HDTV bargain at Big W (81cm w/ HDMI under 1k)

pilonv1 · Post by **pilonv1** » 19 Oct 2006 06:42 pm

81cm LG/Phillips LCD, HDMI, 1600:1 contrast, 8ms response time, under a grand. Ridiculous!

Sonic Jam · Post by **Sonic Jam** » 19 Oct 2006 06:47 pm

Not even 6 months ago I paid 1.5 times that price for the same size with worse contrast, response, and connection options :p

But then I've had 6 months of glorious HD gaming so I'm happy about it all..

There really is no excuse not to have a HD TV now, Pat.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 19 Oct 2006 06:49 pm

Yes, there is.

Room.

westical · Post by **westical** » 19 Oct 2006 06:53 pm

While it's all well and good that the screens are made by big electronics companies, I still worry about the rest of the components made by companies such as "Aiko".

Ben · Post by **Ben** » 19 Oct 2006 06:56 pm

Pat wrote:Yes, there is.

Room.

Yeah, with a HDTV you get more of it.

Cletus · Post by **Cletus** » 19 Oct 2006 06:58 pm

so true

pilonv1 · Post by **pilonv1** » 19 Oct 2006 07:03 pm

westical wrote:While it's all well and good that the screens are made by big electronics companies, I still worry about the rest of the components made by companies such as "Aiko".

I bought one of the AWA ones 18 months ago and it's been fine. I paid $1500 for mine, and it was only 66cm, but it does have VGA/DVI. There's nothing wrong with these manufacturers.

K.T.Shoe[BMs] · Post by **K.T.Shoe[BMs]** » 19 Oct 2006 08:14 pm

Ben wrote:
Pat wrote:Yes, there is.

Room.
Yeah, with a HDTV you get more of it.

I was going to say the same thing

westical · Post by **westical** » 19 Oct 2006 08:46 pm

pilonv1 wrote:
westical wrote:While it's all well and good that the screens are made by big electronics companies, I still worry about the rest of the components made by companies such as "Aiko".
I bought one of the AWA ones 18 months ago and it's been fine. I paid $1500 for mine, and it was only 66cm, but it does have VGA/DVI. There's nothing wrong with these manufacturers.

At least I'd heard of AWA before they started selling TVs at Big W.

GreyWizzard · Post by **GreyWizzard** » 19 Oct 2006 09:08 pm

I whole heartedly support an AWA purchase. Do it!

mech · Post by **mech** » 19 Oct 2006 10:25 pm

That's awesome. Might have to upgrade the bedroom TV sooner rather than later.

GameHED · Post by **GameHED** » 20 Oct 2006 07:43 am

Review it when you get one.

Dan Syndrome · Post by **Dan Syndrome** » 20 Oct 2006 08:07 am

Forgive my dumbarse questions, but you'd still need an HD tuner box to go with it yeah? And what would that screen display? 1080i? 720p?

I think a new TV could be my christmas present to myself..

DjBigK · Post by **DjBigK** » 20 Oct 2006 08:26 am

Dan Syndrome wrote:Forgive my dumbarse questions, but you'd still need an HD tuner box to go with it yeah? And what would that screen display? 1080i? 720p?

I think a new TV could be my christmas present to myself..

Yep, to watch HD TV you'd need a HD-STB. The best resolution for this display would undoubtedly be 720p.

mxlegend99 · Post by **mxlegend99** » 20 Oct 2006 08:26 am

It's 768p.

1366x768 - So neither 720p nor 1080i would display natively on it... but they would both look awesome. 720p would look better on it though.

Talez · Post by **Talez** » 20 Oct 2006 08:47 am

mxlegend99 wrote:1366x768 - So neither 720p nor 1080i would display natively on it...

And that is why 768p panels should die a horrible, horrible death along with 16:9 1024x768 panels.

What kind of retarded does it take to make something so utterly stupid? Do they wake up and go "ok... we're going to get a 16:9 1024x768 panel because that will display absolutely NOTHING at its native res and make PC input look distorted to boot!"

mxlegend99 · Post by **mxlegend99** » 20 Oct 2006 08:48 am

Talez wrote:
mxlegend99 wrote:1366x768 - So neither 720p nor 1080i would display natively on it...
And that is why 768p panels should die a horrible, horrible death along with 16:9 1024x768 panels.

What kind of retarded does it take to make something so utterly stupid? Do they wake up and go "ok... we're going to get a 16:9 1024x768 panel because that will display absolutely NOTHING at its native res and make PC input look distorted to boot!"

I've got nothing against 768p displays. Atleast they're proper 16:9 / 16:10 displays.

Those 16:9 1024x768 TV's though, i wouldn't touch one of them. Stretched pixels FTL

Shaneus · Post by **Shaneus** » 20 Oct 2006 08:53 am

I actually don't mind the 768p TVs... once I found out that the 360 outputs VGA at that res, I picked one up!