ALDI 17.11.11 42" HD READY SAORVIEW €379.99

North Cork

Just back for Aldi in the brochure for next week they have a 42" HD Ready 1080p LCD TV.



Features:

Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Contrast: 1450:1, Brightness: 500 cd/m2
Electronic Programme Guide
2 x 9 Watt Speakers
Pause and record Freeview channels via USB (memory stick not included)


Connections:

3 x HDMI, 1 x USB, 1 x Video, 1 x Headphones, 1 x SCART, 1 x Component, 1 x VGA/PC, 1 x COAX digital output


Dimensions:

Wall Mount Size VESA 400 x 200
Dimensions with stand: 1049 x 292 x 727mm (W x D x H)
Dimensions without stand: 1049 x 117 x 665mm (W x D x H)


Accessories:

Remote Control with batteries, matching stand

You can also buy a stand for €59.99

JabbaTheHut

42" HD Ready 1080p LCD TV

Is it not a Full HD if it's 1080?

54kroc

JabbaTheHut wrote: »

Is it not a Full HD if it's 1080?

I guess even a 4k tv is hd ready.

sesswhat

JabbaTheHut wrote: »

Is it not a Full HD if it's 1080?

Writing it in plain text may confuse the issue, but I presume it has the 'HD Ready 1080p' logo.

CR 7

sesswhat wrote: »

Writing it in plain text may confuse the issue, but I presume it has the 'HD Ready 1080p' logo.

People seem to have been brainwashed by the marketing speak about 'full hd'. There was another thread here about a tv that was being written off for only being HD Ready 1080p and not 'full hd'.

HD ready, From Wikipedia wrote:

Similarly, labels which are used by the industry but not formally defined as a standard such as "Full HD" can be misleading, as they can refer to any 1080i or 1080p devices which typically do not fulfil all requirements defined in HD ready 1080p specifications.

Cantona's Collars

HD Ready simply means that the tv isn't HD until a HD source such as a Blu Ray player is plugged into it.

If you have a HD tv and only plug in rabbit ears to watch analogue tv then it isn't HD....simples.

BTW it's a good price for a tv of that size.

slave1

At 42" - 720p, 1080p, Full HD, HD ready are all pretty much academic as the screen size is not large enough for the vast majority of viewers to meaningfully see a difference (IMHO)

vibe666

weird that its not listed on the website yet, maybe it was a last minute thing?

one would assume it's the usual Tevion ones they get in from time to time?

i have a 40" 1080i LCD i got from them about 5-6 years ago and i honestly can't fault it. the picture quality is great, even compared to my brother in law's samsung that he bought around the same time and it hasn't caused us any bother at all since then, other than recently the volume down button is getting hard to work, but it works from the sky+ remote anyway, so it's not a real issue for us.

it was €699 at the time, when similar name brand TV's were €1200+, so we snapped it up, first in line.

i'm half tempted to queue up again for the upgraded 42" 1080p one.

mad m

vibe666 wrote: »

weird that its not listed on the website yet, maybe it was a last minute thing?

Id say once it goes after midnight you will see it listed...

Hal Emmerich

I'm not running it down as I've never seen a low contrast next to a high contrast but.....the contrast is very low on this tv.

Contrast.

ted1

Saorview spec includes hd, so if its only hd ready its not saorview approved. how could you pivk up rte 2hd on a non hd tv

JHet

FWIW I wouldn't touch this with a ten foot barge pole. 380quid for a low end ****ty make like Tevion. If you shop around you'll find a main brand tv for around that. Tesco had an LG 42'' recently for 399, and richersounds do decent deals for boardies. This is no bargain IMO.

Hal Emmerich

JHet wrote: »

FWIW I wouldn't touch this with a ten foot barge pole. 380quid for a low end ****ty make like Tevion. If you shop around you'll find a main brand tv for around that. Tesco had an LG 42'' recently for 399, and richersounds do decent deals for boardies. This is no bargain IMO.

richersounds get to much praise on Boards, Amazon + Deliverme.ie and you'll save €100 on a good few TVs.

keredern

Hal Emmerich wrote: »

richersounds get to much praise on Boards, Amazon + Deliverme.ie and you'll save €100 on a good few TVs.

