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A superb small room 16" LCD FREEVIEW HDTV from ALBA!!!!!!!!!

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5 Mar 16th, 2009 

12 Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful

Advantages:
Small, well built, great picture and sound, HDMI, Freeview and loads other connections .

Disadvantages:
NONE, NONE NONE !  !  !  !

Recommendable Yes:

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mickdundee123

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The ALBA LCDW16HDF, what a surprise!!

As we have a reletively small kitchen and a handy perfect space to house a small LCD TV, I set about looking for one so we could see the news in the morning while the terror is watching Spongebob before school on the big one!

I am known as gadget boy by my mates and will not buy low quality items, especially when it is electronic. Panasonic and Toshiba are my firms of choice and that is where I was looking. Could I find a one, could I hell! Getting hold of a big name small tv is a nightmare, so I started at looking at other makes. This is when I stumbled onto this little beauty on the ARGOS website for £97.

Firstly I read all of the customer reviews and nobody had a bad word to say about it. Firstly it is a very good looking tv with a 16" widescreen framed by gloss black and all very nicely put together. When you turn it onto standby a nice blue light appears on the front just underneath the ALBA logo!! Yes I am a badge snob!

The initial setup is a doddle. WHen you turn it on for the first time it asks you your country and language and then if you want to tune. Tuning took a couple of muinutes but it picked up all the freeview channels no problem. Then the surprise came. The picture and sound were fantastic for such a reasonably priced budget make TV. Colour and contrast ratios are really good without any fiddling what so ever and the sound is nice and balanced.

It has a full compliment of connections on the back. HDMI, SCART, COMPONENT, LINE OUT, SPDIF/COAX OUT, so really you could connect this to anything. I haven't coz it is in the kitchen, but I am sure upscaled DVD's, Bluray and games consoles will look fantastic on it. Great for the kids with a box room say. It also has side AV connectors.

Anyway, in a nutshell, that is the ALBA LCDW16HDF freeview LCD TV. Small, beautiful, capable and very very surprising. For £97 IT IS A FULL £50 cheaper than its nearest rivals which get terrible reviews!!! Like I said, I usually only buy high end equipment but this has surprised me big time. Just to make sure though I got the extra 2years cover for £20 from ARGOS! ARGOS cover is great, if it knacks up, take it back and they change it. No messing.

Hope this review was helpful. Enjoy. 

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Logan33 16.03.2009 15:53

great review, it sounds like a bargain!

JL132 16.03.2009 13:59

nice!

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