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Number of Reviews collected

in TVs

275

Total

3865

Source country

GB

United Kingdom

Language: English

Source rating scale

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100

Average source rating

77

Highest rating

95

Lowest rating

43

TVs

LG LU7000 (22LU7000)

LG LU7000 (22LU7000)

By Alex Jennings

The 22-inch, HD Ready 22LU7000 LCD TV isn't perfect, but it still outclasses the majority of other combination TVs, and its front-mounted, built-in DVD player is unusually practical. Such is the TV's convenience, in fact, that we think many people ...

Front-mounted DVD tray is really handy ; some people will love the design ; extremely sharp pictures

Some people will hate the design ; black levels aren&apos ; t too hot

The LG 22LU7000 is as eye-catching as it is practical. Such is its convenience, in fact, that we suspect many people seeking a secondary TV will be happy to overlook its occasional picture flaws

November, 2009

Rating

74

no alaScore

1 reviews

JVC LT-42WX70

JVC Xiview LT-42WX70

By Alex Jennings

The 42-inch, 1080p LT-42WX70 LCD screen is a brave attempt by JVC to bring something new to the TV table. It's eye-wateringly expensive, but it offers awesome colour reproduction, excellent contrast and exceptionally sharp pictures, as well as a ...

Slim design ; unusual and attractive finish ; awesome colour reproduction ; excellent contrast ; pictures look exceptionally sharp on occasions

Too expensive ; JVC still hasn&apos ; t made good on some of the TV&apos ; s more extravagant promises ; no built-in tuner or speakers as standard

JVC's LT-42WX70 is a brave attempt to bring something new to the TV table. The screen looks the part, and it offers plenty of innovative features. But it also suffers from a fairly serious picture flaw, and we're not convinced JVC will deliver on all ...

November, 2009

Rating

79

alaSCORE 91

6 reviews

Samsung PPM50M7H

Samsung B550 (LE40B550)

By Alex Jennings

The 40-inch, 1080p LE40B550 LCD TV offers remarkable value for money, outperforming its budget price point by a country mile. Its speakers lack bass, and other Samsung TVs have more features, but its picture performance is great and it looks gorgeous

Exceptional value for money ; really good picture quality ; gorgeous design ; good connectivity

Under-powered audio ; doesn&apos ; t offer as many features as most Samsung TVs

Despite an apparent lack of picture-processing power, the Samsung LE40B550 manages to produce really excellent images that leave those of all its similarly priced LCD rivals for dead. Movie fans may want to add a separate audio system, but it's still ...

November, 2009

Rating

89

alaSCORE 95

46 reviews

Samsung LE-B550 Series LCD HDTV (32",37",40",46")

Samsung LE40B550

By Alex Jennings

The 40-inch, 1080p LE40B550 LCD TV offers remarkable value for money, outperforming its budget price point by a country mile. Its speakers lack bass, and other Samsung TVs have more features, but its picture performance is great and it looks gorgeous

Exceptional value for money ; really good picture quality ; gorgeous design ; good connectivity

Under-powered audio ; doesn&apos ; t offer as many features as most Samsung TVs

Despite an apparent lack of picture-processing power, the Samsung LE40B550 manages to produce really excellent images that leave those of all its similarly priced LCD rivals for dead. Movie fans may want to add a separate audio system, but it's still ...

November, 2009

Rating

89

alaSCORE 94

118 reviews

Loewe Connect 42

The 42-inch, 1080p Connect 42 Media Full-HD+ 100 DR+ is the very definition of a premium LCD TV. It looks stunning in every set-up option, its multimedia capability is unparalleled, it delivers positively Olympian sound, and its pictures are ...

Sumptuous design ; frequently excellent picture quality ; outstanding audio ; brilliant multimedia capability ; can be upgraded with a number of modules

Very dear ; care has to be taken with the picture set-up ; some motion-processing artefacts ; black levels could be better

Thanks to numerous improvements and upgrades, the Loewe Connect 42 Media Full-HD+ 100 DR+ is a much better TV than the Connect 37 Media Full-HD+ DR+ that we reviewed last year, both in terms of its performance and multimedia functionality. Bang & ...

