Bargain LCD HDTVs

snails's_pace

sicandar wrote:

I just bought the 37" from woollies for my sister -

I had 3 choices direct tv (£497), ebuyer (£527) and woolworths (£499) - woolorths had 5% quidco, direct tv had rubbish customer reviews on pricerunner and ebuyer was more expensive and the model number was slightly different (by one digit) and they quoted contrast ratio 600:1 (direct tv quoted 800:1 for their one with the same model number as woolworths who did not give a contrast ratio for theirs)

But having read this thread it seems the wall mount is not included in the woolworths one - does anyone know for sure.

The other 2 say it's included in the box - surely they don't take it out at woolworths do they?

i brought the techwood 32inch lcd tv from woolies on boxing day. it is superb, and yes, it does come with the wall mounts, mine is sittin nicely!

j4mieuk

I bought a couple of things from this site and I can vouch for them. Just seen that they are doing the Samsung 40" LCD for less than £750 which is the cheapest I have seen it.

They delivered my last set within 3 days and I have had no problems with it.

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dbrooks19

lauraw78 wrote:

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/119953/rb/25469028251

this looks a good deal!

Not HD though...

atila_the_bun

Hi
Can some one explain about HD ready.
Dose this mean that it is a HD TV and the picture will be fantastically crystal clear…..
Or is it just a bog standard TV that just has the software to translate the HD signal and then show it on the screen as if it was just a normal signal?
Any one know?
ATB

(Just as a quick note… My first DVD player was from Tesco and it cost me £150. It was about the cheapest you could get at the time. Now Tesco sell a DVD player for £19. How long will it be before they are selling a 32” LCD TV for £99 ??)

bilbob_2

try these links:
http://www.hdready.org.uk/
and here
It basically referes to the technical spec of the tv, nothing directly to do with the picture quality itself...

Mad_Ad_2

HD ready is an intermediate cludge between standard definition and proper HDTV, simply its all about the number of vertical lines that it can display in native mode, sd has 480 to 576 lines, hd ready has a minimum of 720 and a proper hdtv panel 1080.

Manufacturers have not long been supplying full 1080 screens and HD ready kit has been filling in the gaps until HDTV 1080 panels become the norm.

atila_the_bun

Right I see
So its all about the number of lines on the screen… Thanks Bilbob and Mad_Ad.

Also I take it that HD is only broadcast on Sky? I don’t suppose it will be on Freeview until the analogue signal is switched off.

ATB

sallyneale

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/119953/rb/25476535363

This is NOT HD ready though.

Beware - even if you have HD ready TV - unless your set top box is also HD - you will not get HD pictures.

If you DVD player does not have HDMI out - you will not get HD pictures.

mark_casey

HD is broadcast by a number of sources BBC has a hd channel and some of there programs are shown in HD also (Although not totally sure) that if you have telewest/ntl/Virgin media then you can have the hd box wich can show everything in HD ( but only true HD recorded stuff will play as HD) the box can upscale so not relient on the lcd/plasma electronics to do it , just to decode
and they play in 1080p or 720p the choice is yours
now I will definatly but a LCD when i move in the next month or so and so long as i can find a 1080p compatible one i will be happy

SurfBowlSC

toriitom wrote:

I think if you check that the current TV pictures at broadcast at 625 lines and not 576.

On a recent visit to ASDA, I was looking at LCD HDTVs on display. There were various big names like Sony and Samsung and a lot of the cheaper known brands. When I stood back and looked at the picture quality of the screens (which were showing the exact same channel), the best picture quality was on a Bush 32".

I have alway been a Sony person, I would always try and buy Sony (if I could afford it) but from what I seen in ASDA I think I will wait quite a long time before I make the decision to buy a LCD HDTV. I would imagine that LCD HDTVs will come down quite considerably in price when HDTV eventually get let loose on the masses. Until then I will keep my money in my pocket.

Not always the best way to decide on a TV......

In somewhere like Asda, Argos, Woolies etc. they generally use one source and plug all the tv's into it (presumably via scart boxes etc). Therefore the signals being received are never of the proper standard. They will have weakened as they went along.

Bit like when you used to go to an old B&B, get up in the morning for a shower and whoever turned on the hot water first gets it, while the rest get luke warm stuff instead.