Mirai DTL-632E500

Advantages: very light available at very low prices from some outlets
Disadvantages: suffer faults warranty is a joke £700 down the drain

...I bought 2 Mirai LCD TV's the 37" model T3715C and 32" T32127 in Aug 06 both have gone faulty in Dec06, just 4 months. Phoned Mirai's warranty phone line (beware the 0870 numbers which take ages to answer) they seemed OK said they would send an engineer to collect, they use external people to collect the faulty items they have no packaging to protect your goods whilst the guy who came to me was helpful he was not expecting to collect a big TV and wasn't sure it would fit his very old Astra estate so this saga continues. as both sets are useless I am trying to get a refund and will never again touch Mirai products. The picture quality was not too clever either, the screens can not cope with snooker, the red of the balls bleeds into the green and the TV tries to compensate but fails. The 37"is physically the same size as many 42" sets... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Robust; 6.5ms response very fast; various screen ratios & sound modes
Disadvantages: Motion Blurriness

...I have just purchased a Mirai 32 " LCD TV. Most of what I have to say about this flat screen TV is that is satisfactory, however there is one concern, which I must make people aware as it may affect they purchase decision. Overall this is "virtually" a good LCD TV and good value for money, and is also very flexible, as has a multitude of screen ratios depending on you viewing demands I.e. 4:9 - 16:9 - Movie - Auto, Etc. One feature that I really liked is the ability to freeze an image on screen which allows for you to see details that otherwise you'd miss, this is if you want to do that. Adding to that has excellent mono and stereo sound, and also the ability to sound like it has surround sound without the multiple speakers system. So it is quite amazing. The only reason I am holding back, and only rated it satisfactory... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: good quality screen, bargain prices, excellent warranty service
Disadvantages: none

...I bought my Mirai when i was looking for a good HDTV to display my Xbox 360 and high def movies, i started looking at many different brands and prices but when i noticed this one at £399 i couldn't resist. The budget price is by no means a representation of poor quality for this TV, Mirai are actually a part of a larger organization know as Chi Mai based in Taiwan. they are currently one of the top 3 lcd panel manufacturers in the world suppling screens to other top brands!! The picture from a high def source is fantastic and equal to that of a TV at twice the price, it will display 780i, 780p and 1080i from either component, vga or HDMI inputs(it also has 2 scart sockets for normal TV sources). it also has a very good response time of 8ms which means that there is no image blurring as on older LCD TVs. Some LCD's are poor... Read review

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