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Samsung, as well as the world's other AV electrical giants like Panasonic and Toshiba, will be parading their latest LED TVs with brand new 3D HD technology at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas beginning on January 7th. These flat-panel LED TVs are set to be one of the highlights of this year's CES and are ready to take 2010 by storm! Watch this space for news from the CES 2010 as it happens!
Korean electrical giant Samsung is expecting huge sales this year which will surpass 2009's sales figures of 2.6 million for their LED LCD TVs. Samsung predicts a massive 10 million LED LCD TV sales in 2010 and we can expect a whole host of great deals and products from them. Samsung will be showcasing their new releases at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. At CES 2010 we anticipate 8 series of LED LCD TVs with a larger range of screen sizes, from 19 inches to a whopping 65 inches. As Samsung released only 3 series in 2009 and with that huge range of sizes throughout 8 series, it's a safe bet that Samsung will hit their target.
For those of you blinded by science and abbreviations, here's a little summary for you. LED LCD TVs use LCDs as backlights instead of the traditional cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL). This leads to a thinner, brighter screen with better energy efficiency than standard LCD TVs. Consequently, LED LCD TVs are more expensive than normal LCD TVs but with Samsung's progression this may well bring the price down in 2010.
Bolton, United Kingdom, December 30, 2009 --(SimplyElectricals.co.uk)-- Consumers wanting user-friendly advice about the best LED TV, LCD TV or plasma TV to buy now that the Granada region has gone Digital are in for a real treat in the super new Simply Electricals store which has just opened on Halliwell Road in Bolton, Lancashire not far from the M61 near Greater Manchester.
And there to cut the ribbon was none other than the Mayor of Bolton, Cllr Norman Critchley, a self confessed technophobe who was delighted to hear Simply Electricals’ philosophy of only selling consumers products that were right for them.
He told the Opening Day gathering: “I would only buy a TV from a person who could tell me if it was what I needed, and someone who could also explain all the technical jargon to me.”
Simply Electricals also operates a thriving website selling all the latest Hi-Fi and AV equipment including LED TVs, LCD TVs and Plasma TVs as well as speakers, amplifiers, receivers and headphones. The website provides great deals from all the leading manufacturers including Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Philips, Sharp and Toshiba.
Browsing the site consumers will find so much more than cheap LED TVs, LCD TVs and plasma TVs. Simply Electricals stocks furniture and accessories including home cinema seating, speakers, stands, brackets, cables, headphones and fans. As consumers expect Simply Electricals have all the leading brands including Signature, Q Acoustics, Alphason, Soundcast NAD, Atacama, B-Tech, Shure, QED, Goldring, Grado and Roberts.
The website has been going from strength to strength since it started this summer but Marketing Director Michael Gilmore decided something was missing.
He explains: “By opening up this retail arm of our website we are able to provide the total service to prospective customers. We already know that customers from across the UK buy from Simply Electricals knowing they'll get excellent service and value for money. Already people are travelling from places as far away as Liverpool, Glasgow, Newcastle, Bristol and Cardiff to see our retail outlet in the knowledge they'll get a great deal and bag a bargain.”
Michael added, “These customers are prepared to pay the slightly higher bricks and mortar retail price to guarantee next-day delivery not least in the run up to Christmas. Customers can tell if you are pushing them into buying something. At Simple Electricals we pride ourselves on listening to our customers and only selling them what they want, rather than what we think they want.”
The company has gone into partnership with Swifts, a long-standing electrical retailer and opened up under the Simply Electricals logo at their outlet at Halliwell Road, Bolton.
Founded in 1962, Bolton based independent electrical store M & M Electrical began trading televisions and radios to the public. After becoming Swift Electricals in 1985, the store expanded its product list and continued with brisk trade throughout the 80s and 90s always maintaining its foundations and fundamental aspects...Service.
As an independent electrical retailer, Simply Electricals is a member of Euronics, the largest electrical buying group in Europe. With nearly 9,000 specialist stores and branches spanning 25 European countries, every Euronics member is a specialist in the electrical industry and able to provide products as at the keenest prices.
