Best Flat TVs (One of the) Our Opinion of the Evesham Alqemi 32SX LCD TV.

From its origins as a humble �electromechanical information system� and early Cathode Ray delivery systems to the broadcast medium we know it to be nowadays, television has travelled along way to get to the multi dimensional full colour Liquid Crystal Display sets /Flat Screen TV of today. It has now become almost impossible for most people to do without TV.

So having established where and when television arrived in our daily lives, just what exactly is TV and how does it achieve the things that it does do if that is not too technical a description (joke)? The term television can actually be quite confusing because it can quite easily be used to refer specifically to a television set, programming or television transmission.

Like most forays into a technical arena nowadays it is very easy to get confused by the wide range of technical phrases and terminology in use within the industry today.

Rather than continue with a basic history of the industry, it might be best to stop and take a look at the latest developments within the industry mainly that of digital television, what digital television actually means, its formats, bandwidth and the technical terminology and jargon used today.

How would you define Digital TV? Digital television is much more flexible and efficient than conventional analogue television and digital signals provide a much clearer picture, much better sound quality and a far greater choice and availability of programming.

So what do all of the terms surrounding Digital TV mean? Using one of the newer LCD TV�s available will help us actually go through what all of this terminology actually means.

The LCD TV that we shall use for our illustrative purposes here is the Evesham Alqemi 32SX Flat Screen TV.

When considering a new Digital TV it would help if you were familiar with the following items of information.

Firstly we have to understand the phrase Screen Resolution and all of that implies. Here we refer to the exact number of pixels that can be displayed in each dimension.

Next up is whether the TV is Hi-Definition Ready and what does this mean? By Hi Definition Ready we mean that is the TV is ready and suitable to take advantage of the latest Hi Definition TV pictures that more and more programmes are being broadcast in.

We would need to look next at what types of connectors are used to connect the various peripherals that go to make the entire Digital Package work.

We are referring here to the exact nature and number of the Scarts Sockets and Plugs in use. Here the definition of SCART refers to �Syndicat francais des Constructeurs d�Appareils Radio et Television (SCART).

The final item we would look at would be what is the nature and number of the High-Definition Multimedia Interfaces (HDMI) being used. The High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a licensable audio/video connector interface for transmitting uncompressed digital streams between digital audio/video sources such as set-top box, HD DVD Player etc.

The Evesham Alqemi 32SX is a 32in LCD TV and the prices for these are around 600 pounds sterling or 1200 US dollars. The screen resolution is 1366 X 768 and with regards to being HD Ready the answer is yes. The Evesham has 2 (2 RGB) scarts and the type and number of Multimedia interfaces the Alqemi 32SX uses is HDMI and 1. The type of Tuner for this TV is Analogue and Digital and the Evesham is available from a wide variety of outlets.

So how would we rate the Evesham Alqemi 32SX?

Well to start with our score for the picture quality is 8, and closely tied in to the picture quality is the sound quality and our score for this would be 6. With regards to the availability and number of relevant connections, our score would be 6. As far as overall features are concerned we would give it 8 and the final individual verdicts would relate to the ease of use and overall value for money and our scores here would be, 8 and 10 respectively.

Finally our overall opinion would be that the visuals from this TV should serve notice on the more mainstream TV manufacturers that they had better watch out, there is definitely a new kid on the block.

With regards to the prices in this article we have tried in all cases to take an average across the industry from a number of well known web sites and so we ask you to bear this in mind and treat these prices as advisory only rather than absolutes.