Dell LCD TV offers! (merged)

pin

cigar wrote:

I've just been on the Dell website looking at the Inspiron 6000 offer for under £500 and you can add the Dell 19" TV for £298

Also remember Quidco are doing 5% discount on Dell stuff at the moment.

NickA_3

fredy34 wrote:

My biggest problem over the past year or so has been finding a sensibly priced LCD that has a superior picture quality to my panasonic CRT.

And have you found one to go for then?
I'm considering the Dell 19in tv but a couple of things worrying me at the minute.One is,what's the picture quality like and secondly,can it be returned to Dell if I'm not satisfied? (I guess I'm gonna be lumbered with shipping costs too)
Response times on the panel are 25ms which is slow by lcd standards but having just read several reviews on the AVForums it seems this doesn't interfere with picture transmission for things such as gaming or fast moving action like football.
Decisions decisions....
I think I'm gonna chat to my Dell AM on Monday and see what he can do for me re returning the unit etc etc

Cheers

Grumpy_Old_Man

Good old Woolies to the rescue. seems they are now doing a 32" Crown LCD tv that is HD ready for 1/2 price :j £599.95 at the moment. Cannot comment on pictue quality but if you just want it for games would go for a decent projector as most already take 1080 line signals and can offer a wall filling picture to beat any big screen tv.
:money:

Repo

pin wrote:

Also remember Quidco are doing 5% discount on Dell stuff at the moment.

The discount you get is 5% of the amount payable before VAT - don't overestimate the cashback by thinking you'll get a full 5% off the price you paid.

NickA wrote:

can it be returned to Dell if I'm not satisfied? (I guess I'm gonna be lumbered with shipping costs too)

I think I'm gonna chat to my Dell AM on Monday and see what he can do for me re returning the unit etc etc

If you buy as a consumer (through the home site) then you can return under the DSR rights. If you've already got a dedicated AM then you should be able to blag 10% without too much trouble. If your AM is a business AM then double check that your buying as a consumer and not as a business!!!

HTH

SL33PYH34D

chrisw79 wrote:

To be HD ready, in the true sense of the word, you need an HDMI socket, as some Sky encrytped channels will not work with anything else - DVI is picture only don't forget...[snip]

The key is HDCP support though, which can work with either DVI or HDMI, and since the first gen Sky HD boxes have component outputs which will support analogue HD it will at least be a lifeline to those people who have already bought displays which don't or can't be upgraded to support HDCP.
Technically to support the EICTA "HD Ready" label either HDMI or DVI is fine as long as HDCP is implemented (non HDCP and Component is fine for non HD broadcast sources). A PDF of the minimum requirements is here: http://www.eicta.org/files/MinReqHDTV08-05-180212A.pdf

chrisw79 wrote:

I'm talking from experience of viewing a 26" model - it looked crap. Don't get me wrong, I use a dell monitor at home and at work and think they are great - but just not as TVs.

Not having actually seen this particular Dell model I can't really comment, other than the spec looks good for the price, and Dell don't generally use low end panels.
I'm not necessarily sure it's fair to compare a 26" LCD with a 37" Plasma though - not really like with like is it, especially when the sources and setups were probably completely different too.

chrisw79 wrote:

Also, I agree, LCD technology has come on leaps and bounds recently, and some of the Sharp Aquos panels are really great, but as stated before, they are only good up to a certain size. The new SED sets that will be coming in over the next couple of years will be the way forward.

The SED stuff looks very interesting and both Canon & Toshiba seem very confident about it - especially with the timescales to market they have been talking about.

wacko911

The 85 degree viewing angle is worrying, most have 160 degrees plus (well the woolies one does anyhow). Not to mention the very slow 25ms

I think there is a lot better quality out there!

brummybloke

fredy34 wrote:

My biggest problem over the past year or so has been finding a sensibly priced LCD that has a superior picture quality to my panasonic CRT.

keep looking, there isnt an lcd tv out there yet that matches the quality of a decent crt tv. i have a decent crt altough i would rather have an lcd tv ( plasma would be ok but they get too hot ad are too heavy for my liking as i would want it wall mounted.

chrisw79

brummybloke wrote:

keep looking, there isnt an lcd tv out there yet that matches the quality of a decent crt tv. i have a decent crt altough i would rather have an lcd tv ( plasma would be ok but they get too hot ad are too heavy for my liking as i would want it wall mounted.

What type of plasma's have you bee looking at??? My plasma is wall mounted and weighs 25kg - it's only mounted on some plasterboard! Also they don't get any hotter than any other electrical device.

Buy a cheap LCD by any means, but buying something without seeing it and having a play with it is something I wouldn't do for something such as a TV, which is important when it comes to picture quality. And buying with an eye on the bottom line is often a way to get yourself caught up with a crappy product and all the problems that go with it.

SL33PYH34D

wacko911 wrote:

The 85 degree viewing angle is worrying, most have 160 degrees plus (well the woolies one does anyhow). Not to mention the very slow 25ms

I think there is a lot better quality out there!

Actually the viewing angle is 170 degress. Dell quote it as +/-85 degress which gives a total angle of 170 degress. Just a different (and more accurate) way of quoting the figure
Response time isn't the best, but certainly not the worst by any means, and right now if you want good (not to mention full range) colour on an LCD compromising the response time is the only way to go.
To be honest with 25ms you probably wouldn't notice it that much anyway except maybe for very fast moving sports.
Response times on TVs generally don't need to be quite as quick as they would on a PC monitor.

SL33PYH34D

chrisw79 wrote:

What type of plasma's have you bee looking at??? My plasma is wall mounted and weighs 25kg - it's only mounted on some plasterboard! Also they don't get any hotter than any other electrical device.

They don't "run" any hotter because they generally have cooling fans running to keep them cool. Plasma as a technology does run hot.