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Purchased a TV/PJ recently? Name the place and the price! [Now with added poll]

Sparky · 2006-12-01 16:53:15

As the thread title suggests. If you have bought a tv, or have been given one recently within the last 6 months, where did you get it and how much did it settle you back? This can also be used to compare prices and also see how much a tv has dropped in price within the last 6 months. You may also wish to include how the…

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Sparky

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As the thread title suggests. If you have bought a tv, or have been given one recently within the last 6 months, where did you get it and how much did it settle you back?

This can also be used to compare prices and also see how much a tv has dropped in price within the last 6 months.

You may also wish to include how the customer service of the retail outlet or website was.

Thanks.

Sparky.

Please name the store/website you purchased your TV from! 102 votes

Harvey Norman (Swords)

0% 0 votes

Harvey Norman (Blanchardstown)

2% 3 votes

Currys (name branch below)

6% 7 votes

Dixons (name branch below)

23% 24 votes

DID

4% 5 votes

Power City

30% 31 votes

Peats

23% 24 votes

Online retailer (define below)

7% 8 votes

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#2 02-12-2006 1:48am

delly

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TV: Philips 42PF5421
Type: 42" LCD
Date Bought: 16-08-2006
Price: €1,499
Bought From: DID Electrical
Retailer Satisfaction: Very happy
TV Satisfaction: Very Happy

I had been looking at so many TV's for so long I thought that i'd never make a decesion that ticked all the box's such as price, features and response times. Gladly though this TV did just that. I had originally bought it for €1,999 but due to a mini price war that happend a week after I bought it DID honoured a reduced price of €1,499 and I got €500 back. They didn't have to do this and I feel it was a great customer service gesture.

The TV itself looks highend with a shiny black surround that looks gorgeous and will have all your mates wanting one. Besides looking good though, it also plays a great picture. I find regular cable great, but Chorus MMDS a little grainy at times but I blame Chorus for that one and DVD's have never looked better. It produces a good black picture and ghosting is rarely seen unless the scene is particularly quick moving.

I'm sure a more detailed eye would be able to spot some flaws, but I'm usually the one to find fault in nearly all my big purchases, to the point where my wife will always ask me what I don't like about whatever I bought, but when she asked the same question about this TV I simply replied 'Shhh dear, the movie is starting' .

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#3 07-12-2006 12:45pm

prospect

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TV: Samsung PS-42 C7 S 107
Type: 42" Plasma
Date Ordered: 06-12-2006
Price: €1,444 (including €80 delivery)
Bought From: www.technikdirekt.de
Retailer Satisfaction: Happy So far
TV Satisfaction: Not yet delivered

Well, after much deliberation, and much research, I picked this TV from this supplier for the price, features, reputation and looks.

I e-mailed the supplier yesterday morning asking them about delivery, and warranty issues. Within the hour the had replied stating it was €80 delivery from Germany to my door. They stated I had a 2 week cooling off period from the delivery date, which I could retunr the TV and get a full refund. They also stated that the warranty meant I could get the TV repaired in Ireland or Germany in the event it breaks down.

Yesterday afternoon, I ordered online and received confirmation almost immediately.

This morning I received an e-mail from them asking for a fax/scan of my credit card and valid ID, with the first 3 blocks of numbers on the card blocked out. (I also blocked out my signature on my drivers license).

So now waiting on what happens next.
I must photo the installation for the 'Home Cinema DIY' forum.

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#4 07-12-2006 1:16pm

Ciaran500

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TV: Samsung LE26R71B
Type: 26" LCD
Date Bought: 20-11-2006
Price: €799
Bought From: Komplett
Retailer Satisfaction: Very happy
TV Satisfaction: Very Happy

Ordered on a Monday arrive in 3 days with no problems at all.

The TV is fantastic, can't fault the colour, contrast or brightness. HD image quality is perfect but SD content is a little disappointing although that comparing it to CRT. PC looks great and it does 1:1 over VGA, 26" porn FTW If I was buying again I'd have no problems going for it again

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#5 12-12-2006 12:43pm

Cooee

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TV: LG 50PC1R
Type: 50" Plasma
Date Bought: 11-2006
Price: €1994
Bought From: Technikdirekt.de
Retailer Satisfaction: Very happy
TV Satisfaction: Very Happy

Lovely TV. Big! But that's what I want, SD is exactly what I expected - and I have only viewed DVDs thru composite so far, but that was excellent.
Very happy so far.

