32" HDTV with freeview now £299.98.

Former_MSE_Lawrence

What's the deal?

The price of High Definition (HD) Tellies is still dropping; now you can get a 32" model with built-in Freeview for £300.

Where from?

• Vistron DB32-SD 32" HD Ready (1080i/720p) TV with Freeview. £299.98 delivered.
  
  Available from ebuyer, this HD-Ready (ie. it's HD but the lesser type, not 'full' HD 1080p) Vistron set packs in some top features for the cash; full Freeview capability inc. 7-day programme guide, and looks the part in a glossy black case. Previous buyers have left positive feedback about it on ebuyer's product page.
  
  On the downside, its single HDMI input may become an issue as more and more boxes vie for it in future (though there's an HD-capable component input too), as is its single SCART input which won't be enough for most. Still, at this price, these are fairly small gripes.
  
  Quick Spec:
  
  Resolution: 1366 x 768 pixels (upto 720progressive, 1080interlaced) Inputs: 1x HDMI, 1x PC, 1x Component, 1x Composite Contrast: 1500:1

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What are the best 'full HD' Deals

Currently there aren't any barnstorming deals - but the price of full HD 1080p TVs is also slowly coming down, so it's likely a cheap one will get featured in the weekly e-mail in the next couple of months.

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brownbake

This perhaps isn't such a great deal and you would be better off saving an extra £100 up to get a branded TV. Most people still have devices that use Scart and 1 is quite frankly terrible so you will need to get a splitter - more cost.

The analogue switch off is in under 4 years and there are serious questions about freeview and it's limitations for HD.

Panasonics new TVs actually have Freesat built in which is meant to have at least 200 channels and many exclusive HD channels. Admittedly you have to pay a one off installation charge and not all people can have a satellite dish.

All in all if you are desperate for an LCD for the bedroom or to keep up with the Jones then it is a good price. But if you shop around you can get a Phillips, Sony, Toshiba or Samsung for around £400. You can't get a Panasonic, Lowe or BandO for this price though.

Thanks anyway for the spot.

brownbake

Phillips 37" Freeview, Twin HDMI 6ms response £399.99 here

http://www.makro.co.uk/metro_mail/mcc-uk/catalog/1089950/MM12NF.01.pdf

Admittedly if you are non business you have to add VAT

Also they have 22" Grundig with built in DVD for £250

burcrita1

Ebuyer was selling it for £269.98 just couple of weeks ago.I am sure you can get it for this price,if you ask!?

dc

brownbake wrote: »

This perhaps isn't such a great deal and you would be better off saving an extra £100 up to get a branded TV. Most people still have devices that use Scart and 1 is quite frankly terrible so you will need to get a splitter - more cost.

The analogue switch off is in under 4 years and there are serious questions about freeview and it's limitations for HD.

Panasonics new TVs actually have Freesat built in which is meant to have at least 200 channels and many exclusive HD channels. Admittedly you have to pay a one off installation charge and not all people can have a satellite dish.

All in all if you are desperate for an LCD for the bedroom or to keep up with the Jones then it is a good price. But if you shop around you can get a Phillips, Sony, Toshiba or Samsung for around £400. You can't get a Panasonic, Lowe or BandO for this price though.

Thanks anyway for the spot.

Why the negativity, we would all like a large Panasonic Plasma, but "beggars cannot be choosers" comes to mind, and how many bedrooms will take a 32" ?(there are 19" analogue TVs around for £99 with Samsung screens at ebuyer, adequate for the bedroom for the majority of us). Because of the fluidity of the broadcast scene we tend to be moving to a "separates" situation, i.e. display and seperate tuner box, the extra scarts could be in that. Will the desirable Panasonic TV tuner actually receive HD? or will that again require an external box?

There will be HD on Freeview at the end of this year, admittedly limited to start with, but the switch off will free more space for more channels and higher power.
There are 4 planned HD channels on Freesat , so expect Freeview to follow that when the frequencies are freed up.

Freeview is at present transmitted in a very limited space, on low power . (in what was the unused "guard frequencies" between the analogue channels, left empty to reduce co-channel interference.

