Most on here are well aware of my general hatred of the dreadful pictures that most flatscreen (LCD) TVs produce, and the even worse situation when you stick them on a DTV signal.
So I surprised myself when I was particularly taken by the picture on a 50" Panasonic plasma that I saw in a local supermarket. In fact, so impressed was I with the standard resolution picture, provided by no less than its own internal DTV receiver, let alone the HD pictures from sat, and the unbelievably good full res pics from a BluRay player, that I have actually bought one. It was just £699 complete with a five year full parts and labour (inc the panel) warranty. How good is that for a 50" plas ? I had always thought that plas piccies blew the socks off of LCDs, but the prices of these were just prohibitive.
Anyway, it was delivered Monday, and yesterday I had my replacement HD sat box delivered and installed, to go with my shiny new HD subscription upgrade. I have to say that I am absolutely delighted with the picture on DTTV, standard res sat and HD sat. The standard res transmissions look at least as good, and possibly even slightly better than they did on my 37" Tosh CRT set, and the HD transmissions are stunningly good.
So there we have it. Another old Luddite finally converted, and prepared to accept that with the right equipment, DTV and a flat panel TV *can* replace a CRT set being fed with a good quality analogue signal ... :-)
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