Mmmm, Widescreen!

I'd been meaning to buy myself a new TV for a while, especially since the JVC AV21F1EK I bought second hand a few years back bit the dust and I never got 'round to trying to fix it myself.

I wanted to get a widescreen and was interested in the Beko 284248WNS after seeing it in Argos, but inevitably I began looking at more expensive models on display in various electrical retailers.

I set off on a mission today to come back with a new TV. After some minor setbacks (namely the lack of stock of any TV I liked the look of at a particularly poorly prepared store), I took an interest in the Thomson 28WF401G as it had several features I wanted including flatscreen, NTSC compatibility, Nicam Stereo, and 100Hz refresh.

After checking out an extensive review, I decided to buy from the Comet store I had seen the TV at earlier. In addition, I opted in on the "half price Freeview adaptor when you buy this TV" offer, adding a DTI1000 to my shopping basket.

The TV came in a huge box that didn't fit into my girlfriend's Citroën AX without removing it from the cardboard box (thanks to the help of two members of staff). However, we finally got it into my house and set up, and so far so good. The picture is great, the DTI1000 does its best using an indoor antenna (we're going to hook it up to the roof aerial ASAP.) I also managed a quick cruise through virtual London on The Getaway to make use of the extra screen width, and it certainly did look fantastic compared to the dinky 14" TV we'd been using before!

I gave the DVD playback a trial using Episode 1, Series 2 of Spaced (what else?!?), and although I caught a bit of Heat tonight, the first entire film we watch is bound to be The Talented Mr Ripley, BBC ONE at 9pm tomorrow (Monday 8th)