Request for help with TV purchase decision

I wanted to buy a LED tv, iam confused which one i should buy? I have selected Toshiba 23PU200 LED 23" Full HD Television and Panasonic TH-L24X5D LED 24 inches Full HD Television. Please suggest the best option from these two?
At that small size, full HD does not make much difference. Do a close comparison on picture quality. Buy what is in your budget. Please note that resale value of 24" TV is very low. 32" resale value is much more.
 
People,

Need a quick input

Which of the two would preferable:

1. 600va UPS

APC Back UPS BR600C-IN 600VA with 2 Years onsite Warranty with Invoice | eBay

APC Back-UPS 600, 230V without auto shutdown software, India

2. 1kva voltage stabilizer

V-Guard VG Crystal Voltage Stabilizer For LCD / LED / Plasma TVs / Home Theatres | eBay

V-Guard DIGI 200 Voltage Stabilizer For LCD / LED / Plasma TVs / Home Theatres / | eBay

http://www.vguard.in/pdfs/digital_tv.pdf

The price points for the two would be similar

Though we don't face much of shutdowns or fluctuations, however insurance is an insurance

Looking forward to your inputs.

Thanks
Anshul
 
Experts,

Though did not get any inputs, over the weekend, I added a 800va UPS in the setup. I had this UPS for sometime, however the batteries needed replacement. I replaced the battery and put the UPS in the setup.

No way to measure, and therefore do not feel the change.

Thanks
Anshul
 
Guys,

Need help.

I downloaded a Avatar video in 1920 x 1080 format (mkv container)

I tried playing the file using a external HDD on my panasonic UT50 and it would just not be able to play it. It would show on frame, freeze on it and sometime late a prompt would say "Cannot Read File". Tried using Tsmuxer to change to other format, but no success

Whats the challenge here - HDD, File Format or the TV

How do I play good quality movies????
 
Seems like codec or mkv version issue. The latest mkv version uses header compression which isn't supported by some players.
Open it in VLC and use CTRL+ I. It will display file info ; post it here. Have tried playing any other mkv videos?
 
Seems like codec or mkv version issue. The latest mkv version uses header compression which isn't supported by some players.
Open it in VLC and use CTRL+ I. It will display file info ; post it here. Have tried playing any other mkv videos?

Thanks @k2max6
Will definitely give this a trial today at home and report. Could be the potential issue
 
People,

Here is the mediainfo (as reported by MediaInfo tool)

1.

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Encoded date : UTC 2012-05-25 15:08:01
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Forced : No
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Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 961 MiB (9%)
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Default : No
Forced : No

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Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
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Default : No
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Encoded date : UTC 2012-11-18 13:01:09
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.8.0 ('I Got The...') built on May 24 2011 03:12:58
Writing library : libebml v1.2.0 + libmatroska v1.1.0

Video
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Audio
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Channel(s) : 6 channels
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Compression mode : Lossy
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Language : English
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Writing application : mkvmerge v4.8.0 ('I Got The...') built on May 24 2011 03:12:58
Writing library : libebml v1.2.0 + libmatroska v1.1.0

Video
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Audio
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