Suggestions for TV setup

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JMR

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Very broad question coming up........
Will shortly be moving house and there is a TV point above the fireplace to accommodate a wall mounted flat screen.

Would like to have a really good setup in the new house as have a 28" CRT with basic NTL package (not digital) at the moment which has served us well but would like to upgrade.

Questions I have are........

1. Recommendations for a good approx 40" LCD
2. Should I get seperate speakers, where would they be mounted? Would like to have all cables hidden
3. Existing DVD player is fine but where to situate it when the TV is wall mounted?
4. Provider?? FTA service or SKY subscription? Would need the same channels in multiple rooms. Can I get HD with FTA?
5. Have seen some home theatre systems but they seem to include a DVD player, which I don't need as I have quite a good one with inbuilt HD. So do I need a home theatre system or just speakers?

Sorry for the extremely basic nature of the above queries, all info appreciated
 
Can I add one more to your questions, directly related.

I want to put a TV above a radiator. Is the heat from the radiator in my case and the fire in the OP's case a problem?
 
Get a LCD with a built in DVD,Get seperate speakers and set them in the ceiling get Sky multi room or a digi sender
 
JMR said:
1. Recommendations for a good approx 40" LCD
4. Provider?? FTA service or SKY subscription? Would need the same channels in multiple rooms. Can I get HD with FTA?
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Get a LCD that has a built-in DVB-T MPEG4 chip (note - not the usual DVB-T Mpeg2) - this will allow you to pick up the Irish Digital Channels when launched - trials now on - for RTE, RTE2, TV3 and TG4.

Then go FTA and get all the free channels such as BBC1,2,3,4 , ITV1,2,3,4 , Ch4, E4, Sky News, Film4 etc etc.

FTA does not include the irish channels hence why I'm telling you to get the DVB-T Mpeg4 TV - available on the Sony W4000 models and some Panasonic and Samsung Models.

Regarding HD - you could buy the Sat4free HD box in Powercity for about €230 or else buy a HD freesat box up north for a bit cheaper in the likes of Argos (UK).

Then you have pretty much everything (except Sky channels and sport) for free forever.
 
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