Definitive guide to buying a television?

kentyy

Does anyone know of a good guide to buying a new television?

I have read loads of mse threads and posts, the sticky to give information and looked at loads of websites at the different tv's on offer.

I am now totally confused with what is what.

I only want a 19" tv but you now have to look at widescreen, pixels, freeview (i wont pay for sky), hd ready, wether dvd is included etc... it has gotten too confusing!!

Now when I look at stuff i just don't know what is good and what is bad.

Does anyone know of a good guide - with easy peasy language rather than technical language for someone as thick and frazzled as me?

wanye

something that size is all much of a muchness really...

pretty much anything made in the last 2 years will be HD ready. most will be widescreen too. freeview built in is useful, but if moneysaving is your goal then you can pick up freeview recievers for a tenner. besides, they wont do HD over the current kit - youll need a new box (theres always freesat)
dvd players with hdmi can be bought for £20 upwards too

you cant generally go wrong with samsung kit, but youll pay a premium over a lot of other makes. you can pick up a 19" lcd/dvd/freeview unit for £150-200 from a lot of places these days. if you have a specific model in mind put it in google. also try searching for posts about it on avforums.co.uk

HTH

Marty_J

This Which? guide isn't bad:

http://www.which.co.uk/advice/buying-a-new-television/index.jsp

aliEnRIK

Stick to known brands ~ Sony, Philips, Panasonic etc. The cheapie ones have all sorts of screen 'problems' with them
Pixel size isnt going to matter a JOT on a 19". I would advise AGAINST a tv with a dvd included with it as if the dvd breaks down (Quite possible with moving parts) then the tvs nearly obsolete. I wouldnt bother about HD either.

kentyy

Thank you for the replies and advice. I had looked at cheap brands but from what you have said i will now avoid them, and the which website is easy to understand.
So thank you :beer:

Cat695

I found this website to be very helpful as they actually test each TV and really give you an indepth report on them

http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/

aliEnRIK

Cat695 wrote: »

I found this website to be very helpful as they actually test each TV and really give you an indepth report on them

http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/

GOOD site that Cat
Good call