What LED TV ??

[GLENRED]

Hi Guys think I posted this in the wrong place so have reposted in here

Can anybody recommend a good 32" LED TV? Has to have decent sound quality and priced around £700ish

Been looking on the web but am still none the wiser......

or

If there is a decent easy to follow review website that I can look at

Many thanks for any advice

[headcase]

None of them have decent sound quality due to the very thin cabinet designs, Samsungs seem to have the best pic of the LED's that i have seen and have downward or side facing sockets to make wall mounting look good unlike LG's rear facing sockets that makes wall mounting it look stupid

[JamesNotJim]

Their are no true LED TV's out at that size. Its a LED backlit LCD that I guess your talking about. I'd advise going into somewhere like currys/pc world and having a gander at the pictures on each screen. The best picture is not always the one you personally like the most

[headcase]

JamesNotJim said:

Their are no true LED TV's out at that size. Its a LED backlit LCD that I guess your talking about. I'd advise going into somewhere like currys/pc world and having a gander at the pictures on each screen. The best picture is not always the one you personally like the most

I think people are aware of that by now LED is used as a brand type, you will find there are far more transistors in said TV than LED's so why dont they have to call them transistor TV's

[egomeister]

JamesNotJim said:

Their are no true LED TV's out at that size. Its a LED backlit LCD that I guess your talking about. I'd advise going into somewhere like currys/pc world and having a gander at the pictures on each screen. The best picture is not always the one you personally like the most

I've never seen TV in Currys etc that are set up well enough to make a valid judgement on picture quality!

[Moley RUFC]

Especially as 99% of shops don't even show the TV connected to HD

[GLENRED]

Thanks for the great help and information on transistors.......

Now can anyone tell me a good tv to buy? or advise on a good review website


Cheers

[dalos260]

Check out the Philips 40PFL9704. In my opinion, Philips have by far and away the best LCD sets out there. HTH.

• Edit. Now I've read your post properly, you asked for a 32". Is the reason you want LED backlit for it's slimmer depth? If that's so, the Philips 32PFL9604 CCF backlit LCD is the same depth as the LED backlit 40" I mentioned.

Edited by dalos260 on Thursday 6th May 17:03

[matsmith]

Glenred I have the Samsung 32" LED in my bedroom, it looks great and has a very good picture on SD sky, and a great picture on Blu-ray and PS3 although it did take some fiddling to get the ps3 just right

eta: the sound isnt actually too bad on mine.. maybe I have low standards but I like to think im a perfectionist, and after about 2 weeks of use the sound was much much better on it. I have a Sony KDL to compare it too, the Samsung is as good if not better

Edited by matsmith on Thursday 6th May 17:33

[HellDiver]

Or just get a 37" Panasonic plasma instead of a tarted up calculator screen.

[i'm no superhero]

egomeister said:

I've never seen TV in Currys etc that are set up well enough to make a valid judgement on picture quality!

And how many people calibrate their TVs at home? For 99.9999998% of customers they are set up well enough and can be Blu-Rayed up if needs be. They are un-packaged, tuned in in "Store" mode, and put on the shop floor. If you think we would do an ISF calibration on every TV when nobody actually gives a st, you are very wrong indeed.

[i'm no superhero]

HellDiver said:

Or just get a 37" Panasonic plasma instead of a tarted up calculator screen.

For christ sake, there really isn't that much wrong with a Samsung 32" LED.

Yes a 42" G20 would do over anything from LG/Samsung, but people who are after a damn good picture/design/lifestyle choice, don't knock 'em. They're also more energy efficient and are indecently thin.

[E31Shrew]

As per a couple of the other posts. If youre gonig to place it on a piece of furniture then the advantage of a 29mm deep screen is pretty well negated. If its gonig to be wall mounted, and you fancy a thin panel then the Samsungs are as good as they get.
The new HD ready versions are cheap as chips too. Expect to pay around ££550.00 Full HD is pretty useless for a panel of this size.
The Samsung 6000 series [prev model] are now cheaper from bucket shops if you want full HD.
New Panasonic LED backlit models are due soon . I expect sound quality will be slightly better
have you got some sort of hi fi , ipod dock to enhance sound?

