CHOICE ARTICLE

[Ext User(Lee Heathershaw)]

For those who are interested, I noticed today that the July 2007 issue
of Choice magazine reviews 107cm TVs, testing 12 flatscreens under
$3000. A variety of plasma, LCD and rear projection are covered.

(While I'm not much interested in LCDs is the brand "Regal" well known?)

Anyway, by their rankings, which were decided by picture quality, sound
quality, ease of use, standby energy, the LG 42PC1DG-AA came top.

I cant speak for the other models tested, but the Hitachi included in
the review is the 42DP00DTA, which while still around, hasn't been
considered current for a few months. I'm guessing leadtime from testing
to publication is a while, and apart from the motorised stand, and USB
photo and SD card slot is pretty much the same as the 960, which is
still available now.

Cheers,

Lee

[Ext User(Glenn Dowling)]

"Lee Heathershaw" <hthrshw@yahoodotcomdotau> wrote:
> For those who are interested, I noticed today that the July 2007 issue of
> Choice magazine reviews 107cm TVs, testing 12 flatscreens under $3000. A
> variety of plasma, LCD and rear projection are covered.

The list of TVs can be found here:
http://www.choice.com.au/goArticle.aspx?id=105748
You have to subscribe to be able to read the results though.

I was surprised that there was no Panasonic model, but I suppose you can't
have them all when you are trying to cover all the display technologies.

I would treat the results with a grain of salt. I'm not saying that they got
it wrong (I haven't seen the latest models), but everyone has a different idea
of what makes a good image. I favour natural colour tones and low noise
(without going too extreme with the noise reduction), while others value high
resolution and vivid colours. There is no way that Choice can please us all.

(GaD)