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#6 17-12-2006 11:52am

John mac

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TV: Panasonic TX-32LX60L
Type: 32" LCD
Date Bought: 11-2006
Price: €1299
Bought From:Peats
Retailer Satisfaction: Very happy more expensive than if bought online but Vouchers helped:D
TV Satisfaction: So far so good

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#7 20-12-2006 5:03pm

far2gud

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TV: Toshiba 32WL66Z
Type: 32" LCD
Date Bought: 12-2006
Price: €881
Bought From: Pixmania.ie
Retailer Satisfaction: Very Happy
TV Satisfaction: Very Happy

Standard sky looks great,divx/xvid streamed from my pc to xbox 360 looks great as well. Hi-def gaming is the biz on this set.

Very happy camper

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#8 27-12-2006 4:29pm

karltimber

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TV: Samsung LE37R72B
Type: 37" LCD
Date Bought: 11-12-2006
Date delivered: 19-12-2006
Price: €1,224 incl shipping
Bought From: Topvision.de
Retailer Satisfaction: Very happy
TV Satisfaction: Very Happy

See the thread about this purchase for more details.
This model,size and whole package is lovely.
Initially the TV would be too big :eek: (herself) but after a few days, TV has fitted snuggly into the corner of the room -very nice indeed.

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#9 02-01-2007 10:22am

quad_red

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TV: Toshiba 37 WLT66
Type: 37" LCD
Date Bought: 30-12-2006
Price: €1,199
Bought From: Dixons (Jervis)
Retailer Satisfaction: Fine
TV Satisfaction: Very Happy

Whilst initially shocked by the size of the tv (the gf was not happy) all was well. Particularly when she watched Seabiscuit in all it's glory)...

It's a good looking set. Viewing angles are the best I've seen from an LCD. A good remote and well organised clean menus.

The picture took some tinkering with but I'm very happy. Picture over hdmi and scart is excellent. The xbox 360 also looks fantastic. NTL is variable ie. depends on the channel. Sky one looks particularly rubbish whilst RTE is excellent.

Sound is quite acceptable but a additional speakers will be bought eventually.

There is one niggly issue with tuning the analogue NTL channels in but I'm not sure if that's purely me.

Overall, very happy.

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#10 05-01-2007 12:13pm

unklerosco

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TV: Samsung LE40R73BD
Type: 42" LCD
Date Bought: 04-01-2007
Price: €1,300
Bought From: Currys, Blamch
Retailer Satisfaction: Very happy
TV Satisfaction: Very Happy

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055035867

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#11 05-01-2007 10:00pm

gipo2

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TV: Toshiba 32WLT66
Type: 32" LCD
Date Bought: 30-12-2006
Price: €950
Bought From: Curry's (Craigavon)
Retailer Satisfaction: Very Good
TV Satisfaction: Excellent

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#12 06-01-2007 3:40pm

KdjaCL

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TV: Lexsor 32w18SD
Type: 32" LCD
Date Bought: 5-1-07
Price: €729
Bought From: Dixons Liffey Valley
Retailer Satisfaction: Abysmal, gave me wrong tv had to wait 20 minutes to get it from point of ppaying.
TV Satisfaction: Panic buy bought cheapest tv as CRT died, waiting on technik to get in a certain model so this will do till then.

On bright side tv i got was the better model than the one i bought. So will go in bedroom when 37" LG is available on technik site.

kdjac

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#13 17-01-2007 12:25am

jonnygee

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TV: Panasonic 42px60b
TYPE: 42" plasma
BOUGHT: 1/01/07
PRICE:899.99 sterling with pedestal stand
FROM: Currys of Derry/Londonderry
RETAILER: Was busy,busy,busy.
TV: Cant find anything better for that money.

Honestly, really happy with this purchase, excellent tv, price today is back up to 999 sterling.

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#14 24-01-2007 12:26pm

TKK

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TV: Samsung LE37R72B
Type: 37" LCD
Date Bought: 05/01/2007
Date shipped: 15/01/2007 (TV was originally out of stock)
Date delivered: 22/01/2007 (Longer than expected as storms delayed courier due to cancelled/disrupted ferry crossings)
Price: Euro1,235.15 including shipping (Euro16)
Bought From: TopVision
Retailer Satisfaction: Happy
TV Satisfaction: Happy so far (won't be really testing until the weekend)

Note:
One point for anyone using this company & their website - the address fields that are presented when ordering are in the German format and don't lend themselves well to Irish addresses. I ended ringing the courier following the receipt of the shipping email where it became apparent that, despite my best efforts with said fields, my address had been truncated. This resulted in my package being delivered without any delays. My number was correct so they may well have rang me to confirm my address once it hit the country.

