Staples - 26" LCD TV/MONITOR 16ms/DVI £299

Godspeed

Instore

Nothing fantastic but managed to pick up the ex display in my local for £239 (20% ex display discount)

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
Pip, 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

24 Month Warranty

Contrast aint fantastic but with a bit of fiddling i've seen no ghosting on normal scart input. If your not after the moon on a stick then not a bad buy



Cheers

G

lee__48

I purchased one of these from Staples last year when they were a bit more expensive! They look exactly like the Bush models Argos are selling for 400 notes. Excellent value for money in my opinion.

Lee

jellacott

I think its the rebadged version of this:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5292150/Trail/C%24cip%3D36693.Sound%2Band%2Bvision%3EC%24cip%3D36785.Televisions%3EC%24cip%3D36787.LCD%2Bflat%2Bpanel%2Btelevisions.htm

That is pretty good value as it is, but for £299! Bargain. Have to go find me one of these. Have been looking for a tv around that size, but I didn't want to pay £400 for it.

tr3mor

Whats the performance like on this as a PC monitor? Do you know if staples have their 20% off for teachers at the moment?

jellacott

Anyone have any opinions of this versus the 19" Widescreen Samsung monitor (deal on here a while back) from pcworld?:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk:80/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2065293404.1138318922@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdladdgkmlifedcflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&page=Product&sku=955203

Not sure which is best to go for.

errolevans

jellacott wrote:

Anyone have any opinions of this versus the 19" Widescreen Samsung monitor (deal on here a while back) from pcworld?:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk:80/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2065293404.1138318922@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdladdgkmlifedcflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&page=Product&sku=955203

Not sure which is best to go for.

The 26" one sounds ok, and the extra 7" makes it a winner for me!!!
But that's IMHO of course!!
Trying to get one of these for the bedroom.... Would look great bolted on the wall!!!

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tr3mor wrote:

Whats the performance like on this as a PC monitor? Do you know if staples have their 20% off for teachers at the moment?

My guess is that it wouldn't be that great as a PC monitor. The resolution seems quite low for 26 inches and I would imagine it might not look too sharp.

jellacott

Does anyone know whether this TV has a component-in socket?

Godspeed

jellacott wrote:

Does anyone know whether this TV has a component-in socket?

No it does'nt

jellacott

Ok, thanks. I'll probably go for the PC world one then. That has component-in.

errolevans

jellacott wrote:

Ok, thanks. I'll probably go for the PC world one then. That has component-in.

In the spec it does have "DVI in" Is that any good to you??
I wondered about component as well, but as it's for the bedroom, and I only have a cheap Panasonic DVD player with no component I'm going for it!