This weekend The Bristol Marriott Hotel plays host to the biggest AV and Hifi show of the year. The Sound and Vision Bristol show attracts audiophil...
This weekend The Bristol Marriott Hotel plays host to the biggest AV and Hifi show of the year. The Sound and Vision Bristol show attracts audiophiles and AV enthusiast from all over the country.
The Bristol Sound and vision show will be presenting new products from almost 200 brands including Yamaha, Sony, JVC, Mission, Wharfedale, Denon plus many more. The Sound and Vision Bristol show allows people to get close and demo the latest products, giving them chance to test them and relay feedback directly to the manufactures. Visits love that there are so many brands under one roof, no AV or Hifi shop in the country will have this many brands on display.
The show is not just open to the public, retailers like Sound and Vision, HiFiBitz and Digital direct visits the show to see the products before they are launched and to gain a better understanding of what they are selling. The Bristol Sound and Vision show is expected to draw in over 5000 visits over the weekend of the 26th to the 28th of February. If you are not comfortable with crowded spaces maybe the Sound and vision show is not for you, so we are suggesting you visit your local AV and Hifi dealer. Sound and vision have electrical stores in Leeds and Bolton with accounts with over 160 manufacturers many of which are showcasing at the show. In the Sound and vision stores there are well over 200 pieces of electrical equipment from televisions, to speakers, from Home Cinema Systems to AV furniture on display.
Over this weekend there will be a lot going on at the Bristol show, so if you would rather escape the hustle and bustle over crowed demonstration rooms, visits and support your local AV dealer like Sound and Vision Bolton or Leeds.
Many people visit the Bristol show for its reputation for low prices, nevertheless many visits found that their local AV and Hifi store could offer better prices. Keeping that in mind, it might be an idea to take a couple of Av retailer’s numbers to make sure you are getting the best deal.
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Before you buy a TV or other consumer electronics item you should take into account not only the purchase price of the product but additionally the probability of it going faulty, the life expectancy of the product, and the features and the performance.
Main brand TVs from manufacturers such as Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, LG, Samsung, Hitachi, Hitachi, Sharp and JVC always retail for more than secondary brands of televisions with unknown brand badges on them. The unbranded cheap televisions from unknown manufacturers look like good value for money when compared to the known brands of TVs. The styling and features may well make justifying the difference difficult.
Why are the known brands of TVs more expensive?
Obviously when you buy a known brand of TV you are paying a premium for the brand, which you dont do on the unknown brand cheaper televisions. However is this the only difference?
One obvious reason for the recognized brands being more pricey is that they have UK staff, offices and warehouses unlike the cheaper brand televisions that are imported directly into the UK by importers from in China and Eastern Europe and are delivered straight to the retailer.
Because the unknown secondary brands of cheap TVs are manufactured in unknown factories there is no incentive for them to invest in the reliability of the TVs for the reason that they dont have a brand reputation to look after. Ultimately if the TVs that they manufacture last on average 3 years or 6 years it isnt important to them since it is unlikely that you will knowingly purchase a further Television that is manufactured in the same factory -there is no way identifying the factory that manufactured the unbranded cheap TV.
The probability of unbranded Cheap TVs becoming faulty at some point in the first year or after is greater than for branded televisions since they dont boast the same stringent quality control systems.
The circuit design and internal components on unheard of cheap Television brands are not of the same quality as the main brands of televisions, yet again increasing the likelihood of the TV going faulty. Reliability surveys carried out by the consumer magazine Which have again and again found that Television brands such as Sony and Panasonic consistently out perform the cheaper unknown cheap Television brands.
It is more difficult to repair cheap televisions from unknown brands
Replacement parts are not as readily available on cheap Television brands as they are for the major Television brands. This is often for the reason that there arent any parts kept in the UK by the manufacturer for the unbranded cheap televisions unlike the main brand TVs so it takes longer to obtain the parts.
If an repair engineer is struggling to find the cause of a fault on a main brand Television they can get technical assistance from the technical department of the UK subsiduary. In some cases if the repair engineer can’t resolve the fault then the TV manufacturer will even carry out the repair. The unfamiliar cheaper TV brands dont have this sort of back up. As a result not only is it more likely that the unbranded cheap Television will go faulty but when it does it will be more difficult, if not impossible to obtain technical assistance. Furthermore it will probably take longer to get the parts. If the problem cant be repaired, due to no technical support, it follows that the unbranded cheap Television is more likely to become unrepairable earlier than the main brand TVs and will need replacing earlier.
