Great Value 32" LCD TV

The Sparrow

Just found a great deal for a 32" TV at:

http://www.laptopsdirect.ie/Mirai_Olympic_32_Inch_HD_Ready_LCD_TV_DTL-532W100/version.asp

It's a Mirai 32" DTL-532W100 for E590. It's a great deal as far as I can see... I was actually planning on buying a similar Mirai TV in Xtravision when I came across this. I know laptopsdirect.ie have had some bad riviews on this site, but they have also had a number of good reviews so I decided to take the plunge and order from them. Mirai seems like a very good brand as their are a number of very happy owners of Mirai on avforums.com who you can read about (I read 65 pages of good reviews and comments on that site for Mirai yesterday!!:eek: )

It certainly seems a better option than the ALDI or LIDL TV's. The only thing is that this offer is for this weekend only. I can`t wait to get mine!:D

Guy:Incognito

Think I saw that set in the xtravision mag.Cant remember what they are selling it for , but around €700 seems to ring a bell.

mcgovern

I'm no expert but looks like a good deal to me!

The Sparrow

yeah Xtravision are selling it for 799... I was gonna buy one form Xtravision today before I found that price on laptopsdirect.ie!

chilli_pepper

bloody Hell that does look like a great deal !

godtabh

woooo232 wrote:

Just found a great deal for a 32" TV at:

http://www.laptopsdirect.ie/Mirai_Olympic_32_Inch_HD_Ready_LCD_TV_DTL-532W100/version.asp

It's a Mirai 32" DTL-532W100 for E590. It's a great deal as far as I can see... I was actually planning on buying a similar Mirai TV in Xtravision when I came across this. I know laptopsdirect.ie have had some bad riviews on this site, but they have also had a number of good reviews so I decided to take the plunge and order from them. Mirai seems like a very good brand as their are a number of very happy owners of Mirai on avforums.com who you can read about (I read 65 pages of good reviews and comments on that site for Mirai yesterday!!:eek: )

It certainly seems a better option than the ALDI or LIDL TV's. The only thing is that this offer is for this weekend only. I can`t wait to get mine!:D

Can you post the reviews?

Any one have any off these all ready? For that price I'm very tempted!

The Sparrow

kearnsr wrote:

Can you post the reviews?

Any one have any off these all ready? For that price I'm very tempted!

Sure:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=407786&highlight=mirai

Thats the thread I read through yesterday. They are almost all positive.

johnnyrotten

anyone ever dealt with laptopsdirect?

dave101

postage costs?

The Sparrow

dave101 wrote:

postage costs?

30 quid

mad m

I got €22 delivery...Now would there be much of a difference going from a 26inch to a 32inch Lcd?

bambam

does it have 1 or 2 hdmi connections? the desc seems to conflict.

mad m

It has 2,dont mind the specs down bottom of page as its specs for another 32""LCD.

godtabh

woooo232 wrote:

Sure:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=407786&highlight=mirai

Thats the thread I read through yesterday. They are almost all positive.

60+ page! by the time I finish reading it the deal will be over

craichoe

http://computing.kelkoo.co.uk/ctl/do/maxiMerchantReviews~4029823

I dunno .. the reviews seem kinda dodgy

godtabh

Any one see the speical over for the stand and hdmi cabel for an extra £60. Is that worth getting

godtabh

craichoe wrote:

http://computing.kelkoo.co.uk/ctl/do/maxiMerchantReviews~4029823

I dunno .. the reviews seem kinda dodgy

This is regarding the laptopdirect rather than the tv.

What do people think of the tv over all?

savemejebus

i saw the mirai in xtravision up close today. They were playing the break up and it looked terrible. Darks were very messed up and the picture was awfully washed out. It looked like a cam pirate rather than a legit DVD, very unimpressive. On the other hand they had the hyundai from their last promotion behind it running and it looked amazing.

Also noticed that the bezel on the side of the mirai is huge, makes the screen look 28" rather than 32".

mad m

kearnsr wrote:

Any one see the speical over for the stand and hdmi cabel for an extra £60. Is that worth getting

I wouldnt think so.

mad m

kearnsr wrote:

What do people think of the tv over all?

Well Im going to nip into an X-tra vision tomorrow and see if they have the Mirai 32 on display and check model numbers.Hopefully like savemejebus they will have something playing on it and I'll make up my own mind.

savemejebus

i think that if someone is desperate for a 32" they could do worse than go to lidl or aldi (aldi is probably better) next thursday. Because even if the tv sucks they will give you a no quibble refund and on the bright side you could get a huge bargain.

godtabh

guys & girl,

A friend of mine had ordered the DTL-532W100 @ the same place where i bought it in Belgium. (not online, but in an actual store).

