Buying a new Flat screen TV is about a lot more than just knowing your screen resolutions from your pixilation and trying to understand what LCD, TFT et al mean.
Perhaps the most underrated aspect of it all is actually knowing when to buy and what your budgetary limits are but read on…………
So you are trying (or lest be more positive about this) going to buy your first Flat Screen TV and you aren’t exactly sure where to start first.
Well unlike other guides I am going to recommend that you think long and hard about the financial implications first.
Now this might sound daft and as if we are trying to talk you out of spending your hard earned (or “ill gotten” just delete or insert where applicable) cash when you should be basking in thoughts of Plasma or LCD, Aspect Ratios, Screen sizes etc but this all matters not one jot if you get your budgeting wrong.
Consider just this one small fact.
You are about to embark upon possibly the third or fourth most expensive financial investment (after the House / Flat, Car et al) you have made and it is important that you understand the ramifications of what you are about to undertake.
Think well in advance and make sure you leave yourself with plenty of room to manoeuvre when it comes to the financials.
By this I mean that you are going to feel pretty hacked off if after a few months you are left thinking “If only I had spent the extra few hundred pounds / dollars to get this feature and that etc when you set your budget too tight.
Conversely you are also going to be left regretting the fact that you let the salesman sucker you into spending an extra thousand on going Plasma rather than LCD and now you are having trouble with the mortgage payments.
The single most important part of the proceedings is plan and get it right now or live to regret at leisure!
So let’s get started with looking around at what is on offer at the moment and let’s start with the Goodmans GTV27W3LCD
The GTV27W3LCD is a 27in LCD TV and currently these TV’s can be found for 350 pounds sterling or 700 US dollars. The resolution of the screen is 1260 X 720 and with regards to being HD Ready the answer is no. The Goodmans has 2 (2 RGB) scarts and the type and number of Multimedia interfaces the GTV27W3LCD uses is HDMI and no connections are available. The type of Tuner for this TV is Analogue and the Goodmans is available from limited outlets only.
So how would we rate the Goodmans GTV27W3LCD?
Well to start with our score for the picture quality is 6, and for the sound quality we would rate it at 6. Taking a look at the number of relevant connections and their availability, our score would be 4. If we take a look at the overall “feature ability” our score would be 4 if we then take a look at the ease of use and overall value for money then our scores would be, 8 and 8 respectively.
Taking everything into consideration our overall view of the package would be that this TV is well away from the latest models in terms of bleeding edge technology and performance but the overall package including the price makes this not a bad deal.
It is essential to remember that the prices we use in these reviews are guides and are taken as an average across the industry and it is entirely conceivable and possible to find an occasion when you could be met with prices that are cheaper but also on occasions more expensive.
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