Bush 24 Inch Full HD 1080p €139.99

ruddy1987

Picked up a Bush 24 Inch Full HD 1080p Digital LED LCD TV in Argos in Blanch for €139.99 bargain

muppetkiller

ruddy1987 wrote: »

Picked up a Bush 24 Inch Full HD 1080p Digital LED LCD TV in Argos in Blanch for €139.99 bargain

Excellent price although as per usual none in stock in Galway

justsomebloke

pah seems to be sold out in Dublin

nordine

Any store ive checked its out of stock.

Gipo3

Not compatible with saorview.

dodzy

Joe the Santa wrote: »

pah seems to be sold out in Dublin

nordine wrote: »

Any store ive checked its out of stock.

This is the norm with apparent "steals" on Argos website. All too regular an occurrance unfortunately

Gipo3 wrote: »

Not compatible with saorview.

Not a priority for a lot of people.

Badgermonkey

dodzy wrote: »

Not a priority for a lot of people.

Will be next year, when they can no longer receive RTE, have to go out and buy a set top box with more leads, wiring and plugs behind their units.

If buying a TV now MPEG4 with MHEG5 is the spec to go for.

Good price though.

dodzy

Badgermonkey wrote: »

Will be next year, when they can no longer receive RTE, have to go out and buy a set top box with more leads, wiring and plugs behind their units.

If buying a TV now MPEG4 with MHEG5 is the spec to go for.

Good price though.

If you are with UPC or sky, it will not be an issue. And a lot of people are;)

Gipo3

dodzy wrote: »

If you are with UPC or sky

You wont get rte 2 hd

Kinetic^

Gipo3 wrote: »

You wont get rte 2 hd

People won't be able to watch awful shows in HD, oh noes!

Minister Boyce

ruddy1987 wrote: »

Picked up a Bush 24 Inch Full HD 1080p Digital LED LCD TV in Argos in Blanch for €139.99 bargain

Ruddy, I presume there wasn't a DVD Combi included in it?

dodzy

Minister Boyce wrote: »

Ruddy, I presume there wasn't a DVD Combi included in it?

nope

Mr McBoatface

If it doesn't work with Saorview it should be advertised as a monitor and not as a TV. SKY/UPC customers won't mind and those who want Saorview will have no doubt if it works or not.

Retailers who continue sell these monitors as TV's are leaving themselves open for a wave of customers returns at the end of 2012 (including some returns by SKY/UPC customers that just want a free upgrade ). The Saorview specs have been known since 2008 and it's reasonable for the average joe to assume that a Digital Terrestrial TV sold in Ireland will work with Irish Digital Terrestrial service.

Thanks OP - Nice Monitor

johnny_adidas

im gona be delighted when i get a saorview recorder box and will make it my business to annoy every single one of the 'saorview police'

ch750536

I've had the trial signal for the last year or so along with Freesat. All for free, with my MVision (sky plus) box. So this TV\Monitor is not an issue for me.
However, I agree with the sentiments above, retailers have no excuse for continuing to sell UK standard products that just won't work here next year.

lucernarian

It's perfectly relevant to inform people that it won't be able to receive terrestrial RTÉ in a couple of years. Nothing wrong with providing info on it in this thread, is there? If it doesn't matter to a lot of people, that's their business. It makes an excellent-value monitor:)

channelsurfer2

yes as stated if people want to go ahead and buy it they can but then if they want it to work after 2012 to recieve rte they will have to fork out anything between 80 to 100 euro's again for a set top box. wheres the bargain then if they dont have upc or sky or even multi-room as it will be useless..so its very relevant to post it here..

brennarr

It's a bargain, end of story.

lucernarian

brennarr wrote: »

It's a bargain, end of story.

Only if you don't want to watch terrestrial TV in this country in 2 years. Which of course, applies to loads of people.

PyeContinental

It's a BUSH - the electronic world equivalent of Lada.
How can tat at any price ever be a bargain?

brennarr

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

Only if you don't want to watch terrestrial TV in this country in 2 years. Which of course, applies to loads of people.

