Gigantic 37" LCD HD Ready TV £375 all-in. Can you beat it?

MSE_Martin · 2 October 2007 at 3:52PM

What's the deal?

The price of LCD HD (High Definition) Ready TVs is crashing with mammoth 37" tellies available for just £375.

The cheapest 37" LCD HD Ready TVs:

Ebuyer: £375 delivered. Ebuyer has an ELonex LNXF3-37 720p/1080i HD Ready TV available with five day delivery included. It has a 1200:1 image contrast and comes with a HDMI port. At the moment there are 50 in stock.

UPDATE: 10 October 14.00. eBuyer has advised if the TV sells out you should still be able to pre-order a tele for when they come back in the stock next week.

Woolworths: £375 in-store. Wollies' Techwood 720p/1080i HD Ready TV currently has £125 off its usual £500 price tag. It has two scart sockets, HDMI input and a remote control. Unfortunately it's not available to purchase online at the moment (this may change so it's worth checking daily if you're after it) and it store stock levels haven't been confirmed so contact your local branch to check it's instock before travelling to get one.

Ebuyer: £400 delivered. A Hannspree JT02-37E1-000G 720p/1080i HD Ready TV is also available at Ebuyer (on five day delivery), offering a 1000:1 image contrast, HDMI input, remote control, two scart connections and integrated speakers. There are currently 50 of these in stock.

Argos: £400 in-store. Argos has knocked £50 off the usual price of its Acoustic Solutions LCD37805HD 720p/1080i HD Ready TV with 800:1 image contrast. It has one HDMI connection and two scart connections. If you have a local store nearby, avoid additional delivery costs by using Argos' reserve for store pick up facility.

It's worth being aware that the 'analogue' switch off will be coming soon ie you will need to have a digital receiver - luckily you can pick these up for about £20 if your TV doesn't have a digital receiver.

WARNING! Please think very carefully before buying this

While this is very good value, £375 is not a small sum of money; don't be tempted to buy if you can't afford it. TV technology prices tend to drop for the same thing, so saving up and waiting a while can often pay off.

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What is High Definition (HD) Ready TV?

It's a better resolution picture so you get a more detailed image on your screen. A 'HD ready' TV is one which is capable of displaying this type of image, provided it receives a HD signal; in other words you have a special Sky or cable HD receiver box.

These boxes are currently expensive, yet the format is likely to become very common over the next few years, so if you're buying a telly now, you want to future proof it so it'll still work when HD is common place.

If you want to be a real HD Ready TV geek, check out http://www.hdready.org.uk/

Martin

P.S. Thanks to MoneySaver bridtown for posting the Ebuyer top spot.

bridtown · 8 October 2007 at 7:09PM

Great 37" HD Ready LCD TV, with Superior picture quality..

Features

LCD HD Display Type LNXF3-37 HD
8 msResponse Time
178 °Image Max. V-View Angle
178 °Image Max. H-View Angle
1200:1Image Contrast
500 cd/m Image Brightness
4:3, 16:9 Image Aspect Ratio
56 HzMinimum Vertical Scan Frequency
75 HzMaximum Vertical Scan Frequency
30 kHzMinimum Horizontal Scan Frequency
60 kHzMaximum Horizontal Scan Frequency
1366x768Maximum Resolution
16.7MColorSupport
37"Viewable Display Diagonal Length
37“Diagonal Length
TFT Active MatrixDisplay Technology

Mounting and Dimensions

Desktop/Wall mountMounting Capability
24.4 kgNominal Weight
930 mmWidth
740 mmHeight
130 mmDepth

They had about 100 left in stock when i last look

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132693

£374.99 inc VAT Delivered free £8.99 next day delivery

pjala · 10 October 2007 at 2:43AM

According to one of the reviews on ebuyer, Elonex went bust last year. How will the 2 year warranty therefore be honoured?
Edit: Checked, they went bust October last year. This may mean the 2 year warranty is worthless, so expect only the standard Ebuyer warranty.

carriew · 10 October 2007 at 2:50AM

:beer: great post

I am looking for similar but in 26" ish
as unfortunatly not enough room for much bigger:o
any ideas more than welcome as I am not too 'techie'!!

