New test reports

Thursday, December 23, 2010

25 new products were tested in December. See our recommendations below. Ease of use scores are given in brackets.

For listings of all of our recommended products see: Easiest to use digital TVs; Easiest to use set top boxes and Easiest to use digital TV recorders.

Digital TVs 19"

• Bush L319LED (45%) £150
• Linsar 19LED805T - with built in DVD player (58%) £230
• Logik L19DVDP10 - with built in DVD player (45%) £149
• Toshiba 19BV500B - with built in DVD player (58%) £140

Digital TVs 32"

• Evotel ELCD32USBFHD (37%) £300
• LG 32LE4500-ZA (74%) £469
• Cello C3298DVB-IP (35%) £444
• Panasonic TX-L32D25BA (79%) £700. Recommended. Has USB connection for basic TV recording/pausing live TV.
• Panasonic TX-L32S20BA (79%) £370. Recommended. Can access selected internet services when connected to a home network.
• Samsung UE32C5800QKXXU (79%) £469. Recommended. Can access selected internet services when connected to a home network.
• Sharp LC-32FH510E (48%) £394
• Sony KDL-32EX713 (63%) £800
• Toshiba 32RV753 (49%) £333
• Videocon VU326LD (51%) £257

Digital TVs 37-42"

• Hitachi L42VK06U (42%) £700
• Panasonic TX-L37D28BS (77%) £700 Recommended. Can access selected internet services and has USB connection for basic TV recording/pausing.

Set top Boxes

• Currys Essentials C1STB10 (36%) £22
• Digital Stream DHP8100U (50%) £140
• Dion VSTBAW10 (52%) £18
• i-Can Easy HD GBR-2851T (64%) £134
• Logik L2STB09 (38%) £25
• Lowry GSDSTB0903 (37%) £20
• Technika STBHDIS2010 (59%) £80
• Technisat HDFV (59%) £140

Digital TV Recorder - hard disc drive

• TVonics DTR-HD500 (63%) £250

 

 

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