It is not unknown when a branded Television has had very poor service history, for the manufacturer to swap, repair or subsidise the price of the repair outside of beyond the 12 month guarantee as a good will gesture. It is unlikely that this would happen for a cheap Televisions from an unknown brand, which means that you would have to buy a replacement one earlier than if you had bought a recognized brand of TV.
Better performance on well-known brand TVs
One more reason for the higher selling prices for major brand televisions is that the producers invest in research and development to find ways of improving the existing technology to enhance the performance of the TV. This doesnt take place with cheap unbranded TVs which have inferior features and performance. If you read specialist magazines like What Video or What Hifi you will see that main brand televisions get a lot better reviews than the unknown cheap TV brands.
Conclusion
Cheaper brands of TVs experience poorer reliability and dont have the features and performance of the more expensive main brand TV manufacturers. Bearing in mind that you often buy a Television to last for 5 years or more, when you share the cost differential by the number of years that you intend to keep the TV for, it is worth paying the additional amount for a branded TV. More often than not the cheaper unbranded TV will prove to be more costly because of poor reliability and the probability that it will have to be replaced earlier. This is forgetting about the better performance of the major brand televisions. Consequently the unbranded cheap TVs represent poor value compared to TVs from Pioneer, Sony, Philips, Toshiba, Panasonic, LG, JVC etc.
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When shopping for a new television, it is important to remember that a cheap TV is not always the best choice. Think about what you hope to get out of your television before committing yourself to one of the cheapest TVs that are unlikely to hold up over time.
Brand name televisions are almost always going to be more expensive than off brand and unbranded LCDs and plasmas you might see online. The brand names cost more due to the fact that their brand name is recognizable. Cheap televisions can survive by constantly creating new brand names so that no one can recognize a new television as an inferior product they bought years ago.
Buying a Cheap TV: When’s and Why’s
Obviously, if reliability is a priority, then a cheap television is probably not the best buy. A brand name TV set should last a good, long time without any major hassles for the customers. It is important to remember, though, that brand names doesn’t have to be synonymous with expensive! A savvy shopper will be able to find cheap brand name televisions without any frustration.
Cheap TV sets aren’t entirely worthless, however. A TV that only lasts a few years might not be a downside when you’re in a situation where you don’t plan on using a cheap television for long. Rather than buy a new television that’s going to be disposed of soon, buying a cheap, low quality TV could be the perfect solution. For instance, college students who’ll soon be moving out of the dorms might prefer a shorter-lived television that can be disposed of guilt free in a few years.
Cheap LCD TVs: Worth the savings?
LCD or plasma TVs can be expensive. However, the higher price might tempt some to unwisely cut costs and purchase an inferior product. Because cheap plasma TVs and cheap LCD televisions are cutting back on manufacturing costs, the quality is almost always significantly lower. When customers buy an offbrand Plasma TV, they can expect washed out colours and other problems.
This is because the ability for these types of televisions to display dark blacks and other deep colours is dependent on the quality of the manufacturing. The cheapest LCD TVs and the cheapest plasmas are going to suffer due to the cost cutting taking places in the overseas factories where they’re made. There might be some mileage to be found in pubs or other venues that require multiple cheap TVs, but most people will get more value out of a slightly more expensive name brand television.
Overall, most customers will have a better experience with name brand televisions compared to cheap TVs. However, there may be certain situations where buying the cheapest television available will make sense. Just take a little bit of time and review what you need before making a purchase and the decision should come easily.
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A standard PAL television will refresh the picture at a frequency of 50Hz or 50 Frames Per Second (FPS). The Frames Per Second are the number of frames needed to create the illusion of movement. On a 50Hz Cathode Ray Television (CRT), because the picture was produced by an electron scan, there was a visible flicker that could be detected by the human eye.
The Human eye is at occasionally sensitive to this frequency depending on the intensity of darkness, the speed of the image, and the degree of brightness thus you will occasionally notice the picture flicker on a 50Hz TV. The flicker becomes more apparent on larger screen.
How 100 hertz technology originally worked
A 100 FPS (100Hz) television operates at twice the Frequency by creating a copy of each frame and putting it after the one before. As a result of doubling the scan frequency to 100Hz and inserting a duplicate frame this effect is eliminated, as far as the eye is concerned. The consequence of this is to drastically lower the flicker.