Any chance you might post a link or two for us non techy eejits???:rolleyes::)

Pretty please!!:o

54kroc

JHet wrote: »

FWIW I wouldn't touch this with a ten foot barge pole. 380quid for a low end ****ty make like Tevion. If you shop around you'll find a main brand tv for around that. Tesco had an LG 42'' recently for 399, and richersounds do decent deals for boardies. This is no bargain IMO.

I wonder who makes the tv's tevion? They had a 50" a few years back that a fantastic spec.
The aldi customer service when it comes to tv's is very good, I know someone who had a problem with one of their tv's a couple of years after purchasing and got a full refund.

ldxo15wus6fpgm

JHet wrote: »

FWIW I wouldn't touch this with a ten foot barge pole. 380quid for a low end ****ty make like Tevion. If you shop around you'll find a main brand tv for around that. Tesco had an LG 42'' recently for 399, and richersounds do decent deals for boardies. This is no bargain IMO.

cork45 wrote: »

I wonder who makes the tv's tevion? They had a 50" a few years back that a fantastic spec.
The aldi customer service when it comes to tv's is very good, I know someone who had a problem with one of their tv's a couple of years after purchasing and got a full refund.

Made by Medion, German company. I've had a PC made by them for about 5 years now, running as smooth as silk since day one. At the time it was about as hi-spec as you could get and dead cheap. I'd go down and buy one but I already have a 37".

Hal Emmerich

cork45 wrote: »

I wonder who makes the tv's tevion? They had a 50" a few years back that a fantastic spec.
The aldi customer service when it comes to tv's is very good, I know someone who had a problem with one of their tv's a couple of years after purchasing and got a full refund.

Medion Brands

Other brands used on Medion products:

• Cybercom
• Cybermaxx
• Life
• Lifetec

• Micromaxx
• Tevion
• Traveler

.

Hal Emmerich

keredern wrote: »

Any chance you might post a link or two for us non techy eejits???:rolleyes::)

Pretty please!!:o

Do you mean a link to a Telly?

vibe666

no sign of it on the website, but i guess the webadmins are asleep at the wheel because they haven't been updated for a couple of weeks now.

ted1 wrote: »

Saorview spec includes hd, so if its only hd ready its not saorview approved. how could you pivk up rte 2hd on a non hd tv

no it doesn't ted, you can find the Saorview specs on any number of online sources and they will all tell you the following.

The main aspects of the SAORVIEW spec are:
MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) over DVB-T
Receiver must be able to decode HD (H.264 High Profile @ Level 4)
Receiver must support MPEG-4 HE AAC, Enhanced AC3 and MPEG-1 Layer II audio
MHEG5 middleware for interactive services and EPG
Receiver will scale down HD to SD through SCART if TV is not HD.

marcbrophy

I've found in the past that they usually update the aldi.ie site with the following weeks offers on a Thursday evening about 5 pm.

It is a nice price for that TV though, and I do need a new one as my current 37" one decided to stop working on Tuesday!
Perfect timing really!!

neilthefunkeone

Picked up a 42" samsung only recently otherwise i would be queuing for this!

Have a 32" tevion in the bedroom for the past 4 years.. only one issue with it but was fixed under warranty.. Wouldn't fault them!

Squaredude

Hal Emmerich wrote: »

richersounds get to much praise on Boards, Amazon + Deliverme.ie and you'll save €100 on a good few TVs.

Bought a 50" from amazon during the summer and they delivered it for free,saved me a fortune.didn't even need to use deliverme.ie.

wil

JHet wrote: »

FWIW I wouldn't touch this with a ten foot barge pole. 380quid for a low end ****ty make like Tevion. If you shop around you'll find a main brand tv for around that. Tesco had an LG 42'' recently for 399, and richersounds do decent deals for boardies. This is no bargain IMO.