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#15 17-03-2007 9:55pm

pastor

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TV: Sharp LC-42XD1E
Type: 42" LCD
Date Bought: 16-03-2007
Price: €1,899
Bought From: DID Electrical
Retailer Satisfaction: Very happy
TV Satisfaction: Very Happy

I will update when I have had enough time to play with it.

Paul

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#16 03-05-2007 9:59am

Static M.e.

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TV: SAMSUNG LE32R87BDX
Type: 32 INCH LCD TV
Date Bought: 16 April, 2007
Date shipped: 27 April, 2007 (TV was originally out of stock)
Date delivered: 2/05/2007 (Was ready on the 1st but I missed the courier)
Price: €1,016.00 including shipping
Sub-Total: £526.81
Ireland Shipping (Ireland Shipping ( Sales Staff will call with Rate)): £49.00
VAT 17.5%: £92.19
2% Credit Card Surcharge: £13.36
Total: £681.36
Bought From: http://www.1staudiovisual.co.uk
Retailer Satisfaction: Happy
TV Satisfaction: Happy

www.1staudiovisual.co.uk were an english company I found through the web, this was my first time dealing with them. They have a nice login feature where you can track your orders and ask Customer service questions you then get a very quick email response usually in under two hours.

They initially had a problem with my dilivery address being different from my CC address but once I faxed over a copy of my drivers licence they were happy to diliver to another address.

The TV itself is fantastic and worked perfectly from the box, picture quality is also great. No complaints as of yet

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#17 05-05-2007 3:25pm

artvandulet

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Just got the new Samsung LE32R88BD from Currys. - €1099
Looks great and good sound improvements from the 74 model.
3 HDMI's too so all good fo future.

BTW, Harvey Norman are not living up to there "won't be beaten on price, range or service" motto.
I saw TV's there that were more expensive then elsewhere but they wouldn't match the price like Currys, Dixons, DID do. The 3 different staff I encountered had poor knowledge and got bullish when I said they seemed a little expensive! Said the other shops were selling below cost!
Will be beaten on price, range(Currys) AND Service!

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#18 08-05-2007 9:28pm

mwrf

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TV: SONY KDF-50E2010
Type: 50 INCH LCD REAR PROJECTION TV
Date Bought: 7 May , 2007

Price: €1299

Bought From: Harvey Norman Nutgrove
Retailer Satisfaction: Happy
TV Satisfaction: Pending!

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#19 13-06-2007 2:09pm

TakeTheVeil

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TV: Panasonic TH-37PV71F
Type: 37" Plasma
Date Ordered: 04-06-2007 at 5.30pm
Date Delivered: 13-06-2007 at 11.30am
Price: €1,063
Delivery: €80
Bought From: http://www.technikdirekt.de/

Retailer Satisfaction: Very Happy. Everything went smoothly. Delivery could've been a bit quicker, took 7 working days, but i did order late in the day, and it took another day to process, so could've cut it down to 5 days probably.

Delivery Satisfaction: Apart from the week wait, delivery was great. Plasma was shipped from Germany to Naas. I then got a phone yesterday saying they had received the package and would deliver it to me in Dublin tomorrow. They asked me if i wanted it before lunch or in the evening but couldnt give me a specific time due to traffic etc. But they came at 11.30, just when i expected them. Plasma came wrapped and standing vertically on a pallet and everything was in great condition.

TV Satisfaction: Only had about 3 hrs time on it.. but Xbox 360 and Superbit DVD looked fantastic. Analog SD varies from good (BBC, ITV, RTE) to OK (Ch4, E4, etc) But the bad channels were always bad.. even on my old CRT.. so its the signal. Haven't been able to get sound from the stereo leads on my VGA cable for my Xbox 360 but ill have another fiddle around to see if i can.

(Ill edit this as i go along)

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#20 09-07-2007 11:46am

Kintarō Hattori

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TV: Samsung Panasonic TX-32LX70L
Type: 32" LCD
Date Bought: 18/06/2007
Date shipped: 18/06/2007
Price: €1199
Bought From: Peats
Retailer Satisfaction: Very Happy
TV Satisfaction: Very Happy

I'd been thinking about getting an LCD for sometime, but as I don't have a High Definition source to feed into it I was concerned how my DVD's and NTL Digital would look on it. I was prepared for lots of pixelation.
I enquired with the guys in Peats and told them my concerns and they reccomended me the above Panasonic. By no means is it the cheapst LCD around, but there is virtually no pixelation with DVD's which is quite astounding. I've ran a few HD files downloaded from the web using my laptop and the picture looks great so I can't wait to get a proper HD source and see how that looks.

