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Walker 32" TV - built in HD Satellite tuner

  • 02-11-2008 8:48pm
    #1
    podgeandrodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,916 ✭✭✭


    Maybe this is well known... Saw a Walker 32" in Power City today for €911 with a HD Satellite tuner built in.. not worth the cost but interesting. It was displaying BBC HD at the time.

    Now, if they threw in an Mpeg4 dvb-t tuner twould be tempting.


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  • #2
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,158 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Haven't seen one myself, but at that kinda money, for a no-brand TV, it's crazy! A 32" brandname with seperate Freesat HD receiver would be cheaper.


  • #3
    Zonda999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Zonda999


    A lot lot lot cheaper really, A sony 32v4000 is about 500e if you know where to look.A humax foxsat hd box can be got for about 150e on ebay which comes to about 650e overall.


  • #4
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    podgeandrodge wrote: »
    Now, if they threw in an Mpeg4 dvb-t tuner twould be tempting.

    No it wouldn't


  • #5
    podgeandrodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,916 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    Mossy Monk wrote: »
    No it wouldn't

    ok ok ! I know its too expensive. All I meant was that a TV with HD Sat tuner and DTT mpeg4 would be handy..:o


  • #6
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    Don't those Freesat Panasonic tv's do mpeg 4 DTT?


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  • #7
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    byte wrote: »
    Haven't seen one myself, but at that kinda money, for a no-brand TV, it's crazy! A 32" brandname with seperate Freesat HD receiver would be cheaper.

    Don't think it's quite a "no-brand" tv.....apparently Walker are the crowd that used to build Mitsubishi Black Diamond TVs (which had a decent enough reputation), and when Mitsubishi gave up some of the guys bought the operation ?


  • #8
    maxg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 516 ✭✭✭maxg


    Mossy Monk wrote: »
    Don't those Freesat Panasonic tv's do mpeg 4 DTT?

    Right, the freesat panasonics offer mpeg4 decoding and have additionally an dvb-t tuner on board.
    Btw the tuner has nothing to do with mpeg decoding.


  • #9
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,158 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    Don't think it's quite a "no-brand" tv.....apparently Walker are the crowd that used to build Mitsubishi Black Diamond TVs (which had a decent enough reputation), and when Mitsubishi gave up some of the guys bought the operation ?
    Walker and Black Diamond are linked in a way alright. Black Diamond TV's were all made in Turkey, by either Vestel or Beko, and rebadged as Black Diamond.

    Mitsubishi had no part to play in the manufacturing of these. Apparently, it's because of this, that production was stopped, as Mitsupbishi didn't like their brand being used on a product they didn't make.

    When the Black Diamond brand was no more, Walker took its place as the brand to stick on the front of the TV. Nowadays, with LCD flatscreens, etc, I'm not sure who makes their TV's now.


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