Technika 42-502 Reviews: 42" Screen LCD TV

170 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

This television is a good all rounder. “Fantastic image quality, excellent price, very nice design. overall very good product.” Jenny, High Wycombe View all 170 real customer reviews

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Freeview, 2 HDMI ports, 1 Scart More »

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170 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
92% of people recommend it.

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Design	8.9
Ease of use	8.9
Image quality	8.8
Sound quality	8.4
Value for money (at time of purchase)	9.6
Overall rating	9.0

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Sports and games fan (12)

Film and documentary lover (8)

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ray, edinburgh , “Sports and games fan”

Score 7.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- picture needs to be reset to 16.9 on some occasions phoned and was told this is normal

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41 of 51 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Apr 2009

DAVID, WHITEHAVEN , “Sports and games fan”

Score 9.0/10

+ great picture
easy to set up

- only one scart plug

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17 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 May 2009

Jason , Melksham , “Sports and games fan”

Score 9.0/10

+ Good quality of imagery and the freeview is good.

- The remote is a bit difficult to use for my mum.

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12 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 May 2009

Kweku, London , “Sports and games fan”

Score 9.0/10

+ light, good quality picture

- at times delay for the picture to come on

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purchased 05 Jun 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Sports and games fan”

Score 9.0/10

+ Better picture & sound than some more expensive brand name TV's.

- Not too keen on the design of the stand that comes with the tele, but this is a minor detail.

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purchased 16 Jun 2009

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Product Features

Screen Size in Inches	42
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Type of Screen	LCD
Most small flatscreen TVs have LCD screens. Some larger TVs have plasma screens. Some very new TVs have LED screens. Traditional TVs are called Standard or CRT.
Freeview or Freesat Tuner	Freeview
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service, which gives you HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You need a dish to receive Freesat but not Freeview. For more information see the Freeview site or the Freesat site.
Built-in Disc Player	No
Some products come with built-in DVD players or Blu Ray players.
HDMI Interface	2
Like a scart interface but capable of carrying HD signals from or to other devices. You’ll need these to link your Playstation 3 or your Blu-ray player to your HD-ready TV.
Number of Scart Interfaces	1
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Frequency (Hz)	50
A TV’s frequency is how often the picture is updated per second, and is measured in Hertz (Hz). A higher frequency, such as 100 Hz, means that a TV is more likely to show fast-moving images with high detail.
Contrast Ratio (X:1)	30000
This figure is designed to tell you how much difference there is between dark and light colours on the TV. It is quoted as a ratio, between the brightest white and the darkest black. 500:1 means the brightest white is 500 times more bright than the darkest black. Plasma screens have historically boasted better contrast ratios than LCD screens.
Screen Resolution (pixels)	768p
The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source. A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
Screen Format	16:9
This is a ratio of the horizontal to the vertical size of the screen. 16:9 is standard widescreen format for TVs, replacing the older 4:3 format.
PC Interface	Yes
If you’d like to use your TV as a PC monitor you’ll need to make sure it has a port to allow you to connect it. This is usually a VGA port, but some TVs include a newer DVI port. Adaptors are availible to allow VGA to DVI and vice versa.
USB Port	No
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
Electronic Program Guide (EPG)	Yes
TVs with this feature have an on-screen guide to all the programmes that are currently showing or coming up, so you can find your way around all the extra digital channels easily.
Picture in Picture (PIP)	No
TVs with this feature are able to display a preview of another channel while you are watching your current channel.
Energy Savings Trust Feature	No
A Yes means this this product has been rated as being energy-efficient by the Energy Savings Trust. Good for the environment and good for your electricity bill!
Weight (kg)	28

Height in mm	739.5
Width in mm	1048

Depth in mm	312
Freeview	Yes
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. Many newer TVs have Freeview built in. For other TVs you will need a separate Freeview set-top box.
FreeSat Tuner	No
FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
Sound System	Nicam Stereo
Colour	Black
The main colour of the product.

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Technika 42-502 Reviews: 42" Screen LCD TV

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