Overall I'm happy with the service I received and the TV is fantastic.

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#21 19-07-2007 12:20am

Garroldy

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TV : Samsung PS-50 Q7
Type: 50" Plasma
Date Ordered: 02-2007
Price: €2,000
Bought From: Powercity
Retailer Satisfaction: No complaints
TV Satisfaction: Happy now

TV is great, nice picture, good sound. DVDs are awesome. Pity about terrestrial except possibly Planet Earth broadcasts.

One problem there was a noticable buzzing from the rear. Rang Powercity and they put me through to Samsung support who had a guy out straight away. Took him a while to come back, but fixed the problem with some damping tape to stop a cable vibrating against the casing. All's well that ends well.

Haven't as yet put in the surround sound, just been slow to buy a system, the rooms all pre wired. Although from the forums it looks like I've used crap cabling. We'll see how it pans out when I get a system.

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#22 29-07-2007 1:22am

dloob

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TV : Samsung PS-42Q96HDX
Type: 42" Plasma
Date Ordered: 26/7/2007
Price: €1,300
Bought From: Currys, Galway
Retailer Satisfaction: No complaints
TV Satisfaction: Happy

Happy so far, regular NTL looks good too. Certainly a big change from the old 32" CRT. The 360 is great as well.

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#23 14-08-2007 1:09am

Wertz

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TV: Panasonic TH42 PV70EH
Type: 42" plasma
Date ordered: 22/7/07
Date received: 10/8/07
Price: €1105 (inc €99 shipping)
Bought from: Topvision-online.de
Retailer satisfaction: Fair
TV satisfaction: Happy and getting happier

Blows me away especially on x360 and HD rips from PC....SD on terrestial is waaay better than expected and DVD is looking great.
Bit worried about screen retention especially using it for anything on the PC...so going to avoid using PC for first 200 hrs, just to be safe.

Topvision leave a lot to be desired as a retailer...bad comunication leads to the buyer being left second guessing and the first thing I knew about it was when the TV arrived 3 weeks later. The courier it turned out had the wrong phone no for me so I wasn't called in advance...luckily someone was home.
But you can't argue with their prices...

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#24 24-08-2007 1:22pm

Johnny Meagher

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Type: DLP Data Projector (Acer XD1150)
Date Bought: July 07
Price: €402 inc VAT and Del
Bought From: elara.ie
Retailer Satisfaction: Very happy
PJ Satisfaction: Very Happy

see thread

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#25 24-08-2007 3:59pm

norrie rugger

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Hi Guys,
can you put the resolution in the description also please?

Norrie

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#26 20-09-2007 3:32pm

guest

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...on luzerntech.co.uk, through their ebay link. It's a 32" Philips LCD with 1 HDMI, one Component In, 2 Scarts and S-Video, for €418 including delivery.

They specialise in selling products that have been opened but unused (at least in my case anyway---the setup menu automatically loaded up when I switched it on, and there wasn't a single fingerprint on the thing!

Very happy with the HD quality of the screen. Handles 720P and 1080i (though the latter is a little unnecessary, as the native res is 1366x768). Contrast SEEMS low at 600 to 1 but in my eyes it's sharp, clear and bright. However SKY looks sh1t---probably more due to the fact that the Irish signal is so heavily compressed.

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#27 16-10-2007 11:46am

Roy Rogers

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TV: Samsung LE32S81
Type: 32" LCD
Date ordered: 04/10/07
Date received: 12/10/07
Price: €692.50 - €677 (TV+HDMI cable+screen cleaner bundle, TV was €649 on its own) + €15.50 postage
Bought from: www.pixmania.ie
Retailer satisfaction: Happy - had heard bad things, decided to go for it anyway. Turned out fine in the end.
TV satisfaction: Happy, but not fully tested yet.

First of all, I had thought a bit about ordering from Pixmania as I'd heard a lot of bad stories about their deliveries. Figured it was probably a minority however, so I went for it. Ordered on a Thursday in work, but was asked for proof-of-address as a security check, so didn't get that done until Friday. Wasn't actually expecting it to take the 4-5 days estimated for delivery through regular postal channels so was pleasantly surprised when it arrived on Friday lunchtime.

