anshulkwatra
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Friends and Guides,
Need your help with my purchase decision for a television.
I am aware that there have been several discussions on television purchase. However, seeking guidance from a confusion perspective.
Requirements:
1. Viewers - Children > 16 Hrs, Wife 10 - 16 hrs per week and myself ~ 4 - 6 hrs per week (in that order; however ignoring children's need in this)
2. Type of viewing - Star World HD (~ 6 Hrs); general watching, one movie
Existing infra in place:
1. Tata sky HD
2. ~ 750 GB of movies including couple of movies / tv series in HD (filetype: *.avi, *.divx, *.mkv)
3. Iomega Iconnect with two hard disks connected
Room setup:
1. Wall to wall distance - 14ft
2. Possible distance from eye to tv - 12ft
3. Lets name the walls L1, B1, L2 and B2. TV is to be placed on center of B1 wall. There are doors at junction of walls L1 & B1 and L2 & B1
4. Bed headrest is touching wall B2
Budget:
Least![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
However, would not want to spend more than 6700 pm or 80K MAX
Pre-work:
We went out on Sun to look around for options. I carried with myself a set of sample videos - Hobbit (HD - MKV format), Bourne Identity (HD - MP4 format), Samsung sample video (HD - AVHCD format)
We looked at the following products/brands at different showrooms
1. Sony - 40EX650 - 59K at Jumbo VK. Checked at others but this is the best price (Reliance Digital, MG Ezone)
Great video and audio. Did not play Hobbit
2. Sony - 42W650A - 62K at Jumbo VK. Checked at others but this is the best price (Reliance Digital, MG Ezone)
Video better than 40EX650, much smoother. Did not play hobbit
3. Panasonic - 50" plasma with 3d - 50K at Jumbo VK (display piece was probably TH-P50GT50D)
Great video, great blacks. however the bourne identity was too dark for ease of viewing (showroom lights were on). AVHCD and Hobbit did not play
4. Samsung - 40F5500 - 60K at MG Ezone at Yusuf Sarai. Checked at others Jumbo's price was better, but dont remember it (Reliance Digital, Jumbo)
Similar to Sony 40Ex650. not much difference
5. Toshiba - 40PU200 - 42K at MG Ezone at Yusuf Sarai
Sound was great. Hobbit not played. Very dark. As dark as Panasonic plasma.
For all tvs we played our own video on a thumb drive with a similar TV setting (contrast, brightness etc). Did try and change the setting for a better picture (if possible).
For all these checked, none them needed additional speakers (at least for the videos we had)
Please advise:
1. Brand, size, type etc
2. shop from where we could get a better price/service. We felt Jumbo was by far the best
Thanks in advance
Anshul
Need your help with my purchase decision for a television.
I am aware that there have been several discussions on television purchase. However, seeking guidance from a confusion perspective.
Requirements:
1. Viewers - Children > 16 Hrs, Wife 10 - 16 hrs per week and myself ~ 4 - 6 hrs per week (in that order; however ignoring children's need in this)
2. Type of viewing - Star World HD (~ 6 Hrs); general watching, one movie
Existing infra in place:
1. Tata sky HD
2. ~ 750 GB of movies including couple of movies / tv series in HD (filetype: *.avi, *.divx, *.mkv)
3. Iomega Iconnect with two hard disks connected
Room setup:
1. Wall to wall distance - 14ft
2. Possible distance from eye to tv - 12ft
3. Lets name the walls L1, B1, L2 and B2. TV is to be placed on center of B1 wall. There are doors at junction of walls L1 & B1 and L2 & B1
4. Bed headrest is touching wall B2
Budget:
Least
However, would not want to spend more than 6700 pm or 80K MAX
Pre-work:
We went out on Sun to look around for options. I carried with myself a set of sample videos - Hobbit (HD - MKV format), Bourne Identity (HD - MP4 format), Samsung sample video (HD - AVHCD format)
We looked at the following products/brands at different showrooms
1. Sony - 40EX650 - 59K at Jumbo VK. Checked at others but this is the best price (Reliance Digital, MG Ezone)
Great video and audio. Did not play Hobbit
2. Sony - 42W650A - 62K at Jumbo VK. Checked at others but this is the best price (Reliance Digital, MG Ezone)
Video better than 40EX650, much smoother. Did not play hobbit
3. Panasonic - 50" plasma with 3d - 50K at Jumbo VK (display piece was probably TH-P50GT50D)
Great video, great blacks. however the bourne identity was too dark for ease of viewing (showroom lights were on). AVHCD and Hobbit did not play
4. Samsung - 40F5500 - 60K at MG Ezone at Yusuf Sarai. Checked at others Jumbo's price was better, but dont remember it (Reliance Digital, Jumbo)
Similar to Sony 40Ex650. not much difference
5. Toshiba - 40PU200 - 42K at MG Ezone at Yusuf Sarai
Sound was great. Hobbit not played. Very dark. As dark as Panasonic plasma.
For all tvs we played our own video on a thumb drive with a similar TV setting (contrast, brightness etc). Did try and change the setting for a better picture (if possible).
For all these checked, none them needed additional speakers (at least for the videos we had)
Please advise:
1. Brand, size, type etc
2. shop from where we could get a better price/service. We felt Jumbo was by far the best
Thanks in advance
Anshul