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By MortimerJazz, Sun 28 Sep at 12:09pm 
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Ok, I'm in the process of buying my first HDTV, and could do with a few suggestions from people more in the know than me.

I reckon a 32" screen will be big enough and I'm looking to find a good TV for about £400-£500. Any thoughts on a particular model?

I've noticed Play are doing the Samsung LE32A 436 T1DXXU for £380 (RRP £599.99), which sounds a good deal. Is there a better model out there though?

Cheers,

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By kayjayem54, Sun 28 Sep at 4:47pm 
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That's almost the same model that I won from this very website last month.

I have the Samsung LE32A456C LCD HD Ready Freeview set which a smart TV. Just watching Kings of Leon on the Chart Show and it is a great picture.

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By oscarricher, Sun 28 Sep at 4:55pm 
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i got a nice Ascoutic solutions 26" 720i/p from Agros last yr for the sale bargin price of £230! for a non-name brand its got very good picture linked to my virgin box, sounds is rubbish but ok if you use seperate cinema speakers.

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By ChrisP, Sun 28 Sep at 6:10pm 
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Anything Sony, Samsung, or Panasonic is guaranteed greatness.

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By Johnny Ace, Mon 29 Sep at 7:41am 
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ChrisP wrote:

Anything Sony, Samsung, or Panasonic is guaranteed greatness.



Agreed, there;s so much choice around, I really had a problem making my mind up 6 months or so ago. I spent hours reading online reviews & looking in electrical stores. I did the 30 day for £1 subscription at Which, which helped a lot.

I probably agonised a little too much but eventually I got a 32" Sony KDL-32U which I'm pleased with

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By ChrisP, Mon 29 Sep at 9:24am 
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AVforums are definetly worth a read to see if that bargain TV you spotted was truly worth it. Plus they'll have the best settings for various connection methods for all inds of devices. Made my Samsung look a thousand times better when I fiddled the settings.

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By Johnny Ace, Mon 29 Sep at 9:28am 
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ChrisP wrote:

AVforums are definetly worth a read to see if that bargain TV you spotted was truly worth it. Plus they'll have the best settings for various connection methods for all inds of devices. Made my Samsung look a thousand times better when I fiddled the settings.



That's the website I spent hours trawling, definately worth a look & checking up on any potential TV.In a way though I think it hindered me, I'd read 10 good things about a TV I wanted then I'd read 1 bad thing & it'd totally put me off

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By Bazza, Mon 29 Sep at 9:44am 
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The link to AV Forums soesn't work.

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By Geist, Mon 29 Sep at 10:35am 
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It might be worth checking out a TV that does 1080p rather than 720p.

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By ChrisP, Wed 1 Oct at 9:43am 
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Johnny wrote:


That's the website I spent hours trawling, definately worth a look & checking up on any potential TV.In a way though I think it hindered me, I'd read 10 good things about a TV I wanted then I'd read 1 bad thing & it'd totally put me off



That's a good point actually. I admit I ended up spending a good £50 more than I'd truly wanted due to comments/reviews at AVforums. My finger was hovering over the 'buy' button for a Toshiba TV for a good few days before a few comments nudged me towards the Samsung I ended up with.

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