What featurs to look for in a new TV
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I'm in the market for a new TV. I am looking at the new 2011 series Samsung SmartTV, but would look at any make really.

I will be usin the TV in a large lounge, with a Harman Kardon receiver plugged in via HDMI and 5.1 speaker setup. I have a TV settop box also pluggeg into the receiver, and a Revo 3610.

My question is, what are the features in a TV which I must have to make this this will give me good, smooth and colour accurate picture on the TV? Refresh rate? Colour modes? Overscan? If you can even recommend a model that has worked well for you recently, please let me know.

The reason I ask is that I have had problems with this before. The model I will be replacing is one of those 1360x768 "HD ready" LCD jobs that were all the rage a few years ago. I have had problems with:
- no feature for turning of overscan except when the TV recognises a computer plugged in with an exact resolution of 1360x768@60Hz
- also it doesn't allow you to change colour mode to support studio colours / 0-255 colours, except when it recognises a computer plugged in with an exact resolution of 1360x768@60Hz
- No 100Hz or 24fps refresh rates
- No discrete remote codes for the HDMI channels which means my Harmony Remote doesn't always change channels correctly (it tries to cycle through but sometimes misses)

I know I am missing out on some things - I just want to make sure I get exactly what is needed to fix all of this up.

One of the most annoying things is the Revo only really looks good when it is pugged into the TV directly. The TV turns on overscan and studio colours when I have it plugged into the receiver because it tries to upscale to 1920x1080, but turns those off when plugged into the TV. I want a setup where I can plug both the Revo and TV box directly into the receiver and have a single HDMI to the TV, but I am not sure how overscan and colour mode will work in this case. Is it possible for the TV to tell the difference and switch automatically, even though you aren't changing channels on the TV?

Also, HD movies aren't really smooth particularly with panning scenes. I think 24fps refresh rate will fix this??

Hope this makes sense, and a few of me give your recommendations.
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What featurs to look for in a new TV - by AaronD - 2011-04-22, 17:23
[No subject] - by >>X<< - 2011-04-23, 00:33
[No subject] - by t2ffn - 2011-04-23, 01:15
[No subject] - by eskro - 2011-04-23, 06:38
[No subject] - by twotone8 - 2011-04-23, 06:42
[No subject] - by AaronD - 2011-04-23, 09:43
[No subject] - by AaronD - 2011-04-23, 09:50
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[No subject] - by SpectreX - 2011-04-23, 17:29
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[No subject] - by AaronD - 2011-04-23, 20:08
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