What LCD should I buy? Samsung LE40A656A or LG 42LG7000? AND where to buy from? Dixons? Currys? PC World? Pixmania? Play.com? Amazon?

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I'm lying here thinking what LCD do I buy?

Mind made up: either a Samsung LE40A656A or LG 42LG7000?

But which do I buy?

Right now, I've become an expert on the subject!

Sometimes, I just waste my life away researching and researching and thinking and thinking and thinking and contemplating! All of this effort WON'T be a waste: hopefully my diary/experience/research report will help others who want to buy!

Dixons = Currys = PCWorld!

DSG

So no need to shop around? Heck no!

You could save yourself £100 by buying from one place and not the other!

Dixons? Currys? PC World? Pixmania? Play.com? Amazon?

I've decided on a Samsung 5 series!

Me: I don't watch TV these days!

So getting a super version and spending £150 - £200 extra is not really going to make any extra difference!

Samsung 6 series: if I was really bothered, this is the one I would have purchased Play.com do have a VERY good priced 6 series television: LE40A616

This the same as the more expensive LE40A656A

LE40A616: this is selling at £650 at Play.com

LE40A656A: this is selling for £750+ at other places!

The only difference (as far as I can see!) is that the first one has a contrast ratio of 30,000:1 while the second more expensive one has a ratio of 50,000:1

Got money to burn in your pockets? Well the later Series Samsung TV's look like an amazing spec

I think the 9 Series Samsung has a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1 (yes, that's one million to one!)

*Not* an expert as such: but I would have thought the difference between 30,000:1 contrast ratio and 1,000,000:1 is not that noticible (and ofcourse: even more less so when compared to the 50,000:1!)

How much does that contrast ratio matter? Heck you could go to eBuyer and buy a really decent spec Full HD LCD screen for less than £500

(The contrast ratio you'll get is 1,500:1)

Well... these is where I like to apply my logical illogic: the bigger the number the better... the better the toy I'm sure this makes no sense to anyone apart from me: but basically, I'll apply this logic and make a purchase unless there's a compelling reason to do so otherwise - like price!

The LG 42LG7000: 100hz, 42 inches, Full HD + Bluetooth!!

Yes: Bluetooth

But reveiws I've read say that the Bluetooth is like a cheap badge just tacked on the side!!

I missed out on the super doooper special offer from Dixons, PC World, Currys and Pixmania who for a milisecond sold this TV for prices less than £550!

Now: no one sells the TV apart from one or 2 retailers and the price is at least £750

Sony LCD: I dismissed this because I just don't like the design!!

It looks yukky and disgusting to me!

I've decided to go for the Samsung 5 Series: do a search on Google and find a special discounted voucher for Dixon's and pick this lovely babe up for £540 (or something close to that figure)