42in lcd tv in xtravision 369.99

barone

http://www.xtravision.ie/PanelGroup_ElectronicsPage.aspx



hd lcd... seems a bargain to me

pudzey101

barone wrote: »

http://www.xtravision.ie/PanelGroup_ElectronicsPage.aspx



hd lcd... seems a bargain to me

ya seems cheap anough:) wonder how good it is? looking for one myself for gaming/movies

MungBean

Looks like a good budget buy. I'm looking for a cheap HD LCD, even if the picture quality isnt top notch its still better than an old Panasonic CRT right ?

Gavin "shels"

The quality on these is actually excellent, I work in Xtravision and we have a good few of these on all the time in store, crystal clear picture on them when hooked up to a Blu-ray.

D'Agger

What model is it? Can't seem to view the site

MungBean

Gavin shels wrote: »

The quality on these is actually excellent, I work in Xtravision and we have a good few of these on all the time in store, crystal clear picture on them when hooked up to a Blu-ray.

When does the €370 offer end ?

MungBean

PaulieC wrote: »

What model is it? Can't seem to view the site

Think its the Hannspree SJ42DMBB. Priced at €429.99 but €60 off for 3 days (not sure when it started)

pudzey101

Gavin shels wrote: »

The quality on these is actually excellent, I work in Xtravision and we have a good few of these on all the time in store, crystal clear picture on them when hooked up to a Blu-ray.

would quality be good for use on a ps3?:)

DjFlin

I had a Hannspree TV once. I swear on my life I'll never have one twice.

Gavin "shels"

Skunkle wrote: »

When does the €370 offer end ?

These are usually weekend offers, so presume at closing tomorrow (Sunday).

pudzey101 wrote: »

would quality be good for use on a ps3?:)

With a HDMI cable I'd say so ye.

stevek93

DjFlin wrote: »

I had a Hannspree TV once. I swear on my life I'll never have one twice.

why?

Trevor451

This is soarview compatible right? My friend has a 32" version of this TV

stevek93

Trevor451 wrote: »

This is soarview compatible right? My friend has a 32" version of this TV

yep,

TV Reception System SDTV and HDTV (MPEG-4 AVC H.264), DVB-T with Common Interface. PAL / SECAM

The_Conductor

Just how reliable are these?
I had a Hannspree once (years ago) and swore I'd tear out my eyes rather than ever buy a product from them ever again, regardless of the price. The picture was quite good- but the sound was appalling- and eventually, exactly 1 day after the end of the warranty period (and despite the fact that I'd gotten 3 replacements) failed completely. The sound still worked from the headphone jack thankfully- so I used that to drive a separate amp.

It is good value- but just how reliable are Hannspree these days?

Johnboy1951

If you miss the offer there is always

http://www.misco.ie/Product/168105/Hannspree-SJ42DMBB-42inch-Freeview-Full-HD-TV

for €380

This set is not Saorview Approved I understand ... but seems good value at that price.


EDIT:
Should have mentioned the spec list has "MHEG5 yes" so it 'should' be future proof for services to be introduced.

Minstrel27

Skunkle wrote: »

Looks like a good budget buy. I'm looking for a cheap HD LCD, even if the picture quality isnt top notch its still better than an old Panasonic CRT right ?

CRT > LCD for picture quality on non HD sources

Daniel S

I got the 25" version of this for €229.99 yesterday for a computer monitor for college. It's great! Well, moving from a 21" CRT that I have been using for 10 years it is

The guys at work gave me a €100 Xtravision voucher when I was leaving on Friday :pac:

There's also an older version without freeview/saorview for €179.99. Missing a few other specs also.

DjFlin

stevek93 wrote: »

why?

The picture quality wasnt great, but it was mostly down to the speakers, which were terrible, my mobile phone has better audio quality. And it literally fell apart. sockets got loose, so you'd have got wiggle the HDMI cable around until it worked. One day it just wouldn't turn on. It was still under warranty, so I got it fixed, but then it happened again out of warranty.

MuddyDog

I got this Friday. Was on all day yesterday for various stuff (TV/PS3/BluRay Player) and it is great. Perfect picture on HDMI and tbh nothing wrong with the sound that I noticed anyway. However, I got charged 379.99 in Xtravision for it for some reason. Why the extra tenner does anyone know??

MungBean

Minstrel27 wrote: »

CRT > LCD for picture quality on non HD sources

Really ? Is there a big difference ? Will still look relativly close to the CRT picture on normal channels though right ? And then HD will be another level ?

congress3

Does anyone know if SaorView works on it?

amiable

I see a lot of people asking about Saorview on these tv's.

I presumed that most people are on Sky or UPC these days.

I guess I'm wrong

flutered

to me, from the back and the side it looks like the chassis of my lg 323000,
to glitch in mine is the sound, the speakers are at the bottom, and the sound on this has no comparison to my old 27in walker.

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

If you miss the offer there is always

http://www.misco.ie/Product/168105/Hannspree-SJ42DMBB-42inch-Freeview-Full-HD-TV

for €380

This set is not Saorview Approved I understand ... but seems good value at that price.


EDIT:
Should have mentioned the spec list has "MHEG5 yes" so it 'should' be future proof for services to be introduced.

SlimCi

Do not buy these, I had one and it had to go to England twice to be fixed and then came back and died, we put it in the bin.

fish fingers

Just save up an extra bit and get a good brand name, save you hassle in long run

Johnboy1951

congress3 wrote: »

Does anyone know if SaorView works on it?

