Advantages: Picture, sound, reliability
Disadvantages: Heavy

...The PANASONIC TH42PX60B is built like a tank. If you want a TV that's not going to let you down go for a Panasonic. I chose Plasma for it's movie smoothness and acurate shadow detailing. This TV is is fantastic in every way. Even the built in sound is such a high standard, I have a £5500 hi-fi that I run the consoles and PC through but for watching TV the speakers really are up to the task, decent reproduction. It has built in freeview, 2 HDMI sockets, 3 scarts, component and a PC input as well as audio inputs. I have mine on the pedestal stand which is really neat and tidy. The TV is VERY heavy (as plasmas are). It handles 720P and 1080I. As a Media Centre display in my lounge its running 1280 X 720 beautifully, the only thing is that being a plasma the screen temporarily burns in icons etc if you play games for a long period... Read review

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Advantages: Picture quality, connectivity, appearance, value for money, HD ready
Disadvantages: Limited PIP options, missing information from instructions

...was equally important. The TV is HD ready (as you can find out from sales information anywhere), but what does this really mean. The TV has component HD and HDMI inputs that make it a flexible choice. I have never used the HDMI; however I have an Xbox 360 connected to the component HD inputs. The picture quality is awesome. Anyone who has a surround sound system connected to a DVD player, who watches a DVD and then switches back to normal stereo sound from their TV speakers know how bad the sound is by comparison. This TV is exactly the same, you can watch normal TV and you think the picture quality is great, then you watch a HD DVD, Sky or play the X Box 360 and then when you go back to normal TV you notice the difference. This TV has a game mode designed with Microsoft to optimise the performance of the screen although I have to be honest I... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, Brand name, beautfil picture
Disadvantages: Bad controller, not loud enough

...and good viewing angles. Things I dislike about the TV are: Annoying controller that is badly designed. Position of Ports on the back of the TV. Lack of a good range of volume. Considering all the good and bad points I would rate the TV 4 out of 5. It loosing out on the last mark due to the sound not being loud enough at times, the badly designed controller and the poorly located ports on the back. Overall if you are wanting a HD ready TV for not a lot of money, you really cannot go wrong with this one to get you started.... Read review

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Advantages: Fantastic picture quality, nice sound, ease of use and a good looking TV
Disadvantages: One HDMI

...If quality and style is what you are looking for then the Samsung LE32R74BDX 32" HD is the TV for you. This screen is one of the better looking on the market and looks great both on the side with the supplied stand or mounted on the wall (wall mount not supplied). The picture quality is phenomenal. The TV has DNIe (Digital Natural Image engine) which helps to 'step up' the inputted source. This means a great quality pictures even from my DVD player connected through one of the two scart sockets and from the built in freeview receiver. This negates the need to update a DVD player for one with a HDMI connection. The screen produces up to 12.8 billion colours and has a contrast ratio of 5000:1 giving great definition between light and dark. In fact the two main disadvantages with LCD TV's have been solved with this screen... Read review

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Advantages: Great Picture quality, Lots of connections, Built in Freeview,DNIE, Stylish
Disadvantages: Sound quality could be better

...I Bought this TV around 1 month ago from 24electric and I am very pleased so far. The TV comes with the following connections: 1xHDMI/ DVI Component Video Composite Video 2 x scart (One RGB) 1xVGA 1x Optical out CI card slot S-Video. Main Features: 1366X768 resolution Contrast ratio: 5000:1 Digital Tuner Picture in picture(PIP) One of the best features about the TV is the inbulit freeview tuner, this is very easy to set up as you can use the auto setup which will tune the channels for you. Once the channels are up and running the The EPG(Electronic Program Guide) allows you to see what programs are scheduled for the next 7 days. The TV provides good quality pictures for standard definition broadcasts, I have tested the TV with HD clips from Windows Media and the clarity and detail is fantastic. I cant wait... Read review

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Advantages: Bright clear picture with easy controls and plenty of connection options
Disadvantages: Sound is a little muffled - but not for general viewing

