Samsung's controversially-named range of "LED TVs", which are of course, LCD TVs which use white LEDs as a light source, have made press lately for falling foul of Britain's Advertising Standards Authority. The said authority claims that the company's ...

Average

Samsung's huge presence in the LCD TV market has resulted in a comprehensive range of models which stretch from 720p-centric displays, to full 1080p models with LED backlighting. The LE40B550 is part of Samsung's Series 5, which is billed as being the ...

Good black level and contrast, by LCD standards, Viewing angle falloff is acceptable, Fantastic calibrated greyscale performance, Very close-to-accurate gamma after calibration, Excellent calibrated colour reproduction, Standard definition video ...

Budget Plasma displays (albeit with their own different faults) can be had for a little more, For gamers, there are displays with less input lag out there

Excellent

It seems slightly unfair to begin every review of a Sharp LCD TV by mentioning the company's fall from the top of the market, but the situation is remarkable enough to remain notable. Sharp's AQUOS brand was launched in 2001 and here in the West, was ...

Low input lag in GAME mode makes for responsive, immersive video game use, Accessible calibration controls allow the picture quality to be improved from the starting presets, LED backlighting results in better contrast performance when compared to ...

Motion resolution (motion blur) is problematic, Viewing angle is not especially good, Delta array pixel layout causes a slightly "stippled" image, TV's built in speakers are puny-sounding, even by in-TV standards, Panel uniformity issues

Average

For a product where you would imagine cost cutting is key, the S5500 certainly doesnÂ't look cheap. The bezel is robust with a solid build quality and instead of the usual black gloss; the frame has a matte style dark grey finish. There may be a lack ...

Average

When we heard in February that Panasonic was finally introducing THX certification to some of their Plasma TVs in Europe, we were enthusiastic to see what effect THX's guidance would have on the picture quality potential of these screens. Panasonic's ...

Very deep, satisfying black level thanks to NeoPDP panel, One of few displays with its own free-to-air satellite ("Freesat") tuner, THX mode results in very good Greyscale performance..., ...and very good Colour performance, for a preset mode, ...

Panasonic's usual lack of calibration-friendliness: not a huge problem on this individual unit (post-calibration performance was excellent regardless), but perhaps an issue on others, Video processing could still be improved (cadence detection is non ...

Excellent

Here comes LG with a slimmed down 42" LCD display: the LG 42SL8000. This is a Full HD 1920x1080p LCD display, the standout feature of which is arguably its thin, sleek design. This is one display I briefly glimpsed at the IFA Show earlier this month, ...

Calibrated Greyscale is of Reference quality, with no unwanted colour impurities in the image, Calibrated Colour is absolutely excellent, SD video processing is great, Excellent design, Works brilliantly as a large computer monitor or for gaming, ...

Black level is slightly lacking, leaving dark scenes looking grey in dark environments, Limited viewing angle causes picture to appear greyish from the sides, On-board Digital TV tuner video has slightly processed appearance

Above Average

The first thing that hits you about the Vivitek is its size and weight; this is no portable unit that you can store in a cupboard and bring out when you fancy a big screen film. This model is very much a professional custom installation product that ...

Excellent

Up until recently only one manufacturer was producing Freesat HD enabled TVs and in the next year that number is likely to explode with multi-tuner sets on the way. In the meantime we have here the LG 32LF7700, a budget priced LCD TV with a Freesat HD ...

Above Average

A couple of months ago, I reviewed Samsung's PS50B560 Plasma display and was mostly impressed with what I saw. This Plasma TV incorporated a 1920x1080p panel, excellent video processing for dealing with our standard definition back catalogues, a full ...

Full host of picture calibration controls, Calibrated Greyscale accuracy is excellent, Calibrated Colour accuracy fulfills requirements for AVForums "Reference" status, Standard-def video processing is excellent, Picture detail is the best out of any ...

Panel image retention can be irritating, White objects in 50hz video sources (UK TV, DVDs) can suffer from motion corruption, which some people may notice, Black level is not as deep as the current NeoPDP Plasmas from Panasonic

Above Average

Few debates in the video world get heated as those surrounding letterboxing, which is the practice of presenting a Cinemascope ratio film on a narrower display device with the unused parts of the screen filled in with black. Film fans can get somewhat ...

The only way to watch Cinemascope ratio films without letterboxing on a television, Sound quality is excellent (by built-in speaker standards), Colour accuracy is excellent, Ambilight can be configured to work as an effective bias lighting solution, ...

Black level is average, Greyscale calibration controls do not allow full adjustment of "low end", Viewing angle is limited, Common LCD "smearing blacks" issue, Standard def scaling and deinterlacing are average, High price tag theoretically pits this ...

Average