Pioneer cease making flat screen tvs

chewmylegoff

lana22 wrote: »

My old fashioned "normal" tele (14") that we have in the bedroom broke last week (got dropped on a tiled floor:eek: )
Went to buy a new one and I can't believe how expensive these new fangled flat screen jobbies are!
We only want a little one, I only have it on when I'm doing my make up and hair in the morning to catch the news. But for anything mildly decent they're over £150 quid! The "old fashioned" ones were about £75 when my sister bought a similar size one a few years ago.
Not sure whether to splash out and buy a new one, or look for an old one that someone is giving away. Bearing in mind my last one went on for 10 years and had life in it yet it if wasn't for a clumsy boyfriend......

I did see a £99 on in Argos, but being totally technologically challenged I imagine that this one from some unknown brand will be useless?

you could just buy a second hand CRT ("old fashioned") television for a fiver.

lana22

chewmylegoff wrote: »

you could just buy a second hand CRT ("old fashioned") television for a fiver.

That's what I was thinking about doing. Although given my old one lasted so long I might get a new one to save the hassle of having to do it again for another 10 years! I suppose they do take up less space as well, and we could get one with digital inside it.....
Oooh dilemas! If only I knew what was looking for in a tele! I just go for pretty ones....

chewmylegoff

lana22 wrote: »

That's what I was thinking about doing. Although given my old one lasted so long I might get a new one to save the hassle of having to do it again for another 10 years! I suppose they do take up less space as well, and we could get one with digital inside it.....
Oooh dilemas! If only I knew what was looking for in a tele! I just go for pretty ones....

you can have my pioneer for free - you just have to pay the electricity bills.

a bit like buying chelsea off ken bates for £1.

SingleSue

My ex hubby had a thing for Pioneer, I remember when all his stereo equipment had to be from them, all seperates...the blooming CD player cost me £199 in 1988/9!

As for televisions, my front room television is a Sony 32 inch (LCD but it was an insurance claim from a television I had when married and we were earning lots of wonger!) and then we have portables from every conceivable manufacturer everywhere else in the house...most of them have been given to me from others upgrading, got a nice line in combination portable TV's with DVD players and combination portable TV's with video player.

My kitchen television is now 12 years old and a Phillips....but it doesn't work because hubby did this convoluted way of wiring it up to get Sky etc out there and since we have had the new television in the front room, we can't for the life of us work out what goes where!

Edit - Suppose it would help if I actually watched the television, last time I sat down to watch a programme on one of the blessed things was about 5 months ago!

bo_drinker

You don't seem to buy a "normal tv anymore. I don't think you can buy a video either, not as I ever use a video, poss 6 times in the last 12 months if that. Don't know how to set it up need to ask O H.

JonnyBravo

Cleaver wrote: »

... on the basis that most programming seems to assume I have the intellect of a knat...

That'll be a gnat then..... you silly person with the small intellect.

nomoneytoday

DCFC79 wrote: »

but then i guess no ones that bothered about pioneer as sony, panasonics and samsungs are better tvs

Nonsense. Pioneer make the best Plasma screens, albeit at a higher price point. That's like Lamborghini going under, because Ford make a nice looking Focus. Nothing wrong with a Focus, but they are in different leagues (and more expensive too)