Description
The Teco 40″ LCD TV ensures you are prepared for the future of television broadcasting. This slim and stylish designed HD ready LCD TV has ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSING technology that delivers stunning pictures on the 1 mega pixel, 1366 x 768 resolution display. The HDMI (HDCP Compliant) interface, guarantees true digital connectivity.
I have this hooked up to the following.
Humax 9200 PVR on SCART 1
Humax 2000 HD sat on HDMI
IAMM NTD36 HD media player on Component
SONY DVD on SCART 2
SCART 3 SPARE (GAMES ETC)
I have hung it on the wall with an ergovision bracket.
Performance…. Stunning especially Component and 1080i BBC HD images.
First unit shipped was faulty… bad internal intermittent connection, but well done to Danny at SVP for getting TECO support to ship a replacement direct
This TV does it all and very well too.
This arrived today, this is essentially a preliminary report. So far things are looking very good now that I’ve turned down the sharpness and colour settings a little; I’ve never yet seen a TV that didn’t have them too high out of the box. There are several colour modes available; for the first two DVDs I tried the modified settings were fine, for the third (Van Helsing) the alternative “vivid” setting was much better.
Sound is clear and stereo separation is good; it seems to be loud enough for a fairly big room.
Performance as a TV (analog) is OK, and the picture is good, but I’ll probably never use that mode unless my Freeview box dies or something. All of the SCART sources - DVD, Freeview, VCR and laserdisc player - work very well.
Performance as a monitor is excellent - in 1024×768 mode I could read standard text at about eight feet in 4:3 mode. With the picture switched to full screen things weren’t so good, some of the letters looked smeared, but this was only to be expected. It doesn’t look like there’s support for graphics cards that know about wide-screen monitors, but it’s otherwise fine.
I haven’t been able to test its HDTV performance since I don’t have a suitible source, but I have no reason to believe that it won’t work.
Cons, mostly minor…
The only real disappointment is that there’s no zoom mode, which means that for letterboxed films (e.g. most laserdiscs) you either get everything stretched or have to switch to 4:3 mode and waste about 50% of the screen area. But since that’s still as big as the full screen picture on my old TV I’m not too bothered.
All of the cables go in the back, there are no front inputs at all, and if I ever put it on a wall making any changes will be a major hassle. Even on a TV stand it’s big and heavy enough that I won’t be messing around lightly. I’m going to leave the computer input cable in place for this reason, even though I probably won’t use it much. Most of the other inputs and outputs go into a connection bay that will be crowded if you plug in several leads, and could easily get tangled.
While the built-in base supports the display adequately, there’s just a little wobble if it’s pushed - this is the support column flexing rather than the base rocking. I don’t think it’s a problem, it’s only a centimetre or so of movement.
The remote works well but it’s ugly; there’s no other word for it, Chrome finish and a very cluttered layout.
Last, it’s HEAVY; 40kg is the weight of something like a fridge, and should be handled with care. The delivery guy helped get it up to my flat, but lifting it onto the TV stand was very difficult. There are no unpacking instructions apart from a list of accessories, I had to figure out how to get the box apart (the sides unclip and detach) for myself, and damaged the box before I had it right. There are no hand-holds at all, which seems odd considering the weight. Before buying this be VERY sure that your TV stand can support it!
I’m embarassed to report that there _is_ a zoom mode for letterboxed video etc., it just doesn’t SAY it is; one of the widescreen settings is actually expanded both ways. The documentation of this setting consists of one word on the diagram of the TV, so I think I can be excused for overlooking it.