Need TV Purchase Advice

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Lafiel said:

from what I read the Phillips pfl 9700 TVs (unfortunately I'm not sure if they are called the same in australia) are top class 2D and 3D full array LED-LCD TVs

but that's their top model line so it's pretty expensive

picture quality wise panasonic plasma TVs still seem to get the best ratings - they consume twice as much power as an LED-LCD, but usually are cheaper, so in the end both probably cost about the same after 5 or so years of usage

I saw a review giving the Panasonic TX-P50VT50 the best marks in both 2D and 3D quality (and a pretty bad mark in sound, but imo no flat TV can produce good sound, that's what I have my hifi system for).

As for active vs passive 3D, well both can work really really well, but passive 3D unfortunately has half the resolution per eye and even the best ones look interlaced in 3D mode, so personally I would only consider passive 3D in 4K TVs, as then you have atleast 1080 lines as opposed to measely 540 in the current TVs in 3D mode. If you are prone to headaches or eye strain with active shutterglasses then passive 3D might be the better choice though (and it's way less expensive to use that with several people at once as the passive glasses are dirt cheap).

ok ill have a look, although panasonic is a dying bread in aus as we seem to get less models compared to other brands.

yer not too concerned about sound as will use hifi system.

plasma is not an option as electricity costs here are high lol.