LCD TV's

I'm guessing your watching freeview through your tv ,and not hd channels ,theres a hell of a lot of processing going on to get them pictures to scale up to the higher definition of your new tv ,and a lot more things besides that as well that are going to affect your picture.Lcd screens tend not to be able to update each pixel fast enough to cope with fast action and sports especially. Old crt screens are instant and plasma is faster than lcd but not quite instant either. Thats a very over simplified explanation as there is more to it than that. You wont see as many of these issues with hd material although it is still affected, it's just much more apparent with standard definition programing and all that scaling that has to be done at the same time. Lcd's are getting better with each new generation but for standard definition still out gunned by crt which is all but obsolete now, go figure

Freeview channels are better than BBC1/2 and ITV etc. However the footie was on ITV...

I understand all that's been said and now appeared to have proved the theory at home!

I'm off to the shop to discuss at lunchtime - if all else fails I get refund and use my old CRT til it drops!

Your best bet is to look for a really cheap LCD tv because these televisions use a TN-panel which has better response time than the PVA screens that are more common on more expensive LCD tv's. TN-panels are very popular with gamers because of the low response time. However the viewing angle is not as good as a PVA-panel especially the vertical viewing angle. Also TN screens let more light through which means that black is never going to be black but more grey. PVA screens have a viewing angle of 178 degrees and TN screens have a horizontal viewing angle of around 160 degrees and a vertical viewing angle of 150/160 degrees.

My computer screen also has TN-technology and I never saw any blurring. I'd shop around for an LCD television with a TN-panel you can recognize them by their viewing angle.

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I'm off to the shop to discuss at lunchtime

I dread to think what there advice will be, most non specialized electrical shops really don't have a clue what they are talking about. good luck you will need it.

ps. i understand what bwolke is saying about the cheaper lcd screens and gamers but this does not really hold true for a main tv. it's not being ran as a monitor where you wont see blurring as much because the games are again at a higher resolution. Try watching freeview through most computer screens and you will get similar results to what you are seeing at home trust me. For a tv as well you really want as good a black level as you can get as this really helps the picture to look better, especially at night.

I looked at 32 inch LCD (I had a 21inch CRT before!) and decided against it, though there appear to be more options with 32 inch, 100hz 1080p - the actual size was too big for my room realistically - and I really don't want it on the wall.

The shop were very helpful yesterday - with some setting up tips etc and checking signal in my home area, so I'm going to 'fiddle' a bit. Have to admit to being something of a philistine with digital stuff...

Watched a DVD last night and it was pretty good.

Overall the picture is good, if somewhat 'synthetic' compared to CRT.

Keep you posted.