Rival manufacturers of a delicate disposition should look away now, because the super-slim Philips 42PFL9664H LCD TV is about to deal your self confidence a serious blow.
Other companies might be more adventurous and plenty are cheaper, but few seem able to deliver the last word in flatscreen design and specification in a particular price range quite so consistently as Philips.
The 42PFL9664H is the Dutch maestro's latest mid to higher-end LCD and comes bristling with state-of-the-art spec, the best examples of audio-visual and multimedia gadgetry currently found on TVs sets and wraps it all up in a frame that makes just about every one of its peers seem plain.
Features
This a gorgeously attired telly, with a matt, gunmetal frame trimmed with a faintly Art Deco-ish run of silver across the bottom of the screen and around its outer rim.
The bezel, at 25mm deep, is not as radically slender as some of the more expensive, edge-lit LED machines that are currently taking TV aesthetics by storm, but it's still not much chunkier than a cigarette packet and it exudes a build quality that puts just about every other LCD manufacturer to shame.
The elegant display, with its subtly rounded edges, sits on a reassuringly sturdy, swivelling base and the whole adds up to the sort of set that is able to add a note of impeccably understated grace to even the swankiest front rooms.
It is also comfortably one of the most extravagantly featured we've ever seen.
You can take as read that the display resolution is the full 1080p (1,920 x 1,080 pixels), with all those dots being brought to order by the Dutch company's very own, class-leading Perfect Pixel HD engine.
This is the very latest in a long and consistently impressive line of image processing circuitry that began years ago with the groundbreaking Pixel Plus.
Now optimised for full HD, this awesomely powerful set of picture refinement algorithms is one of the most sophisticated 'engines' ever made. It addresses each pixel individually, ensuring that each is operating to best effect in concert with its immediate neighbours, leading to a sharper, more detailed picture, while extraneous digital dross, such as mosquito noise, is held at bay.
This is abetted by the also-proprietary Perfect Natural Motion circuitry.
That's designed to eliminate judder by anticipating movement between minute points and correcting any judder it thinks might be thrown up in between, while 200Hz digital scanning is on hand to ensure that the screen is able to keep pace with objects moving swiftly across it, upping the response time of the panel to an impressive claimed 1ms.
The backlight is of the conventional (cold cathode lamps, as opposed to LED) variety, but is lent an extra dash of high-end gloss with a scanning facility that enables the lamp to flicker in sync with the picture refresh rate, supposedly smoothing movement by an extra degree or two.
The final piece of picture-related gadgetry likely to play a part in your buying decision is yet another Philips innovation in the form of Ambilight.
Available in several guises throughout Philips' current line-up, the version deployed here is Spectra two, or 'stereo', casting pools of sympathetically coloured light onto the wall behind either edge of the set in harmony with whatever is happening on the screen.
Regarded with a degree of scepticism when it first appeared a couple of years ago, the technology's endurance is testament to its genuine usefulness; while we doubt anyone will buy a Philips set simply because of it, we defy anyone not to enjoy the softening, immersive effect that it produces.
Moving away from the video side of things, the 42PFL9664 is equipped with one of the better internet systems currently doing the rounds.
Net TV
Net TV enables your set to connect to the web via Ethernet or Wi-Fi and gives you more or less unfettered internet access, as opposed to the handpicked selection of partner sets offered by most rival manufacturers' 'widget' systems.
No fewer than five HDMI ports cosy up to all sorts of other useful things including an Ethernet port and an electrical digital audio output for sending the audio to external amplification.
One minor oddity is that the secondary connections (the fifth HDMI plus the usual composite video, stereo audio and headphones jack) are labelled on the set and in the accompanying literature as 'Side' connections when they are about as blatantly on the back of the set as it's possible to be.
We mention this in order to save you the same ignominy of a fruitless search for a secret, concealed panel containing the auxiliary connections that may or may not have perplexed our reviewer for a couple of minutes or so.
