Typical price: £450
What is it: 32-inch HD Ready LCD TV
What we think: Aggressively priced TV, but asks you to accept more performance compromises than we're comfortable with
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 13 November 2007
Tags: Sanyo, Sanyo CE32LD81-B, speakers, Christmas, high definition
We like:
Appealing price; solid connectivity; good sound
We don't like:
Pictures are average at best; HDMIs don't work properly
CNET UK judgement:
When you see a 32-inch LCD TV costing just £450, you obviously can't expect a world-beating performance. But you can, we think, expect more quality than the Sanyo CE32LD81-B is capable of delivering -- not to mention HDMI sockets that actually do what they're supposed to
Full review:
Given the frenzied nature of the price cutting currently taking place in the large-screen flat TV world as we hurtle towards Christmas, the price erosion at the smaller 32-inch size seems relatively small beer -- presumably because manufacturers are fast running out of margin for manoeuvre. Continue Reading...
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