Bush LCD32TV005HD Review

Overall Rating

Good Cheap HDTV for under £400. Has many Inputs on back including S-VHS, PC, HDMI, 2xSCART, RCA and stereo sound outputs for amplifying through Hi-Fi or soundsystem.

slower response time and lower contrast ratio than others but that's why its cheap.

Got this HDTV and was astounded by its image clarity whilst watching standard definition broadcasts (which were very sharp due to the LCD screen and High Contrast Ratio (600:1)..)
Watching DVDs was great, excellent quality... after some research and comparison there are better image quality TVs out there e.g Higher Contrast Ratio with Faster Response Time will increase the image performance a lot.

The Contrast ratio is the number of shades of grey it can display so 600:1 is 600 shades, ive seen some HDTVs with 10,000:1 I would say the average is 2000:1 (my neighbours SHARP was 2000:1 and I could tell the difference in image clarity) the extra contrast gives more colours and sharper images.

The Response Time is how fast it can update the images on screen, standard TVs work at 60Hz which is 60 times in a second it refreshes the image but HDTV's can have an 8 millisecond Response Time which is equivalent to 125Hz, this is noticeable when the camera pans left/right really fast or when watching the football and you see the ball flying across the pitch but its just a blur (if you pause you can see) but with faster response times these fast movements no longer become a blur and stay sharp images to the eye.

Overall I would definitely recommend this TV as its brilliant for under £400, had it 2 months and the right sound channel on the sound output failed but I think this may have been my doing by turning up the TV to loud whilst having it amplified through Hi-Fi