37" LED TVs as a present

[qwerty123]

I'm looking to buy a 37" LED TV at the min with a price range of max £450.

I've heard different things to look out for, that Frequency rate/Picture Frequency is important - the most frequent that came up were 50 and 100Hz.  Does this make a big difference, we'd watch a fair bit of sport, hurling and football etc.

I'm quite interested in the tvs that have iPlayer an Youtube available- maybe this is a common spec for all tvs now?

Also, the detail True 24p Cinema Playback has come up, it's meant to play DVDs better.

Is Contrast frequency important, I see som with 2,000,000 and some with 3,000,000 - seems like a massive difference, but is it important?

I'm just looking for some advice and any recommendations on tvs that you have yourselves or have bought for others.

Thanks!

[Ulick]

Got a Sony KDL37EX723BU the other week for £510 with £50 cash back from Sony. Very happy so far. Its as good a telly you'll get at that price range. I have it hooked directly into my home network for streaming my movie library. Has the iPlayer and YouTube widgets along with a load of others. Haven't tried the 3D yet as it requires the active glasses but will probably give that a go over Christmas.

[LostInSpace]

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Buy-It-Direct-Discounts/TV-and-Home-Cinema-/_i.html?rt=nc&_dmd=1&_fsub=858919011&_sid=54386791&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14&_vc=1

Thats some tv there for the money

Its the 42" toshiba one at £399

This has iplayer youtube etc as well,

Ive one bought, waitin on delivery!!

[qwerty123]

Thanks for the help, you think there is much difference between any of those details that I mentioned?

[Ulick]

Thanks for the help, you think there is much difference between any of those details that I mentioned?

24p refers to frame rate and you shouldn't be too concerned with that as most modern tvs will have a refresh rate to give you "True 24p Cinema Playback". I would see contrast ratio as important as I'm a bit of a nerd when it comes to picture settings but to be honest there is no way of using it to compare one telly against another as there is no industry standard. The best thing to do is when you find a possible buy, look it up on some of the review forums and sites to see what others are saying about it. For £450 you should be able to get a really good 37" telly. My advice would be to future proof it as much as possible in terms of network connections, digital tuners, DLNA support, USB playback and record, etc...

Also look out for the hidden extras. For example, I like Sony products but they are notorious for charging extra for peripherals - that telly I got suits me as I have a network connection in the wall behind it but if you don't want unsightly wires running all over the place, Sony charge about £70 for the wireless dongel needed to connect to your home network.