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Review: Sharp LC-46LE700E
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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, ...
Review: Toshiba 46XV635
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Even though it only costs £825, the Toshiba 46XV635 sits in the middle of Toshiba's TV range. This proves just how aggressive the manufacturer is now getting with its pricing – especially as this set has the performance credentials of many 46in TVs costing hundreds of pounds more. The good signs start right away, with a svelte design that combines glossiness and extravagance (in the shape of a luminous Toshiba logo) in elegant fashion. Spinning the TV round uncovers a well-stocked connections roster. Among the highlights are a very healthy four HDMIs, a USB port able to play JPEG, MP3 and DivX video files, a PC port and a JPEG-capable SD card slot. There are also far more features ...
Review: Panasonic TX-P46G15
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Panasonic's insistence on sticking exclusively with plasma technology for its big TVs is admirably stubborn. And who needs LCD when it produces gas screens as good as the TX-P46G15? Best of an impressive set of connections is a satellite input, flagging up that the TX-P46G15 is another of Panasonic's Freesat TVs, with HD digital satellite tuner built in. An ordinary RF input reminds us, meanwhile, that the P46G15 also has analogue and Freeview tuners. There's also a respectable four HDMIs for digital HD sources, an SD card slot for playback of JPEGs, DivX and AVCHD files and an Ethernet port that should ultimately provide access to the BBC's iPlayer function. This latter feature already ...
Review: Sharp LC52LE7000E LCD TV
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The LC52LE700E is Sharp's first affordable mass-market LED TV and very own prospective OLED-killer. While the company has dabbled with LED-backlighting before, with its super high-end XS1E range of screens, they cost two arms, a leg and half a lower intestine, so it's welcome to see the brand finally bringing its own form of the technology to the wider marketplace. The cost reduction can partly be explained by the fact that the screen features a backlight consisting of so-called UltraBrilliant white LEDs, rather than the RGB array used in the XS1E. Read TechRadar's Sharp LC-52XS1E review These new LEDs, proprietary to Sharp, feature a unique 'double dome' light ...
Review: Philips 42PFL9664H LCD TV
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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. ...