It tunes both Analogue and digital RTE channels, and has MHEG5.

The auto tune put the digital TV channels starting at 1; the digital radio channels starting at 200 and the Analogue channels starting at 900.
They are editable by the user.

I am impressed with the picture.

zom

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

I am impressed with the picture.

Me too, but now looking for some sound system for that - default speakers are out of any range...

Johnboy1951

zom wrote: »

Me too, but now looking for some sound system for that - default speakers are out of any range...

I am not sure about the sound .... it is not great, but the location of the speakers and the manner in which my TV is enclosed is not helping at all.
I may just attach a set of powered PC speakers (with sub-woofer) -- a an old Altec Lansing set I have laying about -- which I suspect will overcome the problem for me. Much easier do than try to find another location for the TV

Raiser

fish fingers wrote: »

Just save up an extra bit and get a good brand name, save you hassle in long run

This is what I was thinking the whole way throught the thread - Cheap now, painful in the long run.....

Balmed Out

Not sure on the price or brand but I saw a similar offer in spar in clonakilty during the week. If your looking for a tv it migght be worth dropping into one of them.

Badgermonkey

Balmed Out wrote: »

Not sure on the price or brand but I saw a similar offer in spar in clonakilty during the week

Wouldn't fill me with confidence tbh.

Why don't I just pick up a TV from the chipper?

Johnboy1951

Raiser wrote: »

This is what I was thinking the whole way throught the thread - Cheap now, painful in the long run.....

Good to know there are some who can predict the future

Any luck with lottery numbers? :rolleyes:

JabbaTheHut

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

I am not sure about the sound .... it is not great, but the location of the speakers and the manner in which my TV is enclosed is not helping at all.
I may just attach a set of powered PC speakers (with sub-woofer) -- a an old Altec Lansing set I have laying about -- which I suspect will overcome the problem for me. Much easier do than try to find another location for the TV

Got a 32" version about two weeks ago, and the sound is poxy. Seems to be a problem with them. Part of you get what you pay for, maybe. I did exactly what you're thinking of doing, and it's made all the difference. As far a reliability goes, well time will tell.

35notout

Tesco have an LG LCD 42" for €399 at the moment - are LG good???

Its the 42LD450 model - anyone know anything about them???

The_Conductor

35notout wrote: »

Tesco have an LG LCD 42" for €399 at the moment - are LG good???

Its the 42LD450 model - anyone know anything about them???

LG supplied Apple with the LCD panels for the iPad 2- which should be a reasonable idea of how reliable the panel is.

If you check cnet for reviews such as here you'll see they are considered to be up there with Samsung quality wise.

No idea what the sound on them is like- but they do seem to be getting almost universally good reviews......

35notout

Thanks!

This only is 50Mhz - would that make a massive amount of difference?

Johnboy1951

JabbaTheHut wrote: »

Got a 32" version about two weeks ago, and the sound is poxy. Seems to be a problem with them. Part of you get what you pay for, maybe. I did exactly what you're thinking of doing, and it's made all the difference. As far a reliability goes, well time will tell.

I went into the menu today and adjusted some of the setting for the sound ..... quite a lot of them there ...... and without adding any speakers it has improved immensely.

There are settings to boost and cut the sound at various frequencies, so with a bit of twiddling I overcame a lot of the problems with the siting of mine.

Yes .... time will tell about the reliability ..... but for the price I am not expecting to get the same as a device which is two or three times what I paid (well actually didn't pay -- got a birthday pressie from the "kids" )

regards.

JabbaTheHut

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

I went into the menu today and adjusted some of the setting for the sound ..... quite a lot of them there ...... and without adding any speakers it has improved immensely.

There are settings to boost and cut the sound at various frequencies, so with a bit of twiddling I overcame a lot of the problems with the siting of mine.

Yes .... time will tell about the reliability ..... but for the price I am not expecting to get the same as a device which is two or three times what I paid (well actually didn't pay -- got a birthday pressie from the "kids" )

regards.

Glad to know things worked out for you. I tried all those settings too, and while it did improve, the PC speakers had a much better sound for me.

The_Conductor

35notout wrote: »

Thanks!

This only is 50Mhz - would that make a massive amount of difference?

Its actually 60Hz- and this particular model gets a 7 out of 10 review from zdnet

Its a budget set- and not on par with regular sets feature wise, but not far off.

Seems like remarkable value.

JabbaTheHut

35notout wrote: »

Tesco have an LG LCD 42" for €399 at the moment - are LG good???

Its the 42LD450 model - anyone know anything about them???

Bought one in March. Can't fault it, apart from having only one scart connection and 2 HDMI ports. You can change the software on it to let it play divx, but I haven't done that as I have the PC connected to it, and play through that.

See reviews here

Btw, at that price, it's good value. I paid €530 for it

Johnboy1951

JabbaTheHut wrote: »

Glad to know things worked out for you. I tried all those settings too, and while it did improve, the PC speakers had a much better sound for me.

I will likely add the speakers .... but now it is not an immediate necessity.
I have no doubt they would improve things much more.

Also great to hear that it will probably be successful ... thanks.

paulhealy1991

does this tv work on hdmi with a ps3 slim or anyone else havin problems?

MuddyDog

paulhealy1991 wrote: »

does this tv work on hdmi with a ps3 slim or anyone else havin problems?

Works perfect for me when I use my PS3 slim on it.