[mart 63]

Ive had the Samsung 46 inch 8 series LED for 6 months now,cant fault the picture.The sound is ok for TV,but not very good for movies.I got myself a nice 5.1 so im very happy now.I also had £200 back off samsung for energy saving.

[egomeister]

i'm no superhero said:

egomeister said:

I've never seen TV in Currys etc that are set up well enough to make a valid judgement on picture quality!

And how many people calibrate their TVs at home? For 99.9999998% of customers they are set up well enough and can be Blu-Rayed up if needs be. They are un-packaged, tuned in in "Store" mode, and put on the shop floor. If you think we would do an ISF calibration on every TV when nobody actually gives a st, you are very wrong indeed.

No, but I'd expect them to be fed with a clean signal that doesn't visibly degrade as you move along the display so the potential purchaser has at least a small hint about the quality of the device he is looking to buy!

[Plotloss]

egomeister said:

i'm no superhero said:

egomeister said:

I've never seen TV in Currys etc that are set up well enough to make a valid judgement on picture quality!

And how many people calibrate their TVs at home? For 99.9999998% of customers they are set up well enough and can be Blu-Rayed up if needs be. They are un-packaged, tuned in in "Store" mode, and put on the shop floor. If you think we would do an ISF calibration on every TV when nobody actually gives a st, you are very wrong indeed.

No, but I'd expect them to be fed with a clean signal that doesn't visibly degrade as you move along the display so the potential purchaser has at least a small hint about the quality of the device he is looking to buy!

Conversely, to show up the quality of a television one should feed it st and see how it copes.

That's why you'll often see mediocre sets fed with spangly 1080p HD content because you're 3ft away and feeding the set it's native res means it doesn't have to do any real work...

[PJ S]

Plotloss said:

egomeister said:

i'm no superhero said:

egomeister said:

I've never seen TV in Currys etc that are set up well enough to make a valid judgement on picture quality!

And how many people calibrate their TVs at home? For 99.9999998% of customers they are set up well enough and can be Blu-Rayed up if needs be. They are un-packaged, tuned in in "Store" mode, and put on the shop floor. If you think we would do an ISF calibration on every TV when nobody actually gives a st, you are very wrong indeed.

No, but I'd expect them to be fed with a clean signal that doesn't visibly degrade as you move along the display so the potential purchaser has at least a small hint about the quality of the device he is looking to buy!

Conversely, to show up the quality of a television one should feed it st and see how it copes.

That's why you'll often see mediocre sets fed with spangly 1080p HD content because you're 3ft away and feeding the set it's native res means it doesn't have to do any real work...

[thunderbelmont]

I think what you often see is the most profitable sets running the full HD (or BluRay disc), and the ones they make feck all out of running on the analogue tuner with a coathanger for and aerial!

I'm looking at replacing my aged Panasonic Quintix with a LED backlit for two reasons - power consumption, and being very slim.

The other up-sides of the LED backlit is improved contrast compared to conventional electrolumiscent backlit LCD, and even better than power hungry heavy plasma's.

I'm not over interested in full HD, I'm not glued to the TV that much. Sound wise, again, not over worried, if I want better sound, it'll be plumbed through the stereo.

I can say that I'm not over impressed by the picture quality of the Sharp LED backlit jobbies. Between the Samsung, LG, and Sony, I find very little difference with comparable video input. Can't comment on the Philips, other than it's bloody expensive compared to the others with fewer features.

The only thing the Sharp has going for it is the price!

[98C4S]

Ive just replaced my 1080P Pana 32" for a 720P Samsung UE32C4000 (LED 720P)

The picture is much better, and its a much sexier looking screen.

You dont need 1080P on a 32" screen

[E31Shrew]

98C4S said:

Ive just replaced my 1080P Pana 32" for a 720P Samsung UE32C4000 (LED 720P)

The picture is much better, and its a much sexier looking screen.

You dont need 1080P on a 32" screen

I must admit I am really impressed with the LED backlit 4000 series. We've just had the new Panasonic LED backlit screens delivered and they're pretty good too but not quite as slim