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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Allenm on 19 February 2009, 13:36:03
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I know this has been discussed before, but search let me down, and technology moves on, so here goes again.
I am looking at getting a 32" full HD (1080p) LCD TV. Don't want to pay silly money, but equally don't want to buy crap!
Anyone recently got a good deal on one they are happy with?
Cheers
Merv
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Dabs and Aria keep offering interesting deals. Maybe worth keeping an eye on them.
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My old man just got q 37" 1080p from Sainsburys for about £350. Samsung I think it was.....
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My old man just got q 37" 1080p from Sainsburys for about £350. Samsung I think it was.....
Do you happen to know the model number?
cheers
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samsung = avoid in my book
dont like them and ive heard there not the most reliable sets on the market
Doug
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samsung = avoid in my book
dont like them and ive heard there not the most reliable sets on the market
Doug
I wont tell him that! ;D :y
Sorry dont know the model number, I'm in a different country to him
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Got a Sony KDL46W4500 recently - extremely good but not cheap
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samsung = avoid in my book
dont like them and ive heard there not the most reliable sets on the market
Doug
I wont tell him that! ;D :y
Sorry dont know the model number, I'm in a different country to him
i got a samsung mate never had any probs and its 18 months old now
:y
i just think as with most things its the luck of the draw some good some bad
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My old man just got q 37" 1080p from Sainsburys for about £350. Samsung I think it was.....
If Sainsburys take the same approach as Tesco's on tv/hifi/etc, be careful as it maybe discontinued stock.....I checked out a few 'good offers' from tesco's a while ago....albiet was Sony TV's, checked Sonys website for specs etc and found them all discontinued!
Hence why the likes of Tesco's, maybe other supermarkets can sell them apparently cheaper....
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My old man just got q 37" 1080p from Sainsburys for about £350. Samsung I think it was.....
If Sainsburys take the same approach as Tesco's on tv/hifi/etc, be careful as it maybe discontinued stock.....I checked out a few 'good offers' from tesco's a while ago....albiet was Sony TV's, checked Sonys website for specs etc and found them all discontinued!
Hence why the likes of Tesco's, maybe other supermarkets can sell them apparently cheaper....
Yeah but i believe regardless of if its discontinued its still got a usable life expectancy.....the actual wording escapes me but basically even after a year or two it breaks down the manufacturer is still liable.
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samsung = avoid in my book
dont like them and ive heard there not the most reliable sets on the market
Doug
Got a Samsung tv/mon + 2 pc Samsung Widescreen mons all 3 are brill + come with 3years Full gtee (free) I only got Samsung coz of friends recommended them they are excellent and not OTT on price either,
PS I thought Samsung made LCD screens for many other manufactures world wide!! :y
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samsung = avoid in my book
dont like them and ive heard there not the most reliable sets on the market
Doug
Got a Samsung tv/mon + 2 pc Samsung Widescreen mons all 3 are brill + come with 3years Full gtee (free) I only got Samsung coz of friends recommended them they are excellent and not OTT on price either,
PS I thought Samsung made LCD screens for many other manufactures world wide!! :y
I heard that the old CRT TV tubes where either Phillips, Samsung or Hitachi. and that Samsung made most of the CRT's
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I've got a 37 inch sharp aquos from direct tv's i would highly recommend it. Sat next to the samsung it looked much better in the shop! They are quite cheap as well!
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got stuffed by aria so went to currys and in a sale got a 42" lg for £485. :y
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Defo wouldn't go for 32 , minimum 37", Ideal is 40" for a medium size room.
I also disagree with the comment out samsung being unreliable etc.
I love my M87, And my old man just bought a new Sony Bravia with better spec than mine and I still think the samsung looks better quality!
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Got an LG LF66 42" very good quality TV payed 599 went to 499 week after have a look out for them as they are quite cheap.
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Thanks for the replies so far!
re 32 vs 37 or higher.... what is the picture like on a 37" or higher when displaying standard definition? I would have thought it would pixelate? I don't currently have an HD source, and the only option available to me at the moment is Sky HD, so I didn't want to be confronted with a 37" crap picture.
cheers
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I would advise that a standard sky box with just scart might not be amazing but standard def on an Hd box with HDMI is spot on
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I've got a 37 inch sharp aquos from direct tv's i would highly recommend it. Sat next to the samsung it looked much better in the shop! They are quite cheap as well!