PS, dont know about 4 more years?
There will be no analogue TV for most of the Westerly section of England from next year, not 4 years time.
No offence intended, dc

DWTB

Well, if you want cheap, this 32" TV is HD Ready, has two Scarts and is £292 delivered from Dabs. http://www.reevoo.com/reviews/show/94777

I think it's probably worth an extra £100 to get a branded TV with more Scarts and HDMIs - if you have a DVD player and a set-top box, not to mention a games console, things will get annoying very quickly!

This Philips is £406 delivered on Amazon and has pretty good reviews on Reevoo: http://www.reevoo.com/reviews/mpn/philips/32pfl5522

Or this Sony is £408 from Sound and Vision. It's got 3 HDMIs and a score of 9 on Reevoo: http://www.reevoo.com/reviews/mpn/flat_tv_company_ltd/kdl32s3000

I'd go with the Sony if I could afford it!

jonthedon

For what it's worth I recently bought the Argos own-brand Wharfedale L26TA6A 26" telly for £300. Absolutely useless - picture way too bright, colours off and wouldn't let me watch through my existing set top box. So I took it back and for an extra £50 bought the LG 26LC55 26" TV.

I couldn't believe what a difference it made, and has convinced me about the value of a trusted brand name. A superb, sharp, clear TV with as many connections as you could possibly want - Argos may have cottoned on to this as since I bought it they've whacked the price up to £400. Annoying, but still worth it in my opinion!

kitaj

This SAMSUNG LE32A456C 32" HD ready LCD TV has 2 SCARTS and 3 HDMIs. It's £443.99 delivered but if you order it (hmm) TODAY you get £100 of wine vouchers for Virgin wines.....:cool: Dixons are NEVER undersold.....

akane_2

If you cannot afford £800 for a panasonic Then don't bother buying a HD ready TV.

You scrimp together £300 because you cannot afford a decent Tv like a Panasonic, connect it up, turn it and what do you see ? nothing more than the Tv now sitting redundant in the corner.

For a start 32" is no good for Full HD so you get a HD READY TV you need a minimum 40" to get the full effect of HDTV

Program's have to be transmitted in HD so what HD channel's can you receive ? answer is none unless you get a HD reciever which from SKY cost's between £199-£249 plus £10 a month to subscribe on top of you normal sky subsciption and £60 installation.

£300 for a Tv.
£400 for a year HD sky Subscription (including box and install).
£120 a year thereafter.

But the most important part is "DO YOU REALY NEED A NEW ONE" as Martin always say's

moggsy

akane wrote: »

If you cannot afford £800 for a panasonic Then don't bother buying a HD ready TV.

Bit OTT that statement. You can get a lot of enjoyment from a HDTV without paying Panasonic £800.

You scrimp together £300 because you cannot afford a decent Tv like a Panasonic, connect it up, turn it and what do you see ? nothing more than the Tv now sitting redundant in the corner.

Except you may have had a 28" which took up loads of space and you now have a 32" which doesn't and can be lifted with one finger.

For a start 32" is no good for Full HD so you get a HD READY TV you need a minimum 40" to get the full effect of HDTV

Some would say 'full HD' is no good full stop, unless you invest in a 50" screen which wouldn't even fit in most peoples living rooms.

Program's have to be transmitted in HD so what HD channel's can you receive ? answer is none unless you get a HD reciever which from SKY cost's between £199-£249 plus £10 a month to subscribe on top of you normal sky subsciption and £60 installation.

£300 for a Tv.
£400 for a year HD sky Subscription (including box and install).
£120 a year thereafter.

or

£300 TV
£200 for Xbox 360 Premium which will give you access to HD games and movies.
and/or
£150 for Freesat HD - a one off cost

But the most important part is "DO YOU REALY NEED A NEW ONE" as Martin always say's

I'd say the answer is yes, yes you do

davetheboss

Hi all, I have actually bought this tv and all I can say is that I am very, very happy with it. You will not get better value but if you want to pay a lot more for a major brand then please be my guest. Most LCD TV's only come with 1 year warranty same as this one. My son paid £600 for a Samsung 32" which lasted 12months and 12 days before going dead and it took major threats to Argos before getting a replacement.

If you are in the market for good looking 32" LCD then I am happy to recommend it. Some people have complained about the remote being difficult to operate but this is not really a problem. EBuyer offer free delivery on it but as I live in Northern Ireland it was an extra £15 which I suppose is not bad as it is flown over here.

Hope this review helps