I'd love it for the Xbox & PS3 as its full HD and a decent size but it seems its sold out everywhere

Gipo3

Full hd at 24in is pointless. Anyway your better of saving some more money and buying an actual tv.
Just cant wait for the UPC/Sky brigade to start complaining when they cant get RTE HD.
Soccer Internationals, Champions league, Gaa, Rugby World Cup.........

justsomebloke

Gipo3 wrote: »

Full hd at 24in is pointless.

eh no it's not. If anyone is using this as a dual monitor TV then the full HD makes a big difference

carbsy

Gipo3 wrote: »

Full hd at 24in is pointless.

lol course it's not! I've seen the 16" full hd panels on the Dell Studio XPS 16 laptop and the clarity on text is just amazing!

dodzy

Gipo3 wrote: »

.......
Just cant wait for the UPC/Sky brigade to start complaining when they cant get RTE HD. Soccer Internationals, Champions league, Gaa, Rugby World Cup.........

Lookout, Saorview Police on patrol in this area

pokerface_me

Gipo3 wrote: »

Full hd at 24in is pointless. Anyway your better of saving some more money and buying an actual tv.
Just cant wait for the UPC/Sky brigade to start complaining when they cant get RTE HD.
Soccer Internationals, Champions league, Gaa, Rugby World Cup.........

Have had HD TV with Sky for the last 2 years or so and its not all its cracked out to be, actually ruins some films as picture looks silly everything is to defined i.e makeup and background. As for footie and your world cup won't make a iota of difference, only thing you get is greener grass and brighter jerseys if your into that sort of thing.

Great price monitor and pay no attention to the usual suspects.

RTE HD = COMEDY.

Badgermonkey

pokerface_me wrote: »

Have had HD TV with Sky for the last 2 years or so and its not all its cracked out to be, actually ruins some films as picture looks silly everything is to defined i.e makeup and background. As for footie and your world cup won't make a iota of difference, only thing you get is greener grass and brighter jerseys if your into that sort of thing

I ditched SkyHD sub, bought a Freesat HD PVR.

The difference in sound & picture quality was significant and was remarked upon even by those in the household with no nerdy interest in AV.

If you've had Sky HD for 2 years and aren't happy with it, why give Rupert the cash?

Cancelling Sky (for us) has been a great move.

gflood

Sorry its a Bush. I would never touch anything made by Bush, quite simply they break. Finlux, due the fact that they need to comply to many EU regulations, produce very good value for money products which are made in EU.

mendo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finlux

It looks that they are owned by Vestel, a Turkish company.

Log-on

has the offer expired? cant find that price of tv on the argos site

Badgermonkey

Still there (in theory)

In practise Argos often advertise phantom stock.


http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5296503/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CHome+entertainment+and+sat+nav%7C14419512/c_2/3%7Ccat_23716112%7CTelevisions%7C14419667.htm

OldRio

The monitor is a good price, because that's all it is.
Will not work as a stand alone TV by 2012.

dodzy

OldRio wrote: »

The monitor is a good price, because that's all it is.
Will not work as a stand alone TV by 2012.

Sweet Christ, it will more than just a monitor for a LOT of people :rolleyes:

phasers

This happens in every television BA recently.

Is there any way that the saorview squad could maybe just post whether it is or isn't compatible rather than givng some stupid speech about it being useless (which it isnt)?

OldRio

"Sweet Christ, it will more than just a monitor for a LOT of people :rolleyes:"

Well to paraphrase your goodself

Sweet Christ, it will be no more than just a monitor for a lot of people.:D

I did not realise giving the correct information was such a crime.

Deep Thought

So....

SaorView allows you to receive RTE Channels in HD and to do so you have to have an RTE approved Digital box...

So fork out more cash to receive the same crap programs but in HD.....

Someones having a laugh...

"RTÉ recommends that consumers wishing to avail of the SAORVIEW service only purchase receivers that carry the SAORVIEW approved logo.

At present there are a small number of SAORVIEW approved STBs or iDTVs, see below. Others are currently going through the testing process. In the lead up to the full launch of SAORVIEW in spring 2011 we are confident that there will be a wider range of approved receivers available from retailers and TV installers across the country."

OldRio

Plenty of misconceptions.
Check the Tech, Cable and Digital, Terrestrial board.

Gipo3

Cant believe this thread is still going on about a hunk of junk.

eamon234

Badgermonkey wrote: »

Still there (in theory)

In practise Argos often advertise phantom stock.


http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5296503/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CHome+entertainment+and+sat+nav%7C14419512/c_2/3%7Ccat_23716112%7CTelevisions%7C14419667.htm

Mainly due to the sheer volume of idiots that reserve items online and never bother their holes to collect them.