I currently have a 32" Ferguson widescreen which is 3-and-a-half years old and is bugging me to the point where I'm constantly promising myself a new one... basically the following are faults on it:
1) RGB doesn't work properly; if a box is outputting RGB into SCART 1 it corrupts all other channels (composite or s-video) so in effect RGB is unusable.
2) Very blurry picture -- has been like that from new, a distinct lack of clarity, very soft image.
3) Misconvergeance -- pink ghost lines immediately to the left and right of white text if the set is in 16:9 -- seems to settle down in 4:3 or if the 16:9 image is quite dark.
I'd like to replace it with a sub-500 pound 32" widescreen TV. I've seen sets from the like of Philips, Tosh, Sharp, LG and ultra-cheapies like Bush and so on.
What I need is something with a good sharp image, which doesn't let down if changed to composite video (Sony composite is unacceptablly bad for instance), which ideally has 4:3, 16:9 and 14:9 modes (stretchyvision I don't want), which switches correctly in RGB mode (which rules out the Sharp I think), doesn't let the RGB picture overlay over the top of a composite image (which I think rules out the Beko-based cheapos) and generally has good performance (no serious convergeance, geometry or colour-bleeding issues). Sound is not an issue (I have a 5:1 decoder for that).
I think the Toshiba sets are ideal but they are a little expensive. How do the like of Daewoo, LG, Samsung, Sanyo or Philips fare? And please no nasty Thomson/Ferguson sets!!!
I know, I want the moon on a stick, but any help would be greatly appreciated
1) RGB doesn't work properly; if a box is outputting RGB into SCART 1 it corrupts all other channels (composite or s-video) so in effect RGB is unusable.
2) Very blurry picture -- has been like that from new, a distinct lack of clarity, very soft image.
3) Misconvergeance -- pink ghost lines immediately to the left and right of white text if the set is in 16:9 -- seems to settle down in 4:3 or if the 16:9 image is quite dark.
I'd like to replace it with a sub-500 pound 32" widescreen TV. I've seen sets from the like of Philips, Tosh, Sharp, LG and ultra-cheapies like Bush and so on.
What I need is something with a good sharp image, which doesn't let down if changed to composite video (Sony composite is unacceptablly bad for instance), which ideally has 4:3, 16:9 and 14:9 modes (stretchyvision I don't want), which switches correctly in RGB mode (which rules out the Sharp I think), doesn't let the RGB picture overlay over the top of a composite image (which I think rules out the Beko-based cheapos) and generally has good performance (no serious convergeance, geometry or colour-bleeding issues). Sound is not an issue (I have a 5:1 decoder for that).
I think the Toshiba sets are ideal but they are a little expensive. How do the like of Daewoo, LG, Samsung, Sanyo or Philips fare? And please no nasty Thomson/Ferguson sets!!!
I know, I want the moon on a stick, but any help would be greatly appreciated