Philips 42" Plasma with Digital Receiver in Dunnes

eamon234

Saw these knocked down to €1299 in Dunnes Jetland Limerick yesterday - nice plasma also has a digital terrestrial receiver built in there were two left - very tempted to buy one but got a 37" lcd 3 months ago (for 1499!) and the missus is still giving me grief over that one!

Kristok

a friend got it this tv and picture isnt great from her sky+ box

Ryaller

I got one of these a few weeks back - last one in stock (display) for €1249. Including vouchers I had, worked out at €1049. As far as I'm concerned, that price for a 42" plasma is unbeatable.
The picture isn't fantastic, but I think that's to do with NTL's crappy signal rather than the TV - the bigger the screen, the more you notice the flaws in the signal. The Xbox looks amaxing through it. I'd say if you had access to a HD source it'd be rocking.
I can pick up RTE's DDT trials through the digital receiver (picture's better than NTL digital), and it's got a cam slot too, although nobody seems to know (or wants to tell me!) if I can actually use this for picking up "extra" channels, and I don't know enough about that kind of thing to figure it out myself.
I'd say if you have the opportunity to pick one up, do!

green123

forget about all these lcds and plasmas, for most people picture is bad

buy a crt for about 200 - 300
save yourself about a grand and get a clear picture

how about that for a bargain ?

mickey mac

You could save even more by buying a radio and bringing it back to the dark ages with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

godtabh

green123 wrote:

forget about all these lcds and plasmas, for most people picture is bad

buy a crt for about 200 - 300
save yourself about a grand and get a clear picture

how about that for a bargain ?

Not many crts for €300 will do HD

green123

not many people have hd so it doesnt matter

slave1

42" CRT, hope the foundations are good

green123

i dont have this tele
the people who own them say they have a poor picture - read their comments

if you want the tele to look good then buy a plasma/lcd
if you want the picture to look good buy a crt

mloc123

green123 wrote:

forget about all these lcds and plasmas, for most people picture is bad

buy a crt for about 200 - 300
save yourself about a grand and get a clear picture

how about that for a bargain ?

You can save the other €700-€800 for glasses then, oh I miss the flicker of a cheap CRT tv :rolleyes:

Ghost Train

green123 wrote:

forget about all these lcds and plasmas, for most people picture is bad

buy a crt for about 200 - 300
save yourself about a grand and get a clear picture

how about that for a bargain ?

saying to forget about lcds and plasmas is stupid, what does it add to the thread, yeah they mightn't be right for everyone, but someone looking for a big widescreen for a home cinema type setup would be stupid not to look at plasmas or lcds

hd tvs can handle sd content, a standard crt cant handle hd

crt's tv are limited to 30 and a bit inches, lcds/plasmas are not

crt's are heavy and need much more room behind, lcd plasmas don't, you pick your screen size that fit's the space you have

widescreen crt's much more likely to suffer distortion with picture

black level and refresh rate of lcds/plasmas can be an issue, but in most cases if the tv is setup right, they can offer a picture perfectly capable of matching a crt in most peoples eyes

some people don't have good video sources and sticking to a small crt will let them enjoy the content without noticeing it lacks detail, fine

some cheap hd lcd/plasmas can do a crap job of upscaling sd content, cheap crt can suffer all sorts of issues too

i don't have a big screen lcd/plasma and don't need one, i do have a projector though and know what the big screen adds, i still go to the cinema for new releases but prefer the experience of watching a film at home

If somebody want's a new tv or better tv, looking at lcd/plasma makes perfect sense. A crt might meet some peoples needs but in most cases I would think a lcd/plasma offers a better tv experiance. crts are great value and the picture is "fine" but lcd/plasma can offer much more

lcd/plasmas are more expensive because they are better in a number of areas and that is what you are paying for

with regards to this offer i don't know the tv and can't say if it's good are bad, might be what some people are looking for

grahamo

eolhc wrote:

saying to forget about lcds and plasmas is stupid, what does it add to the thread, yeah they mightn't be right for everyone, but someone looking for a big widescreen for a home cinema type setup would be stupid not to look at plasmas or lcds