This set occupies one of the upper echelons of Philips' current output and offers the kind of picture-tweaking depth that requires a clear afternoon, a soothing cup of tea and a very deep breath.
Fortunately, though, if the Dutch company has one eye on hardcore videophiles, the other is invariably on normal, functioning humans, and the latter are sure to be delighted by a foolproof installation assistant that enables you to fine-tune your picture to your preferred parameters by responding to a set of split-screen images.
It's surprisingly effective and, crucially, you don't at any point feel baffled, patronised or seized by the fear that you've done something irretrievably ghastly to your settings.
The actual user experience, meanwhile, is an ergonomics masterclass.
Philips has always been at the forefront of ergonomic innovation and the current operating system is one of its jazziest and best.
We love the spooky, blue-haloed graphics on a translucent dark background and the menu architecture is effortlessly intuitive.
The exemplary layout marries up seamlessly to one of the best remote controls in the business, a satisfyingly weighty, metal-jacketed zapper that sits in the palm as if it had been made with yours in mind
It will come as no shock to anyone by this stage to discover that the picture performance of the 42PFL9664H is really rather good.
Detail, for a start, is jaw dropping. A combination of a maximum-resolution screen, some intelligent scaling and some of the best picture processing brains on the planet make for a thrilling video experience.
Pop in something with plenty of background, such as the dizzying swoops over the Hogwarts and the Highlands in The Prisoner of Azkaban and prepare to be amazed by the sheer depth and scale on display.
Perhaps even more pleasingly, the 42PFL9664 doesn't over-egg the whiz-bang technical spectacle.
Philips sets have, on occasion, divided people into those in thrall to the sheer amount of visual information on display and those who mourn the lack of cinematic 'warmth' this overt digital polish can occasionally cause.
Deep colours
Images in this case are almost astonishingly textured and nuanced, but you don't at any point find yourself stepping out of the action in order to marvel at the level of resolution on display and the picture has that richness found with film, as opposed to the rather clinical, un-enchanting 'digital' aspect that over-processing can occasionally produce.
Colours are also first class.
A bit of tweaking here and there yields shades and tones that encompass everything from the lurid fluoro headaches zooming about in Fast and Furiousto the delicate Highland hues of the aforementioned Harry Potter movie with even-handed fidelity.
As with the detail handling, the palette, while spectacular when required, is ever mindful not to get carried away when restraint is required.
Familiar, real-world shades, like skies or grass, that absolutely have to be right in order to convince, are rendered impeccably.
The convincingly verdant hills rolling into the distance in The Prisoner of Azkaban meet a shade of sky to which anyone who has spent any time in the British isles will be able to relate, while flesh tones are captured and blended accurately, with none of the isolated splurges of tone that can occur with less gifted television sets.
Black levels
Black levels are also surprisingly good for LCD. Differing shades are picked out carefully, while night-time scenes are layered in shades, rather than swamped in a single, uniform inkiness in one of the best liquid crystal black-level performances you'll see this side of LED.
There are a couple of faults, however. The first is that black levels do deteriorate markedly when viewed off-axis.
The viewing angle is just about wide enough to cover most sensible seating arrangements, but anyone decidedly left or right-ish is going to get somewhat short-changed, with otherwise distinct shades merging into one another and anything dark taking on a greyish sheen.
This is shame, given the profundity of which this set is capable.
The other glitch is that the HD-optimised picture processing brains seem, unsurprisingly, much more sure of themselves with top-spec source material.
Freeview problems
While DVDs and hi-def video polish up to startling effect, standard-definition TV broadcasts appear to ask too much of the algorithms and they visibly struggle to keep up with the demands placed upon them by the likes of Freeview.
It's fine with static images, but movement seems to cause the engine to repeatedly reassess what it's looking at, causing a slight lag while it tries to marshal as much as it can back into focus.
