Συγκριτικό στις 40-42'' από το avreview.co.uk:
JVC 42DS9
Plus points
Surprisingly cheap, stunning slender design, good connectivity, decent pictures in many ways
Minus points
Motion can smear, parts of the rear stick out over 70mm
Panasonic 42PX80
Plus points
Great value, excellent picture quality, good feature count
Minus points
Red colours can look a touch orange, HDMIs can't handle Deep Color
Samsung 40A656
Plus points
Gorgeous design, huge feature and connection count, great picture quality
Minus points
Not cheap, some picture options can mess pictures up
Sony 40D3500
Plus points
Superb colours, good price, good contrast
Minus points
Troubling amounts of motion blur, only two HDMIs
Final verdict
Given the apparent enthusiasm among the Great British Public for 40-42in TVs, it's a relief to be able to say that not one of our four contenders today is at all bad, even though none of them exactly cost the earth. In other words, whichever set you bought you'd probably end up feeling happy with for most of the time. That said, though, for the more discerning buyer there's a very definite hierarchy of quality to report. And in that hierarchy, it will probably surprise many of you to find Sony propping up the rest.
The 40D3500 is fair value at £800, but in trying to keep costs low it feels like Sony has had to compromise its image quality - at least as far as motion handling is concerned. And this compromise means it just can't quite hit the same TV highs as any of our other three contenders.
In third place is JVC's LT-42DS9. This is an excellent TV whichever way you look at it, combining good all-round performance standards with a cutting edge design that's bound to win it a legion of fans. The only unfortunate thing for the 42DS9 is that it happens to have come up against such stiff competition today, being edged out by not one but two really outstanding efforts.
In second place we've put Panasonic's TH-42PX80, yet another outstanding plasma TV from one of the technology's most vocal supporters. Anyone who thinks plasma is dead should just check out this TV's outstanding pictures - especially when it comes to contrast - and prepare to think again.
It just so happens today, though, that LCD has managed to clamber to the top of the pile. For in the LE40A656 Samsung has improved on its previous LCD efforts in leaps and bounds, to the point where most if not all of our customary bugbears with the technology are put to bed. And the fact that Samsung has put all this new LCD quality inside what's possibly the prettiest TV bodywork we've ever seen doesn't hurt, either…
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JVC 42DS9
Plus points
Surprisingly cheap, stunning slender design, good connectivity, decent pictures in many ways
Minus points
Motion can smear, parts of the rear stick out over 70mm
Panasonic 42PX80
Plus points
Great value, excellent picture quality, good feature count
Minus points
Red colours can look a touch orange, HDMIs can't handle Deep Color
Samsung 40A656
Plus points
Gorgeous design, huge feature and connection count, great picture quality
Minus points
Not cheap, some picture options can mess pictures up
Sony 40D3500
Plus points
Superb colours, good price, good contrast
Minus points
Troubling amounts of motion blur, only two HDMIs
Final verdict
The 40D3500 is fair value at £800, but in trying to keep costs low it feels like Sony has had to compromise its image quality - at least as far as motion handling is concerned. And this compromise means it just can't quite hit the same TV highs as any of our other three contenders.
In third place is JVC's LT-42DS9. This is an excellent TV whichever way you look at it, combining good all-round performance standards with a cutting edge design that's bound to win it a legion of fans. The only unfortunate thing for the 42DS9 is that it happens to have come up against such stiff competition today, being edged out by not one but two really outstanding efforts.
In second place we've put Panasonic's TH-42PX80, yet another outstanding plasma TV from one of the technology's most vocal supporters. Anyone who thinks plasma is dead should just check out this TV's outstanding pictures - especially when it comes to contrast - and prepare to think again.
It just so happens today, though, that LCD has managed to clamber to the top of the pile. For in the LE40A656 Samsung has improved on its previous LCD efforts in leaps and bounds, to the point where most if not all of our customary bugbears with the technology are put to bed. And the fact that Samsung has put all this new LCD quality inside what's possibly the prettiest TV bodywork we've ever seen doesn't hurt, either…
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