32" LCD TV... recommendations?

alexthecheese · 7 Jul 2006 at 13:57

Sorry to keep asking the question that everybody else does, but what is a good LCD HDTV in the £600-£1000 price range (preferably on the lighter end of the scale

). Anything bigger in my room would just be ridiculous, but if there are bigger screens in that price range that are good it would be worth taking them into consideration.

The Hyundai Vvuon's look pretty cheap (available from OCUK) and they have the good HD resolution of 1366x768, and I assume they have VGA connectors so I'll be able to plug my PC into it?

I've seen that a lot of people like the Samsung hidef tellys, but are they any good and are they in the price range?

Voy06 · 7 Jul 2006 at 14:32

Well the Samsungs definately in your price range, excellent as a PC monitor, plenty of connections, great too watch dvd's on via HDMI or component and gives a good picture if watching freeview. I wouldn't recommend buying an LCD to watch SD tv though.

pinkaardvark · 7 Jul 2006 at 14:43

the hyundai can be had for around £570inc I think. so definately under your £600 budget

Yas786 · 7 Jul 2006 at 14:46

Samsung LE32R41BDX widescreen HDTV, bought mine a few months ago for just under £800, the place i bought it from has further reduced the price.

Great lcd tv, sharp colours and picture.

Specs of it:
Samsung LE32R41BDX Widescreen HD ready LCD TV

32in LCD Widescreen
16:9 Format
1366x768 Resolution
"My Colour Control"
HD Ready
800:1 Contrast Ratio
500cd/m2 Brightness
SRS TruSurround XT
170° x 170° Viewing Angle
PC INPUT (D-Sub)
DNIe Picture Enhancement
Picture-in-Picture
Brightness Sensor
1,00-Page Teletext
VESA Complient
2 x 3 Watts (RMS)
S-Video IN
2 x SCART Connections
Headphone Socket

I love mine, looks great and looks even better with my xbox360.

alexthecheese · 7 Jul 2006 at 15:10

pinkaardvark said:
the hyundai can be had for around £570inc I think. so definately under your £600 budget

How does the picture quality hold up? The idea of having a Freeview box integrated in the Samsung sounds excellent... I'll look into that, cheers.

GhostFace · 7 Jul 2006 at 16:44

alexthecheese said:
How does the picture quality hold up? The idea of having a Freeview box integrated in the Samsung sounds excellent... I'll look into that, cheers.

I've got the Hyundai A321 and it's brilliant. Good picture quality especially on a 360, it hasn't got freeview or HDMI but at £600 it's a bargin.

I think it's the same spec as the Q321 just with out the freeview

pinkaardvark · 7 Jul 2006 at 16:54

alexthecheese said:
How does the picture quality hold up? The idea of having a Freeview box integrated in the Samsung sounds excellent... I'll look into that, cheers.

I've never like the integrated approach, for one I think you pay over the odds for the tuner inside and have no choice over it's selection. Furthermore if they upgrade anything in the future your stuffed. When you can get great tuners from £30 from Asda's what is the point.

re: the hyundai.. I haven't heard any bad things said but as I don't own one I wouldn't care to comment. Better contrast ratio than the samsung suggested though.

alexthecheese · 7 Jul 2006 at 18:39

pinkaardvark said:
I've never like the integrated approach, for one I think you pay over the odds for the tuner inside and have no choice over it's selection. Furthermore if they upgrade anything in the future your stuffed. When you can get great tuners from £30 from Asda's what is the point.

re: the hyundai.. I haven't heard any bad things said but as I don't own one I wouldn't care to comment. Better contrast ratio than the samsung suggested though.

Why would you be stuffed? Surely it frees up a scart socket, and if you had a freeview box which they upgraded (to HD freeview for example) then you'd use the HDMI connection or another scart socket, wouldnt you?

Man, Im tempted by the Samsung now, looks like its the shindig...

FeFiDoh · 7 Jul 2006 at 19:38

im looking for a new tv as well and so far i have come across this one

Hyundai 32" Widescreen ( A321 ) HD READY TV 1200:1 CONTRAST 8ms Response Stand and speakers included HDMI Port

can be hard for about £550 if u look around incl. vat!

right thread this time

tsinc80697 · 17 Jul 2006 at 16:41

the Hyundai really does seem to be top notch from all the forum ive been reading, only a few more shifts delivering pizzas and ill have one

ScoobyDoo · 17 Jul 2006 at 20:48

Just setup my LG 32lx2r and ive got to say its amazing, DVI input is awesome through my media centre pc. Xbox360 through component blows my old CRT into space and the sound isnt bad either although ive got mine setup through my denon 1906

It can be had now for around £750, I couldnt be happier with it, its got every connection you can think of on it.
DVI, HDMI, SVIDEO, COMPONENT, SCART

Would defo recommend it.