He got a call today that Mirai will no longer ship this DTL-532W100, and that in fact the DTL-532W100 will be replaced with the DTL-332M100. It looks 100% the same, has the same specs, but comes with the new chroMAX technology.

It should be avaible first week of November.

So those of you who still have this tv in order with a dealer who doesn't have this tv in stock, might want to check delivery dates with his dealer again.

kind regards,

Lieven

A quote from av forums.

Looks like they are selling off old stock

godtabh

mad m wrote:

I wouldnt think so.

Why would you say that?

mad m

kearnsr wrote:

Why would you say that?

Ah it was just my own personal taste,hate those glass stands.

godtabh

mad m wrote:

Ah it was just my own personal taste,hate those glass stands.

Oh right. I thought it was more to do with it being a piece of crap

The Sparrow

savemejebus wrote:

i saw the mirai in xtravision up close today. They were playing the break up and it looked terrible. Darks were very messed up and the picture was awfully washed out. It looked like a cam pirate rather than a legit DVD, very unimpressive. On the other hand they had the hyundai from their last promotion behind it running and it looked amazing.
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I saw the Mirai in my local Xtravision yesterday and I thought the display looked good... They were playing Ice Age and it looked very nice... And also I noticed yesterday that my local Centra has this TV too because they rent DVD's and have the Mirai behind the counter showing the movies. It was showing Spiderman 2 and to my (admittedly untrained) eye it looked good.

Maybe the store that savemejebus saw it in had the display settings all wrong?

godtabh

So has any one else been to xtravison to check it out?

kaisersose77

its out of stock atm now on that site ( says stock 2-7 days ) but im sure I read on that avforums that someone said mirai have stopped making this tv and once its out of stock it'll be gone for good. I bet in 7 days it'll say 14 days and go on and on. Laptopsdirect are trying to get rid of them as mirai have a new model out soon so i doubt there gonna want to get more of the old one in.

Bomany

Went into Derry last week and bought an Acoustic Solutions 32" LCD for £399. I think it is fine. A bargain in fact.

andyeire

Got one of these today from laptopsdirect the tv looks great nice picture and sound.BUT the surround on the TV is broken ,looks like it has been dropped on its corner from a height.The box has corresponding damage.When i rang to get it back i was directed to there site ,returns policy, the link for the online returns form leads back out to front page. 3 phone calls later i still cant even get a form to sdend it back .So all in all TV is great Laptopsdirect are ...........:mad: .I wonder is this the start of a long running saga?

RRoger

woooo232 wrote:

Sure:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=407786&highlight=mirai

Thats the thread I read through yesterday. They are almost all positive.

I read through most of them too, the only downside I could find was some auto-scalling option/feature that switches to original despite set up 16:9 or smth like that
they found a workaround though...

http://www.laptopsdirect.ie/Mirai_Olympic_HD_LCD_with_Glass_Stand_and_HDMI_cable_BUN-DTL-532W100-21/version.asp
for €684 they also add a stand and HDMI cable
here's som1s shot from avforums
http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?image=miraigf2.jpg

I was seriously thinking about Samsung LE32 R74BD for a grand but I compared their specs and they actually identical (Mirai has contrast 1000:1 comparing to Samsung's 5000:1 which is only used when dynamic contrast is swtiched on - from what I read at AVforums most of ppl say it's overhyped and turn that dynamic thingy off (to movie mode) that makes is 1000:1 anyway..also Samsung looks sexier..c'mon :rolleyes:

I'm confused..it seems to be a freakin bargain then

eth0_

Xtravision are selling this TV for €699 euro now, so no need to order from Laptops direct, who don't sound like the most reliable bunch!

zAbbo

eth0_ wrote:

Xtravision are selling this TV for €699 euro now, so no need to order from Laptops direct, who don't sound like the most reliable bunch!

It's a slighty different TV, are you sure xtravision are selling it for 699 (799 on website)

voxpop

Bought the tv before Christmas and happy with it (DTL-332m100) from xtra vision. It looked terrible in xtra vision playing star wars but dvds played through the xbox360 look good - so I think xtra vision are just using a shyte dvd player.
The tv is perfect for xbox360 and/or dvds - not sure of the SD performance as I havnt connected it to NTL. Another thing to note is that component is over vga, which I didnt find out until recently and to me thats a bit strange.