The result is a load of digital noise that follows whatever is moving around like a heat-haze. Still, these foibles are so comprehensively outweighed by its strengths as to be negligible and the overall experience is deeply satisfying
We've become so resigned to rubbish flatscreen audio that finding a set able to do movie soundtracks some semblance of justice is scarcely less than a revelation.
The Philips 42PFL9664 carries four drivers in total, but it's the two rear-firing bass units that grab your attention. These provide a solid, muscular foundation to proceedings, investing the audio image with the kind of presence almost invariably absent from LCD sets, particularly wafer-thin ones.
Broadcast programmes are handled effortlessly and the performance with film is sufficiently impressive to make anyone considering investing in a small home cinema system to accompany the set think twice about parting with their cash.
The audio image is expansive and airy and, while not strictly 'surround' in nature, does at least conjure an approximation of three dimensions.
The bass drivers, while necessarily limited in scope by their compact size, manage to produce enough low-end rumble to give a convincing amount of heft to 'big' scenes involving, say, explosions and invest the overall experience with the sort of visceral impact and depth that few other equivalent LCD screens can match.
Despite all this, it would feel somewhat remiss if we didn't urge you to do those lovely, cinematic pictures the audio service they so richly deserve by pairing this set up with a top-class home movie audio system.
The Philips 42PFL9664H LCD TV isn't the cheapest 42-inch set on the market by a long chalk, with some perfectly respectable alternatives from big-name brands such as Toshiba coming in at less than half the price.
The Philips isn't aimed at the budget buyer, however, and with that in mind is easily one of the best sets in its class, with a performance and features list that leaves anything significantly cheaper choking on its dust.
If you are after a set that offers all the spec you could conceivably need, a performance that equals (and frequently surpasses) the very best flatscreens currently available and, as an added boon, looks extremely pretty in your front room, then the 42PFL9664 is worth that grand and a half asking price.
We liked:
This is an immensely capable set, with near-reference quality pictures that are a cut or two above most of its immediate peers.
The features list is also extremely impressive, from the class-leading image engine through to the five HDMI inputs via one of the few genuinely useful web-browsing setups in circulation. We also adore the effortlessly chic styling and the nigh-on flawless operating system.
We disliked:
The narrowish viewing angle is a slight niggle and Ambilight might be seen by some as a piece of unnecessary, cost-nudging frivolity. Standard-def isn't always to its rather refined taste, either.
Verdict:
A beautifully conceived and executed set for the serious (and better-heeled) AV fan.
(Reviewed by Jim Findlay ) - Via TechRadar.com
With its 'normal' LCD TVs failing to grab the public's attention as much as Sharp would like, it really needs to fire our imagination with something a little different. Something, in fact, like the LC-46LE700E: a 46in TV that gives you direct LED backlighting without costing an arm and both legs.
This isn't Sharp's first LED model, however, as the manufacturer launched its XS1E series in 2008. But, as those TVs started at £9,000, the £1,600 LC-46LE700E can certainly claim to be Sharp's first affordable LED TV.
Its price looks pretty reasonable by any brand's standards: even price-conscious Samsung's 46in 46B7000 range is £100 or so more expensive. While pretty enough in its glossy black bezel, this 46-incher is nowhere near as slim as Samsung's trend-setting machines.
It has good reason for this: the TV uses direct lighting, where the LED arrays sit right behind the screen, rather than Samsung's edge-based system. Sharp's direct approach enables the LC-46LE700E to offer local dimming, where the arrays of lights behind the screen can be controlled individually.
This allows almost pitch black colours to sit alongside really bright white tones in a way that's not possible with standard single-lamp LCD backlights or edge-lit systems.
If you're wondering how this set can be so much cheaper than Sharp's XS1E models, there are two reasons. First, instead of using RGB dimming, the LC-46LE700 sticks with white – an option that might not deliver so rich a colour range, but which is much cheaper to make.
Second, the LC-46LE700E illuminates its pictures using far fewer separate LED arrays than the XS1E series, reducing the image's localised luminance accuracy.
