No longer an easy decision to make, buying your new TV is now a major financial 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 speed and rapidity of technological advances nowadays think carefully about whatever purchase you make and try and ensure within reason the future compatibility of your TV with industry standards.

Digital television (DTT) is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound by means of digital signals, in contrast to analogue signals used by analogue (traditional) TV. With DTT, viewers are limited to whatever channels the antenna picks up. Signal quality will also vary.

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 Samsung LE32R74BD.

The LE32R74BD is a 32in LCD TV and the prices for these would be in the region of 800 pounds sterling or 1600 US dollars. The resolution of the screen is 1366 X 768 and with regards to being HD Ready the answer is Yes. The Samsung has 2 (1 RGB) scarts and the type and number of Multimedia interfaces the LE32R74BD uses is HDMI and 2. The type of Tuner for this TV is Analogue and Digital and the Samsung is available from a wide variety of outlets.

All these points being taken into consideration, how would we view the Samsung LE32R74BD?

Well to start with our score for the picture quality is 10 out of 10, and closely tied in to the picture quality is the sound quality and our score for this would be 6 out of 10. Another useful aspect to review is the availability and number of relevant connections and our score here would be 6 out of 10. With regards to the overall level of features, our view would be 6 out of 10, and for ease of use and overall value for money we would give it 8 out of 10 and 8 out of 10 respectively.

Taking everything into consideration our overall view of the package would be the picture quality that comes from this TV would match that coming from much more expensive options but this factor is slightly let down by the fact that sadly the sound quality doesn't match up to that of the picture

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 important thing to remember here is that with regards to the Samsung LE32R74BD, this is only our opinion and an independent view and does not imply an official endorsement of the Samsung LE32R74BD either way, good or bad.

With regards to the prices in this article we have tried in all cases to take an average across the industry from a number of well known web sites and so we ask you to bear this in mind and treat these prices as advisory only rather than absolutes.