Hi guys. an update.
so after much analysis (thanks to you guys!) and showroom hopping, finally came down to two choices,
1. Samsung 32EH5000
2. Samsung 42" E470 plasma ( I tried getting Panasonic plasma TVs within my budget, which is ~35k, but was not able to find it anywhere! As a result, considering Samsung now!)
The 32EH5000 that I saw was pretty good. But noticed a small issue. I noticed that when a 1080p video is played from an USB drive, the video is staggered. That is, I can see a few frames dropped (not sure if this is the best way to describe it, but I hope you get the drift). The refresh rate of the TV is 60 hz (If I am not wrong). Is this phenomenon because of the refresh rate? Or is this normal. ?
The lower end TV's have a problem of reading large capacity USB drive. Some will not read large drives/disks at all. And my own Panasonic P50ST50D can read 1TB HDD but it takes ages to read it - takes nearly 10 minutes or so. This is because the TV's CPU is not as powerful; it does not have luxury of level 2 cache, buffers, large RAM, etc. Every time you plug in a USB disk, it is a fresh read and larger the disk, larger is the time taken. I am seriously thinking of buying a small capacity (like 256GB or less) HDD for TV purposes.Also, is the refresh rate too low for watching sports on tata sky HD? please advice.
Regarding the Samsung e470, I was pretty impressed overall. But read from a post here mentioning that it has USB play issues. Is this TV recommended considering the fact that Panasonic plasma TVs are unavailable for my budget?
Thanks !