New TV - recommendations or stay away from?

mobileron

yes but made tv in uk

FrugalJenny

Richard Sounds is the best

JJ_Egan

FrugalJenny said:

Richard Sounds is the best

WHY WOULD THAT BE ??

reads as post building or is this a a new richard ??

mobileron

RS offers the best customer service in the industry,been in business for over 40 years and FREE 6 years warranty.

JJ_Egan

Yes but my reply was to a poster who was post building with multiple rubbish posts .

Me RS sounds VIP .

Chino

mobileron said:

RS offers the best customer service in the industry

What is your evidence of this?

mobileron said:

been in business for over 40 years

So what?

Zellah

Neil_Jones said:

no1catman said:

mobileron said:

Tosh is now a supermarket brand along with Sharp,Hitachi etc,made by Vestel in Turkey.

Interesting - did not know that.

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The morall of this story is - stay away from Toshiba!!

As was previously stated your TV is (was) Vestel in new colours.  Most other brands are repackaged Vestel products - Toshiba, Sony, Goodman, HItachi, JVC, the Argos brands Alba and Bush, Sharp, Panasonic (off and on)...  The only companies who make their own TVs these days are Sony, Samsung and LG, which is reflected in the price.  Some of the other brands like Philips pulled out years ago and "their" TVs are again something else with their name slapped on it.

So if you want to avoid Vestel (aka cheap and cheerful), don't buy anything unless its one of the three exceptions.

I need to replace my 42" Pioneer Kuro plasma (428XD) and was planning on buying a new 48" OLED tv. The 48" Philips 935 OLED with a Bowers and Wilkins soundbar was on the top of my list as it seems to get great reviews everywhere. Should I reconsider as you say Philips no longer make their own TVs? The other options for me are the 48" LG CX OLED and the 48" Sony A9 OLED. All three TVs are around the £1500 mark but given that I only buy a new TV every 10-15 years, cost isn't a huge factor.
Cheers.

mobileron

Chino said:

mobileron said:

RS offers the best customer service in the industry

What is your evidence of this?

mobileron said:

been in business for over 40 years

So what?

Do some research and you will find out,this company gets the best reviews every year.There specialists in the Industry,so what.

Neil_Jones

Zellah said:

Neil_Jones said:

no1catman said:

mobileron said:

Tosh is now a supermarket brand along with Sharp,Hitachi etc,made by Vestel in Turkey.

Interesting - did not know that.

...
The morall of this story is - stay away from Toshiba!!

As was previously stated your TV is (was) Vestel in new colours.  Most other brands are repackaged Vestel products - Toshiba, Sony, Goodman, HItachi, JVC, the Argos brands Alba and Bush, Sharp, Panasonic (off and on)...  The only companies who make their own TVs these days are Sony, Samsung and LG, which is reflected in the price.  Some of the other brands like Philips pulled out years ago and "their" TVs are again something else with their name slapped on it.

So if you want to avoid Vestel (aka cheap and cheerful), don't buy anything unless its one of the three exceptions.

I need to replace my 42" Pioneer Kuro plasma (428XD) and was planning on buying a new 48" OLED tv. The 48" Philips 935 OLED with a Bowers and Wilkins soundbar was on the top of my list as it seems to get great reviews everywhere. Should I reconsider as you say Philips no longer make their own TVs? The other options for me are the 48" LG CX OLED and the 48" Sony A9 OLED. All three TVs are around the £1500 mark but given that I only buy a new TV every 10-15 years, cost isn't a huge factor.
Cheers.

Pioneer sold their Plasma patents to Panasonic in 2010 or thereabouts and left the market.

Ultimately the decision of what you buy is up to you, the Kuros are/were quite popular and appear to still be in demand second-hand wise.

A lot depends on whether you have the budget, bearing in mind it is possible for a cheap and cheerful Vestel clone to last years (I have a 26" Alba from 2008 still going, and it was used all day every day until it got relegated to the bedroom).

macman

mobileron said:

Chino said:

mobileron said:

RS offers the best customer service in the industry

What is your evidence of this?

mobileron said:

been in business for over 40 years

So what?

Do some research and you will find out,this company gets the best reviews every year.There specialists in the Industry,so what.

Specifically, they are usually top in their category in the annual Which? retailer awards. Unsurprisingly, Currys/DSG are usually bottom.