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Gadget Show Monday 19th Feb. Watch it!
Tc7
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The presenters are covering flat screen tv's in this episode. Ive a feeling Plasma will come out of it well!
"A flatscreen television is one of the most expensive gadgets that any household can buy, so to help guide consumers through the minefield of choice, Jason and Suzi head to the shops. Checking out all the contenders, the pair cover plasma and LCD screens and examine the range of sizes available. When they have made their choices – Suzi a plasma and Jason an LCD – a group of football fans is gathered and a fake pitch assembled. The screens are then placed at either end of the pitch as goals, and the machine that attracts the highest viewing figures is crowned the ultimate flatscreen."
Channel 5 Monday night!
Tc
"A flatscreen television is one of the most expensive gadgets that any household can buy, so to help guide consumers through the minefield of choice, Jason and Suzi head to the shops. Checking out all the contenders, the pair cover plasma and LCD screens and examine the range of sizes available. When they have made their choices – Suzi a plasma and Jason an LCD – a group of football fans is gathered and a fake pitch assembled. The screens are then placed at either end of the pitch as goals, and the machine that attracts the highest viewing figures is crowned the ultimate flatscreen."
Channel 5 Monday night!
Tc
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sometimes this show is just stupid, other times you know which BRAND will win... skyHD V cableHD oh i wonder..., more people can get skyHD more channels are on sky HD who will win...
which MP3 is better, so ask the public to chose between an Ipod and other brands, but don`t mask the looks, so they all chose Ipod!!!
so to predict which tv will win, my money is on a Sony Brava
Tc
They'll probably dunk a Plasma Tv in a tank of water.
I'd prefer a serious show with decent presenters and stop rushing, do one item for ten mins and then onto the next don't dart back and forth like a blue arse fly.
Or looking at a LCD from 12" and commenting on the picture quality in a small dark room with god knows what source material and setup time.
Thank god I had some good sources of information from various AV forums back then and not just a TV show with all it's limitations.
I think the gadget show is to gadgets what top gear is to cars, just related fun and not a review show
Lets see.
Last year they heavily went for lcd after reviewing a top end LCD against a mid end plasma.
Or a Panasoinc V Sony
Good tip, errrr, it appears that the more money spent, then better the tv!!
Tc
Precisely.
Result was a draw!!
Much was made about the Plasma's tendency for burn-in!!
Is 'burn in' really an issue?
Tc
I want a 'Lick Watch'!
but got to admit this was a good test of a tv, STILL showing the brand, telling them which was plasma which was lcd, and looking at the quality from about 12" away from the screen, just how you`d watch tv at home.
and in the end still no winner.
next week Ipod V unknown brand which is toughest when being attacked at PAINTBALL!!! only last week my MP3 player got broke when i was paintballed! :eek: if only i had watched this first, why is life so crule
It was a shame the "testing" was so such a gimmick. It would have been more accurate and probably had just as much impact showing the two TV's in a pub/bar where you weren't standing look down from a few feet away.
It would have been even better in two "average" family rooms with real positioning and lighting so the people could judge is a more realistic enviroment.
SONY only produde LCD Tv's now, Panasonic's have always been selling more than SONY's in my view.
And that the did!
Girlfriend suggested I turned the program off at the start as she knows that sort of thing winds me up
Still they fixed it as a "draw" to avoid a backlash of angry letters I think
I switched off before they got to the answer, and it's a programme I will not be tempted to watch again.
Are all Channel Five programmes as bad as this? No wonder I (or anybody else in the household) watch it. :mad:
This is one of the better ones!
Couldn’t see which was the best in the test because A- They didn’t have the camera on the screens and B the camera was jumping all over the place anyway.... Although I got more motion blur on the Football frottage on my TV they were displaying than normal... strange!! (Actually the Gadget Shows Picture is real bad for LCD tellys.. the colour and contrast are always far to high- A Technology show with one of the worst pictures i have seen!!
Didn’t agree with the outcome- but did agree that they picked the right screens, I have seen the Samsung alongside the Sony and Toshiba equivalents- Toshibas image was less sharp and Sonys was Dull so thumbs up on the choices
Your view is VERY wrong, Sony far out sell Panasonic - the figures are published every year.
Definitely, and i'm sure the main reason for that is design. Panasonic seem to be a year behind in colour and design.
Last year their LCDs were black (LXD50/52/500) whereas every other brand was silver.
This year, all the other brands are black, and the Panasonic's are silver! (LXD60/600).
Silly Panasonic.
Turn the sound down then?