The TV itself I am happy with. I'm using it for Xbox 360 gaming and DVD watching; plan on getting a DVD player with upscaling in the future at some point. The games look beautifully crisp and run fine at 1080i input. DVDs look like DVDs, no HD yet but once I get a sound system to go with the TV I can hook up my laptop and get the full experience. Quite happy with it so far, but as I said above, haven't really had a chance to put it through its paces yet.

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#28 17-10-2007 11:26pm

blackhill

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Hi All,

After a considerable amount of research thanks to boards.ie and avforums.com, I decided to upgarde my panny TH-37PA30 with the following:

With 1staudiovisual.co.uk, after having to scan be driver's license and c'card, I ordered yesterday evening, got several responses from them today and a despatch by 4pm from the UK the following:

1 x PANASONIC DVDS53EBK DVD PLAYER £94.00

(great reviews on upscaling, saw this recently when working in Vancouver for 3 weeks in Sept. quality was excellent even when I asked the panny sales guy to pop in a region 2 Schindlers List DVD I bought in Heathrow, but just as impressed when I saw a HD Divx of Las vegas that i burned on DVD downloaded from the web!)

1 x PANASONIC TH42PX70 42 INCH PLASMA TV WITH CABINET £962.00

As a panny fan for the last 3 years and no problems with my TH37PA30 (Even with HTPC) when I read the spec and the reviews on the web I knew this was the one for me, also looked at the Sony W2000 LCD and all the offers with H.Norman, DID, Powercity, Richer Sounds etc.

Parents recently purchased 2 x Sony Bravia LCD's connected to NTL, picture quality is awful on cable

1 x HDMI CABLE 2m £35.24 - I know you can cheaper in this case in Ireland, but what the hell, saves a day out with the 3 kids and wife to Harvey Norman etc.!

BTW delivery was 129STG, considering the nice panny cabinet was the equivelant of 340Euro, as opposed to the 500 - 600 being charged here was worth the delivery charge.

All in all I saved 390euro without having to get up from the PC.

Expect delivery on Monday or Tuesday at the latest,if I get a chance will post some photos.

Next purchases will be;

SKY HD rang Sky direct today, even though I just purchased another new SKY+ box (160euro, other one faulty after 3 years) last month after having a SKY+ for 3 years and a customer for 7 years, they still were looking for 449e and 49e install (I have CT100 cabling thorughout the house OCT LNB with 2 x SKY+ and 1 by old Sky Digi, girl on phone stated I needed 2 new cables from the dish!)

One for you all to check out is the Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo EV i2565 (http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/Resources/246/1871269163.pdf)
This rocks, have had a couple of Scaleo E's over the past 2 years, this one looks like a traditional DVD, but has Vista home premium with Blue Ray HD DVD Combo drive, HDMI, 7.1 Audio, Media center ther works. Download Powerstrip and you can force resolutions on almost any display. Have an older one in the bedroom on a 28" LCD and even the wife stays awake to watch shows downloaded from the web!

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#29 27-11-2007 12:22pm

Scobius90

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TV: Panasonic TH-42PX70
Type: 42" Plasma
Date ordered: 27/11/07
Date received: on order and hoping to receive by 6/12/07
Price: £839.90 incl del; which at the time of order was €1169.86
Bought from: www.richersounds.ie
Retailer satisfaction: Happy so far, but have just ordered so we'll see
TV satisfaction: .............................

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#30 04-12-2007 5:00pm

muletide

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TV : Sony Bravia KDL 32D3000
Type: 32" LCD
Date Purchased: 02 DEC 07
Price: €999
Bought From: Sony Centre Dundrum
Retailer Satisfaction: Very happy with THIS Sony Centre - quoted me a price 200 less than Liffey Valley Sony Centre.
TV Satisfaction: So far so Good

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#31 07-12-2007 2:34pm

Scobius90

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sorry but i can't edit the entry above .....

TV: Panasonic TH-42PX70
Type: 42" Plasma
Date ordered: 27/11/07
Date received: on order and hoping to receive by 6/12/07 and recieved on the 7th
Price: £839.90 incl del; worked out at €1180
Bought from: www.richersounds.ie
Retailer satisfaction: Happy so far, but have just ordered so we'll see
TV satisfaction: WOW!!! huge diff to the 21" CRT :eek::eek:

First off its a big set in my current lil sitting room :eek:, but whenever we get around to building that wee homestead, am sure it'll fit right in. The set itself, IMHO, looks better out of the box than in the shop. I have it on the pedestal, which is a hefty piece in its own right and it looks great. SD tv (NTL) looks as good as i thought it would - some channels are a lil pixally, but mostly all look good with no ghosting whatsoever. Can't wait to see what matches are like.
Just played a DVD through the xbox and even with the xbox downgrading to 576p it looked hundreds of times better than our crappy cheapy DVD player.
Am having a few beers, a good DVD and maybe a game or two on it tonite, so will update should I have any problems :D.

