It would appear that latest and most prestigious in house fashion accessory for the home is the Flat Screen TV. Of the many and varied types of Flat Screen TV available (and there are) which one do you purchase?
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), Plasma, TFT what do you go with and purchase?
So an accurate definition of Digital TV and a Flat Screen TV is what? Quite often confusion reigns here as to what exactly we are talking about and the use of terms can be misleading such as TFT, LCD and Plasma etc, all used and are similar but not the same.
The two main types of Flat Screen TV or screens available today are either Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) or Plasma. The main difference between the two (apart from base technologies) are that with LCD TV’s the main technology used is TFT (Thin Film Transistor) which means that by and large you can make the screens smaller and more energy efficient.
So lets get down to basics and start looking at individual TV’s.
The first LCD TV that we recommend that you take a look at here is the Toshiba 37WLT66
The 37WLT66 is a 32in LCD TV and these TV’s at present can be found in the region of 1200 pounds sterling or 2400 US dollars. The screen resolution is 1366 X 768 and with regards to being HD ready the answer is yes. The Toshiba has 2 (1 RGB) scarts and and the type and number of multimedia interfaces the the Toshiba 37WLT66 uses are HDMI and 2. The type of tuner for this TV is Analogue and Digital and the 37WLT66 is available from a wide variety of outlets.
So given this information, what would be our view of the 37WLT66?
Well it is a TV after all and as such the logical place to start would be the picture and our score here would be 10 out of 10 as the other half of the “Sound and Vision” double act our opinion of the sound quality would be 8 out of 10 With regards to the availability and number of relevant connections, our score would be 8 out of 10 If we take a look at the overall “featureability” our score would be 10 out of 10 and for ease of use and overall value for money we would give the 8 and 10 out of 10 respectively.
Taking verything into consideration our overall view of the package would be the picture quality of this TV is extremely high (as you would expect being the sister TV to the 37WL66) and the Digital Tuner provides really clear pictures for those who don’t believe in any form of Cable or Satellite subscriptions. It has to be said that overall this is an extremely good TV.
The next LCD TV that we recommend that you take a look at here is the Humax LP32-TDR1
The LP32-TDR1 is a 32in LCD TV and the prices for these are around 800 pounds sterling or 1600 US dollars. The screen resolution is 1366 X 768 and with regards to being HD ready the answer is yes. The Humax has 2 (2 RGB) scarts and and the type and number of multimedia interfaces the the Humax LP32-TDR1 uses are HDMI and1. The type of tuner for this TV is Analogue and Digital and the LP32-TDR1 is available from a wide variety of outlets.
So what would we think is a fair assessment of the LP32-TDR1?
The most obvious place to start with as far as TV’s are concerned would be the picture quality and our score here would be 8 out of 10 as the other half of the “Sound and Vision” double act our opinion of the sound quality would be 6 out of 10 Taking a look at the number of relevant connections and their availability, our score would be 8 out of 10 If we take a look at the overall “featureability” our score would be 10 out of 10 and the final individual verdicts would relate to the ease of use and overall value for money and our scores here would be 8 and 10 out of 10 respectively.
Having taken all things into consideration our overall opinion would be as follows the idea behind the concept of combining a TV and a HDD player is absolutely brilliant and one that more should follow. Definitely one to recommend to your friends.
Remember that all the prices we use in these reviews are very much designed for illustration purposes only and in some cases you may well find the actual price cheaper but also in some cases, more expensive.
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