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Time for me to buy a new television for my room and I'm thinking a 32 inch LCD would do me fine but I'm not sure which of the following three would be the best...

It doesn't have to be the top of the range, I just want value for money and I'm willing to pay up to $2,000 AUD....

The three I'm looking at are Sony KDL40V4000 (this is a 40 inch but thats fine, also this comes with a bonus playstation 3 which I don't currently have so better still). I can pick this up for $1,998...

Samsung LA32A650, 32 inch, best price $1,500...

LG 32LG60UD. 32 inch, best price $1,200...

http://www.sony.com.au/support/product/product.js...tedProd=KDL40V4000[/url]

http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/detail/spec.do...0A1HXXY&fullspec=F
   
http://au.lge.com/products/model/detail/tv_lcdtv_...tv_32lg60ud.jhtml#   

Any thoughts would be appreciated...


   

I like most the Samsung one. It seems very stylish. But the Sony one comes with a Playstation 3 and is 40 inch so I think $2,000 is a logical price. I would choose between those two.

Logically, the Sony one, because of extra size and PS3.
Second choice, Samsung, they have awesome LCD screens

I suggest the Sony one. I can't believe the price $2,000 AUD is a bargain here.

A 3000:1 contrast ratio isnt that great (The sony one).

Personally, i would buy the Samsung one, not only because its Very stylish, but its far better quality then the rest.

And as Thermal said, Samsung really do make awesome LCD's.

For TVs, if you have the chance, go to a local shop and request to view them side by side while they are playing the same tv program simultaniously and also a dvd movie. That is the only way you can tell what screen you would like the most!! Just choosing from brands and some specs isn't sufficient, that is only one of the first steps, right after determining what budget you have to spend....

The important part is how the TV shows the stuff, not how the TV looks like. I rather have a plain looking TV, but with an excellent picture quality than a stylish (usually overprized) thing which shows a less sharp and often artifacted image. And quite often you wouldn't notice it much unless you put those two TVs next to eachother, then the differences are quite visible.

When doing this, do keep in mind that each TV has its own settings also (especially color balances are often not set correctly in the stores). So tinker a bit with each TV to get an idea of how much you can alter the picture...

The shop keepers would (should) be happy to assist. Especially if you do as if you have a hell of a budget

Remember, just choosing a brand because "they make awesome stuff" is not going to get you the best TV. You might as well just pick a random TV set in that case.

And because of picture quality I still prefer the normal TVs over any LCD any day.

At least, that is what I would do and think....

EDIT: ...because, for example:

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Originally posted by vaccination
Samsung. I have one, it's mega.

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How do you know it is mega? Did you compared the picture quality with a lot of other brands, side by side?

Samsung. I have one, it's mega.

i'd personally go for Sharp,, better picture quality than Sony or the others,

Cookie, did you know, the fiddle with the settings with the instore TV's? Its a common practice, they dim the screen, put off the colours and etc, on the cheaper screens so you buy the biggest and most expensive screen.

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Originally posted by mattisdada
Cookie, did you know, the fiddle with the settings with the instore TV's? Its a common practice, they dim the screen, put off the colours and etc, on the cheaper screens so you buy the biggest and most expensive screen.

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dunno, maybe... hence you need to fiddle with them

But here, from the few times I went to buy a TV (for myself, or accompanying someone else or just going to look what's new) it was quite often very clear that the fiddling is mostly done by the customers, not the store keepers.

In a few occasions there were even shop keepers who constantly put everything back to the 'default' settings after the customers fiddled with all the knobs and menus (imaging doing that all day long as a living, lol).