LCD TV's at Asda

shown73

My local Asda had a stack of 15" lcd tellys this evening for, I think, £165 or thereabouts. None on display, out of the box, and of course 15" is pretty tichy after gazing at a 42" plasma, but it seemed a fair price by current standards, and may well be adequate for some, especially as a bedroom telly perhaps.

Sid_Harper

Aria have a 20" LCD TV for £235 (not widescreen though - else I'd have bought one!)

dc

Staples are getting rid of 26" LCD tv's for £299 instore, maybe very local.


dc

Sid_Harper

dc wrote:

Staples are getting rid of 26" LCD tv's for £299 instore, maybe very local.

Hi dc - any idea what brand and were they widescreen? Thinking if it's worth getting the Mrs to pop in to the one near her.

dc

Sorry cannot remember, it was a general import ,badge engineering, model similar Lodos, dont think it was Medion which they did sell around Xmas.

Yes Widescreen. at least two in Huddersfield.

dc

Sid_Harper

dc wrote:

Sorry cannot remember, it was a general import ,badge engineering, model similar Lodos, dont think it was Medion which they did sell around Xmas.

Yes Widescreen. at least two in Huddersfield.

dc

Thanks DC - worth a trip down the road for her I think...!

ticktockhouse

Hi,

Sid_Harper wrote:

Aria have a 20" LCD TV for £235 (not widescreen though - else I'd have bought one!)

I'd advise paying the extra for the dead pixel check (can't find the URL now, but they used to guarantee no dead pixels for £15 or so), as I bought a Digimate 1918 19" TFT from them and it has a group of always-on green sub-pixels right near the middle of the screen which is fairly annoying :mad: . More annoying still is that the ISO standard that TFTs have to adhere to allows for at maximum of five of these for a screen this size, and I have a feeling that if I send it back, they might just charge me for no fault found and send it straight back.. :eek:

I was a skinflint and didn't pay the extra, though I may just be unlucky. I wouldn't be surprised if they check each and every one, and put the ones with no dead pixels to one side and flog the others, giving the fully-working ones to people prepared to shell out the extra. Just something to bear in mind, as it does make their prices slightly less competitive..

caverncity

ticktockhouse wrote:

Hi,



I'd advise paying the extra for the dead pixel check (can't find the URL now, but they used to guarantee no dead pixels for £15 or so), as I bought a Digimate 1918 19" TFT from them and it has a group of always-on green sub-pixels right near the middle of the screen which is fairly annoying :mad: . More annoying still is that the ISO standard that TFTs have to adhere to allows for at maximum of five of these for a screen this size, and I have a feeling that if I send it back, they might just charge me for no fault found and send it straight back.. :eek:

I was a skinflint and didn't pay the extra, though I may just be unlucky. I wouldn't be surprised if they check each and every one, and put the ones with no dead pixels to one side and flog the others, giving the fully-working ones to people prepared to shell out the extra. Just something to bear in mind, as it does make their prices slightly less competitive..

As you didnt pay for the check you probably received one that was paid to be checked by another customer.

TheChillPill

A tip I use (sometimes) when buying TFT monitors is to shop around the prices of catalogue companies such as Argos etc, who offer 'no quibble' guarantees or 'on approval' schemes. That way, if you get one with a dead pixel (or pixels), just send it back no questions asked.

Catalogues do tend to be a little more expensive though most of the time, but occasionally you find the odd good price.

trevor_john

dc wrote:

Staples are getting rid of 26" LCD tv's for £299 instore, maybe very local.


dc

Apile of them in Norwich today.

Godspeed

The £299 26" in Staples is a Phocus 26 WHS



Resolution 1280x768 16.7 Million Colours
Brightness 450cd/m2 contrast ratio 500:1
Screen Format zoom,letterbox,subtitle,Auto, 16:9, 4:3
Zoom, SWAP, Parental Lock
Teletext (800 page memory), Fasttext
Memory For 100 programs, edit and naming
Automatic Tuning system
On Screen Display in 24 languages
Automatic Volume Levelling
Speaker power 2x7 watt
SCART 3x / AV in-out / VGA /DVI / S-DIN
Headphone connector, Audio Out


HTH


Oh and mine had a 20% discount too! (£239! )

G