Decisions of a 32" LCD purchaser...

[Dr. Z]

Righto guys, parentals are after a 32" LCD TV to replace the really crap asda own-brand 26" CRT they have been making do with for the past age.

They spotted the Samsung LE32A467C1 (I think that was it!) for £297 in the runup to xmas but held off because they weren't sure what they were buying and wanted to check with me first - but failed to tell me anything about it until it was too late and they have now gone back up to £349 everywhere but Richer Sounds, which do them online for £320. They are also out of stock absolutely everywhere!

Firstly, are these the best at this size (I know bugger all about TVs and there are just too many models with too many digits for me to go searching about. I have deciphered the model numbering scheme for the Samsungs I think (LE - dunno, 32", A? 4 - series 4 panel, rest I dunno, letters after are a mystery!)

Secondly, is the Sony Bravia KDL32V3(or 4, whats the difference?)000 any different for the price in any major way that I should know about? These seem to be about £349 (Tesco had them in at that price this afternoon) and seem a reasonable buy.

There is also a slightly more expensive LG floating about (Usually around £380) but I know nothing of where LG sit in the grand scheme of things.

The only requirements aside from the price (as close to £300 as possible!) are that the image quality must be as good as the Samsung mentioned above, it must have a scart input for the time being (old legacy crap hardware being hooked up to it for now) and preferably a VGA input but thats not essential as well as the usual 2/3 HDMI inputs and a component input.

Thanks