November, 2009

Rating

89

alaSCORE 93

8 reviews

LG SL8000 (42SL8000)

LG SL9000 (42SL9000)

By Alex Jennings

The 42-inch, 1080p, LED-edge-lit 42SL9000 is a mighty handsome LCD TV, with an astonishingly slender profile. It also offers tonnes of features, good picture quality and an extremely attractive user interface. Overall, it's an admirable attempt at ...

Gorgeous and remarkably slim design ; good pictures ; loads of features ; excellent operating system

One or two colour problems ; black levels are nothing special by LED standards ; motion isn&apos ; t particularly well handled

The LG 42SL9000 looks great and offers a solid feature set, but its performance falls a notch or two short of the best that the LED TV world currently has to offer. As a result, its price looks rather steep

November, 2009

Rating

81

alaSCORE 91

2 reviews

Philips PFL9664 (42",47")

Philips 9000 (47PFL9664H/12)

By Alex Jennings

If ever there were a TV to warm the cockles, the 47-inch, 1080p 47PFL9664H/12 LCD TV is it. It's impressively slender and attractive, it's packed with more features than you'll ever use, and it delivers one of the best AV performances we've ever seen ...

Looks great ; picture quality is mesmerisingly good with standard- as well as high-definition material ; sound quality is much better than that of most ultra-thin TVs ; has more features than you&apos ; ll ever use ; allows full Internet access

Expensive ; requires dedicated picture tweaking to keep getting the very best out of it

After immediately warming our cockles with its impressively slender design and eye-catching Ambilight system, the Philips 47PFL9664H/12 blew us away with one of the best all-round AV performances we've seen from any LCD TV to date

November, 2009

Rating

91

alaSCORE 97

14 reviews

KDL-46Z5800

The first telly from Sony to sport a built-in freesat tuner, the 40-inch, 1080p KDL-40Z5800 LCD TV is also one of the company's finest-performing sets. It's expensive and its audio isn't all it could be, but its pictures are generally fantastic and it ...

Mostly brilliant picture quality ; plenty of features and connections ; freesat tuner does what it says on the tin

Pictures don&apos ; t hold up too well if watched from an angle ; more expensive than we&apos ; d like

It may have taken Sony longer than expected to catch up with LG and Panasonic on the freesat-tuner front, but it's been worth the wait. The Bravia KDL-40Z5800 is one of the company's finest TVs yet, with the relative affordability of some rivals being ...

November, 2009

Rating

89

alaSCORE 92

6 reviews

Toshiba Regza SV (46SV685DB)

Toshiba Regza SV (46SV685DB)

By Alex Jennings

The 46-inch, 1080p, LED-backlit Regza 46SV685DB is Toshiba's best flat-screen TV to date. Its pictures are superbly sharp, detailed and colourful, and it produces dark scenes with a depth and naturalism that no ordinary LCD TV can match. It doesn't ...

Stunning black-level response ; very sharp pictures ; standard-definition pictures are upscaled well, thanks to Resolution ; colours are subtly defined

Slightly green tone to pictures ; no Internet functionality ; price isn&apos ; t right

The Regza 46SV685DB's LED backlighting helps make it Toshiba's best flat-screen TV yet. But we're not sure Toshiba is justified in asking around £2,500 for it

November, 2009

Rating

86

no alaScore

1 reviews

Samsung B7020WW (UE55B7020WW)

The 55-inch, 1080p UE55B7020WW LCD TV with LED edge lights looks like it's been sent from five years in the future, cramming an extraordinary amount of features into its incredibly svelte body. Its backlight-inconsistency flaw is disappointing, but ...

Jaw-dropping design ; pictures sometimes look dazzlingly good ; loads of connections and features ; not stupidly expensive

Pools of light in the screen&apos ; s corners are seriously distracting during dark scenes ; motion-handling isn&apos ; t perfect

The Samsung UE55B7020WW looks like it's been sent back from five years in the future, managing to fit an extraordinary amount of features into its incredibly svelte body. Backlight-inconsistency issues mar its otherwise excellent pictures, though

October, 2009

Rating

70

no alaScore

1 reviews

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