Samsung 40" 5 SERIES FULL HD LCD power City €549

CH3OH

:)Power City have the above for €549 this weekend.
AD IN PAPER SAYS TODAY ONLY. and GrumPy works there
Seems a good price for a full HD 40" . (last years model)

http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-13-40B530&pages=1&prod=40B530&brands=SAMSUNG

GrumPy

Selling like hot cakes!! Offer at that price only till 6pm THIS EVENING.

RobertFoster

I can't seem to find any reviews online. Has anyone any experience of this TV?

Tipsy Mac

Here's some reviews and specs http://www.ciao.co.uk/Samsung_LE40B530__7150936

lucky-colm

has it got mpeg4?
and is it 50 or 100hz?
still do, for that kind of money it sounds like a bargain:cool:

Zonda999

CH3OH wrote: »

Power City have the above for €549 this weekend.
Seems a good price for a full HD 40" . (last years model)

http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-13-40B530&pages=1&prod=40B530&brands=SAMSUNG

Nice find! Not last years model at all by the way, the 530 series is definitely a 2009 model

lucky-colm wrote: »

has it got mpeg4?
and is it 50 or 100hz?
still do, for that kind of money it sounds like a bargain:cool:

Has Mpeg4 alright
50Hz set

Definitely a bargain at that price!:D

http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-14

Another good deal at power city at the moment!

who_ru

are these online prices only, can you call in store and get them?

Zonda999

who_ru wrote: »

are these online prices only, can you call in store and get them?

I imagine you can. Just go into a store armed with that page, and surely they wouldn't let you out empty handed! It is the same company after-all, even if you do buy instore:)

Spudzz

Full spec here
http://www.cdfreaks.com/hardware/product/88551-Samsung-LE40B530.html

kopykat

All DID Electrical stores had this model on offer today for €549 while stocks last, I think there were 10 per store. All gone in Kilkenny DID this morning. I was told it doesnt have Mpeg4.

Voodu Child

Had an online price of 520 earlier this afternoon. Gone back up now, probably cos of this thread :pac:

Zonda999

kopykat wrote: »

All DID Electrical stores had this model on offer today for €549 while stocks last, I think there were 10 per store. All gone in Kilkenny DID this morning. I was told it doesnt have Mpeg4.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=61337110&postcount=306

The poster in this thread in terrestrial forum was getting the test card so it is DTT compatible. It is the 32B530 the poster has but surely the 40B530 would also have a DTT tuner

Anyway, it says "Irish Digital TV Ready" on the image on the power city website link.

ianwalsh2

Thanks OP! Drove up to Dublin and bought this today. Really nice TV. We have NTL here in the house but I just went through the set-up procedure anyway and the TV picked up 9 digital channels. I didn't even know digital channels were available already! So I have RTE1, 2, TV3, TG4, Radio 1, 2FM, Lyric FM and RnaG. The quality of the TV channels is fantastic, clearer than what we're getting through NTL.

quilmore

ianwalsh2 wrote: »

Thanks OP! Drove up to Dublin and bought this today. Really nice TV. We have NTL here in the house but I just went through the set-up procedure anyway and the TV picked up 9 digital channels. I didn't even know digital channels were available already! So I have RTE1, 2, TV3, TG4, Radio 1, 2FM, Lyric FM and RnaG. The quality of the TV channels is fantastic, clearer than what we're getting through NTL.

where do you live?
did you connect the telly to an aereal?
what antenna source did you pick? air or cable?

noodler

ianwalsh2 wrote: »

Thanks OP! Drove up to Dublin and bought this today. Really nice TV. We have NTL here in the house but I just went through the set-up procedure anyway and the TV picked up 9 digital channels. I didn't even know digital channels were available already! So I have RTE1, 2, TV3, TG4, Radio 1, 2FM, Lyric FM and RnaG. The quality of the TV channels is fantastic, clearer than what we're getting through NTL.

? But RTE1, RTE2 etc through your NTL box IS digital television already?

I don't understand.

Curious Geroge

Any chance that this could be extended in any off the shops tomorrow ? Missed out on seeing this until this evening

noodler

Can anyone tell me any possible drawbakcs to it only being 50MHZ? or was it 50KHZ?

Anyway, I get paid by the month unfortunately otherwise I would snap this up. Been lookin to upgrade from my 20'' Samsung TV to something thats Full HD and bigger to really appreciate Blu-Ray.

ianwalsh2

quilmore wrote: »

where do you live?
did you connect the telly to an aereal?
what antenna source did you pick? air or cable?

I'm in Longford, picking up from Cairn Hill. Well NTL changed the connection to the wall so I couldn't plug the aerial cable into the wall. Instead I just connected it to the TV and wrapped the other end around a window handle to try and get some reception. Fairly primitive I know, but I'm on top of a hill and have a clear line of vision between here and Cairn Hill. I picked the air source.

ianwalsh2

noodler wrote: »

? But RTE1, RTE2 etc through your NTL box IS digital television already?

I don't understand.

