture... Just make sure you look up the angles of adjustment before spending your money

Thanks, now we've played around with it a bit I'm happier and we are keeping it.