Hi there everyone,

Last week I replaced my old 29" Sony CRT with a Sony S Series 32" LCD- Model KLV32S400A. I know it is not even close to top of the line, but as I am a "poor" student, I wanted to get a TV for my apartment, not bigger than 32" (given that the lounge is small) and for under $1000. I managed to pick the TV up new for $855 on sale, seemed really cheap, given that any step up appeared to come in at easily over $1000.

Would the picture have been much better with a Full HD 32" Sony?

Is this TV any good anyway? So far, the picture looks really good. I have a Panasonic Micro System with a DVD upscale feature, which I have hooked up with an HDMI cable. At 720p, the SD DVDs actually look really good, even though the TV is only "HD Ready".

Unfortunately, the Microsystem AUX is only the two red and white RCA cables, so the TV sound that comes out of the Stereo speakers is probably not that great?

I also hook my Laptop up to the TV with a VGA cable, and that looks alright as well.

Now, I have only recently moved into this apartment, and I am looking at getting Sky. Would there be any point in me looking at getting MySky? Would it be worth it for the picture improvement, or would the improvement be only marginal and I should just get ordinary Sky Digital?

Should I perhaps look at getting Freeview Extraterrestial? I live in Wellington, so I should be able to get it via uhf?

Just finally, I'd quite like to get a PS3 for BluRay and a bit of gaming, but would this be overkill for the TV? And, would it be worth me looking into getting a Receiver with 5.1 speakers so that I can hook it up to the TV via HDMI? It is only a small apartment, but I would quite like the surround sound. Any recommendations?

Thanks, and apologies for all the questions!!

Regards.