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The Goodmans LD426HDFT LCD Flat Screen TV - Not Bad Quality, Nice Price.
Highly complicated yet when reduced to its basics quite frighteningly simple in execution the process of the television broadcast is one that very few people actually understand entirely or do they? The broadest definition of television (often abbreviated to TV) refers to it as a widely used telecommunications system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance.
As in most industries, along with technological development and innovation has arisen a large range of technical descriptions and phrases that if the truth be known confuses most people.
Perhaps it would be best now to move on to the latest developments within the industry and concentrate our coverage upon digital television, what it actually means; formats, bandwidth and an explanation of the technical jargon and terminology used.
So what exactly is Digital TV? Whereas traditional analogue technology and television was reliant upon transmission of its pictures and sound files via analogue channels newer digital television handles all of its broadcasting and transmission via digital signals which are much smaller, use up less bandwidth and are more accurate.
So in basic terms, how does a Digital TV differ from a more conventional one? Let us look at this whilst analysing one of the newer LCD TV�s available.
The LCD TV that we shall use for our illustrative purposes here is the Goodmans LD4260HDFT LCD Flat Screen TV.
The following items of information have to be understood before you can make a proper valued judgement regarding your new Digital TV?
The Screen resolution of the TV is possibly the most obvious place to start. In this case it refers to the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed.
Whether the TV is Hi-Definition Ready would be the next thing to look at. 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.
In this case we mean SCART Plugs and sockets and their usage. SCART stands for �Syndicat francais des Constructeurs d�Appareils Radio et Television (SCART).
Lastly on the technical side we would need to look at what types and what numbers of High-Definition Multimedia Interfaces (HDMI) are 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 LD4260HDFT is a 42in LCD TV and the prices for these would be in the region of 900 pounds sterling or 1800 US dollars. The resolution of the screen is 1366 X 768 and with regards to being HD Ready the answer is yes. The Goodmans has 2 (1 RGB) scarts and the type and number of Multimedia interfaces the LD4260HDFT uses is HDMI and 1. The type of Tuner for this TV is Analogue and Digital and the Goodmans is available from limited outlets only.
So given this information, what would be our view of the Goodmans LD4260HDFT?
First up, we would look at the picture quality and our score here would be 6, and for the sound quality we would rate it at 6. Taking a look at the number of relevant connections and their availability, our score would be 6. With regards to the overall level of features, our view would be 6 if we then take a look at the ease of use and overall value for money then our scores would be, 10 and 8 respectively.
The overall verdict would be Given the relatively cheap price tag (everything is relative) surrounding this TV, the quality is quite good - at least for the price.
Remember that all the prices we use in these reviews are very much designed for illustration purposes only and in some cases you may well find the actual price cheaper but also in some cases, more expensive.
