Huge TV Sale at Electrical Discount

Electrical Discount have just passed us details of a huge TV Sale on a wide range of Samsung Plasma and LCD TVs.

All models of Samsung TV are discounted by as much as £650 with some great models including the Samsung LE55A956D1, a stunning 55″ LCD TV, as well as Samsung LE46A856, Samsung LE40A856 and Samsung LE26A457C1.

As well as getting the great discounted prices, Electrical Discount are also offering free delivery AND three years peace of mind cover against possible future expensive repairs at no extra charge.

It’s a great offer and a great sale so if you are looking for a new TV, don’t miss the great Electrical Discount TV Sale.

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LCD TV Advantages

There are many advantages of an LCD TV and if you are thinking of upgrading your TV, you should definitely consider an LCD TV. Among their advantages are:

Slimline Size
Like Plasma TVs, LCD TVs are slim, sleek and stylish. Even the biggest 50″ screens have only minimal depth and can be easily fitted around the home. They weigh less when compared with Plasma TVs of similar sizes and as a result of their light weight nature, they can be easily mounted on walls, increasing the flexibility of your viewing options.

High Resolution
LCD TVs have a higher resolution than a Plasma TV, resulting in sharper, smoother and more-detailed picture quality.

No screen burns
LCD TVs do not suffer from screen burns as they use liquid crystals and colour filters supported by a backlight source for displaying images instead of phosphors.

No glare
Images on LCD TVs look brighter and their screens are not as glossy as plasma TV screens. Moreover, the feature of anti-glare technology prevents glare, even in bright rooms.

Longer Lifespan
In general, an LCD TV will last longer than a Plasma TV or CRT. The lifetime of a television is determined by the amount of time before the lighting device loses half of it’s original brightness, known as it’s half life. The half-life of the latest LCD TVs extends past 60,000 hours. In addition, LCD TVs have the option of replacing the backlight resource when it has been worn out, providing a lower cost alternative to upgrading to a brand new TV set.

Economic power consumption
In today’s new green world, LCD TVs are environmentally friendly as they use very little electric power. Even a 65″ LCD TV screen will consume 30% less electricity than an equivalent Plasma TV. This is become plasma technology requires more power to make the phosphors glow, while an LCD simply requires sufficient power to produce it’s backlight. LCD monitors can operate on batteries for a longer time which is why this technology has been favoured for us in laptops.

HD Ready TV

If you are in the market to purchase a new TV, the most important decision you make is not whether to buy a Plasma TV or an LCD TV or even whether to go for a 32″ or a 42″ screen. Instead, the most important thing you must do is to ensure that your new TV is HD Ready. If it’s not, you are either going to miss out on the new generation of HDTV or upgrade your television set a year or so down the line.

The HD Ready logo appears on all TV screens and projectors that are compatible with HDTV signals. This ensures that your television is capable of broadcasting the latest technology and give you the best picture clarity and depth. Although HDTV currently only exists in limited form, it is expected to be standard by 2010. For more information on HDTV, read our guide to HDTV.

HD Ready screens must meet the following specification:

Minimum 720 vertical lines (the latter figure when a resolution is written out, e.g. 1280 x 720)

Analogue component video and either DVI or HDMI inputs

Support for HDCP content protection

Able to display 720p (1280 x 720 at 50Hz and 60Hz progressive)

Able to display 1080i (1920 x 1080 at 50Hz and 60Hz interlaced)

HDTV Ready Warning

While we have no cause to dampen your enthusiasm and we do strongly recommend that you buy an HDTV, we should sound a word of caution. If you were to walk into a high street retailer such as Currys, Comet or Dixons, you would no doubt be greeted by a stunning 42″ Plasma TV with unbelievable picture quality.

While this is an important measure of the quality of a TV because it shows the picture depth and clarity that the TV is capable of, it is important to note that your HDTV can only display as good quality a picture as it receives from the broadcast.

Understandably, the retailers have the televisions tuned into an HDTV quality broadcast, but that does not mean that you would get the same picture quality while watching an old re-run of Only Fools and Horses.

The quality of the picture that you are seeing in-store is what you can expect in future when the new HDTV broadcasts become standard in 2010, but until then, you will be able to enjoy limited programmes (through BBC and Sky’s HD services for example).