100hz on LCD and Plasma tv’s
Plasma and LCD TVs dont have flickering as they dont generate the picture with an electron scan. But LCD TVs are still able to benefit from 100Hz since cpmplex digital circuitry creates a middle image or an extra frame. The TV does this by creating an further frame by means of complex interpolation along with motion compensation calculations to work out what the addition frames and fields look like instead of inserting a copy frame. Therfore the first and second frames are different.
However even at 100 FPS the picture still does not deliver a entirely smooth picture particularly with fast motion images. Some television manufactures attempt to reduce this further by employing digital picture processing. Typically there is still a little blurring on quick moving images but the benefits are clearer and better-defined surfaces, sharper pictures, and smoother movement than is possible from 50 Frames Per Second Plasma and LCD televisions.
i.e. if a football moves ten pixels from right to left between frames one, two and three, the 100 Frames Per Second television will digitally create two added frames between one and two, along with two and three, in which the ball will travel five pixels. This therefore results in a total of five frames in which the ball moves a total of ten pixels i.e. the original frames one, two and three plus the digitally created frames that are inserted in between one and two, and between two and three. The eye thus sees a picture that moves more fluidly than before.
The benefits of 100 Hz
100Hz televisions have a clear benefit of eliminating the majority of ghosting effects now and then seen in LCD TVs. The ghosting effect caused by the next image being shown before the previous one has faded away. Plasma television also benefits from 100hz because the extra middle frame smoothes motion on the screen
Most top manufacturers have now got 100Hz LCD and Plasma televisions including Panasonic, JVC, Samsung, Toshiba, LG, Sony, Philips, Pioneer and Hitachi.
200hz the next generation
A new series of 200 hertz televisions have been launched by Sony which digitally inserts three additional frames between the original 50 hertz frames. Thus fast moving sequences are delivered with a smoother, more fluid and sharper picture than 50Hz or even 100 hertz TV’s.
Reduced seizures for people who have photosensitive epilepsies
Research has proven that 100 hertz televisions can assist in preventing seizures in people who suffer with photosensitive epilepsies when viewing television or playing computer games.
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In the last few years, the technology behind plasma TV has grown in leaps and bounds. Plasma televisions have always been at the forefront when it comes to producing rich and vibrant colors as well as conveying crisp and fast moving action.
Plasma technology was first developed for computer monitor systems in the early’60’s and the first companies to bring this technology to the retail market were Fujitsu and Phillips. Moreover, the first units for sale in the US were more of a status symbol since they debuted with a hefty price tag of over $10,000. However, today’s refined production techniques allow plasma units to retail for a much lower and accessible price.
A plasma TV consists of thousands of individual cells that are filled with a combination of gases like helium, xenon, and neon. The gas containing cells are sandwiched between two screens and electrodes are then installed both in front and behind the cells to generate the electricity. As such, the electricity from the electrodes heats the gas into a plasma state.
The vivid colors associated with plasma TV’s are achieved by coating each of the cells with phosphors. Plasma produces photons which in turn excite the phosphor to generate the color and each cell functions as a tiny fluorescent lamp. In addition, the cells make up the pixels which are responsible for the picture quality.
The individual pixels in a plasma TV are then subdivided into three separate sub-pixels and each one is coated with a different color phosphor; red, green or blue. The three colors are also used in traditional cathode ray tube televisions and by blending them together one can create almost any color imaginable. Moreover, the phosphor used in plasma TV’s are the same as in older CRT televisions which makes plasma TV’s extremely accurate in reproducing pictures from older sets.
Each pixel in a plasma TV is then subdivided into three separate sub-pixels coated with a different color phosphor. Much like in traditional cathode ray tube televisions, the sub-pixels in a plasma unit are green, red, and blue and these colors blend together to create the overall color of the pixel. The internal process is repeated thousands of times over with each pixel and when combined they form the overall picture. Plasma displays use the same phosphors as older CRT televisions and are therefore extremely accurate in reproducing the pictures from older sets.
Plasma TV’s also employ a method known as pulse-width modulation to control the brightness of the picture. Pulse-width modulation works by changing the amount of current that flows through the thousands of individual cells. By varying the pulses thousands of times per second, the control system can increase or decrease the intensity of each sub pixel. As such, the system can use almost an infinite combination of red, blue, and green pixels to form the visible colors know to humankind.
Plasma TV’s have always been considered on the forefront of high definition and flat panel television technology. Thanks to the increase in demand and more cost effective production techniques, these engineering marvels will soon be found in just about every home.
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