Enjoy Christmas with a new flat screen TV
One of the must have purchases this Christmas is likely to be an awesome new television. The high street shops are stuffed full of tempting TVs some with massive savings off the list price.
If its a while since you last bought a television the massive choice available, specifications, screen sizes and ad on gadgets will be enough to make your head spin.
High Definition is the word you will keep hearing, but not just any HDTV will do, your new flat screen TV needs to be able to deliver quality standard definition pictures too.
Also do not forget about sound, some manufacturers scimp on sound as they try to cram all the bits and pieces into the TV casing, pointless having great pictures beaming into your living room if the sound is pathetic as your enjoyment will be severely curtailed.
Watch out for the sticker too an “HD Ready” logo is no guarantee that a television will be able to give the best results will high definition content or do justice to you spanking new HD dvd player no look out for the logo “HD Ready 1080p” to ensure the best standards.
Which? Magazine recently published a report about popular flat screen televisions here are some of their findings.
Best HDTV on test.
32″ Panasonic Viera TX-32LXD700 LCD Digital TV HD Ready
This set has it all a super crystal clear 32″ widescreen with awesome sound with a deep resounding bass which is often missing from flat screen TVs.
Also incorporated is a memory card slot so you can view your holiday snaps in fabulous high definition.
More details can be found at Cheap Telly.
Best Buy
32″ Panasonic Viera TX-32LXD7 LCD Digital TV HD Ready
We stay with Panasonic for the best buy, if your budget doesn’t quite stretch to the LXD700 this is the next best thing, brilliant picture quality, and the sound is pretty good too, less of the frills of big brother, (fewer HDMI sockets), got plenty of plaudits from Which? testers.
More details can be found at Cheap Telly.
Future Proofing
32″ Sony Bravia KDL-32D3000 LCD Digital TV HD Ready
The Sony Bravia KDL-32D300 won the Which? award for most advanced flat screen, it has every feature you can imagine, can handle high definition video at 24 frames per second which is fantastic for the new generation Blu-ray and HD-DVD.
Slight negative with this set is the sound, not quite as crystal clear as the Panasonic but not far behind either.
More details can be found at Cheap Telly.
Best buy big telly
37″ Toshiba Regza 37X3030DB LCD Digital TV Full 1080P HD Ready
A 37″ giant of an LCD TV which won’t break the bank.
Not the best resolution TV available and the picture has been described by some as slightly soft, however in line with many Toshiba television sets the sound quality is simply excellent.
More details at Cheap Telly.
Worst on test
The worst television on the test was the own brand Marks and Spencer 3210DVB.
The Which? report said
“The sound quality is barely acceptable, but not as bad as its standard definition pictures, described as ‘hideous’ and ‘ugly’ by the expert viewing panel.
” The jerky high definition images manage the distinction of being the worst of any HDTV we have tested this year.”
More Televisions can be found in the Cheap Telly catalogue.
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Posted by HDTV Guy on November 13th, 2007 filed in Television |
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