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#32 11-12-2007 7:54pm

Knockieranlady

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Panasonic 42PV70
Date ordered: 3/12/07
Date Delivered: 7/12/07
Bought from www.directvalue.ie
Price Paid: €1270 inc delivery
5 yr Panasonic Warranty included
Very happy with TV, bought because of all recommendations from this site
and very happy with Directvalue.ie for speed of delivery price and service

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#33 21-12-2007 5:06pm

MrB

Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭

Join Date: March 2003

Posts: 216

TV: SAMSUNG LE46F86BDX
Type: 46" LCD
Date Bought: 04-12-2007
Price: €2300 (including table stand and shipping)
Bought From: 1stAudioVisual.co.uk
Retailer Satisfaction: Happy
TV Satisfaction: Very Happy (tis a thing of beauty )

Good price, bit of messing around with CC, they don't take Irish cards but did not tell me until I had been waiting a week! Had to sort out an International bank transfer which was a pain. They did hold a set for me though while waiting for the transfer to go through, which was nice. Had to hassle them to get a tracking number, bit of trouble getting the table delivered as it was shipped separate from the TV (second day working from home).

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#34 08-01-2008 5:53pm

cdb

Closed Accounts Posts: 882 ✭✭✭

Join Date: January 2004

Posts: 830

TV: Panasonic TH42PZ70B
Type: 42" Plasma (Full HD 1080P)
Date Bought: 10-12-2007
Date Delivered: 13-12-2007
Price: £1138 / €1550 (tv & table stand, shipping & wall bracket)
Bought From: RicherSounds Belfast http://www.richersounds.ie -> tv -> Plasma
Retailer Satisfaction: Very Satisfied
TV Satisfaction: Incredible Picture, ordinary sound.

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#35 10-01-2008 12:57am

adox

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,018 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: April 2005

Posts: 18681

TV: Panasonic TH-37PV70
Type: 37" Plasma
Date ordered: 08/01/08
Date received: 08/01/08
Price:€1099
Bought from: www.mitchelltv.com
Retailer satisfaction: Very satisfied.Have dealt with them before,good price.
TV satisfaction: So far so good. PS3 looks stunning on it.

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#36 10-01-2008 5:58pm

eoin2nc

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Join Date: December 2006

Posts: 638

TV: LG 42LY95
Type: 42" LCD (Full HD 1080P)
Date Bought: 3-1-2008
Price: 1200ish
Bought From: Power City
Retailer Satisfaction: Very Satisfied
TV Satisfaction: Incredible Picture watching HD-DVDs. Looks very sleek. Very happy playing my Xbox 360 on it!

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#37 28-01-2008 5:38pm

Nedved85

Registered Users Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭

Join Date: December 2007

Posts: 1705

Projector: Benq w500 720p and free Nintendo Wii
Type: 65" Screen
Date Ordered: 1-1-2008
Price: 1062.50
Bought From: www.komplett.ie
Retailer Satisfaction: Very Happy

Xbox 360 mainly used on this and it looks excellent in HD,
Considering upgrading my screen to a 92" or else painting my wall a very light matt grey and building a wooden border!:D

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#38 12-02-2008 9:21pm

Diggles

Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭

Join Date: May 2005

Posts: 12

TV: Panasonic TH42Py70
Type: 42" Plasma (Full HD 1080P)
Date Bought: 25-1-2008
Date Delivered: 29-1-2008
Price: €1650
Bought From:www.allianceelectric.ie
Retailer Satisfaction: Very Satisfied
TV Satisfaction:Very Satisfied

Trawled these pages and settled on the panny,Very happy with retailer, staff know their stuff. Very Very happy with the picture, although only an SD source from Sky. :D