WIW=NAL
3 yr warranty. Not to be sniffed at. Why dont other brands offer that?
Mind you it would probably be invalidated by a 10 foot barge pole.:D

LCD tvs dont seem as long lasting (both from reliability and futureproofing) as CRT so warranty can be pretty important for POM.

If Saorview compatible, (doubt that Tesco LG was) then not bad for B&M

vibe666

Aldi are great for warranty related issues, i've seen lots of people on here praising them for their good service if goods are faulty, right up to the end of the warranty.

slave1

wil wrote: »

WIW=NAL
3 yr warranty. Not to be sniffed at. Why dont other brands offer that?

Sony have been offering a 5 year warranty on and off for over a year now (transferable too)

anto2

Are you all TV addicts .Get a life FFS .

chris1970

Tis arrived on website
http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/special_buys3_19238.htm
First impression........
its cheap!

upandcumming

anto2 wrote: »

Are you all TV addicts .Get a life FFS .

What is your problem? Go suck a lemon...

Skidrow

Can this receive/decode Freesat ?

Hal Emmerich

anto2 wrote: »

Are you all TV addicts .Get a life FFS .

What do you recommend?

ted1

Vibe, the text you highlighted is saying a saorview approved stb must be Hd but must also downscale if it is being used with a non saorview tv.

The Tv must do hd as this is part of the saorview spec as highlighted by yourself.

wil

slave1 wrote: »

Sony have been offering a 5 year warranty on and off for over a year now (transferable too)

More off than on.
They offered 5 years as part of a promotion for some but now seem to have discontinued it.
Lidl and Aldi offer 3 years warranty as standard on almost all their electricals. A damn sight better than the meagre 1 year most offer. Philips and Hansspree do 2 years.

byte

Sony's 5 year warranty ended at the end of October.

Now replaced with Cashback offers. Notably good value would be the KDL40CX520, which has €120 cashback. Brings the TV to below €479 including cashback, which isn't bad for a brandname TV with all the trimmings including Bravia Internet Video and Twitter/Facebook/etc widgets.

evolutionqy7

cork45 wrote: »

JHet wrote: »

FWIW I wouldn't touch this with a ten foot barge pole. 380quid for a low end ****ty make like Tevion. If you shop around you'll find a main brand tv for around that. Tesco had an LG 42'' recently for 399, and richersounds do decent deals for boardies. This is no bargain IMO.

I wonder who makes the tv's tevion? They had a 50" a few years back that a fantastic spec.
The aldi customer service when it comes to tv's is very good, I know someone who had a problem with one of their tv's a couple of years after purchasing and got a full refund.

As far as im aware tevion is owned by Lenovo? Any one here have more correct info feel free to correct. But last time I saw this was when viewing pc demos and it was mentioned that tevion was a brand owned by Lenovo

dixiefly

vibe666 wrote: »

Aldi are great for warranty related issues, i've seen lots of people on here praising them for their good service if goods are faulty, right up to the end of the warranty.

That was not my experience.

I bought a camera for my daughter and the screen failed after very little use. We did very little about it for ages and when I finally sent it to their repair centre in the U.K. i just got a communication back saying it had been damaged by an external force. My daughter swears nothing happened & i believe her & I could see no evidence of damage at all. no one at the store is interested in anything like this.

Based on this experience I would agree with some other posters and purchase from a store like Richer Sounds/ Philips/ Currys that have specials here, i would even try Amazon.

evolutionqy7

dixiefly wrote: »

vibe666 wrote: »

Aldi are great for warranty related issues, i've seen lots of people on here praising them for their good service if goods are faulty, right up to the end of the warranty.

That was not my experience.

I bought a camera for my daughter and the screen failed after very little use. We did very little about it for ages and when I finally sent it to their repair centre in the U.K. i just got a communication back saying it had been damaged by an external force. My daughter swears nothing happened & i believe her & I could see no evidence of damage at all. no one at the store is interested in anything like this.