Omega7 · 10 October 2007 at 5:58AM

I was thinking about buying a hd tv in the near future, but one with the 1080p function/setting included. Does anyone know a site or retail store
that does these cheap?

Im happy to wait till early next year for the sales.

Thanx All!

swansojb · 10 October 2007 at 8:13AM

Remember that Digital Terrestial TV, DTT, is coming, starting in Whitehaven now, and Borders in 2008-9 and followed by the rest of the UK. If as I suspect because Freeview or Digital Tick are not mentioned, these TVs only have an analogue tuner, then you will need a digibox in the future to received Digital TV through the aerial. Read all about it here http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/en.htmljb

Jon_C · 10 October 2007 at 8:55AM

Omega,

What size of TV are you after? Many people (and I'm one of them) believe that you won't be able to tell the difference between 1080i and 1080p on a screen smaller than about 50ins.

Also think about what you're going to watch on it. You'll only get the full benefit of an HD-ready TV if inputting video from an HD DVD player, a Blu-ray player, Sky HD or Virgin HD, a DVD player that upscales standard-definition DVDs or a high-def console such as an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3.

Many of the above devices use 1080i rather than 1080p at the moment anyway.

If you're just using it for Freeview, then strictly speaking you don't even need an HD-ready TV at all yet, although most flat-panel screens tend to be these days and it's good to have the option.

If you want a 37in or 42in screen, the Panasonic PX70 series have been very highly recommended in recent editions of What Hifi Sound And Vision magazine. I have the 37in version and I can see why.

These TVs process both interlaced and progressive inputs extremely well.

I can't vouch for the quality of the TVs mentioned earlier in this thread but I tried out - and sent back - two awful cheap LCDs last year when I was shopping for my dad's Christmas present. I eventually realised it was a false economy and I just had to invest more in a better TV that would last longer and provide better viewing pleasure. That's important, given how long most families spend in front of their main living-room TVs.

A cheaper TV might be bigger but that's no use if the picture is rubbish. Better to spend, say, £600 on a good TV (as I did for my dad) than £400 on a terrible one (or cut your cloth to suit your budget and just buy, say, a good 26in screen).

Check out www.richersounds.com as a good starting point. Their offers change all the time but at the moment the Hitachi 37LD8550 is £399.95 or, if you want a bigger and better quality TV, the Panasonic TH42PX70PED is £799.95 including pedestal stand.

Dixons often do have competitive prices and the advantage of frequent voucher offers and Quidco rebates or Egg card promotions but their customer service is lousy when anything goes wrong, whereas Richer Sounds treat their customers well.

Good luck in your purchase.

veronarona · 10 October 2007 at 9:58AM

carriew wrote: »

I am looking for similar but in 26" ish

AOC 27" from Intekx without Freeview (my friend bought the 32" from them and is very pleased) http://www.intekx.com/product_info.php?cPath=17&products_id=106 = £268.50 plus delivery and they sometimes have 'free delivery weekends'.

If you do a search on eBay for AOC TV you will see that this firm also sells there and has good feedback on these TVs.

Jon_C, can you remember the brands of the TVs you considered fell short of value-for-money? I'm still on the lookout myself for a really good standard def display, and would buy on Hire Purchase if I can't afford the £££ for one - it'll be like good old TV rental, I tell myself

veronarona

klint · 10 October 2007 at 10:10AM

Are these (or any other currently available) TVs compatible with HD DVDs which are transmitted at 24 frames per second? I heard that most currently available TVs in the UK will only do 25 frames per second which makes the 24fps HD-DVDs appear jerky.

Omega7 · 10 October 2007 at 11:03AM

Cheers for the heads up jon_c! I would either get a 32 or 37inch. I have a
PS3 and XBOX360, but also intend to use my laptop with HD media linked up to the TV. You really cant tell the difference on a smaller than 50inch HD TV?, never would have guessed. You have saved me quite alot of money here, thanx.

Just one more question. If two HD TVs have the same resolution (1080i) then why would the picture look worse on one (cheaper) than the other?

Thanx again!

veronarona · 10 October 2007 at 11:04AM

Klint - AV Forums is the best place for techie advice:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=-1&f=155

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Gigantic 37" LCD HD Ready TV £375 all-in. Can you beat it?

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