Bargain alert! 32" HD Ready LCD TV £499 from £699

RedOnRed

DW190 wrote:

I have just teken deivery of one of these Flat Screen TVs

Is it any good?

RedOnRed

tough_ref wrote:

A question, you have said the TV is HD Ready, then said it's HD Compatible. Which is it, as there is a big difference and can cause a lot of sad faces.

JC

What is the difference?

jtlowrey

HD Ready is the proper thing. Shows HD in its true resolution. The full shebang.

HD Compatible means just that. It is able to show it, but that doesnt mean the quality will be any better. In effect it means nothing.

jtlowrey

Be careful with cheap 'HD' TV's. You get what you pay for....

Pay cheap, get cheap.

tough_ref

jtlowrey wrote:

HD Ready is the proper thing. Shows HD in its true resolution. The full shebang.

HD Compatible means just that. It is able to show it, but that doesnt mean the quality will be any better. In effect it means nothing.

That's exactly it.

A lot of places have gotten into trouble for selling HD Compatible but marketting them in a way that makes you think they are HD Ready. And a couple of shops have gotten in trouble for selling tv's as HD Ready, when they weren't even compatible.

You can have a tv that has the right level of pixels, but doesn't have the capability of transmitting it in High Defenition.

We bought our TV last October and it was £1512. It is now selling for £1199, so it has only come down just over £300 in nearly a year. But then as someone else has said, if you buy cheap, you get cheap.

That's not to say there isn't a bargain to be had out there, just make sure you are getting the best price from the best goods.

If you really want to get the best from your money. Find the product you want and get on the price checking sites. then find out where the bargains are and that'll do it.

The low end prices are definitely for low end products, at the moment at least.

JC

banbury_oddball

RedOnRed wrote:

I really can't believe how desparate people appear to be to buy the cheapest LCD HDTV they can find. The technology is relatively new and even the premium brands are getting fairly ordinary reviews, so to pay just a couple hundred less on an unknown obscure brand seems a bit of a gamble to me to say the least.

I agree Red as you get what you pay for. The link I provided will help others get the best price. You can't go wrong with Toshiba, Phillips, Panasonic etc. What gets me is the price difference. The Toshiba in my case was £999 in Comet, but paid online and paid £615 with p&p so it pays to shop around.

I do hope that people check the labels on the HD tv's before purchasing. There is a big difference between the HD ready and HD compatible sets. Customers need to check the labelling correctly and if in doubt get some reviews from independant stores...

Hootie19

mobrien18 wrote:

Does anyone know if you'll be able to buy the Woolies TV online? If so, you'll be able to save a further 5% by purchasing it through Quidco.

IF you ever get your money from them.

I'm still waiting for the cashback I'm owed from last September from a mobile phone I bought from Woolies via quidco. Quidco have apparently attempted to get the money from Woolies but with no joy.

I'd not buy from Woolies online any more.

viken

Quality-v-price. At present most components within LCD and plasma televisions are manufactured by the more well known manufacturers. So the name on the box does not necessarily mean lower quality if the brand name is not regognised.

cwc1899

Woolies sell them for £399, but even less if you buy a refurbished one. Fully guaranteed and only £5 delivery!
Buy a cheap one now and replace in a few years when all hd tv's will be a much lower price.

tom5

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/109337/rb/22047876231 does not include p+p says HD ready. Do not know the make. I thought the Woolies' one was supposed to be a rebadged Bush, which if true, from my personal experience, I would not touch.

Re the various 'you get what you pay for' gloom merchants, if life was so simple, Which/CA would be out of business. Its reports regularly prove such beliefs to be wrong.