Best Flat TVs (One of the)- Our Opinion of the Evesham Alqemi 32SX LCD TV.

From its infancy and the first shadowy images broadcast in 1925, viewing television has evolved and certainly changed over the years to the amazing LCD TV sets that we now view today. Television has now entered into the very fabric of most people lives that they can't live without it.

So how many people now actually understand in some detail exactly how televisions work and what they actually have to achieve to deliver this magic image that we see on the screen? The broadest definition of television (often abbreviated to TV) refers to it as a widely used telecommunications system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance.

Like most forays into a technical arena nowadays it is very easy to get confused by the wide range of technical phrases and terminology in use within the industry today.

Perhaps it would be best now to move on to the latest developments within the industry and concentrate our coverage upon digital television, what it actually means; formats, bandwidth and an explanation of the technical jargon and terminology used.

How would you define Digital TV? Digital television is much more flexible and efficient than conventional analogue television and digital signals provide a much clearer picture, much better sound quality and a far greater choice and availability of programming.

So what do all of the terms surrounding Digital TV mean? Let us look at this whilst analysing one of the newer LCD TV's available.

The LCD TV that we shall use for our illustrative purposes here is the Evesham Alqemi 32SX Flat Screen TV.

It is essential that we are familiar with the following key items of information.

The first item we need to consider is the Screen Resolution of the TV In this case it refers to the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed.

Whether the TV is Hi-Definition Ready would be the next thing to look at. By Hi Definition Ready we mean that is the TV is ready and suitable to take advantage of the latest Hi Definition TV pictures that more and more programmes are being broadcast in.

We would need to look next at what types of connectors are used to connect the various peripherals that go to make the entire Digital Package work.

In this case we mean SCART Plugs and sockets and their usage. SCART stands for 'Syndicat francais des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radio et Television (SCART).

The final item we would look at would be what is the nature and number of the High-Definition Multimedia Interfaces (HDMI) being used. The High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a licensable audio/video connector interface for transmitting uncompressed digital streams between digital audio/video sources such as set-top box, HD DVD Player etc.

The Evesham Alqemi 32SX is a 32in LCD TV and the prices for these are around 600 pounds sterling or 1200 US dollars. The screen resolution is 1366 X 768 and with regards to being HD Ready the answer is yes. The Evesham has 2 (2 RGB) scarts and the type and number of Multimedia interfaces the Alqemi 32SX uses is HDMI and 1. The type of Tuner for this TV is Analogue and Digital and the Evesham is available from a wide variety of outlets.

So how would we rate the Evesham Alqemi 32SX?

Well to start with our score for the picture quality is 8, and closely tied in to the picture quality is the sound quality and our score for this would be 6. With regards to the availability and number of relevant connections, our score would be 6. As far as overall features are concerned we would give it 8 and the final individual verdicts would relate to the ease of use and overall value for money and our scores here would be, 8 and 10 respectively.

Finally our overall opinion would be that the visuals from this TV should serve notice on the more mainstream TV manufacturers that they had better watch out, there is definitely a new kid on the block.

It is essential to remember that the prices we use in these reviews are guides and are taken as an average across the industry and it is entirely conceivable and possible to find an occasion when you could be met with prices that are cheaper but also on occasions more expensive.

Stephen Morgan writes quite regularly on the Internet about TV and Home Entertainment issues and more on the above can be found at lcd flat screen tvs and also at http://bestflatscreentv.biz