hd tvs can handle sd content, a standard crt cant handle hd

crt's tv are limited to 30 and a bit inches, lcds/plasmas are not

crt's are heavy and need much more room behind, lcd plasmas don't, you pick your screen size that fit's the space you have

widescreen crt's much more likely to suffer distortion with picture

black level and refresh rate of lcds/plasmas can be an issue, but in most cases if the tv is setup right, they can offer a picture perfectly capable of matching a crt in most peoples eyes

some people don't have good video sources and sticking to a small crt will let them enjoy the content without noticeing it lacks detail, fine

some cheap hd lcd/plasmas can do a crap job of upscaling sd content, cheap crt can suffer all sorts of issues too

i don't have a big screen lcd/plasma and don't need one, i do have a projector though and know what the big screen adds, i still go to the cinema for new releases but prefer the experience of watching a film at home

If somebody want's a new tv or better tv, looking at lcd/plasma makes perfect sense. A crt might meet some peoples needs but in most cases I would think a lcd/plasma offers a better tv experiance. crts are great value and the picture is "fine" but lcd/plasma can offer much more

lcd/plasmas are more expensive because they are better in a number of areas and that is what you are paying for

with regards to this offer i don't know the tv and can't say if it's good are bad, might be what some people are looking for

You CAN get CRT TV's that are HD ready!
http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0631177529.1169127340@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfaddjmdehkgecflgceggdhhmdfhn.0&page=Product&fm=11&sm=0&tm=1&sku=390869&category_oid=-30635

green123

the 2nd and the 3rd posters in this thread both say this tele has a poor picture

if you want to watch a poor picture - buy this tele

Irishpimpdude

Its because its such a big tv.... the picture gets streched, stop talking through your arse.

Ghost Train

grahamo wrote:

You CAN get CRT TV's that are HD ready!
http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0631177529.1169127340@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfaddjmdehkgecflgceggdhhmdfhn.0&page=Product&fm=11&sm=0&tm=1&sku=390869&category_oid=-30635

Yes I said STANDARD crt not the cheap wide range of(sarcasm) HD crts

the 2nd and the 3rd posters in this thread both say this tele has a poor picture

if you want to watch a poor picture - buy this tele

I've no problem with people saying it's a crap tv, but you said "forget about all these lcds and plasmas, for most people picture is bad" not really the same thing

green123

methinks you protest too much
did you pay too much for a tele with a poor picture aswell ?

Ryaller

green123 wrote:

the 2nd and the 3rd posters in this thread both say this tele has a poor picture

if you want to watch a poor picture - buy this tele

I don't want to be pedantic, green123, but I did make the point that this was due to NTL's crappy digital signal, not the TV itself. As I said, the xbox looks great. DVDs too.

Anyway, the Bargain Alerts forum doesn't seem to be the place for a debate on CRTs vs. LCDs/Plasmas. But whatever.

OP- will you let us know how you get on when you have your 42" HD ready CRT mounted on your livingroom wall. Diagrams and/or photos would be great.

green123

yes ryaller but the point is that most people have ntl or sky digital
so they will have the same poor picture

Tazz T

Has anyone got any experience of this TV? The Phillips I've been looking at all had some of the best quality pictures of the LCD/Plasma kind I've seen first hand. Reviews say that the picture is exceptional at the price and the downsides are audio (doesn't really count if you put it thru a your home ent system) and crappy remote response.

green123

Tazz T wrote:

Has anyone got any experience of this TV?

the 2nd and 3rd posters in this thread say that the picture is poor

Ryaller

Forgot to mention in my earlier post that this model is €1700 in Arnotts.

Kristok

Irishpimpdude wrote:

Its because its such a big tv.... the picture gets streched, stop talking through your arse.

Shouldnt be the case ive a different 42" Phillips and the picture quality is excellent from ntl standard and digital box. The one my friend has looks really bad when compared so i dont think the size is much of an issue.

Irishpimpdude

Kristok wrote:

Shouldnt be the case ive a different 42" Phillips and the picture quality is excellent from ntl standard and digital box. The one my friend has looks really bad when compared so i dont think the size is much of an issue.

Well ive a 27" tv in my room on ntl digital and then the same tv but in 37" and the picture is a tiny bit worse... not really bad but noticable