Well the NTL picture seems to be more grainy and when there is a bit of action the NTL picture goes quite pixelated (I'm not sure if thats the right word, but I think you know what I mean), whereas the picture I'm picking up through the aerial remains smooth. I'm just watching the Limerick and Meath match here and the difference is fairly noticeable. This is possibly just due to my NTL.

Klingon Hamlet

ianwalsh2 wrote: »

Well the NTL picture seems to be more grainy and when there is a bit of action the NTL picture goes quite pixelated (I'm not sure if thats the right word, but I think you know what I mean), whereas the picture I'm picking up through the aerial remains smooth. I'm just watching the Limerick and Meath match here and the difference is fairly noticeable. This is possibly just due to my NTL.

Far as I know NTL use a lot of compression due to them having very limited bandwidth for their signals, this is what likely causes the pixellation...

Barr

kopykat wrote: »

All DID Electrical stores had this model on offer today for €549 while stocks last, I think there were 10 per store. All gone in Kilkenny DID this morning. I was told it doesnt have Mpeg4.

Anyone see these in Cork ?

Also do Power City deliver nationwide or is it only around Dublin.

SAAB9

Could anyone advise if the Samsung has an option to play external speakers on its sound menu ?
I am trying to connect up a sound system at the moment and not having much success

noodler

I personally thought the speakers had to be hooked up to the source, i.e.: NTL box, Sky box, Games Console or DVD player.

blastman

noodler wrote: »

Can anyone tell me any possible drawbakcs to it only being 50MHZ? or was it 50KHZ?

50Hz, actually

Basically it means the screen refreshes faster so the picture is smoother and you get less blurring when there's a lot going on onscreen. Can make a big difference in sports events and action movies for example.

I have a Samsung series 6 and a mate has a series 5 and there isn't a huge difference that I can see (although I don't see his TV much compared to my own, obviously).

Curious Geroge

Offer is closed in power city, back up to 639.

Barr

The price seems to be going up daily since Friday.

tertials

Bought one of these from Joyces in Wexford Town on Satuday last - same price 549. Great set - picked up 76 Irish and UK digital channels (incl radio) from my roof aerial (which was set up to get analogue from Wales yonks ago) despite some dodgy weather. Not sure if the offer is still on in Joyces though.

Toysrus

Anyone know of anywhere in Dublin that this can be got at this price?
Can't bring myself to pay €640 when it was €550 at the weekend...
Alernatively are there any other killer deals available on comparable tellys?
Had a look at DID + Powercity online and there's not much to excite.
Looking for a Full HD 37" or 40".

Klingon Hamlet

Toysrus wrote: »

Anyone know of anywhere in Dublin that this can be got at this price?
Can't bring myself to pay €640 when it was €550 at the weekend...
Alernatively are there any other killer deals available on comparable tellys?
Had a look at DID + Powercity online and there's not much to excite.
Looking for a Full HD 37" or 40".

Trust me wait until this weekend. These weren't one-off deals. DID and Power City are under pressure to sell, just like Harvey Normans. I bought my budget telly in Power City on Bank Holiday Monday and the only things moving among the aisles were salespeople and tumbleweed. There'll be deals aplenty for the next coming weekends.

Barr

Toysrus wrote: »

Anyone know of anywhere in Dublin that this can be got at this price?
Can't bring myself to pay €640 when it was €550 at the weekend...
Alernatively are there any other killer deals available on comparable tellys?
Had a look at DID + Powercity online and there's not much to excite.
Looking for a Full HD 37" or 40".

I've been looking in Cork and nothing as yet , I reckon the Power City offer will come round again soon.

Curious Geroge

Klingon Hamlet wrote: »

Trust me wait until this weekend. These weren't one-off deals. DID and Power City are under pressure to sell, just like Harvey Normans. I bought my budget telly in Power City on Bank Holiday Monday and the only things moving among the aisles were salespeople and tumbleweed. There'll be deals aplenty for the next coming weekends.

I hope your right

Sales guy in currys attempted the "we'll bet them" and the "tv's are actually going up" lines on me yesterday. Sales men can't seem to sell after the tiger, they were simply suppliers in the past !! ridiculous..

Apogee

Barr wrote: »

I've been looking in Cork and nothing as yet , I reckon the Power City offer will come round again soon.

Soundstore are advertising a 40" Samsung for €579 which looks like this model. You should be able to haggle with them down to €550.

thehomeofDob

Curious Geroge wrote: »

I hope your right

Sales guy in currys attempted the "we'll bet them" and the "tv's are actually going up" lines on me yesterday. Sales men can't seem to sell after the tiger, they were simply suppliers in the past !! ridiculous..

TV's are going up. Panel manufacturers are increasing the price of panels... this lovely savings will eventually/is being passed on to consumers.

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The T.V. in question is an old model and probably left over stock or else discounted stock from the manufacturer.

This is what I hated when I was in sales, customers thinking you know nothing because you're sales guy only interested in making money.

Zonda999

thehomeofDob wrote: »

TV's are going up. Panel manufacturers are increasing the price of panels... this lovely savings will eventually/is being passed on to consumers.

Link
Link 2

The T.V. in question is an old model and probably left over stock or else discounted stock from the manufacturer.