Ahhh but was the Samsung switched on ? :D
Know what you mean though looking at them side by side in shops, i dont think they set em up equally colour contrast etc
http://www.ebuyer.com/search?page=1&store=73&cat=133&subcat=2354
Like you might say the Vistron is the best picture there would'nt you ;)
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Mine is surprisingly good with SDTV but with HDTV it is amazing
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I know this has been discussed before, but search let me down, and technology moves on, so here goes again.
I am looking at getting a 32" full HD (1080p) LCD TV. Don't want to pay silly money, but equally don't want to buy crap!
Anyone recently got a good deal on one they are happy with?
Cheers
Merv
You have Costco around the corner from you - worth poking your nose in. Remember they give 5yr warranties free (or is it 3yrs). With my recent luck of TVs, the warranty is worthwhile.
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samsung = avoid in my book
dont like them and ive heard there not the most reliable sets on the market
Doug
I like my Samsung.
As to reliability, I will decline commenting, other than saying I reckon they have actually fixed it now :o
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I know this has been discussed before, but search let me down, and technology moves on, so here goes again.
I am looking at getting a 32" full HD (1080p) LCD TV. Don't want to pay silly money, but equally don't want to buy crap!
Anyone recently got a good deal on one they are happy with?
Cheers
Merv
You have Costco around the corner from you - worth poking your nose in. Remember they give 5yr warranties free (or is it 3yrs). With my recent luck of TVs, the warranty is worthwhile.
:y :y :y
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samsung = avoid in my book
dont like them and ive heard there not the most reliable sets on the market
Doug
I like my Samsung.
As to reliability, I will decline commenting, other than saying I reckon they have actually fixed it now :o
Erm... Leather.. cloth.. plastic.. glass... Phew! It's OK, TheBoy, I've found some wood to touch. ;)
Kevin
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samsung = avoid in my book
dont like them and ive heard there not the most reliable sets on the market
Doug
I like my Samsung.
As to reliability, I will decline commenting, other than saying I reckon they have actually fixed it now :o
That's just asking for trouble :o ::) ;D ;D
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I know this has been discussed before, but search let me down, and technology moves on, so here goes again.
I am looking at getting a 32" full HD (1080p) LCD TV. Don't want to pay silly money, but equally don't want to buy crap!
Anyone recently got a good deal on one they are happy with?
Cheers
Merv
You have Costco around the corner from you - worth poking your nose in. Remember they give 5yr warranties free (or is it 3yrs). With my recent luck of TVs, the warranty is worthwhile.
I will go have a look, last time I looked they didn't have much by way of 1080p other than massive things.
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I know this has been discussed before, but search let me down, and technology moves on, so here goes again.
I am looking at getting a 32" full HD (1080p) LCD TV. Don't want to pay silly money, but equally don't want to buy crap!
Anyone recently got a good deal on one they are happy with?
Cheers
Merv
You have Costco around the corner from you - worth poking your nose in. Remember they give 5yr warranties free (or is it 3yrs). With my recent luck of TVs, the warranty is worthwhile.
I will go have a look, last time I looked they didn't have much by way of 1080p other than massive things.
Virtually everything 37" or higher is 1080p. Some 32" are still 720p though.
As its only round the corner for you, have a look - you know there aren't the silly stunts you get in retail park electrical retailers to make one look better than other - find something you like, then nip back home and compare prices :)
And you can treat yourself to a hotdog and soda for £1.50. Apparently.
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I've got a 37 inch sharp aquos from direct tv's i would highly recommend it. Sat next to the samsung it looked much better in the shop! They are quite cheap as well!
Ahhh but was the Samsung switched on ? :D
Know what you mean though looking at them side by side in shops, i dont think they set em up equally colour contrast etc
http://www.ebuyer.com/search?page=1&store=73&cat=133&subcat=2354
Like you might say the Vistron is the best picture there would'nt you ;)
You will discover jack all by comparing screens in the shop.
