Hitachi 37LD8500 37" LCD TV - £439.95

pdx123

Just spotted this:
Hitachi 37LD8500 37" LCD TV £439.95

http://www.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=HITA-37LD8500

Seems like a good price.....just a shame its not the 37LD8700, could have got John Lewis to do a price match and had a free 5 yr warranty.
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tooconfused_2

not bad but bear in mind it does not have a built in digital tuner so when the switch over occurs its useless unless you have sky or a freeview box attached to it

mimorris1978

Hi just to let you know the contrast ratio is very poor, but hey you get what you pay for.

Regards Mike

cfphoenix

Have got one from my local richer sounds for £439.95 + £44 for a 5 year insurance in total - I cancelled my order for a 32 inches Hannspree from dabs with free delivery promotion to get this.

Am very pleased with the sound; the contrast is a bit low at 800:1 but the picture quality is good.

Got this TV because my 30 inches Targa visionary is going for repair a second time (cost £900 from lidl in Feb 2005). Previous fault was picture no sound and the current fault is sound with no picture - Lesson is, you need to have warranty with these (even Phillips and Sony have their own problems).

Will sell my Targa once repaired (for about £250, with 4 months warranty remaining) and purchase another Hitachi.

By the way, what is the difference between the LD500, LD600 and LD700 models?

Inactive

Hitachi do not actually make any TV's any more, they are just re-badged items, usually not of a very high standard, same applies to their camera's.

spuds_2

We had a Hitachi portable bought in 1983 which had a fantastic picture - we only chucked it last year because the sound was going a bit. However, I believe Inactive is correct - Hitachi tv's are now assembled in Turkey I think. Many 'budget' tv's seem to be Hitachi under a different name. I always look up the model at:

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/reviews/

Inactive

spuds wrote: »

. Many 'budget' tv's seem to be Hitachi under a different name. I always look up the model at:

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/reviews/

Almost correct, read all Hitachi TV's are budget TV's with a Hitachi badge stuck on them.;)

I agree about old proper Hitachi TV's, they were brilliant, but alas they are now just cheap old " tosh ". with a Hitachi badge.

FunkyMunkey

This seems quite a good deal:

Toshiba 37c3000pg LCD TV - £508.70 inc delivery @ PIXmania