Thinking of LED TV
We have an old Hitachi CRT TV which has given 16 years of excellent, trouble-free service but we are considering going for a new LED TV because although ours was "Digital-Ready" it cannot cope really with the wider screen broadcasts - so we get the edges cut off and it's getting irritating now and we cannot use the screen adjustment either.
We get disembodied hands of presenters waving from the left or right and I often have no chance of lip-reading at all!
I need subtitles for everything now though and I'm beginning to think that our TV's decoder is not good enough for the job.
My problem is I know nothing of modern TVs so I don't know what to look for.
We are with SKY and it's quite expensive now but switching to HD Broadcasts is even more expensive I think so we're not that bothered about HD but we want something that will "do us" for a while because this, for us will be a hefty purchase when we have had to cut back constantly this year so far and it looks like things are not about to improve in the short term!
I'd like some advice from anyone that has experience of a 720p HD-Ready TV we've been looking at this morning or an alternative perhaps; we're looking at 32".
Our current set-up has all SCART sockets, (DVD, VHS, Hi-Fi Feed & SKY), so I already know that I'll have to get a "break-out" SCART box to connect everything.
As far as I can tell not many LED TVs have Phono Jack Audio
Output, which I will also need for my new Infra-Red Neck Loop System, although I do have a SCART adapter for it if that's the only way.
Apart from that, all we want or
need is a decent picture and good sound quality for my wife and of course guests.
We don't want or
need HD or Smart TVs but the TV we looked at this morning is under £200 and it's a make that I trust - Sharp. stevmk2