Haier LTF24Z6

HD TV Reviews (32" and Above)

Chinese firm Haier is a heavyweight player in the white goods market, with a wide range of fridges and washing machines. It's trying to get out of the kitchen and into your front room with its new televisions. Our first review features the 24Z6, an entry-level 24'' television. Let's take a closer look. The first thing to point out is that the Z6 uses a TN display backlit with LEDs around the edges. This relatively inexpensive display technology is normally used in computer monitors, so you'll have to get used to narrower viewing angles than normal, and a less impressive contrast ratio. There are just two HDMI ports, a SCART socket, and composite and component video and a coaxial audio output at the back. There's a USB port at the side, but when we tried to plug in an external hard drive, it wasn't recognised. We could only get flash memory sticks to work, and the media player could only handly a disappointingly short list of formats: MP4, MOV, MTS and MT2TS. The onscreen menus are very basic. We're glad to see that Haier has worked hard to make them look nice, even if it can't really hope to compete with the big boys.