LED TVs use LED backlights to light up the screen. This means they can be thinner than normal LCD TVs which fluorescent backlighting. Because they use LEDs they use less energy to show you the picture, because they use many LEDs to light the picture they can have more control over the colours across the screen. This means you get a much better picture quality with an LED TV than the previous LCD models.

Another major benefit of an LED TV is that they are a lot thinner and lighter than other TVs. This means they are more easily hung on the wall like a picture frame. This is a very stylish way of having your TV in your lounge. Some of these TVs are so thin you almost can't believe that they are real, as technology improves TVs will no doubt get thinner and lighter. Prices are coming down on the larger TVs making them much more affordable.

Picture quality is much improved with an LED TV as it is much more controllable fully across the full screen. They all come with a digital TV tuner to which means you're ready for the digital switchover, and you don't need to add a freesat or freeview box.

They use high definition multimedia Interface, this is a digital connection which enables a much faster crystal clear digital sound and video transfers. This means that you get much better quality from your TV add-ons, perfect picture quality all the time.

Look for a minimum of four HDMI slots so you are able you to connect up everything you need to. This can be a satellite box, PS3 or Xbox 360 or even a blue Ray player or TV recorder. Whatever you connect up you know it you'll get a great picture quality from it using HDMI.

LED TVs are ultra stylish, with no clunky buttons on the front, very subtle branding and they look utterly fantastic. With a pixel resolution of 1920 by 1080 you get a really fantastic picture too.