Based on this experience I would agree with some other posters and purchase from a store like Richer Sounds/ Philips/ Currys that have specials here, i would even try Amazon.

Well that's why ya don't ya leave things for ages regarding warranties. In my experience it was quiet reasonable too.

I bought recently a tv transmitter from lidl. It didn't really transmit properly. Brought it back to the shop the next day and they gave me a refund after I explained what the problem was.

Soarer

dixiefly wrote: »

That was not my experience.

I bought a camera for my daughter and the screen failed after very little use. We did very little about it for ages and when I finally sent it to their repair centre in the U.K. i just got a communication back saying it had been damaged by an external force. My daughter swears nothing happened & i believe her & I could see no evidence of damage at all. no one at the store is interested in anything like this.

Based on this experience I would agree with some other posters and purchase from a store like Richer Sounds/ Philips/ Currys that have specials here, i would even try Amazon.

Irrespective of who you bought the camera from, you'd get no joy if the source of the problem was "damaged by an external force".

I've bought plenty of stuff from Aldi and never had a bother returning any of it.

vibe666

ted1 wrote: »

Vibe, the text you highlighted is saying a saorview approved stb must be Hd but must also downscale if it is being used with a non saorview tv.

The Tv must do hd as this is part of the saorview spec as highlighted by yourself.

ah right, so you're saying the receiver in the TV needs to be able to decode HD, even if the TV couldn't, which sounds about right.

That said, according to the spec, this TV does 1080p which is "Full HD", not just the old 720p "HD ready" gubbins, so i imagine it's just some marketing people getting their buzzwords mixed up in the adverts.

in any case, if Saorview HD turns out to be anything like Sky or UPC HD, most of the "HD" content will just be 720p or 1080i anyway.

JHet

A lot of people getting very defensive of Aldi here. I'm just giving my opinion here and its based on experience. My bro bought a medion pc about 6yrs ago and the motherboard literally melted. The diagnosis was of the problem was a very weak and cheap a*s PSU. This was a very dangerous thing to happen and could have potentially caused a fire. After that I said never again. Aldi in credit are ok for some things but electronics, no. You get what you pay, cheap, sometimes b grade components. I'd rather not have the hassle of having to bring it back to the shop as I'm sure many of you will. Yeah, you'll generally get your money back, but how does that constitute amazing customer service. Most retailers will do that nowadays anyway. You'll know all about if you need to send it off to get it repaired and have to wait weeks to get it back at which point they tell you it can't be repaired because of limited line runs.
I prefer to buy a tv with my eyes and proven reliability rather than conjecture. How many people will get to see the tv in action before they purchase?....zero......how many people people will come on here and try to backward justify their purchase. I would imagine a lot. Why? cos people love a bargain! They don't like it when people tell them otherwise. Show me some concrete tests done by the likes of http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk or other similar source. The fact of the matter is these tele's will be bought by the "it'll be grand brigade", where the concept of false economy largely esacapes them. I'm sorry but when you're buying something thats going to be used a lot that just doesn't cut it for me not by a long way.

Irish TuneR

JHet wrote: »

I prefer to buy a tv with my eyes and proven reliability rather than conjecture. How many people will get to see the tv in action before they purchase?....zero......how many people people will come on here and try to backward justify their purchase. I would imagine a lot. Why? cos people love a bargain! They don't like it when people tell them otherwise. Show me some concrete tests done by the likes of http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk or other similar source. The fact of the matter is these tele's will be bought by the "it'll be grand brigade", where the concept of false economy largely esacapes them. I'm sorry but when you're buying something thats going to be used a lot that just doesn't cut it for me not by a long way.

Well i dunno about that, parents have a Lidl 40"tv that must be 5/6 years old now and probably has more use on it than all the tvs in your house due to me and my 3 brothers. Tv, PS3, xbox and movies means it has seen a lot of use and is still working perfect. I dont know how you can prove reliability either. I worked for Sony before and they had a terrible history with one DVD player because they bought it cheap and it failed 75% of the time. Same thing with Dell and one of their mbx. Both hugely "reliable" brands.