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#39 25-02-2008 5:18pm

b.harte

Closed Accounts Posts: 524 ✭✭✭

Join Date: March 2007

Posts: 496

Projector: Suant C1500
Type: LCD Projector 7.0" Poly-Silicon TFT Matrix
Date Bought: 05-02-2008
Date Delivered: 21-02-2008
Price: €311 +€29.50 Shipping (Also purchased a motorised 90" screen for €178)
Bought From: Elout Projection, Netherlands http://stores.ebay.ie/EloutProjection-International
Retailer Satisfaction: Very Satisfied
TV Satisfaction: Incredible Picture.
Specifications:
Max Resolution: 1080i (1920 x 1080)
Aspect Ration: 16:9 (supports 4:3)
Brightness: 1500 Max ANSI Lumen
Contrast Ration: 600:1
Inputs:
Component Video: Y/Pb/Pr (PAL, NTSC, SECAM)
Composite Video: RCA x 1 (PAL, NTSC, SECAM)
S-Video:S-Video x1
RGB: Mini 15 pin x1
Audio in/out: RCA x 2
Other:
Remote Control
Vertical Keystone Correction

Performance:
Noisy as hell in HD mode, a decent surround sound will drown it out.
Noise is not too bad using VGA or RCA input.
HD is good, colours are clear and picture is sharp at 90". I've projected larger images onto a painted wall and the picture was sharp but colours were not as vivid as when using the screen,
I've tried it with TV, DVD and XBOX360 and all were good, especially the quality of image from the 360 when gaming.
The fan noise is the only real flaw I can find with it for the low cost.
I'd certainly recommend it for gaming alone, and as an entry level projector for home cinema.
Bertie.

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#40 11-03-2008 11:38am

stevenmu

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Join Date: July 2003

Posts: 9396

TV: Samsung 46M87
Type: 46" LCD
Date Bought: 06-03-2008
Price: €1,750
Bought From: DID Electrical (crumlin)
Retailer Satisfaction: Pretty happy
TV Satisfaction: Very Happy

I've wanted one of these for a while, well actually I wanted the 40", but then I thought if I'm going to spend a load of money on a new TV I want to be really blown away by it. And I have been

HD picture quality out of the box was pretty decent, looking at some trailers and a blu-ray, was way too bright and colourfull and vibrant, but grand for showing what the TV was capable of. Tweaking using the HDTVtest settings as a base gives a stunning picture, incredibly detailed, very nice natural looking colour, and very deep blacks.

SD picture out of the box was horrific, truly awful, but was expecting this and after a minute or two of tweaking (again using the HDTVtest settings for some tips), the SD picture is actually fantastic. Quite often scenes look like they are in HD, everything is very clear and sharp and flawless. Using NTL digital by the way, results with analogue would not be as good.

Excellent set for gaming too, using it with the PS3 is simply stunning. And zero problems like smear or lag, and that's without using it's game mode even.

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#41 13-03-2008 6:02pm

Vic Vinegar

Closed Accounts Posts: 6,241 ✭✭✭

Join Date: January 2006

Posts: 6023

TV: Samsung PS42Q96HD
Type: 42" PLasma
Date Bought: 6-3-2008
Price: €1,099
Bought From: Currys
Retailer Satisfaction: The guy that dealt with me was a bit of a jerk!
TV Satisfaction: Very Happy

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#42 20-03-2008 3:09am

mickmac222

Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭

Join Date: March 2008

Posts: 1

TV: Samsung 42Q97
Type: 42" PLASMA
Date Bought: 23-01-2008
Price: €970 INC 80 euro's delivery
Bought From: DIRECTTVS.CO.UK
Retailer Satisfaction: Did what they said, delivered on time
TV Satisfaction: Very Happy

Was a little worried about ordering this from UK company, as live in the west of Ireland, Mayo, but arrived on time, intact.
Easy to set up, and great picture at a great price. Would buy off them again, and can honestly reccomend them to other people.

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#43 23-03-2008 9:58pm

GrumPy

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭

Join Date: June 2005

Posts: 6235

TV: Sony KDL-40V3000
Type: 40" 1080p HDLCD
Date Bought: Mid January
Price: €1370 + 3 year warranty + hdmi lead
Bought From: Power City
Retailer Satisfaction: I sold it too myself, did a good job too
TV Satisfaction: Had bad backlight bleed and a scratch mark on screen - changed next day, new model slight backlight bleed which 1/1000 customers would notice, doesn't really affect viewing I am just a bit of a perfectionist.

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#44 27-03-2008 7:47pm

DingDong

Closed Accounts Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭

Join Date: January 2005

Posts: 1367

TV: Samsung LE26R87BDX
Type: 26" LCD
Date Bought: 27-03-2008
Price: £411 plus about £18 delivery
Bought From: misco.co.uk
Retailer Satisfaction: Very happy
TV Satisfaction: I'm now a big HD fan my xbox never looked so good.