Other key specs include four HDMI inputs, a full HD resolution, a USB port able to play JPEG pictures and MP3 audio files, Brilliant Colour processing and, perhaps most important of all, 100Hz processing to keep a lid on judder and motion blur.
Unfortunately, this 100Hz engine isn't strong enough. Pictures are consistently undermined by motion smearing. This is surprising, given how well Sharp's 100Hz standard LCD TVs usually deal with motion, but it's undeniable here – especially when playing video games or watching sport.
Thankfully, this motion blur is pretty much the only negative thing we have to say about the 46LE700E's images – once you've recalibrated them away from the set's bizarrely dreadful picture presets, at least.
Colours, for instance, are phenomenally intense. It shows dark scenes, too, with only the faintest trace of the grey or blue mist that characterises so many standard LCD TVs – including Sharp's.
Hi-def images look extremely sharp and while standard-definition pictures suffer with a couple of over-aggressive colour tones, in general they're rescaled to the screen's full HD resolution quite nicely.
The LC-46LE700E's sound doesn't have the power or dynamic range to give the set's pictures the accompaniment they really deserve. But, despite the 46LE700E's minor imperfections, it enthusiastically illustrates just how potent a technology LED backlighting is.
It should also be enough to get Sharp back on the UK TV map.
(Reviewed by John Archer - What Video and HDTV 341) - Via TechRadar.com
You'll have noticed that CRT monitors have almost completely disappeared due to the quality and success of LCD monitors. The price of LCD monitors has dramatically reduced in recent years and they are also environmently friendly. As you'll have realised LCD monitors share a lot of the same technology and features as LCD TVs and it's no coincidence they've both been extremely popular in recent years.
Nearly all LCD TVs have VGA input connectors allowing you to connect your computer to your LCD TV. These days more and more computers are being made with HDMI connectors giving you better picture quality when you connect them to your LCD TV.
If your sole reason for buying an LCD TV is as a large monitor then you won't need all the features available on top end LCD TVs. As long as your LCD TV has a VGA input and/or HDMI input you'll be able to hook your computer up to it.
LCD TVs are increasing in popularity every day and as companies make them cheaper than ever, consumers can get one for a great price.
So why should you get rid of your old CRT TV and upgrade to an LCD TV? Read on and I'll give you ten good reasons to buy an LCD TV.
Higher resolution: LCD TV screens are made up of millions of tiny squares called pixels which go vertically up and horizontally across the LCD TV. This huge number of pixels gives your LCD TV screen better colour and much crisper picture quality.
Clearer and brighter picture: As LCD TVs have flat screens as opposed to curved ones that come with CRT TVs, it gives a better picture. CRT TVs don't work well in bright rooms giving a blurred picture but you don't get this with LCD TVs. LCD TVs have backlights giving more light and lively images.
Slimness: LCD TVs are superslim, especially when compared with CRT TVs.
Better viewing angles: The days of getting as poor view from a bad angle are long gone. LCD TVs give you a great picture whatever angle you're viewing from. Make sure you buy an LCD TV from a well know manufacturer though!
Stylish, elegant, fashionable: LCD TVs look much better than CRT TVs and have great aesthetics.
Less power hungry and more economical: Tests show that LCD TVs use 50% less energy than Plasmas or CRTs so they're better for the environment and your wallet!
No eyestrain: Unlike CRTs, LCD TVs don't flicker so won't hurt your eyes after watching them for a long time.
HDTV compatibility: All new LCD TVs are compatible with HD broadcasts making them far superior to CRT TVs giving a new level of viewing quality.
ECO friendly: All the major manufacturers are producing LCD TVs that are classed as 'low emission' units. These LCD TVs are extremely low in electric and magnetic field emissions and benefit the environment.
Value for money: Due to the competition between manufacturers, the price of LCD TVs is lower than ever and they all come with the latest features installed.
LED TVs use similar technology to LCD TVs as an LED TV's screen is a liquid crystal display just like an LCD TV uses. So no doubt you'll be wondering what the difference is. It's all about backlighting as LED TVs and LCD TVs have different systems that change the picture attributes dramatically.
