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Originally Posted by greencreeper
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I have about £300
I was going to buy it from a shop. Is it hassle free buying electrical goods online? Will it end up arriving in bits?
I have a B&W portable at the moment - have done for the past decade.
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blimey, if you have had a monochrome set for that long, you are going to be happy, whatever the features of the new one.
I agree - buy one from a shop, especially one where you can see it working - & listen to if you go for the dvd option. Bear in mind a decent set of speakers will be well worth thinking about, as well, but otherwise a bog standard dvd player should only add about £25 to the price.
For the telly itself it is about future proofing - HDTV compatibility would be high up this list, also component video connectors as well as minimum 2 scarts. These features are going to narrow your choice & raise the cost, though - and HDTV isn't going to happen for a while yet, in the UK.
After that, it is the 'nice to have' things like built in Freeview decoders etc that you can look at.
we have a very ordinary Panasonic 28" widescreen & a Sanyo DVD player, no external speakers, downstairs - it does the job ok, but is not 'future proof'