This is what I hated when I was in sales, customers thinking you know nothing because you're sales guy only interested in making money.

Sony and Samsung use the same panels and make their own panels in a joint venture. If panel prices in general are rising, it shouldn't affect sony and samsung set's

The Tv in question is not an old model btw. Its a 2009 model and has only been around a couple of months

Apogee wrote: »

Soundstore are advertising a 40" Samsung for €579 which looks like this model. You should be able to haggle with them down to €550.

Worth a ring probably. This is the cheapest 2009 range 40" Samsung model. If the one in Soundstore is only HD Ready, its a 2008 model. Doubt it would be though!

Barr

Apogee wrote: »

Soundstore are advertising a 40" Samsung for €579 which looks like this model. You should be able to haggle with them down to €550.

Sweet thanks for that , I'll call into them this weekend - I think they are having a sale. Although I was in there about a month ago and the prices were quite high.

Toysrus

Just picked one of these up in Harvey Normans.
They have some sort of -16% off everything sale, for 16 hours tomorrow.
They were already selling at the lower prices, this evening.
Anyway, €699 - 16% = €588
Tried to haggle a bit but didn't get any lower than that.
Not as good as last week's Power City price but better than DID (€639) or Currys (€800!)

Barr

Toysrus wrote: »

Just picked one of these up in Harvey Normans.
They have some sort of -16% off everything sale, for 16 hours tomorrow.
They were already selling at the lower prices, this evening.
Anyway, €699 - 16% = €588
Tried to haggle a bit but didn't get any lower than that.
Not as good as last week's Power City price but better than DID (€639) or Currys (€800!)

Was it the 40" Samsung , what model are they doing ?

BarryM

I asked the guy who was 'advertising' here (sound something?) but he didn't reply; in these deals is there any offer for wall hanging them or are they only standalone??

Thanks, Barry

Toysrus

Barr wrote: »

Was it the 40" Samsung , what model are they doing ?

I got the 40LB530P (the one that started off this thread, I think).
But I think that the -16% sale is off everything in the shop.
Not bad, although their prices didn't look all that low to start with.

Barr

Apogee wrote: »

Soundstore are advertising a 40" Samsung for €579 which looks like this model. You should be able to haggle with them down to €550.

Cheers Toysrus worth a look allrite.

Heard the ad just there on the radio for Soundstore , its a 42" Samsung Plasma for €579.

I would prefer an LCD over the Plasma though.

JayDubiya

Just rang soundstore there and the TV advertised is the Samsung PS42B430. However you can get the same model from Powercity.ie for 570.

http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-13-42B430&pages=1&prod=42B430&brands=SAMSUNG

Just a heads up though, that model has only one SCART port as far as I know so you might run into a few problems if feeding lots of components (NTL box, DVD player etc) into the TV.

Pity I missed the original powercity deal but if you keep an eye on their website they do tend to put certain models on offer every now and then

Barr

Just back from Harvey Normans in Cork , they have none of the Samsung 530 left. Getting them back in 2 weeks. The salesman did mention there was only one scart which is a pain in the ass, he recommended the 550 series which had 3 scarts but the price was €713 on sale :eek:

Zonda999

Barr wrote: »

Just back from Harvey Normans in Cork , they have none of the Samsung 530 left. Getting them back in 2 weeks. The salesman did mention there was only one scart which is a pain in the ass, he recommended the 550 series which had 3 scarts but the price was €713 on sale :eek:

Stupid, You can get the same model for 700€ in power city any day of the week FFS!

http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-13-40B550&pages=1&prod=40B550&brands=SAMSUNG

byte

The B550 has 2 Scart sockets.

quilmore

byte wrote: »

The B550 has 2 Scart sockets.

but B550 will play divx/mkv/mpeg off the USB port on an external disk, I have a 46b550 and it's the mayor key feature I use of it

futura123

im very interested in this tv set!!! is it a good model?? any drawbacks??

byte

quilmore wrote: »

but B550 will play divx/mkv/mpeg off the USB port on an external disk, I have a 46b550 and it's the mayor key feature I use of it

I wasn't suggesting the TV was bad! Just stating it has 2 Scarts as opposed to 3 or 1. I'd avoid the 530 due to just 1 Scart.

Picture wise, they're quite good, DivX an added bonus as mentioned (didn't realise it'd play MKV).

Barr

quilmore wrote: »

but B550 will play divx/mkv/mpeg off the USB port on an external disk, I have a 46b550 and it's the mayor key feature I use of it

This is a big plus , makes me think I should wait for a deal on the B550. Is this a standard feature on the 550 ?

quilmore

the "movie" option on the media player doesn't show by default
you need to add it, but it's piece of cake
read more about it and how to do that here: http://www.avforums.com/forums/lcd-televisions/984624-samsung-b550-how-enable-mkv-divx-xvid-playback.html

ninjasurfer1

looks like the movie playback option on the b550 has been removed via firmware according to the latest entries on that avforums link!!

Barr

ninjasurfer1 wrote: »

looks like the movie playback option on the b550 has been removed via firmware according to the latest entries on that avforums link!!

Does this mean its no longer available on the newer models of the B550 ?