Buying a new television nowadays is a major investment. If you are going to spend what could be considered a small fortune or at the very least a large amount of money then it would be prudent to try and make the correct decision at the outset.

Given the way technology changes it is essential to try and make sure that your purchase is relatively future-proof.

Television over the years has taken a great number of forms from the old days of analogue Black and White, through the launch of colour television to the latest technologies known as Digital Television (DTT). Introduced in the late 1990s, this technology appealed to the television broadcasting business and consumer electronics industries as offering new financial opportunities.

For the purposes of this article we want to take a look at purchasing a new Flat Screen Television and in this case the television in question is the LG P42PX5D.

The P42PX5D is a 42in Plasma TV and the prices for these would be in the region of 1650 pounds sterling or 3300 US dollars. The screen resolution is 1024 X 768 and with regards to being HD Ready the answer is yes. The LG has 3 (1 RGB) scarts and the type and number of Multimedia interfaces the P42PX5D uses is HDMI and 1. The type of Tuner for this TV is Analogue and Digital and the LG is available from a wide variety of outlets.

So how would we rate the LG P42PX5D?

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

The overall verdict would be the thing about LG is that rarely can you be dissappointed by the displays and this is no exception. This is an overall winner we feel as a package it out punches TV and displays that are far more expensive. The pictures, as have been said are bright and have a nice wide colour range. Could go on about this one all night if we’re not careful. If you have the cash and can justify it then you would not go far wrong with going for this Plasma TV.

The fact is that given the wide variety of models and makes available today you should find something that suites your needs as well as your wallet. The choice, as they say, is completely down to you to decide whether to stay at the forefront of what are rapidly changing technologies and fashion or to remain part of the safer but perhaps better developed mainstream. Either way we hope that by reading this short article you should have a slightly more informed view of the options available to you

Please bear in mind the prices that are quoted in this article and take note that they are there purely for illustration and though valid at the time of the writing of the article may vary from time to time and also depending on the time of year when you make your purchase.