Sarah Elton ([info]sarah_elton) wrote,
@ 2005-12-24 11:36:00
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Current mood: curious

LCD television question for mum
Right knowledgable types.

Mum's replacing her ten year old TV.

She's looking at widescreen LCD HD ready* TVs. In Currys etc, she has noticed that when rugby was on, on some LCD screens the players legs were ghosting when they ran fast. She mainly watches sport, especially football, and doesn't want this to happen.

Is this a problem with LCD in general, or just certain makes? She would probably lean towards Toshiba.

She's not looking at plasma, so it's LCD or regular widescreens....

Any ideas? I'm still using my cousin's 12 year old 24" Sony which is going strong so not up on TVs. :o)

p.s. I am however using paper to make 32 and 37" screen cutouts, to prove to her that 37" in her small lounge would be daft.

* Apparently Sky is going HD this year, in time for the world cup, hence wanting HD ready.


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[info]weyoun_one
2005-12-24 06:06 am UTC (link)
Sky+ box will just have Scarts, so that will have to do for now.

A HDMI cable is like this.

Don't be frightened by the price, those are top-end high quality ones. HDMI stands for High Definition Multimedia Interface. It's like a digital Scart cable, carrying both picture and sound digitally. It's an extension of the DVI standard used for connecting PCs to LCD monitors - you can actually get HDMI-DVI adaptors.

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[info]sarah_elton
2005-12-24 07:05 am UTC (link)
Ahhhh ok, thanks.

She's currently looking at the Toshiba 37WL56 (not necessarily from Play, but it lists the spec better than Currys), which does have an HDMI socket (albeit only one).

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