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Old 06-10-2009, 23:55
100 monkeys
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Hello folks,

It's about time i got hold of a new TV.

I'm looking for a decent 42" HD compliant TV. To be used for watching sports, films, console gaming and preferably media from the computer (so would be useful to be able to stream various file formats straight from the PC).

I've been reading through these forums and I was looking at the Panasonic Plasma TX-P42V10B but apparently this won't accept media in any other format than DivX or MPEG2? Multi-formats capability is more important to me than a decent image for watching TV etc although i would rather not compromise that if possible.

Any good recommendations for great products out there? I have to admit to being a bit lost! Don't want to fork out a grand+ for it to be unable to do what i want it to do. Even a tiny bit of assistance/push in the right direction here would be greatly appreciated
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Old 07-10-2009, 18:18
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If you're connecting a media centre to the TV then why not let that do all the format decoding?
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Old 07-10-2009, 18:30
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Western Digital's TVHD media player is a great little piece of kit.

Had one since January, and it still makes me smile when I use it. It's that good! - plays loads of formats, including HD. Plays DVD ripped VOBs or IMG files (without DVD menus unfortunately, but that may come with a future firmware update).
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Old 07-10-2009, 20:46
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i use my ps3 as a media centre and stream to that from laptop and it plays it back on the tv.i do think doing it this way rather than getting a tv to accept certain formats will be better
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Old 07-10-2009, 23:36
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Thanks for the replies

If you're connecting a media centre to the TV then why not let that do all the format decoding?
Don't have one as yet (apart from the PC of course) but will be setting something up. At present i'm just building some ideas on how to go about all of this. The TV i was looking at has the following as part of it's description which gave me pause for thought:

DLNA (DviX/JPEG/MPEG2)

I guess i need to look at setting something up on the PC, or:


Western Digital's TVHD media player is a great little piece of kit.

Had one since January, and it still makes me smile when I use it. It's that good! - plays loads of formats, including HD. Plays DVD ripped VOBs or IMG files (without DVD menus unfortunately, but that may come with a future firmware update).
Yeah that looks great! Only £70 too. Will seriously consider getting me one of those!

i use my ps3 as a media centre and stream to that from laptop and it plays it back on the tv.i do think doing it this way rather than getting a tv to accept certain formats will be better
Yes i will be looking to get PS3/XBOX360 at some point (360 borked at the mo ). What you mention is a definite option for me.

I work in IT but i'm a complete newb at setting up media/home entertainment so still deciding the best way to go at the mo.

Thanks for ideas so far
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