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has panasonic fixed all the hassles with saorview and mheg5?

  • 02-08-2012 12:29pm
    #1
    swoofer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭


    a friend wants to get a new tv , 37" likes panasonic but I recall reading quite a bit about panasonics not been that friendly for saorview, has this been sorted?

    if not whats the best make of tv for saorview?

    gbc


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  • #2
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Maybe LG
    Panasonic you are partly paying for the name.


  • #3
    steveon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,905 ✭✭✭steveon


    I wouldnt buy an LG or A samsung...terrible lifespan....look good when working and smooth menus etc but have seen plenty of them pack in with 2-3yrs


  • #4
    swoofer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭swoofer


    just seen a nice sony 40 " LED with a 5 year guarantee, 839 euros, the panasonic is 799 with a 5 year.


  • #5
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,685 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Panny's may not be friendly if they are not Saorview approved.

    Its always a risk buying a TV that is reported to work with Saorview but which is not officially approved, as it could stop working with any update.

    I own a Panny btw that isn't approved but works ok. For now!


  • #6
    maxg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 516 ✭✭✭maxg


    The panasonic year 2012 range for UK/Ireland is saorview approved.
    http://www.saorview.ie/product/panasonic-3/

    There is maybe a risk with year 2010 and 2011 TV's and there are the known problems with the ranges from 2008 and 2009.


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  • #7
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    2010 era Pannys do everything bar MHEG5. Course if they stop working for any reason there is no chance Panasonic will issue a firmware update. :(


  • #8
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    steveon wrote: »
    I wouldnt buy an LG or A samsung...terrible lifespan....look good when working and smooth menus etc but have seen plenty of them pack in with 2-3yrs

    You can say that of ANY current products though. Also mostly they are not repairable.
    Sale of Goods act it has to last AT LEAST 2 years.

    I just fixed a 73 year old radio yesterday. Tidying the cabinet was more work than the electronics (4 easily spotted capacitors). Hilariously it's large battery pack would have lasted 300 hours. A Tesco DAB set claims 6 hrs, I measure 4 to 5 depending on volume setting with good Alkaline cells.


    BTW a cheap portable radio in the 1950s was about equivalent price in real terms to 48" HD TV today. Now you can't actually buy decent radios at all really... but that's another story.


  • #9
    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    What's failing on the tvs?

    I've found the radios in my mobile phones to be much better than those in many mp3 players or dedicated radios.


  • #10
    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    Any difference between plasma and led or lcd for reliability?


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