UMC M19/24A 19 Inch HD Ready LCD/DVD

UMC M19/24A
Price in GBP: £125.99 Incl VAT (EU)

Tucked among the other market-winning brands of LCD television, UMCM19/24A is one quiet seller. Already counted among the other bestsellers, UMC is beginning to look like it is winning even more and more admirers.

Consider this: the UMC M19/24A is a 19-inch model that is HD ready for LCD/DVD, with Freeview and an added iPod Dock.

In layman’s language, it means it has an HD (high definition) ready LCD screen and an integrated DVD player, with an iPod Dock for music and video playback to boot. Together with HDMI connection for xBox/PS3 and others, this unit’s credentials and price tag certainly spells a winner.

Features

Check out the other features of UMC M19/24A and you could say they are comparable with the best among the other name brands.

Take the screen resolution, for instance. A 1440 x 900 resolution for a 19-inch screen is not very bad. For a typical HD program, the picture quality of a good 720p set is almost impossible to differentiate from that of a 1080 set, especially if it is smaller than 50 inches. Again, this consideration alone makes the UMC a winning brand.

But the good news does not end there yet. The digital tuner has a Freeview, and the contrast ratio is at a respectable 1000:1. The DVD Player boasts of several compatible playback formats: DVD, VCD, SVCD, CD, HDCD, MP3, Jpeg, CD-R/RW, and DVD-R/RW.

It has an iPod Dock which is compatible with Touch, Classic, iPod 4th-5th Gen, and the Nano 1st-4th Gen.

For its price, it has a single HDMI Input, a single Scart Input, a single Composite Input, and a single PC Input (VGA D-Sub). It has two 3.5mm audio input and audio output (for headphones).

A brightness of 300cd/m2 (meaning candelas or ‘candle power’ per square meter) is just about right for the screen size (19 inches) of UMC M19/24A. High contrast ratios and brightness trumpeted in other brands are not very accurate comparisons with that of UMC. Besides, displayed TV sets in stores are optimized for brightness in aid of merchandising.

The UMC can also stand in for a computer display monitor, aside from being a TV set, of course. Because this is an HD ready model with enough native resolution, it can do the job. The standard VGA connection is good enough for any computer.

For its size and its very respectable features that can give those of other known brands a run for their money, the UMC M19/24A is a real winner. It is not only a space saver for bedrooms, dens, and other small rooms in the house, it is also quite a looker in either black or white.

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