TV spec - £300 - 400

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Hi all. Looking to get a new tv for my bedroom as I've still got a 24" old school brick so looking to get something nice and sparkly.

I can't decide between a better 32" set (budget £300) or a cheaper 37" (absolute maximum of £400). As said this will be for my bedroom. Will be used for watching tv, and films via my PC (either direct or through a WDTV Live box or similar). It wont be used for gaming at the moment, but might do in the future.

Will be watching from approximately 8-10 feet, however we will hopefully be moving out soon so distance may increase, and may even be used for the main tv in the house. So basically I need a good all-rounder!

Would you go for a 32 or 37? I want to keep the cost nearer £300 so anything near the £400 mark MUST be 37" and fairly decent quality. Any makes/models to go for? I've seen the LG models mentioned a few times around this budget.

Thanks.
 
Depending where you live, Richer Sounds have:

37" LG 37LD450 for £380
40" Samsung LE40B530 for £400

If you would prefer a 32" they have quite a few between £300-400.

For 10% of TV price they will include a decent 5 year warranty as well, I'm in the market for a TV myself and will more than likely be getting mine from there in a few weeks.

Mine will be for bedroom as well, I was originally after a 37" but the price difference for a 40/42" isn't much more.
 
I've been looking at the Toshiba 32RV753DB which is £399 (was £379 last week). Has Freeview HD built in, so a bit more future proof.
 
Thanks for the advice all. Went to look round the shops and they had a LG42LD450 on for sale for £399. Bigger than I thought about but it looks pretty swish, hoping it is similar to the LG32LD450 recommended but bigger!

One annoyance though is that my signal on it is pretty rubbish, it's got built in freeview and it looks like it might be getting channels 1-4 through that rather than the analogue way my old CRT used to, because the signal is a lot worse. Can't see an option to use the normal analogue signal rather than the freeview one though. Any ideas?
 
Not sure if it has analogue tuner or not.

With it being a quite new TV they may have left it out, older TV's had seperate analogue and digital tuners, but of course this meens cost to build is also more, with this being a new budget set they probably have done away with the analogue tbh.

You should have a lot more channels than 4, I get 50 odd I think on freeview.

Might be time for an aerial upgrade?
 
IamMed said:
Not sure if it has analogue tuner or not.

With it being a quite new TV they may have left it out, older TV's had seperate analogue and digital tuners, but of course this meens cost to build is also more, with this being a new budget set they probably have done away with the analogue tbh.

You should have a lot more channels than 4, I get 50 odd I think on freeview.

Might be time for an aerial upgrade?
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Thanks for the help. I have found it out now, I only have an indoor aerial and the positioning is super sensitive. A couple of inches can make the difference between 2 channels and 20. It's ridiculous really but dont want to spend more money on a new aerial. Found a spot now where I get all 4 terrestrial channels and about 20 freeview, which isn't bad because I don;t have freeview in my area!
 
Ahh indoor aerial, explains a lot :p

I can barely get anything with an indoor aerial, the external one picks up loads though.

They are worth it in the long run!
 
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