32 inch television - any recommendations?

kah22

I'm looking at buying a 32 inch television for Christmas. It's a present and doesn't have to be all bells and whistles, the intended recipient isn't into techie stuff,

Anyway I was in Tesco today and saw a 32 inch Technika on sale for £178 which on the face of it seemed a very good price. On looking up the Which? website I found out why

Picture quality is poor with SD sources; even the built-in Freeview tuner produces noisy images with harsh edges and inaccurate colours. HD pictures threw up some horrifying errors, including colours that weren't so much inaccurate as plain wrong, a weird, pulsing effect when grass came on-screen, and nasty stuttery movement. We have, just about, seen worse, but the Technika could consistently be found near the bottom of each test when we came to analyse the results.
Overall SD picture
Overall HD picture
Sound quality

An old thread suggested a Clio from M&S but of course they have stopped doing televisions.

A bit of a search threw up a Hitachi 32 Inch HD Ready Freeview LCD TV. coming in at £180 seems a very good price but then I stumbled across an earlier thread saying that

Sorry but it's not a genuine Hitachi. It's a rebranded Vestel 'supermarket' tv.

Tell me though when goods are re branded by the likes of Vestel do they have to live up to, in this case, Hitachi standards.

I know it is a matter of personal choice and how much you are prepared to pay but I'd appreciate a few recommendations for a reasonably priced 32 inch tv and of course any special deals you may know off

Kevin

thefishdude

http://www.richersounds.com/product/tv---all/samsung/ue32eh5000/sams-ue32eh5000

this is the current best buy bargain tv £270 new tv for this year led back lighting uses only 38wtts of power so a rated and pretty much all good reviews a bargain at the price i think if you looking for named brands and reliability. you can read a good review here

http://www.trustedreviews.com/samsung-ue32eh5000_TV_review

partan

just bought a 32'' LG for my son from amazon for £208 and hes delighted with it! using it for tv & gaming.

kah22

partan wrote: »

just bought a 32'' LG for my son from amazon for £208 and hes delighted with it! using it for tv & gaming.

That's more like my price range. Where did you buy - local or a chain? What was the model

Many thanks
Kevin

macman

Buy adecent budget brand name such as LG or Samssung.
The rebadging jobs such as Technika will probably last a couple of years, and spares are never available, as the brand does not actually exist.

james123

I bought a "techwood" which is morrisons brand 2 years ago for the bedroom and it is pretty good, cost 209 at the time but at the moment they are doing them for 179. Its not going to win any prizes, but for the price and for my use, its great. If the recipient isnt going to watch HD films or use for gaming im sure will be fine, infact im thinking of getting one for my elderly mother for xmas!

partan

from amazon..... LG 32CS460