Good Brand of New Television Set ?

MrAl said:

It's interesting that Sony came up with an idea for carry outs using removable bars, that makes it a little better at least. Never saw one myself though but if i had one i'd probably leave the bars on unless they interfere with the screen.

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Not Sony, that was Grundig.

Nigel Goodwin said:

Not Sony, that was Grundig.

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Hi,

I guess that is why i never saw a Sony with bars on it

MrAl said:

Hi,

I guess that is why i never saw a Sony with bars on it

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Sony did 'useful' things like putting an inset handle in each side

Like you could lift 120kg like that.

When I did TV production Sony was a key brand in quality components. Panasonic was ok.
I have an LG 55" 'LED' Tv about 3 years now...It's stood up just fine and has an SPDIF optical out to drive the surround. I like it cuz' the USB connects to a portable hard drive or memory stick and can browse for movies, music or pics etc.

Hi,

That sounds nice, the USB for browsing the USB drive.
Does it play movies too on the USB drive (stick) ?

Mosaic said:

When I did TV production Sony was a key brand in quality components. Panasonic was ok.
I have an LG 55" 'LED' Tv about 3 years now...It's stood up just fine and has an SPDIF optical out to drive the surround. I like it cuz' the USB connects to a portable hard drive or memory stick and can browse for movies, music or pics etc.

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Nothing has changed really - Sony and Panasonic are still the top brands, making better quality sets with better quality components, LG and Samsung are well behind on the quality stakes, but on a par to each other as the 'middling' quality manufacturers.

Pretty well all modern sets have USB and various facilities, including many with crude single tuner PVR type capabilities.