Buying a new television nowadays is a major investment. The idea of parting with what could be a couple of hundred notes does tend to concentrate the mind somewhat.

Given the way technology changes it is essential to try and make sure that your purchase is relatively future-proof.

Digital television (DTT) is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound by means of digital signals, in contrast to analogue signals used by analogue (traditional) TV. With DTT, viewers are limited to whatever channels the antenna picks up. Signal quality will also vary.

For the purposes of this article we want to take a look at purchasing a new Flat Screen Television and in this case the television in question is the Evesham Alqemi VX.

The Alqemi VX is a 26in LCD TV and the prices for these would be in the region of 400 pounds sterling or 800 US dollars. The resolution of the screen is 1366 X 768 and with regards to being HD Ready the answer is yes. The Evesham has 2 (2 RGB) scarts and the type and number of Multimedia interfaces the Alqemi VX uses is HDMI and 2. The type of Tuner for this TV is Analogue and Digital and the Evesham is available from a wide variety of outlets.

All these points being taken into consideration, how would we view the Evesham Alqemi VX?

Well to start with our score for the picture quality is 6 out of 10, and closely tied in to the picture quality is the sound quality and our score for this would be 6 out of 10. Another useful aspect to review is the availability and number of relevant connections and our score here would be 8 out of 10. If we take a look at the overall “featureability” our score would be 6 out of 10 and for ease of use and overall value for money we would give it, 8 out of 10 and 8 out of 10 respectively.

The overall verdict would be the Alqemi VX we found was rather let down by the relatively average quality of the pictures but this is balanced it has to be said by quite good connectivity and a fair price.