42" HD Ready Widescreen Plasma TV at ALDI (merged)

don2345

http://www.aldi.co.uk/

Coming on thursady:


42" HD Ready Widescreen Plasma TV


"It's like watching from the dugout".

The ultimate TV to watch the ultimate football tournament, this amazing telly is not only big in size, but also big on features to help you, and your mates, get closer to the action.

For this specification expect to pay considerably more elsewhere. And, as an additional bonus you get our 3 year warranty for complete peace of mind - saving you even more money.

PIP (Picture in picture)
1 main picture and 1 small picture, which you can move around the screen and increase or decrease in size

PBP (Picture by picture)
2 pictures of identical size, side by side 2 different options - full screen or widescreen

POP (Picture on picture)
3 small freeze frame pictures on one side of the screen and one main picture

* Fully HD Ready Plasma TV with HDMI interface - no loss of picture or sound
* Far superior to standard HD Ready TVs with only DV input
* Massive 42" Plasma panel made by the World's leading manufacturer
* 10,000:1 contrast ratio (the higher the ratio, the better the picture)
* Brightness: 1100 cd/m2
* 1,024 x 768 pixel resolution
* Dual tuners - allows Picture in picture viewing
* HDTV (480i, 480p, 1080i, 720p) with HDMI input
* HDCP decoding
* 2 x 10W detachable speakers
* NICAM stereo
* 160° viewing angle
* Teletext
* 200 programme channels
* Motion Adaptive Deinterlacing
* 3D comb filter
* 3D Video Noise Reduction
* Auto installation
* Sleep timer
* Composite video and 5 audio inputs
* Dimensions: 1,139 x 712 x 297mm (with stand), 1,038 x 644 x 80mm (without stand)
* Weight: 38kg
* Wall bracket available via the helpline or by post for only £39.60

Do you guys think it is worth the price as i might be tempted to buy it. Are there better HD TVs out there?

devild_2

By the way the price is £999.99

PompeySteve

It's a decent spec, but I would prefer a plasma with a higher resolution (1366x768). It's good that it has HDMI with HDCP as this is likely to be a requirement when HD-DVD/Blu-ray takes off.

There doesn't seem to be a SCART socket so unless your DVD player/Sky box/cable box/freeview box has an HDMI socket then you will have to use the composite video which is basically a very low-quality signal.

wackyraces

I would prefer a higher resolution than 1024x768. Checking out the German website, for this product it states 2 scarts that are RGB compaible etc. Not a bad price for Plasma. If anybody is thinking of buying one, make sure that you read what it states on the website:

PLASMA TVs MUST BE KEPT UPRIGHT AT ALL TIMES TO PROTECT THE PANEL FROM DAMAGE - PLEASE ARRIVE AT STORE WITH SUITABLE TRANSPORT

Fogg1969

1024 x 768 ? That's the resolution I use on my PC monitor, and that's 4:3.

Is this a commonly used resolution on widescreen panels ?

seanparkin

Once again, the duh brigade jump in thinking they know it all...

You wont get a higher res than 1024x768 on a 42" plasma. 1366x768 start on 50" when you're paying at least £2000. Don't compare this to LCDs as they're completely different technology (a plasma at 1024x768 looks superior to an LCD at 1366x768)

Of course it has scarts, two of them, both RGB input which is pretty good (most cheaper plasmas only have one RGB scart). The detachable speakers are a bonus also, as something like this would be crying out for output through a 5.1 system. 3 Year warranty is another decent bonus.

All in all, its a pretty good offer. Although I am chuckling at their claim that it is made by the worlds leading manufacturer...

ehosin

seanparkin wrote:

All in all, its a pretty good offer. Although I am chuckling at their claim that it is made by the worlds leading manufacturer...

I wouldn't be surprised if it was a samsung panel - samsung panels are more often than not rebadged under different brand names (cough, TIME Plasmas, cough)...

regards.

HankMcSpank

"Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts as of November 2005."

ehosin....I think you need to update your thanks signature as it says thanked 3 times in 3 posts, but you've been thanked a lot more since then. What do you think? Thanks.

PompeySteve

seanparkin wrote:

Once again, the duh brigade jump in thinking they know it all...

You wont get a higher res than 1024x768 on a 42" plasma. 1366x768 start on 50" when you're paying at least £2000. Don't compare this to LCDs as they're completely different technology (a plasma at 1024x768 looks superior to an LCD at 1366x768)

Of course it has scarts, two of them, both RGB input which is pretty good (most cheaper plasmas only have one RGB scart). The detachable speakers are a bonus also, as something like this would be crying out for output through a 5.1 system. 3 Year warranty is another decent bonus.

I bow to my learned friend's superior knowledge.

The spec sheet on the Aldi site doesn't mention SCARTs so it's not exactly "obvious" - granted that information is available with a bit of research...

mclaren_2

don2345 wrote:

* 1,024 x 768 pixel resolution
* HDTV (480i, 480p, 1080i, 720p) with HDMI input

it will not have 1080i as that is impossible to have on a 1024x768 screen but it will cope with 720i/p

Aiadi

mclaren wrote:

it will not have 1080i as that is impossible to have on a 1024x768 screen but it will cope with 720i/p

I am not sure but I think that you are mistaken here. It won't cope with 1080p and not (i) as (p) is the real HD and (i) uses some digital trickery or something like this. I know this as my monitor copes with 1080i but not 1080p. Someone correct me if I am wrong.