A fine TV that offers a rich, warm picture but comes up just a tiny bit short against rival sets from Sony and Philips

Slightly older model, but the best 42in TV you can buy, full stop. Not cheap, but the quality is all up there on the screen

Expensive but extraordinary. If God watches the telly, he does it on one of these

An older TV, but in its day one of the best picture performances we'd ever seen

An older model, and not the best 50in Pioneer, but still better than every other 50in on the planet in its day. If you can’t manage the top-end Pioneer, this is the set to go for