Plasma help needed.

aFlabbyPanda

I'm trying to decide between the 2 TV's listed below,

http://www.consumer.philips.com/consumer/catalog/catalog.jsp?productIds=42PF5521D_10_IE_CONSUMER%2542PF5331_12_IE_CONSUMER&language=en&country=IE&catalogType=CONSUMER&proxybuster=VTSHAIJHFUOHBJ0RMRESHQFHKFSEKI5P&navigationValues=TV_GR_IE_CONSUMER%25FLAT_TV_CA_IE_CONSUMER%25PLASMA_LARGE_32_42_SU_IE_CONSUMER&productId=&compare=true

The main 2 difference are (the left) has a tunner and a much higher contrast ratio. I doubt I'll be using the tunner at all. I'll have Sky+ (HD on the way), Xbox (original and 360), DVD player and probably a PS3 on it.

Theres only about 100 euro between the 2 so which would be better?

Or what else is worth considering? (max spend is 1500€)

hshortt

One the left seems to have more features, why not spend the extra cash digital broadcasts are under trial at the moment so having a tuner built in might be handy too.

Cheerio
Howard

byte

The digital tuner will be handy if the Irish digital system will use what the trials are currently using. If however they decide to rollout MPEG4 signals instead of the current MPEG2 being used in the trials, the internal digital tuner will probably be useless.

Also, I notice the one on the right has multiple PiP modes, which the other doesn't have. That depends on whether you'd have a use for Picture-in-Picture though.