Anyway i didn;t come on to reply to that post but to add that in the pic on the Aldi site it has Saorview on the tv and on the Saorview site it is an approved tv:
http://www.saorview.ie/products-retailers/saorview-approved-product-listings/tevion/

evolutionqy7

JHet wrote: »

A lot of people getting very defensive of Aldi here. I'm just giving my opinion here and its based on experience. My bro bought a medion pc about 6yrs ago and the motherboard literally melted. The diagnosis was of the problem was a very weak and cheap a*s PSU. This was a very dangerous thing to happen and could have potentially caused a fire. After that I said never again. Aldi in credit are ok for some things but electronics, no. You get what you pay, cheap, sometimes b grade components. I'd rather not have the hassle of having to bring it back to the shop as I'm sure many of you will. Yeah, you'll generally get your money back, but how does that constitute amazing customer service. Most retailers will do that nowadays anyway. You'll know all about if you need to send it off to get it repaired and have to wait weeks to get it back at which point they tell you it can't be repaired because of limited line runs.
I prefer to buy a tv with my eyes and proven reliability rather than conjecture. How many people will get to see the tv in action before they purchase?....zero......how many people people will come on here and try to backward justify their purchase. I would imagine a lot. Why? cos people love a bargain! They don't like it when people tell them otherwise. Show me some concrete tests done by the likes of http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk or other similar source. The fact of the matter is these tele's will be bought by the "it'll be grand brigade", where the concept of false economy largely esacapes them. I'm sorry but when you're buying something thats going to be used a lot that just doesn't cut it for me not by a long way.

I dont think people are defensive but rather than just pointing out that theres always a one faulty item in a 100. I have a 5 year old HD Ready tv bought from them and still working perfect today. My gf's parents and their relatives bought a medion PC from Aldi a year ago and they are all running perfect up to this day. If you take a look at medion PC compenents they use parts from samsung and other known part suppliers. Just like the rest of pc manufacturers they only buy parts in bulk and assemble the things together in their own case.

Its just bad luck to some. If the TV downstairs was broke id be the first in line to get that 42" telly

wil

JHet wrote: »

A lot of people getting very defensive of Aldi here. I'm just giving my opinion here and its based on experience. My bro bought a medion pc about 6yrs ago and the motherboard literally melted. The diagnosis was of the problem was a very weak and cheap a*s PSU. This was a very dangerous thing to happen and could have potentially caused a fire. After that I said never again. Aldi in credit are ok for some things but electronics, no. You get what you pay, cheap, sometimes b grade components. I'd rather not have the hassle of having to bring it back to the shop as I'm sure many of you will. Yeah, you'll generally get your money back, but how does that constitute amazing customer service. Most retailers will do that nowadays anyway. You'll know all about if you need to send it off to get it repaired and have to wait weeks to get it back at which point they tell you it can't be repaired because of limited line runs.
I prefer to buy a tv with my eyes and proven reliability rather than conjecture. How many people will get to see the tv in action before they purchase?....zero......how many people people will come on here and try to backward justify their purchase. I would imagine a lot. Why? cos people love a bargain! They don't like it when people tell them otherwise. Show me some concrete tests done by the likes of http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk or other similar source. The fact of the matter is these tele's will be bought by the "it'll be grand brigade", where the concept of false economy largely esacapes them. I'm sorry but when you're buying something thats going to be used a lot that just doesn't cut it for me not by a long way.

This is meant to be a BA alert yet it is being derailed by discussion of the merits of so-called big brands over less known ones, and kneejerk reaction to subjectively perceived cheapo brands, without any links for like for like or cash for cash comparisons.
Medion/Tevion little known here outside Aldi is a large German manufacturer retailer recently become part of the worlds second largest pc manufacturer.

