Unforseen consequence of buying a DVD recorder...

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...I now realise that the portable TV in this room is going to have to go - there's no SCART socket and I want to plug a video and my old DVD player into it, and the video puts out too weak an aerial signal to be effective. It's a shame, because it's a nice old Trinitron model, but I can bung it up to my bedroom and use it there when I'm ill.

Anyone know of any really good offers on TVs (17" or thereabouts, preferably flattish screen and at least one SCART or AV inputs) in the London area? No rush, I'm going to be too busy to go buy one for the next couple of weeks, but sooner or later I need to sort this out.

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This is a generic answer, but Richer Sounds have lately been unloading 15-17" LCD TVs at a fairly reasonably low price (last time I looked they were in the £200-400 range for what looked to my eye like good kit). According to their website they've got a Relisys 17" LCD TV for £330, a 15" set for £200, and a Sharp 22" widescreen for £600. These prices aren't brilliantly cheap compared to CRT sets, but if space is at a premium and you want to go flat now they're at least in the regular TV price ballpark (rather than the £1200-plus that the big flatscreens cost).

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Space isn't the problem, since it's wall mounted anyway... I'm just a bit skint. My pay cycle has changed and my direct debits haven't, and it's been an expensive month, so until things have been paid I don't want to spend massive amounts of money.

But I'd agree that LCD would be better - I just want to wait a year or so for prices to drop some more.

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It looks like my school may have a few spare TVs anyway, most departments are starting to use AVA projectors instead, should be able to buy one cheap.