I am planning to go for an upgrade of my 29" Samsung CRT in the next few months. Even though most of the forum members are going ga-ga over Panasonic PV8 and PV80, I want to confirm their enthusiasm and check them out myself before I take the plunge.
I am from Mumbai and am planning to visit the usual suspects e.g. Chroma, Vijay Sales, etc. for the demo of the LCD/Plasma. I plan to take along my WDTV for checking out the TV's performance for various sources e.g. 720p, 1080p, etc. I was wondering about the kind of clips that I should take along on the 8GB USB to check on the screen. Apart from 720p and 1080p what should I take along? Any particular clip that you guys can recommend e.g. to check accurate blacks, etc. I am planning to take 720p Planet Earth, 1080p Transformers clippings. I have 300 but because of the CGI used, I am not sure whether it would be a good candidate for the test.
I am going to view the TV from a distance of around 7-8 ft and usage would be mostly in a not-so-brightly room. Source would be 720p/1080p movies via WDTV (HDMI), regular DVDs via Philips HTiB (later on to be upgraded to a better player + A/C receiver), SD content via Tata Sky (70%) of the time. I am not worried about SD content as long as it looks better than my current Samsung CRT !!
I am from Mumbai and am planning to visit the usual suspects e.g. Chroma, Vijay Sales, etc. for the demo of the LCD/Plasma. I plan to take along my WDTV for checking out the TV's performance for various sources e.g. 720p, 1080p, etc. I was wondering about the kind of clips that I should take along on the 8GB USB to check on the screen. Apart from 720p and 1080p what should I take along? Any particular clip that you guys can recommend e.g. to check accurate blacks, etc. I am planning to take 720p Planet Earth, 1080p Transformers clippings. I have 300 but because of the CGI used, I am not sure whether it would be a good candidate for the test.
I am going to view the TV from a distance of around 7-8 ft and usage would be mostly in a not-so-brightly room. Source would be 720p/1080p movies via WDTV (HDMI), regular DVDs via Philips HTiB (later on to be upgraded to a better player + A/C receiver), SD content via Tata Sky (70%) of the time. I am not worried about SD content as long as it looks better than my current Samsung CRT !!