AOC LE42K0D7D

A striking looking TV if you like the1980s ; Decent price ; Bright and colour-rich pictures

Backlight inconsistency ; Poor Audio ; No Freeview HD tuner ; Colours can look unnatural

The LE42K0D7D’s connections are about what we’d expect of a TV that is, by 42in edge LED standards, decently affordable at £779. So you get three v1.3 HDMIs, and a modicum of multimedia support from a USB socket. Not too surprisingly, there’s no way of...

Vibrant picture ; Slender design ; Straightforward operating system

Unbalanced colour palette ; Motion blur ; 100Hz side effects ; Backlight inconsistency ; No Freeview HD tuner ; Disjointed audio

The last, tough couple of years have taken their toll on the TV scene, with a handful of smaller manufacturers disappearing from the UK. Now a potential ray of hope arrives from San Francisco-based (Taiwanese-originated) AOC in the intriguing, 42-inch...