They fiddle with the settings to make certain models stan out to icnrease sales on those with the better margins
I really rate Samsung, I ahve a 40, 32 and 19 inch LCD from them.
As for a full HD
For 40 inch - LE40A686 - £739
For 37 inch - LE37A686 - £630
They do have lesser models as well e.g.
For 40 inch - LE40A558 - £550
For 37 inch - LE37A558 - £540
The Sony's are not worth the premium they charge for them and they use the same panel as the Samsungs!
And forget Plasma!
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All the Samsung sets online get excellent customer reviews. I presume these are genuine.
My older son has a Samsung 40" Plasma on his lounge wall and it looks and works great. No problems yet.
I'm about to buy a 32" Samsung LE32A457CID for £349.99 from a warehouse outlet, (The Big TV Shop), in Burscough, Lancs. The bloke seems to know his stuff.
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All the Samsung sets online get excellent customer reviews. I presume these are genuine.
My older son has a Samsung 40" Plasma on his lounge wall and it looks and works great. No problems yet.
I'm about to buy a 32" Samsung LE32A457CID for £349.99 from a warehouse outlet, (The Big TV Shop), in Burscough, Lancs. The bloke seems to know his stuff.
Be aware that you can get cheaper......you can get that price form the high street sheds as I bought the same model a month ago for 340 from Currys (played them off against comet!)
Note that Richer Sounds have that model for 329.95 (if going to the store print out the web page).
http://www.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=SAMS-LE32A457
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Cheers all, so I presume from the sizes you have Mark, that pixelation is not an issue on the bigger sizes, or are you running a proper HD source through it?
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I run
Up-scaled DVD
Wii
Freeview
Pixelation is not an issue, its more down to the source!
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Thanks for that, Mark. Richer Sounds looks great.
I tried to knock down both Curry's and Comet yesterday but they wouldn't budge an inch. :'(
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I run
Up-scaled DVD
Wii
Freeview
Pixelation is not an issue, its more down to the source!
On my Samsung, I found my old bog standard (non upscaling) DVD player to be OK, but not brilliant. This was connected via SCART, which is why I watch DVDs through MCE now (it is probably best upscaler you can get).
I guess as the source is SD, and the player can't upscale, its never going to be superb. Unless its the SCART connection that is limited?
:-/
Saying all that, I'm very happy with the Samsung (have the same one as Mr DTM) - with the one fault I can pick with it is there is no 'quick' button to select PC input...
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I use the anynet function for HDMI inputs etc,
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I use the anynet function for HDMI inputs etc,
Guess who hasn't read the manual ::)
What does that do? Sounds like one of those gay manufacturer specific tradenames for something ;D
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I use the anynet function for HDMI inputs etc,
Guess who hasn't read the manual ::)
What does that do? Sounds like one of those gay manufacturer specific tradenames for something ;D
Well it work with my Panasonic DVD recorder.....
It allows you to select the source (easier) and it will then switch to it and allow limited remote capability to.
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I use the anynet function for HDMI inputs etc,
Guess who hasn't read the manual ::)
What does that do? Sounds like one of those gay manufacturer specific tradenames for something ;D
Well it work with my Panasonic DVD recorder.....
It allows you to select the source (easier) and it will then switch to it and allow limited remote capability to.
Other than Please read the manual, what do I do, just press the AnyNet button and see what happens?
Not holding out much hope - the only device plugged into my tv is the media center on PC input (for no sound - ie sound through seperate amp) and same media center on HDMI2 (with sound, for normal recorded TV playback)
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I've got a 37 inch sharp aquos from direct tv's i would highly recommend it. Sat next to the samsung it looked much better in the shop! They are quite cheap as well!
What he says got mine from comet before xmas with a Free Aquos Blu-Ray for 500notes
Very pleased.
Panasonic are the ones to go for if you can afford them.........................
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Tunnie will vouch for the W4500 Sonys as well ;D
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Tunnie will vouch for the W4500 Sonys as well ;D
only coz he didn't have to buy it ;)
And his previous telly was about 15yrs old!
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Just spotted an LG 42 inch plasma at under £500 http://www.digitaldirect.co.uk/lg/42pg3000.html
Might be worth a look
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Thats not HD, in fact its not much more than SD :y