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#45 28-03-2008 5:25pm

farva

Closed Accounts Posts: 298 ✭✭

Join Date: September 2007

Posts: 280

Got 2 Sony Bravias last week:

TV: Sony Bravia 32 S3000
Type: 32" LCD
Date Bought: 21-03-2008
Price: €675
Bought From: Power City
Retailer Satisfaction: Very Happy
TV Satisfaction: Absolutely delighted! I was a bit worried that I should have went for the D version, but the S is superb, the picture is amazing on regular Sky Digital! I'm going to buy a PS3 in the next while and it'll be interesting to see how good it is on the S3000. The sound quality is great too!

TV: Sony Bravia 46 X3000
Type: 46" LCD
Date Bought: 21-03-2008
Price: €2611
Bought From: Argos
Retailer Satisfaction: Very happy
TV Satisfaction: Havent set it up yet, as I just got it delivered today, but I'm pretty sure that it will be class!! Saved €1200 buying in Argos instead of Power City!

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#46 02-04-2008 9:26pm

trabpc

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 942 ✭✭✭

Join Date: September 2004

Posts: 873

TV: Pioneer PDP-LX4280

Type: 42" Plasma

Date Bought: 27/02/08

Price: €1950 with DVD home Cinema kit DSC 363

Bought From: Alliance Electrical

Retailer Satisfaction: Very happy

Got 5yr warranty

Very happy good shop to deal with

(but have not set it up yet!)

Hope to do so in next 2 weeks

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#47 15-04-2008 1:13pm

tomred1

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭

Join Date: November 2007

Posts: 627

TV: Samsung le40r87
Type: 40" LCD
Date Bought: 14/4/08
Price: €1000 +stand
From: DID blanchardstown
Retailer Sat: Great, got 200 off with bargaining
TV Sat: So far so good.

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#48 18-04-2008 2:01pm

GerTipp

Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭

Join Date: July 2006

Posts: 31

TV: Samsung LE46M87
Type: 46" Plasma
Date ordered: 1/4/08
Date received: 15/4/08
Price: €1300 inc. delivery
Bought from: http://www.ajelectronics.co.uk
Retailer satisfaction: Happy, only problem was had a bit of hastle trying to organise the delivery date as we had no contact for delivery company
TV satisfaction: Very happy

Very impressed with this model. Settings out of the box are poor but with a bit of twiddling you end up with a great picture. Sky on freeview is perfect. Gettting terrestrial channels through ariel and picture is almost as good.
Using PS3 for blu-ray\dvds\games looks stunning!
The weak sterling helped bring the price down

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#49 21-04-2008 4:37pm

javaboy

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: October 2007

Posts: 14818

Projector: Optoma HD65
Price: €620 (£499)
Date: 19/4/2008 (happy birthday to me )
Bought from: PC World Bangor
Retailer satsifaction: Very good. I used their online collect@store service.
PJ satisfaction: Very satisfied. I'm using it on a v.light blue painted wall and the picture is unbelievably good even in full daylight.

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#50 26-04-2008 8:24pm

CombatCow

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,317 ✭✭✭

Join Date: June 2002

Posts: 4166

TV: Samsung Series 6 LE40A656 ( http://www.samsyerman.co.uk/productdetails.asp?CurrencyType=2&ProdID=2301 )
Type: 40" LCD
Date ordered: 24/4/08
Date received: 26/4/08
Price: €1400 inc. delivery (over €200 cheaper than powercity)
Bought from: http://www.samsyerman.co.uk/
Retailer satisfaction: Fantastic ! , saved over €200 from these guys, and got an extra -5% off the order through the site.Delivery is €50 from the North of Ireland to Dublin.Very friendly,Very professional.*3 year warrenty included!
TV satisfaction: Incredible TV, these are going to be very very popular! PS3/Wii/PC look amazing.

CC

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#51 01-05-2008 3:49pm

rondeco

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 860 ✭✭✭

Join Date: June 2005

Posts: 688

TV: Samsung Series 4 37inch
Type: 37" LCD
Date ordered:29/4/08
Date received: 30/4/08
Price: €850 inc. delivery (over €200 cheaper than powercity)
Bought from: Hardly Normal
Retailer satisfaction: Good. Not much discount on the tv but got a free upscaling dvd player and a stand worth €300 for €100 plus 2 hdmi cables.
TV satisfaction: Ace TV, sd is excellent and xbox is out of this world..

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