Working as a professional TV Editor for the likes of BBC, ITV etc I wanted to make sure I could get a TV that had a number of specs before I bought it. I wanted a TV that would last me at least ten years and I also wanted something that I could hook up a BluRay Player and a Professional Hi Def Camera (Canon XHA1) to.
The TV arrived and the delivery guys brought it up 4 floors to my flat in London. They were very careful with it, even though my girlfriend told them to `chuck it over there!!'
`Chuck it!!?!' they replied... `er... we don't think so' - great service.
The TV is very customisable, allowing the user to reach really deep blacks and has great little features in order to improve a scrappy image. Digital Noise reducer and the film mode are especially nice. DNR reduces the grainy pixel noise you get with broadcasts and the film mode seems to give a high refresh rate creating a lovely high res effect cleaning up a jerky image you can get sometimes, surprisingly improving most DVD and lower res programmes.
The sound is flat when you get the TV but that's because the default graphic equaliser is set to flat. A slight adjustment there and it was sounding lovely. It couldn't handle the bass at higher volumes, but to be honest if you are going to buy an expensive TV and why not bother splashing out an extra £100 or so on the sound by buying a system?
The TV comes into it's own with HD resolution with Camcorders, PS3 and the BluRay all looking totally out of this world. The image is real jaw dropping, so much so that going back to DVD and TV broadcasts is hard to stomach.
All in all the TV is a superb all-rounder with a lot of customisation for the enthusiast and some great presets for the `just get on with it' customer. 10/10 from me.
The good: Deep Blacks, Film Mode, USB interface to listen to music and look at pics!!, any form of Hi Def, the TV looks sexy, 46" Display, freeview built in.
The Bad: the freeview froze once, Freeview TV guide processor could be a little quicker, the speaker could have had a little more power.... er... that's it...
Buy this TV with confidence.... A great product.