...I previously had a 32\" Phillips TV which eventuall gave up the ghost. After a long research I bought this TV. Of particular interest to me was the fact that when you compare directly against others in a shop, it was much brighter, with sharper colours than all the others ata similar price point - and some a great deal more costly. The Picture is very bright and I do switch off the effect some times if watching certain types of TV - but that is the point I guess - you still get the colours and picture quality even from standard non HD signals. The Menu system is straightforward and the DIgital tuner is also fine - I have a weak signal area and managed to get pretty much all of the channels with no booster so that is one less piece of equipment cluttering up my lounge ! I have used all the imputs (and there all all you could... Read review

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Advantages: Good price, good picture and sound, looks nice.
Disadvantages: It costs a bomb to get repaired.

...hubby drive so carefully in my life!! Luckily we got it home in one piece. After some faffing around in moving our old tv out of the way (we should have done this before I know!), we then put the tv on our unit, plugged the sky into one of the scart sockets, attached the plug and plugged it in, switched it on and hey presto…. it worked. Didn't need to use the instructions at all and the remote is very simple to work as well. Now, this part of it I was impressed with, easy to set up and just minutes after getting home we were watching it! Here are it's vital statistics: SIZE Height (68cm), Width (95cm), Depth (11.1cm) - add an extra 4cm to height with the stand. Weight 24.3kg PICTURE 37" (94cm) widescreen display (93cm visible screen size) HD Ready Brightness 500cd/m2 Resolution 1366 x 768 pixels Contrast ratio 600... Read review

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Advantages: cheap, good quality picture,
Disadvantages: non as of yet

...I needed a new TV for my conservatory and working for the TV aerial industry I get to know all about all the new technology. After shopping around I had a budget on what I wanted to spend for a TV but knew I wanted a Tv that was able to be mounted on the wall. After shopping around many highstreet stores I saw the Wharfedale 26" LCD tv with HD (high definition) ready in Argos on sale from £599 to £499. Here are some facts about the whafedale 26" LCD TV *Silver. *26in (66cm) TV with 68cm visible screen size. *50Hz refresh rate. *Resolution 1280 x 768 pixels. *Brightness 600cd/m2. *Contrast 600:1. *Nicam stereo. *2 x 8w RMS power output. *Teletext with fastext. *UHF and VHF tuners. *Auto setup. *Auto search tuner. *Auto search sorting. *Auto search labelling. *Sleep timer. *Child lock. *NTSC compatible. *Headphone... Read review

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Advantages: Picture, Sound, Size, Experience of new TV
Disadvantages: Buttons at the side ae not labelled!

...We bought this 37" LCD TV, which is HD ready from Dixons.co.uk. We already knew that Dixons high street stores were good. At this point, the high street stores had shut down, and was only available online. We decided to give Dixons.co.uk a shot, as we thought that they would be just as good. We ordered it from the products page on the website and the website told us that the TV would be with us within 14 days, without fail.This turned out to disapoint, as after weeks of phone calls, staff hanging up, and rude staff, we finally got our TV 2 months later. The cost of the TV was £700 at the time of buying. But I am not here to talk about where I bought it from, I am going to tell you about the TV itself and how much fun you will have using it. In the box came loads and loads of polystyrene, fun if your a kid, but we didn't think... Read review

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Advantages: Stylish, Great Picture Quality, Easy to Set Up, Fantastic for Gaming
Disadvantages: Lacking in volume

...Just after Christmas I felt it was high time I got myself a new TV. The old tube TV was beginning to show it's age, and the range of sleek black Samsung LCD TV's caught my eye. I made the order, and soon after a beautiful, stylish television arrived at my house. 32 inches of great picture quality. I plugged it in, plugged in my HDMI cable to DVD player and first checked out a BBC natural history DVD. The first thing I noticed was that the clarity and colour depth was incredible straight out of the box. Nature has never looked so beautiful on a screen! It was fairly painless to begin changing colour settings, and i'd soon set up a preset by using the samsungs easy to understand menu. So far so good. After switching to TV mode, a quick glance at the user manual explained how to tune in my terrestrial TV, and less than 15 minutes... Read review

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