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Old 04-01-2003, 18:09
neelpeel11
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yippee, my girlfriend's finally caved in and agreed that we could really do with a new widescreen 32" telly!!

i've not got much idea what i'm looking for so i need all the advice I can get.
i can spend about £500 - £600 and it must have 2+ scarts, s-video, fasttext and decent sound.

any features i should be looking out for?
any brands to stay away from?
any brands give 3 year warranty?

in short, any recommendations for a 32 incher for that kind of money??

thanks,
neel
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Old 04-01-2003, 22:39
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Hi.

The best budget 32" tv ive seen is the goodmans priced at £375 at comet.
My father in law bought one recently and the picture looks pretty good.It has two scarts,one S enabled and front AV inputs.

On Cheaper sets the only drawback is the sets only switch between 16.9 and 4.3 whereas dearer sets will give additional picture modes e.g. Smart which will stretch an old 4.3 broadcast like Dads Army without everyone appearing fat!

Asda give a 3year warranty on all tv's John Lewis give a 5year Warranty but tend only to sell more expensive sets.

In my opinion if you can afford it go for a Sony JVC Panasonic or Toshiba,but in32" form the're likely to cost more than your budget of £600

I have a 32" JVC for the past 3years and am very pleased with it [touch wood!!]

Hope this info helps.
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Old 04-01-2003, 23:34
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You might just get a JVC AV-32T25 for £600 ish if you shop around. It's bigger brother with Prologic is the AV-32R25 which is excellent but just out of your price range. If you can still find one in the shops, the now discontinued AV-32WFR1 is a great set. I have one myself.
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Old 05-01-2003, 11:30
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I would also recommend the 32" JVC TVs having had one for the last couple of years.

One thing I would say is that you should save yourself a few quid by getting one with basic (nicam stereo) sound then get a separate amp and speakers for excellent sound.

I wouldn't spend extra money on a prologic set which would have inferior sound to a decent dolby digital / DTS amp.
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Old 06-01-2003, 11:53
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We have had a 32 inch Sony tv since October 2001 and have had no problems with it. It is a model no longer being made now but we are extremely happy with it. My Dad has the FX65 Sony set now updated to the FX66 (with an extra RGB scart socket) and he too has had no problems with it and loves it. So I would recommend buying a Sony set.
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Old 06-01-2003, 13:00
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Originally posted by finbar

One thing I would say is that you should save yourself a few quid by getting one with basic (nicam stereo) sound then get a separate amp and speakers for excellent sound.

I wouldn't spend extra money on a prologic set which would have inferior sound to a decent dolby digital / DTS amp.
Thanks all.
Thanks especially on the advice on sound. I was wondering about that.
Are there any specific output connections that I need if i'm going to upgrade with an amp etc later on?

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Old 06-01-2003, 13:29
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I have sound feeding into my tv via two scart sockets from the video and Sky, the sound from these is outputted via two phono sockets (red and white) which I then connect to the phono inputs on my amp.

I would definitely agree on what finbar said about sound just go for your basic Nicam Stereo tv and look to attach a separate home cinema system to it in the future.
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