To light the panels, LCD TVs use flourescent lighting either coming from tubes or advanced flat arrays of lights whereas LED TVs use light emitting diodes.
Now lets compare the picture quality of LED TVs and LCD TVs.
When switched on, LCD TVs continuously have their backlight on so to form black/dark areas the screen blocks the light by changing the crystals to a closed position. This can result in a lower contrast ratio leading to less detail in dark parts of the image. However LED TVs can use local dimming so darker blacks can be formed along with better detail in dark scenes.
When it comes to colour accuracy LED TVs have a slight advantage over LCD TVs only if they're using coloured backlighting. With white LED backlights the difference is negligible.
In recent years the viewing angle of LCD TVs has improved markedly but they are still some way off matching LED TVs. LED TVs have viewing angles on a par with plasma TVs.
Let's look at some functional considerations of LED TVs and LCD TVs.
LED TVs and LCD TVs will not cause screen burn so are both fine to use as a computer monitor.
What is the longevity of LED TVs and LCD TVs? The majority of manufacturers claim their sets offer approximately 100,000 hours of life but as LED TVs are new they don't have much of a track record. However, LED lights normally last a long time. LED TVs should have a slight benefit over LCD TVs as the flourescent backlighting LCD TVs use tends to fade slightly over time. The quality of manufacturer will also determine how long they will last.
LED TVs and LCD TVs come in a range of sizes but inch for inch LED TVs will be more expensive. LCD TVs also use more power than LED TVs
Current high definition HD viewing
High definition or HD is a relatively new concept but is set to be the norm in years to come. HD technology is
growing rapidly and more and more products are becoming compatible with HD.
The current gaming market is big on HD at the moment. Sony have the Playstation 3 along with Microsoft's Xbox 360
and both consoles have been designed to play games in HD. As an added bonus, Sony's machine also plays HD Blu-ray
discs. These consoles have been a massive success due to playing games in HD which lets the player get fully
immersed in the gaming experience.
Blu-ray disc and HD-DVD recently came out of an HD 'format war' with Blu-ray coming out on top. These are similar to
DVDs but the picture quality is much better.
HD Digital Camcorders are also available and are fantastic when you have a supporting LCD TV. The quality of HD
footage is excellent and needs to be seen to be believed.
You will have seen both HD Ready and Full HD being advertised and although there isn't a massive difference, Full HD
is slightly better.
Here's a checklist of things to think about when you're buying an LCD TV.
What is the size of the room you're going to be putting your LCD TV in? It's great to have a huge LCD TV in your house but you need to make sure it's practical. Big LCD TVs won't look right in a small room and won't give you a good picture if you're watching your LCD TV from a close distance.
How much do you want to spend on your LCD TV? With so many makes and models to choose from you'll find LCD TVs have a huge price range. A lot of companies offer good quality LCD TV panels at a bargain price but make sure you know the reasons for this. Is it a seasonal or clearance sale? Reconditioned or discontinued stock perhaps? Make sure you're aware and ask your dealer about this.
Consider the features of the LCD TV you've selected before purchasing. THe internet is an excellent source of information on LCD TVs so have a surf before you buy. Check out the resolution on LCD TVs - you'll want 1280x720 (720p) for screens smaller than 40" with 1920x1080 (1080p) for screens bigger than 40". What's the motion reponse time for your LCD TV? Is it 12ms or 8ms? Think about contrast ratio. For an LCD TV screen of more than 32" you'll want it to be at least 1500:1.
LCD TVs rarely get any pixel defects appearing on the screen as a red or green colour but it's always a good idea to test your LCD TV before you buy it. If you're shopping online ask them about replacement policies for your LCD TV. Make sure your LCD TV has a good contrast ratio showing deep blacks and shadows.
To conclude, make sure your LCD TV has HDMI inputs to support high definition pictures for a clearer and sharper picture.
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