Mirai are supposed to be great for returns, once you register the tv on their site they have a 2 year collect and return warranty - so the guy with the broken surround might have some luck contacting Mirai direct.

muffler

zabbo wrote:

It's a slighty different TV, are you sure xtravision are selling it for 699 (799 on website)

Its €699 in Letterkenny so I would imagine its the same in every store. Not sure of the model number though

byte

muffler wrote:

Its €699 in Letterkenny so I would imagine its the same in every store. Not sure of the model number though

Thanks for the headsup, Muffler. I shall take a look in Xtravision tomorrow. I'm still sorry I missed out on the Tesco Technosonic, so this may do the trick!

Is there any DVD Vouchers on offer when this telly is bought?

muffler

byte wrote:

Is there any DVD Vouchers on offer when this telly is bought?

Not sure about the vouchers byte.

There was a few posts here a couple of weeks ago about this TV

bogman

Don't dream of buying from these guys, ordered a 32" "great value TV" from them recently and they sent a Laptop,Case+Mouse, having a spot of trouble getting the TV now, going on since 15th Dec, by the way its an English company with a Dublin phone number
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055034127

thefinalstage

bogman wrote:

Don't dream of buying from these guys, ordered a 32" "great value TV" from them recently and they sent a Laptop,Case+Mouse, having a spot of trouble getting the TV now, going on since 15th Dec, by the way its an English company with a Dublin phone number
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055034127

Is the laptop any good?

byte

muffler wrote:

Not sure about the vouchers byte.

There was a few posts here a couple of weeks ago about this TV

Ah, I went into Xtravision a while ago, the price is back up to €799 now, and isn't worth it IMHO.

RRoger

byte wrote:

Ah, I went into Xtravision a while ago, the price is back up to €799 now, and isn't worth it IMHO.

why? I mean, have you seen anything wrong or smth, it doesn't have smth or smth?

btw. does anyone know is that telly in Xtravision in Dublin (and which?) so I could pop in and have a look? I'd rather buy from a real shop than online as I want to see it first in relation to dead pixels (and eventually pick the one with none)

byte

In fairness, it's not too bad a telly. Plus a 2 year warranty if registered on the Mirai website.
I didn't see any smth, whatever that is supposed to be.

I just didn't fancy paying an extra 100 euro for being 24hours late Plus, I don't have space in the corner for a telly with speakers on the side. It's a bit wider than I have room for.

muffler

RRoger wrote:

why? I mean, have you seen anything wrong or smth, it doesn't have smth or smth?

Explain that jackine lingo to us

juanjo

well for your info guys i was naive enough to order the mirai tv from laptopsdirect. Naive cos i ordered it on the 18th and still no news today, january the 3rd.

Me and my girlfriend have called them and the only thing they do is giving you an invoice number and a phone to call and track the order. Last info i have is that my girlfriend called the couriers or whatever they are and they said they don't have any order with that code!

This whole fight against the customer service agents is crazy. They got it paid and now they don't wanna know about my problem. I thought that if there's any delay on the delivery they'd deal with the couriers to check what's happening, but instead they give u a code and a phone number and off you go.

My advice, don't ever buy from laptopsdirect, or if you have to do it, don't do it during "special" periods. They f*@#ed my christmas present and i haven't seen the slightest trace of attention or effort from them.

Don't let yourselves get tricked by the prices, sometimes spending a bit more but safely is worth the extra money.

PRman

Sorry to hear that Juanjo - I got mine in xtra vision and it sound like it was worth to extra 200 to have it for xmas and do without that sort of hassle. It's a great TV so at least you have that to look forward to. The football looks super on it... BTW has anyone wall mounted this TV? I believe it is possible even though it doesn't list it as a feature

CrowdedHouse

juanjo wrote:

My advice, don't ever buy from laptopsdirect, or if you have to do it, don't do it during "special" periods. They f*@#ed my christmas present and i haven't seen the slightest trace of attention or effort from them.

Don't let yourselves get tricked by the prices, sometimes spending a bit more but safely is worth the extra money.

Time to talk to your Credit Card people about getting your money back ....

RRoger

muffler wrote:

Explain that jackine lingo to us

I meant something like "Is there anything wrong with it so you craptelling it....nevermind

I'm going to town to hunt for it 2moro, will post a "review" if I get it
If the quality happen to be craptastic comparing to, let's say Samsung, I'll go for something else but I want to get over it finally..

cheers

voxpop

PRman wrote:

BTW has anyone wall mounted this TV? I believe it is possible even though it doesn't list it as a feature

I have mine mounted on the wall - just bought a 3rd party bracket (from kompett) and used that - no problems, looks great

RRoger

confirmed, got it wall mounted too now, looks sweet (Y)

Mossy Monk

CrowdedHouse wrote:

Time to talk to your Credit Card people about getting your money back ....

too ****ing right. the **** they are putting you through

jimbobwalton

Mirai now down to 629 euro

Excellent Tv its on their site have a look...2 yr warranty