28" Nicam Widescreen for £299?

Advantages: Price, Price, Price and does everything a good telly should
Disadvantages: Really can't think of any.

...I had been on the lookout for a new telly for a while, and whilst out shopping in Tescos saw some really good offers. They do a Bush conventional 28" TV for £199! I'm sorry, but that is fantastic value. However, the one I wanted was the £299 widescreen version. And that's the one I got. It's big, black, and has a nice design. Considering the next cheapest widescreen was almost double the price, where was the catch? Well, I still haven't found it. The TV doesn't come with a stand, but as they do the same TV with a stand for more money (£369 I think,) this isn't a problem. In fact it's nice to be given the choice. All other widescreens seem to have stands included (and thus you're forced to pay.) The picture quality is very good, and you can choose the format of the picture with the touch of a button. Widescreen 16:9 (as...

gadgetboy 02.03.2001 (01.03.2001) · Read review
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Review of Bush 28" Widescreen TV

Entry level Sony 28" widescreen TV

Advantages: Sony quality, good picture, cheapest of range for Wega TV
Disadvantages: very heavy (43kg), limited connections

...I saw a refurbished bargain - only £160 instead of the £320 usual price. Could I refuse this for a Sony Wega 28" TV? Certainly not, so it replaced my aged Panasonic 21" normal TV. As with any widescreen CRT TV the first thing you notice is the sheer physical size. The box only just squeezed through the door, and the TV took two people to lift. Styling is smart with curves sweeping backwards and a silver finish. There are two scart connections at the rear, but only one is RGB compatible. There is also an AV socket at the front for videocameras etc. Higher end TVs usually have more RGB capable scart sockets so this TV requires you to either daisychain your equipment or buy a signal switcher box - I have a DVD, FTA digibox, VCR, and Sky+ all daisychained to the single RGB scart. The TV autosenses which item was last turned on so...

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Review of Sony KV28HX15

Cheap but great!! £300 widescreen!!

Advantages: Price!
Disadvantages: No Great features

...The Family Goodmans 28" Widescreen TV cost about £300, as opposed to Sony or Phillips Widescreens which often cost over £1000. The TV is Nicam Stereo and has three screen size options: 16:9 - Official Widescreen Size 14:9 - For films that were filmed in part widescreen so they would look OK on Widescreen or not 4:3 - Traditional screen size The television picture is sharp and clear. It comes with fast-text and a remote control. It is compatible with ON digital or SKY digital. It has two built in vertical speakers either side. It seems to me to be great value because it only lacks features that I have no great need for; like built in surround sound. If you want a widescreen for less, this is for you....

spawn 13.08.2000 · Read review
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Review of Goodmans - Goodmans 28" Widescreen TV

  A modern, highly expandable piece of equipment! Widescreen TV by grown_up_girlie">

Advantages: Compatability, style, features!
Disadvantages: There are none!

...Bush 28" Widescreen TV with Text. Model: WS6680SIL **Situation** It was year 2004 and my TV had broken. It was a 2nd hand one that had been given to me by a friend until the day I had enough money to buy a new one. I loved it and felt heart broken when I realised that the tube had bust! I'd had a very strong bond with my TV; it had helped my in times of need! What was I to do with no telly! (Christ, I wonder what they did before the darn things were invented. I can't even ask my granddad as he passed on a while ago)! Anyway back to topic?.. It was 2004, and I'd managed to save a few pennies in the bank for a supposed rainy day (So they call it). My mate (Yes the same one who gave me my beloved TV) decided that he wanted to take a trip to Tesco's Extra (A few miles out). I opted to go along with him so I could have a look...

grown_up_girlie 21.05.2005 · Read review
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Review of Bush 28" Widescreen TV

dmc fz28

Advantages: Light weight,compact,superb picture quality,broad range of applications
Disadvantages: None

...I have to say it was a dificult decision for me in buying a top of the range compact digital camera. My original idea was to replace my Nikon compact that i have had for 4 or 5 years . I have also got an SLR and all the associated lenses adaptors and all the gizmos you can think of.My aim was to buy a digi SLR to replace the 2 cameras. but as i looked into it i eventually decided that some of the bridge cameras met all my needs and i finally made the decision that i did not want to carry all those flippin lenses around.I really like taking pictures of wildlife and scenery so either i would have to buy a very expensive zoom lens or carry 2 (at least)lenses with me at all times.after studying magazines and talking to various people with top of the range digi cameras of various makes (Fuji,Samsung,kodak etc.)I decided on the FZ28. May i...

