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rangaraj · 29th December 2006, 13:04

1. Figure out the source of content that you end up watching most
- If the source quality is bad, then some good TV's could end up looking worse than ordinary TV's - noise filtering, signal conditioning, colour gamut etc.
- Most TV manufacturers expect a certain minimum quality and do not design it for bad signals..

2. Once you figure out the source (say DTH, or cable STB, or DVD's or VCD's), use that to compare sets
- Most people watch the demos with great DVD players and pre-selected demo DVD's and get dissapointed with the quality of cable programming for eg.

3. Trust your eyes!
- When you buy audio equipment or video equipment, dont buy based on specs (except for i/p's, o/p's, standards etc.), but trust your eyes and ears - they are eventually what you are going to use for your pleasure.
- I had a friend who built some speakers for me using Indian components from SJP road and a majority of visitors say it sounds better than high end expensive speakers.. Specs is not everything..
- I tried to find the difference between a bravia and a bourdeux as the specs of the samsung should have blown away the bravia, but it was not the case..

4. It is subjective
- Dont go by what "experts" or the salesman or friends say.. See and hear it for yourself and make the decision.
- The hollywood "golden eyes" was a method to determine the quality of film - a bunch of people brought into a room and a statistical method across them determined the quality

5. Narrow it down based on some base criteria
- Decide on some specs that you need - eg. will you connect a PC, the number of connectors you need based on the sources and outputs, Do you have HDMI sources - how many do you need? Is DLNA important to you, What resolution do you anticipate you need from 480p to 1080p and all the variants in between (obviously 1080p is going to be the most expensive and not easily available in India) etc...
- Look at the other aspects - after sales service etc.
- Once you have some of these as must haves, desirable and dont care.. then shortlist the brands/models and then do the visual/aural test..

6. Match the outcome of the shortlist by rating all this with your wallet and then decide. If not able to decide, wait for some time and repeat exercise till successful ;-)..

29th December 2006, 13:04	#41 (permalink)
rangaraj BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 451	Suggestions 1. Figure out the source of content that you end up watching most - If the source quality is bad, then some good TV's could end up looking worse than ordinary TV's - noise filtering, signal conditioning, colour gamut etc. - Most TV manufacturers expect a certain minimum quality and do not design it for bad signals.. 2. Once you figure out the source (say DTH, or cable STB, or DVD's or VCD's), use that to compare sets - Most people watch the demos with great DVD players and pre-selected demo DVD's and get dissapointed with the quality of cable programming for eg. 3. Trust your eyes! - When you buy audio equipment or video equipment, dont buy based on specs (except for i/p's, o/p's, standards etc.), but trust your eyes and ears - they are eventually what you are going to use for your pleasure. - I had a friend who built some speakers for me using Indian components from SJP road and a majority of visitors say it sounds better than high end expensive speakers.. Specs is not everything.. - I tried to find the difference between a bravia and a bourdeux as the specs of the samsung should have blown away the bravia, but it was not the case.. 4. It is subjective - Dont go by what "experts" or the salesman or friends say.. See and hear it for yourself and make the decision. - The hollywood "golden eyes" was a method to determine the quality of film - a bunch of people brought into a room and a statistical method across them determined the quality 5. Narrow it down based on some base criteria - Decide on some specs that you need - eg. will you connect a PC, the number of connectors you need based on the sources and outputs, Do you have HDMI sources - how many do you need? Is DLNA important to you, What resolution do you anticipate you need from 480p to 1080p and all the variants in between (obviously 1080p is going to be the most expensive and not easily available in India) etc... - Look at the other aspects - after sales service etc. - Once you have some of these as must haves, desirable and dont care.. then shortlist the brands/models and then do the visual/aural test.. 6. Match the outcome of the shortlist by rating all this with your wallet and then decide. If not able to decide, wait for some time and repeat exercise till successful ;-)..