How do all, looking for a bit of advice please.

Now, the plan, around Christmas is to get a hold of a PS3. I'm contemplating a 32" TV to go with it so it'll double up as a blu ray player via HDMI.

Now, is there anything I should be looking for in a new TV? I haven't bought one since I bought this goliath of a CRT.

I have a PVR, only a SCART connection though, but that will suffice for recording for now and I'll no doubt just be using the TV speakers although I may move the 5.1 downstairs if I tinker with my PCs sound.

Is this the sort of thing I should be looking at clicky or are there some glaring problems in the specs that I should avoid/look out for?

Cheers all, any advice appreciated by the TV numptee.

Full 1080p support and 100Hz technology. I was quite impressed by the Samsung LE32B652T4WXXU at around £600.

If you can afford it though, consider the Samsung UE32B6000WWXXU LED TV - knocks LCDs into a cocked hat in terms of picture quality - but then it is £800.

How much?

I'm sort of mid range value for money kind of a guy rather than a bells and whistles boy. Thanks for the pointers though.

Value wise you can't beat the LG LH series at the moment.

LH3000 - from Richer Sounds is £370 or £380 from Dixons and you can normal get a discount code for dixons.
1080P, 80K contrast, 50hz, no USB.

LH4000 - from Amazon is £387.
1080P, 80K contrast, 100hz, USB (which can be turned into HD divx compatable from the service menu.)

Hobgob.

Thanks hobgob

I've done a little reading, need to do more, but people seem to be suggesting that 1080p is only really noticeable on screens >32"... Is that just a fundamental basic, as in you wouldn't really notice the difference on a 15" screen between 720 and 1080 but, say, a 37" would show this difference up?

37" and above need to be 1080p or the pixels are a bit to big spoiling the quality of the image.
32" 1080p TV's look great but if you're sitting too far away it defeats the point of the extra resolution

I would opt for 1080p for anything 32inch and larger, I would say that 1080p is a fundamental basic for TV's now.

If your ever even going to consider using a PC on the TV 1080p is a must.

Thanks for feeding the knowledge guys.

Yip, I've got a 37" version of that (mine's has USB)

Do you have it hooked up to a PS or Xbox? How's it looking?

PS3, looks absolutely stunning in games (haven't rented a BR yet ), you have to fiddle with the settings as with any TV to get good contrast etc, but out of the box is perfectly acceptable compared to some other TVs

The sound out of it is amazing, and that's before you get to the TruSurround or whatever it's called. I haven't even properly played around with that yet!

Haven't tried the USB port as I haven't had much need yet. You've certainly enough ports to cover you for most outcomes. Swivel stand's a useful feature. Freeview tuner's excellent and gets a far better signal than the boxes in the house.

If there's anything else you wanna know, just ask. It seemed to be the whole package for a good price, so I went for it

Cheers pcernie.

Aye, I had a trawl over some other forums and there's a lot of praise for the sound. I did notice for a wedge more you can get a 100Hz version, not entirely sure what the benefits would be to be honest over the 50hz.

Nice to hear the PS3 plays well, I'm planning to get a PS3 around Christmas time and fancy having a HD TV to hook it up to with the HDMI for the Bluray as well.