Warranty is a good indicator of how a retailer stands over its products and piece of mind for the purchaser. As we cant afford to be so disposable any more it has a real financial worth. Lidl et al has a good history of honouring that warranty. Try that on a non-working 1year 1 month brand TV.
TV repairs are few and far between today and cost near the full replacement price.
To be duped by brand alone is the ultimate in "it'll be grand"

Melting/burning isn't purely the bastion of "cheap" brands.

Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Sony Corp. recalled 1.6 million Bravia flat-panel TVs sold worldwide since 2007 because a faulty component may cause them to melt or catch fire

Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- KDDI Corp., Japan’s second-largest mobile-phone operator, will replace Sony Corp.-made batteries used in as many as 2 million handsets because of concerns the devices may overheat

More than two years after the largest battery recall in the electronics industry, Sony batteries have been fingered again as the culprit in more than 40 worldwide incidents of laptops overheating

Now there is no need to further discuss the merits of other brands unless to give a better price or equivalent better value alternative with links

JHet

Is warranty and price your only criteria for calling something a bargain?

Soarer

JHet wrote: »

Is warranty and price your only criteria for calling something a bargain?

How else can you judge a bargain if not by price?

JHet

Soarer wrote: »

How else can you judge a bargain if not by price?

Wow! :rolleyes:
My point is mate that people are absolutely blinded by this. I ask for some solid benchmark results....the response is its cheap and has a warranty.....Big deal! What about design, connections, picture quality, sound quality, operation etc. What about some benchmark results that proves that this tv is real value for money....None of which have been provided and in all likelyhood never will. Limited production lines means these tv's are here today gone tomorrow, they never get reviewed properly by any type of reliable source, and generally any website worth their salt has no interest in them by virtue of this fact.

bigslick

Alot of argument on this particular tv. I dont see peoples issue with this. If you don't think this tv is for you, fine, don't buy it. But please dont come here and make those of us with different opinions out to be idiots. Different people have different opinions and as such different buying habits.

I for one need a new TV for the bedroom to be used as computer monitor/PS3 tv and this seems perfect for that use.

vibe666

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

I dont think people are defensive but rather than just pointing out that theres always a one faulty item in a 100. I have a 5 year old HD Ready tv bought from them and still working perfect today.

same here, and it was bought around the same time my brother in law paid almost 3 times as much for a top end samsung of the same 40" screen size and neither of us can tell the difference in the picture quality.

its used as the main tv in the house and as a result we have watched literally shedloads of tv shows and movies on it and at this very moment it has a SkyHD, an xbox, PS3, a Wii and a HTPC connected to it that i'm using to type this post with and imho its a great tv for the money we paid at the time and this one is also a good bargain that i'm giving serious thought to.

Stinicker

I have a Medion PC and infairness it works great, bought one or two other minor things, one which didn't do what I wanted it to do and I took it back for a refund no probs. They have good customer service i'll give them that, as for this TV, I wouldn't be interested in it and I think your picture quality wouldn't be super compared to the likes of a Samsung or Panasonic, Panasonics have the best picture and are super quality but their customer service is not so good and he extra price you pay is not warranted for most people.

Capt'n Midnight

[stupid question]

how early in the morning would one have to get up to be in with a chance of picking up one of the limited number that would be on offer ?

DeadSkin

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

[stupid question]

how early in the morning would one have to get up to be in with a chance of picking up one of the limited number that would be on offer ?

From experience, it depends which Aldi. I've found an Aldi near the city centre being a nightmare[when there's a good deal on], where one further out you may have a better chance.
Now saying that, some Aldi stores will have only a handful in stock.....



.....am seriously tempted, but it just maybe too big for the room!!

flutered

i am led to believe that it has a samsung screen, it has good reviews on most sites when i googled it, a lot of the satellite sites give the thumbs up, the beauty about it is after two weeks if one is not happy with it or sees a better bargain one can just return it for a full refund try that story with $lurrys or any other mega store.