Hi,

I'm replacing my 32" JVC LCD screen with a 40 or 42" screen. I've narrowed it down (within my price range) to:

Samsung LE40A656
Panasonic TH42PZ80B
Sony Bravia KDL-40W4000

Does anyone have any advice on which TV would be the best model to choose? They're all 1080p Full HD (not that I really understand what that means).

Thanks in advance for your help!

Well the 40W4000 is a cracking set, Pansonics are usually good (although I'm not very familiar with them), however a few people here have suggested their upscalers aren't very good.

I wouldn't put Samsung in the same class as either of the others.

I would recommend the new KDL-40W4500with 100hz and a contrast of 50000:1. got one in our shop ysterday and it looks amazing.

I fitted one on a wall last week, looked pretty good, and has an Ethernet socket on the back.

The Sony Bravia KDL-40W4000 is very highly thought of. Trusted Reviews in their review of it gave it scores of:

Design Score 9
Features Score 9
Image Quality Score 9
Sound Quality Score 8
Value Score 8
Overall Score 9

Teleworld currently have it on sale for £799.99, if that price is any good for you.

As i can see Trusted Reviews also rated Samsung A656 an overall score 9!!

Thanks for the advice, guys. I can see it isn't going to be an easy decision to make!

At least you should be onto a winner whatever you decide to do!

The Which? website could be a useful source of information:

There's buying advice like High definition TV explained as well as detailed independent reviews of LCD and Plasma TVs including the models you mentioned.

^^^

Yeah, and you have to subscibe to see any of that advice.

SPAM!

What he said.

Hi Sancheeez,
Which? has loads of free advice guides, including the one I linked to first. Most product reviews are, as you say, available to subscribers.

Thanks,
Al

Indeed.

The general info in your guide can be found in plenty places on the 'net. It's the detailed reviews most people will be interested in ...... and plenty places on the 'net also offer these for free.

Which? does not.

Hence my warcry of SPAM!

Your username would also suggest you're here on a mission to plug the site .....

well i would suggest a slight rethink and spend a little more cash to get the:

Sony Bravia KDL-40W4500 for about £850

Why when it gets a poorer image quality score?

http://www.trustedreviews.com/tvs/re...46in-LCD-TV/p1

compared to

http://www.trustedreviews.com/tvs/re...40in-LCD-TV/p1

Sony KDL40W4000 £733
http://www.digitalempireonline.co.uk...c23706ab8ab16c

Not the same tv as I am suggesting...I am suggesting the W4500 not the W4000

Do you mean the KDL -46W4500

Or

KDL - 40W4500 (With 100mhz and higher contrast ratio?)

http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/sony-...0080812126.htm

Really like this one and some good reviews too!
http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/reviews...t-LCD-TV.phtml
Wouldn't mind getting one of these if they write my broken Aquos off