While it is no guarantee that the TV performs well, it is nice to see a manufacturer lavishing some care and attention on the build quality of a budget range. After all, despite a relatively cheap price, £300+ is still a fair chunk of most consumers monthly take home pay.
You don't get some of the features found on high end LCD TV's on the 26B450, but what you do get is the latest incarnation of Samsung's tried and trusted image processing engine, DNIe +.
Alongside its 32in bigger brother, the LE-26B450 demonstrates one of the most accomplished Standard Definition performances we have seen from a budget LCD TV. Confirming in our minds that core picture processing technology is the single most important ingredient of a TV's performance, DNIe + image processing has been instrumental in producing a flat screen TV which belies its £300 price tag.
Standard Definition pictures on the LE-26B450 are not perfect, lacking that precise level of detail found on the best LCD and Plasma TV's, but remarkable in that they are virtually free from any 'noise' interference even with a lower quality Freeview feed. Pictures may be a little 'soft' for those who appreciate LCD's usually sharp dynamism (softer in fact than the 32in model), but for us this is a plus. Motion handling, in our opinion, benefits from a more subtle reproduction of fast on screen action.
Read a full review of the Samsung LE-26B450.
Samsung LE26B450
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