Bargain alert! 32" HD Ready LCD TV for £399...can you get one?

mirandamayhem

codger wrote:

With all due respect aren't you missing the point by several, er, miles????

An upgrade is NOT an upgrade if it's to an inferior technology.

So going from a CRT screen to an LCD screen would seem to be -- according to a lot of owners posting on the web and in the opinion of posters here with a pretty comprehensive knowledge of the topic -- a downgrade where the imaging quality of many LCD TVs is concerned.

For now.

All technology matures. Colour CRT was awful at debut but now. . ?

I thought the posters who are counselling delay are doing so not because they're stuck-in-the-mud but because they're saying that sooner rather than later, LCD TV technology will be fully mature (and judging by Panasonic, that day isn't far off).

So it's at that time when an upgrade will be an upgrade. And not the reverse.

No I think you're missing the point. If you are moving from a fifteen year old CRT with fading picture, and like many of the advantages to an LCD, but cannot afford £800+, then a £400 LCD from woolies or Argos or wherever IS an upgrade. Whether you think it's inferior or not is neither here or there to the person who cannot afford much more.
What I'm getting at is to all the people saying "wait", how long are you meant to wait? We could always be waiting for the next best thing. And what I don't understand is that everytime there's a discussion on cheaper LCD's there's a squad of MSE'ers who come along and comment about what poor quality the lower price LCD's are and how we should all wait, or fork out more, or save up and fork out more.

mat01

stunno wrote:

I don't post on here much, but tend to have a look in most days to see if there is anything that I 'must' have that's going cheap. And to be hones I've never read such a load of rubbish on here before!

Who is forcing you to buy this tv? Martin? The aliens? Mr Blair? The tv is there, it is cheaper than it was, so it's saving money IF YOU WANT ONE

If its a crap tv DON'T BUY IT!! I think the internet term is DYOFR - that's Do Your Own (insert expletive here) Research

If Martin raises a couple of sheckels to help with his bills then great! Its not like he is being underhand about it

/rant over

As it happens I need a new tv, my criteria are 28"+ and 'cheap', and this doesn't happen to fit one of those, so I move on, comfortable with the fact that its not for me but some people might happily buy one

Nope - I don't plan to buy it.

I'll spell out my point again for the hard of hearing.

Is this a 'money saving' deal. I think maybe not. Then one must ask why it's so prominent on this site...

FleetFanatic

MSE_Martin wrote:

I do find this kind of post a little annoying.


1. This site is talking about this because its a 'money saving site' not a 'lets find the best technology site'. These are as far as Im aware the cheapest 32" LCD TVs on the market. That's the info I'm providing and many people are glad. The service reports are good - not great - but this is about getting a good deal and these TVs are (my friend bought the woolies one last time it was available and is very much enjoying it!)

As for the digital tuner, these are available separately cheaply. There is no need for an in-built tuner. Many people have sky, freeview and other boxes. A tuner is now priced at less than £20 - it is cheaper to get this TV and a tuner than to buy an all in one. Of course when HD freeview is available we'll see the prices rise; though some have HD Sky already (not that impressive though yet, I have it - very little is broadast. Hence why I say its future proofing).

2. As for the criticism about the links. Did you notice the * - did you read what it meant? Did you see that every link that ever has a * on this site explains why and has a full page about it. I believe in transparency. There is nothing on this site here because "it's paid", yet if something is on the site anyway (as these TVs are) then we try and get paid links. Why? Well the servers cost over £100,000 a year to start with, then there's the techie team, the charity fund, the MSE team.

This site has a very open ethical financial policy - nothing is hidden - and when people try and criticise the policy as if there's some kind of secret - without having done the reading - it cheapens what the whole place is about!

Martin

Very well said Martin. :T

I for one have been a very short time and haved saved 100's.
As somebody else said, one buys what one can afford and what hopefully can do the job intended.

I may have chosen a branded LCD but I still wanted to save money!

And thanks to this site, I saved nearly £200 on it.
So this site, those posting on it and yourself are most appreciated.

stunno

For the hard of learning

Acoustic Solutions LCD32NK750HD 32in HD Ready LCD TV.

Was £599.99 <

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Now £399.99 <

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You save £200 <<

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codger

Mat -- it was good of you to come back with a reply: not many would've bothered and I for one am glad you did. So there! :beer:

I did disagree with your post because it seemed such a major misapprehension of the site's function and purpose (and financing!)

But the points raised in your reply are excellent because they high-light the difficulty MSE is always going to have if Martin's price-based advisories (hey gang, this LCD TV is a bargain price!) get mistaken for product endorsements (hey gang, this LCD TV is the best-built best-performing TV in the world).

On which note, boy do I have room to talk. Last week I seized upon Martin's bargain alert re the Lovefilm - Boots £15 voucher deal.

In view of everything that's appeared on threads subsequently relating to that deal, I seriously wish I hadn't bothered. So, it seems, do a number of other posters who've had second thoughts.

But that's not Martin's / MSE's fault. The only thing he / this site did was flag up the existence of the deal.

After that, it was caveat emptor. But that, stupidly, was the bit I forgot!

mirandamayhem

mat01 wrote:

Nope - I don't plan to buy it.

I'll spell out my point again for the hard of hearing.

Is this a 'money saving' deal. I think maybe not. Then one must ask why it's so prominent on this site...

It is a money saving deal if you want an 32" LCD, don't have loads of cash, and are prepared to accept a quality reflected by the price.

I'd love a Chrysler Grand Voyager, or a VW touareg. Unfortunately I don't have the money. Do i scrimp and save for the next 5 years to get one, and in the mean time put up with my N reg Laguna and 3 kids? No, I decide to by a Citroen Synergie, older, not so high tech, but meets my needs and is comfy to sit in.
You live within your means.

mat01

stunno wrote:

For the hard of learning

Acoustic Solutions LCD32NK750HD 32in HD Ready LCD TV.

Was £599.99 <

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Now £399.99 <

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You save £200 <<

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Gosh - let me try and explain this :

If a Skoda car is reduced in price from £10,000 to £1,000 you save £9,000!!! Fantastic - what a bargain. Or is it?

You have just paid £1,000 for a rubbish car (my apologies to Skoda, it's just an example).

So at the end of the day you are WORSE off, not better off. Plus, you have £1,000 LESS to buy the car you always really really wanted.

RedOnRed

mat01 wrote:

Nope - I don't plan to buy it.

I'll spell out my point again for the hard of hearing.

Is this a 'money saving' deal. I think maybe not. Then one must ask why it's so prominent on this site...

I do undertsand the overall the point you're trying to make and think you're making a valid one.

I think that unless you really need to replace a CRT then it's not really worth going for a new LCD TV simply to jump on the bandwagon and especially not worth buying the cheapest one on the market for that purpose.

Having said that, and as I mentioned before, my parents new Toshiba 37WLT66 does seem to be a stunning TV. However, their old CRT was knackered and in need of replacing.

Nostromo

You can get the toshiba 32" lcd for £541 with discounts and using an egg card.

RedOnRed

mat01 wrote:

Gosh - let me try and explain this :

If a Skoda car is reduced in price from £10,000 to £1,000 you save £9,000!!! Fantastic - what a bargain. Or is it?

You have just paid £1,000 for a rubbish car (my apologies to Skoda, it's just an example).

So at the end of the day you are WORSE off, not better off. Plus, you have £1,000 LESS to buy the car you always really really wanted.

Lol.

Not a bad analogy. Apart from Skoda's are pretty good cars nowadays and are pretty much just rebadged VW's.

Now if you'd said something like KIA...