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Matsui M26DIGB19 26 Inch HD Digital LCD TV Review

Matsui M26DIGB19 26 Inch HD Digital LCD TV Review.

I purchased a Matsui M26DIGB19 LCD TV from Currys using their Click and Collect service.

Set up of the TV is quick and simple... plug in an aerial, put the supplied batteries into the remote control handset, power on the TV and follow the easy first time set set up installation menu.

Within minutes you will be watching TV.

The picture quality of the M26DIGB19 is excellent  and the sound quality is very good although the addition of a surround sound unit would make this academic.

The M26DIGB19 comes with a large array of input sockets and jacks.

Of particular note is the USB port to the side of the TV (not shown).

With this you can attach a portable hard drive or drives. The hard drive can be used to record TV programs or play pre-recorded media including pictures and music.

You also get two HDMI IN sockets for any High Definition Multimedia Interface devices you may have. (Think PS3 or Xbox360).

VGA/PC Audio in to connect a computer ... the M26DIGB19 makes an excellent monitor.

S-Video IN, Audio and Video In and two Scart sockets.

All in all, for 249 pounds the Matsui M26 DIGB19 26 Inch Digital LCD TV is well worth the money paid.

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The Technology of LCD and Plasma Systems Part 5

Which is best for me? Plasma or LCD?

If you are turning your front room into your own sports bar and fill you wall with premiership footy or perhaps you're trying to recreate the golden age of cinema; then plasma is probably for you. Unless you are seriously loaded LCD is simply far to costly for screens over 50 inches to be viable for most pockets. If you are after something sleek, elegant and compact to compliment your minimalist living arrangements or just need to conserve space on your narrow boat then LCD is more likely to suit your needs. And, you can say you're saving the planet at the same time. Another consideration is light. Do you live in a dark dungeon with only candles to light your way or do you live in a glass solarium surrounded by blinding sunlight? The argument over which platform performs best in strong light goes back and forth with each new generation of screen and each new technological advance. Plasma used to have an edge in the light until LCD produced LED backlighting.

There was also the issue of Plasma screens being glass as opposed to LCD plastics so you'd have to worry about the position of possible ref elections but then Pioneer brought out their non-reflective Kuro plasma range and we are back where we started. The answer is that it is much of a muchness, but if you have the opportunity to test and compare the two systems in a similar environment to your chosen location then take advantage of this and decide for yourself which best suits your environment. Finally there is the HD issue. At the moment there is little HD content available to take advantage of LCDs dominance in the resolution stakes but 1080p will eventually become the standard signal resolution. If it were the case now then we would recommend LCD for its native ability to apply pixel for pixel resolutions at lower cost. However plasma manufacturers are producing ever higher resolution screens at ever smaller sizes and will be able to produce screens that don't require 'scalers' to watch HD. By the time HD becomes the norm, we predict there will be little to choose between the two platforms in this regard. If you're a dedicated techie and simply have to know that you are seeing every pixel, get the LCD. If you don't mind a bit of scaling but just want your picture really big stick with the plasma.