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Review of Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28EB-K

Bush WS6671 I'm Impressed

Advantages: Low, competitive price, Good design
Disadvantages: no major ones, parts of the instruciton manual could be better

...Understand this - I am technically inept. The prelude to the story is that my trusted, 15 year old television gave up the ghost on 27th December. As I left it at the tip with the others abandoned sets I had a lump in my throat. I also had the added stress of buying a new television which filled me with horror. Since my last foray into the world of TVs widescreen and digital have been introduced and I am none the wiser. Even worse I live next door to a technophile, gadget mad, must have the latest model person a.k.a 'a man'. He's already had a 32 inch television which I hated. It was large, took over the room and squashed the picture. I dreaded the thought of having one of these contraptions in my house. He then bought a 28" television. Still not overly keen but it was an improvement. Faced with all this I resorted to easy...

BizzyBek 15.01.2002 · Read review
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Review of Bush 28" Widescreen TV

Matsui 28WV2N - 28" Widescreen NICAM Stereo TV

Advantages: Value for money.
Disadvantages: No 14:9 support.

...I bought this television because, in my opinion, it represented the best compromise between features, picture quality, and (most importantly) price. It cost me £450.00 back then, which might not seem all that cheap now, what with every budget label under the sun having widescreen models for well under £300 (in fact Matsui now make a 32" T.V with Dolby Pro-logic for the same price), but for the time it was still quite a surprise. Investigate a little and you'll discover that this T.V was originally manufactured by Grundig, and is internally identical to one which they sell for about £550-ish - proving once and for all that you only really pay for the name. In fact, if you were to go for a Panasonic or Sony (for example) for this money, you'd be forced to stick to 24" at best. Interestingly enough, you can also get a Bush based around...

Reficul 01.09.2000 · Read review
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Review of Matsui 28WV2N

Wonderful Widescreen

Advantages: Flatscreen, Widescreen, gorgeous picture, great sound
Disadvantages: It possibly doesn't do quite as much for films on TV as it does for DVD

...When you're a bit of a film nut and have an unhealthy DVD addiction, there is one piece of kit that is thoroughly essential to ensure your viewing pleasure. It is big, and it is clever. The magic words are: Widescreen, flatscreen. Viewing pleasure can be guaranteed for the self-confessed film nerd. Now, this isn't the first time that I've had a hand in buying such a monster. The original was a Phillips, which currently resides with my parents. At the time it was significantly cheaper than the best of the bunch, a Sony, whose Trinitron tube gave the best picture. Triniton is still regarded as the best tube, but in three years the prices have come down significantly. Personally, when shopping around for a television I walk straight into a John Lewis. Not only do they offer impartial advice (they are not on commission) but...

ickkate 14.06.2004 · Read review
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Review of Sony KV28LS36

28 days later

Advantages: great fast paced movie with plenty of action and horror
Disadvantages: none

...Director: Danny Boyle Producor: Andrew Macdonald. Writer: Alex Garland Stars: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Gleeson and Megan Burns. Released in late 2002 (2003 in the US) this near 2 hour zombie horror set in Great Britain sees the downfall of the country as a mutating virus spreads throughout? **BRIEF PLOT** When animal rights activists break into a medical research facility and release a chimpanzee, little do they realise that they are about to change the world until it is too late. The Chimps have been deliberately infected with "Rage", (a virus which turns the host into a vicious cannibal with a single desire? to eat human beings), it is not long before the majority of the country is infected by the virus, with only a few pockets of un-infected people trying to survive? 28...

blissman70 23.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of 28 Days Later (DVD)

28 Days Later

Advantages: Differant ending and can be quite imaginative in places
Disadvantages: an average film

...Ok, so im writing this review just because I can and im slightly bored with nothing else to review (yet). Set on the island of great Britain, this post apocolyptic survival horror wass directed by Danny Boyle and released 2002 and spawned the sequel 28 weeks later in 2007. The film is about a virus that rapidly spreads through Britain with in 28 days (coincidence?ï??) The story begins with a group of British Animal rights activists breaking into and animal research centre to release captive chimpanzees but are warned by a worker that they are infected by some thing he refers to as ?rage? but as you could get they release the chimp which subsequently attacks and infects the people which of course then break out and infect the rest of the population. The scene cuts out and we then see a young man, Jim, who wakes up from a coma to...

s-gilly 06.08.2009 · Read review
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