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 ...

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

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

The 40-inch Sony Bravia KDL-40ZX1 LCD TV with LED edge lights looks stunning and is remarkably thin. Also capable of receiving a 1080i signal wirelessly -- which means less cable clutter -- it's a good choice if you want a TV whose mere appearance ...

Beautiful design ; wireless connectivity is a technological step in the right direction

Patchy wireless connectivity ; can receive only a 1080i signal wirelessly ; expensive

The Sony Bravia KDL-40ZX1 is a wonderful-looking TV that's basically all style and no substance. The wireless system offers only a 1080i resolution and still can't manage to send a consistent signal over relatively short distances. Hi-def pictures are ...

The strikingly slim, 42-inch, 1080p 42SL8000 is the best LG LCD TV we've seen so far. It's packed to bursting point with features and connections, its pictures are great 99 per cent of the time, and it looks beautiful. For the price, it's also ...

Sumptuous design; excellent pictures; features and connections galore; great value for money

Limited viewing angle; getting the best picture can be a rather labour-intensive process

LG has long been doing very well indeed in the UK TV market, thanks to some ultra-aggressive pricing. With the 42SL8000, the company has finally proven definitively that it's not only a budget brand, but one that's capable of producing LCD pictures to ...

Neither the C3298FR's audio or video performance is anything to get particularly excited about. But the fact that this 32-inch, HD Ready LCD TV with built-in DVD player can record programmes via its two built-in Freeview tuners to SD cards means it's ...

The SD-card recording system works surprisingly well ; pictures are bright ; black levels are surprisingly good

No SD cards included ; pictures tend to look soft ; colours often look overly vibrant ; sound quality is merely average

If the idea of recording TV to SD cards for viewing on the go or storing in a video archive floats your boat, the Cello C3298FR is sufficiently cheap and a solid-enough performer to warrant consideration. It's just a shame that its performance ...

The 46-inch, 1080p Viera TX-P46G15 plasma TV offers plenty of value for money. Although its standard-definition pictures aren't perfect, its high-definition performance is terrific, and it's stuffed with features, including Panasonic's Viera Cast ...

Awesome black levels ; terrific high-definition pictures ; good build quality ; great feature set ; offers decent value for money

Colours aren&apos ; t perfect ; slightly limited online service ; Panasonic&apos ; s step-up V10 series offers better motion-handling with Blu-ray material

The Panasonic Viera TX-P46G15 has a great deal to offer for a 46-inch TV costing around just £1050. Its freesat and Freeview tuners are a boon, its multimedia talents are extensive, and its HD pictures are mostly terrific. But we still think you ...

The 32-inch, 1080p 32PFL7404H/12 LCD TV may lack some of the potency of Philips' expensive 9000-series sets, but it's easily one of the finest tellies in its class when you compare it to similarly priced models. Bargain hunters will be delighted by ...

Understated, elegant design ; stuffed with features and connections ; outstanding picture quality

Some settings need to be used with care ; really fast motion can cause artefacts ; limited viewing angle

With Philips' 9000-series TVs causing such a stir, we were concerned that the lower-spec 32PFL7404H/12 would feel disappointingly stripped-down. But, despite being considerably cheaper, it still delivers a real flavour of the picture-processing power ...

The 22-inch, HD Ready Bravia KDL-22E5300 LCD TV blew our socks off so far that we still haven't found them. Its design is striking, its feature set is ambitious, and, most importantly, its picture quality is superb for such a small TV. This set's ...

Striking design ; outstanding feature set ; superb picture quality ; loads of connections

Expensive ; minor motion blur ; online service is limited

Instead of making a small TV that's cheap and cheerful, like most manufacturers do, Sony has, with the Bravia KDL-22E5300, effectively shrunk one of its high-end big-screen TVs to a portable level. In doing so, it's completely redefined our ...

Packing plenty of picture-processing chops, the 42-inch, 1080p Regza 42ZV635DB's motion-handling capability is the best we've seen so far on a Toshiba LCD TV. The set's black levels could be better, but it offers an opulent design, good connectivity ...

Attractive, opulent design ; good connectivity ; clear motion reproduction ; plenty of picture flexibility ; standard-definition pictures look quite sharp

Black levels aren&apos ; t great ; the set&apos ; s viewing angle is limited ; slight flickering at times from the scanning backlight system ; occasional stutter during camera pans

The Toshiba Regza 42ZV635DB talks a mighty good talk, thanks to an impressive feature set for the price. Many of its features work very well, too, including the all-important 200Hz system. But, while it's quite cutting-edge on some levels, ...