Loewe Connect 32 Media Full-HD+ DR+ review

Freeview also looked good, but as you can imagine, we aren't talking about the same league as HD material. Nonetheless, it was still a stable, bright picture with a decent amount of detail. Certainly not the material you'd use to showcase what the TV can do, but good enough to watch Home and Away on, or more likely Grand Designs.

If you're a gamer, you'll be thrilled to learn that our PS3 looked nothing short of epic on this TV. We played the demo of Ridge Racer 7 and found ourselves captivated by the amazing picture and sound.

It's also worth mentioning the stunning menu system, too. Loewe has managed to do something very aesthetically pleasing with the TV's interface that makes it enjoyable to use. Of course, it's not perfect, and there will be times when you first use the TV that you just can't work out where the hell anything is, but with a little look at the manual or the application of some common sense you'll get there. One advance hint so you can learn from our mistakes: to turn the TV to HDMI or another AV input, press the zero key.

What we like most about the menus is the 'assist' mode, which will basically bring up a selection of tasks that you might like to complete. These include watching to TV, listening to radio stations, streaming video over the network or even looking at photos stored on a memory stick. The idea is that the TV helps you get where you need to go, and it does it with some of the slickest TV menus we've ever seen.

Conclusion
If you've got the money and you want a small, but very well-built TV with tonnes of features, stunning HD picture quality and some of the most remarkable sound you'll ever hear come out of a TV, this is for you.

If you want something a bit more reasonable, but a similar size, consider the Philips 32PFL9603, which also features Ambilight to engage you in games and movies. If you're looking to spend more and want a great TV, don't forget that for this kind of money, you can get a Pioneer PDP-LX5090, which is our reference TV, and the standard to which all other screens are compared.

Edited by Marian Smith