Free 3 year warranty with Amazon on Sony TV

Was just looking at LCD TV prices again and saw a good offer from Amazon :

Free 3 year guarantee on 15 TVs from their range. Price start at £379 for a 32" HD ready upto £1626 for a 52" Full HD. I have done a price comparison on a few sets and Amazon are cheapest or within £20 on what I looked at. Given that they are a large and trustworthy e-tailer I am very interested in this offer.

The offer is available on the selected Sony BRAVIA LCD TV, purchased at Amazon UK until Wednesday 24th December 2008 and you must send in a form within 30 days of purchase.

To see the prices for the TVs included go to Sony TV free warranty page at Amazon

Win a Sony Bravia LCD TV

Just spotted a great prize draw at HMV that I wanted to share...

"This fantastic prize includes a Sony Bravia HD TV plus a state of the art blu-ray player for you to watch the unique film combinations from the 3 film box sets range - from mind blowing action in Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch and Layer Cake to sumptuous period dramas Elizabeth, The Other Boleyn Girl and Elizabeth The Golden Age to classic family entertainment in the Karate Kid collection."

How to Enter :

It's free to enter and quite easy too. Go to the competition page, leave your email address and name in the space provided. Only one entry per e-mail address allowed.

Closing date :

30th December 2008 11.59 PM GMT.

Full terms and conditions for HMV win a HD TV prize draw

LCD TV or Plasma which is best

So, you want a large flat screen TV but not sure whether to go for a LCD TV or Plasma TV ? Here is a decent discussion on the subject from a Canadian TV show.

LCD best for - gaming, connecting to PC, energy efficiency, brightly lit rooms.
Plasma best for - films ("movies"), sport and very large screens.

How green is your LCD TV ?

Interesting article at the BBC looking at how confusing it is to compare energy efficiency of televisions these days. In general LCD - TVs are more energy efficient than Plasma screen TVs but there is a wide variance. To test this I had a look at a great offer at Play.com - a 32" Sony Bravia LCD TV for under £400 including a 3 year warranty and correct me if I'm wrong but I couldn't see any reference to the energy consumption so eco-awareness does seem to be a "problem". However things will only change if enough people demand it !

One of the things I liked best about the BBC article is actually the comments. A few are copied below :

I've got a 4 year old 42" plasma screen which I was amazed to find out pulls 4.3 Amps which is 1032 Watts! I've just purchased a new LCD TV which only uses 185 Watts of power which will save me almost £1000 in electricity over 5 years and reduce my contribution to CO2 emissions. Richard, Middlesbrough

I was in an electrical retail shop last week - not to buy a mega-silly TV. But I reckon plasma TVs can save CO2 emissions and energy because if I had one I would never need my central heating on. They get so hot I felt like I was in the tropics in the TV section. Stu, Braintree

...there's always somebody sticking their oar in, whinging about eco this and eco that. If they're that concerned about it, why don't they develop a TV that doesn't use as much power. I have a 42" Plasma, it's switched off at the mains at night watched for 25 mins while I get ready for work and about 4 hours on an evening after my evening meal. The majority of people are not like these un-employed people who buy TV's like this from credit companies and sit on their rears all day watching Trisha and eating pot noodles, pumping out children all year so they don't have to work.... Steven, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne