Taking a tv to the phils

[fred]

Why not just save yourself the hassle and buy one here?? Prices are reasonably cheap now..

[subseastu]

Well I've just got a ps3 and now want the tv to go with it. I think I maybe the last bloke in the uk with a crt tv. So it seems check if the tv can switch between pal / ntsc, keep my ps3 and try to get a bluray / dvd player region free

[JimOttley]

Well I've just got a ps3 and now want the tv to go with it. I think I maybe the last bloke in the uk with a crt tv. So it seems check if the tv can switch between pal / ntsc, keep my ps3 and try to get a bluray / dvd player region free

You're not the last mate 32" Philips CRT and I'm sticking with it, my eyesight isn't what it once was and I prefer the overall response of a CRT set.

Only the very high end LCD's seem free of artifacts in the picture and stuff like that bugs me

I think almost all the DVD players I've seen in the Phils are region free, even if they are not, all the pirate disks will be free of any kind of regional coding

But yes your check-list is basically fine!


Jim

[bornatbirth]

Well I've just got a ps3 and now want the tv to go with it. I think I maybe the last bloke in the uk with a crt tv. So it seems check if the tv can switch between pal / ntsc, keep my ps3 and try to get a bluray / dvd player region free

thats it

You're not the last mate 32" Philips CRT and I'm sticking with it, my eyesight isn't what it once was and I prefer the overall response of a CRT set.

Only the very high end LCD's seem free of artifacts in the picture and stuff like that bugs me

I think almost all the DVD players I've seen in the Phils are region free, even if they are not, all the pirate disks will be free of any kind of regional coding

But yes your check-list is basically fine!


Jim

my crt gave up last year,i had it for over ten years so cant complain.

with any new tv you need to update the firmware and make sure the signal source is an upscaler to 1080i like sky hd or a humax freesat box and it will be a big improvement over anything else like the built in tuner or standard sky box.

i cant see the point in watching philipino tv on a 1080i,as i never seen a decent picture on any tv

[JimOttley]

with any new tv you need to update the firmware and make sure the signal source is an upscaler to 1080i like sky hd or a humax freesat box and it will be a big improvement over anything else like the built in tuner or standard sky box.

i cant see the point in watching philipino tv on a 1080i,as i never seen a decent picture on any tv

I tend to agree the only point would be in watching blue ray DVD's or as you say upscaled ordinary DVD's.

I wanted to get Digital SkyCable at our place in Las Pinas the other year, I was willing to pay a full year's subscription up front but they refused because no one else in the subdivision had SkyCable already.

We ended up with analogue Las Pinas Cable which is pretty variable quality and a limited range of channels, it is a third of the price of SkyCable at less than 500 peso a month so that is a good thing given the change in our personal circumstances this year but it would have been nice to have digital TV over there. :(

About a week after SkyCable refused us and Las Pinas cable had gone ahead and installed, someone with a half a brain at SkyCable called back and almost begged us to let them install, they had finally figured out that expanding their network into a new subdivision is a good thing and not as most people in customer services departments in Philippine companies seem to think just an expense

Ah well same applies to PLDT, getting a land line is ridiculous bureaucratic mess and we had already had an account with them for over 2 years at a different address !


Jim

[somebody]

Why not just save yourself the hassle and buy one here?? Prices are reasonably cheap now..

Word of if you are loaded why not pop over to Hong kong and buy one supercheap and ship from there from one of the offices of manufactuers or first line of wholesalers?

[subseastu]

Word of if you are loaded why not pop over to Hong kong and buy one supercheap and ship from there from one of the offices of manufactuers or first line of wholesalers?

That is a mighty fine idea. Its a long time since I was in honkers, I thought it was very expensive for all stuff though? Is it pretty easy to do this anyway? Presumably there is a discount cos you'd be buying from the source.

As for the mentioned ghosting on screens I know waht your on about. You've got to get a kuro for like 2500quid before your really free from it. I get what hi fi every month (something to read on the bog!) and the kit i'd like to buy justs gets more expensive every time. Spent over 2 grand on hi fi stuff and with in 6 months I was looking to upgrade. Stupid, stupid. For stuff for my lounge I reckon 5000quid should cover what I want to buy!!!!!!! WHAT AM I THINKING?????

[jimeve]

That is a mighty fine idea. Its a long time since I was in honkers, I thought it was very expensive for all stuff though? Is it pretty easy to do this anyway? Presumably there is a discount cos you'd be buying from the source.

As for the mentioned ghosting on screens I know waht your on about. You've got to get a kuro for like 2500quid before your really free from it. I get what hi fi every month (something to read on the bog!) and the kit i'd like to buy justs gets more expensive every time. Spent over 2 grand on hi fi stuff and with in 6 months I was looking to upgrade. Stupid, stupid. For stuff for my lounge I reckon 5000quid should cover what I want to buy!!!!!!! WHAT AM I THINKING?????

If your going to buy a large tv, buy a plasma 720p or 1080p. large LCD are bad only good for small screen due to the brightness.