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Advice DTT+SAT combi TV

  • 30-12-2012 11:22pm
    #1
    20/20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 719 ✭✭✭


    I thinking of buying this small cheap TV for the bedroom,I know the brand name sounds funny,its just to replace the LARGE portable and ariva box iam using at the moment.
    http://www.conrad.com/EF22F888SD-LED-TV.htm?websale7=conrad-int&pi=374662&ireusocl=1
    Can anybody tell me if it will show the Irish DTT and also satellite for BBC's and ITV's etc?
    There is a caution saying [Please note this TV is a European model and will not receive UK Freeview HD channels] Hope somebody can please advice me,Thanks.


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  • #2
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,291 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Why would you pay that amount of money for a TV that you dont know anything about? Have a look at something like this Samsung in Argos that is over €30 cheaper and guaranteed to pick up the channels you require.

    Argos may not have stock but if you shop around (Power City, Harvey Norman, Currys etc etc) yu will find something similar.


  • #3
    FREETV
    Registered Users Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭FREETV


    muffler wrote: »
    Why would you pay that amount of money for a TV that you dont know anything about? Have a look at something like this Samsung in Argos that is over €30 cheaper and guaranteed to pick up the channels you require.

    Argos may not have stock but if you shop around (Power City, Harvey Norman, Currys etc etc) yu will find something similar.

    Great advice from muffler 20/20 as Samsung are a great brand these days muffler and can compete with the best for less.


  • #4
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    The thread title refers to a 'DTT + SAT combi TV': no replies have addressed this yet.

    As to the tv linked in the OP, there's nothing particularly encouraging in the specs shown wrt Saorview. Nothing in the manual either (& no English version).

    Might be worth a look at one of the Walker Saorview approved combis, if that's the kind of thing you want.


  • #5
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,291 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Peter Rhea wrote: »
    The thread title refers to a 'DTT + SAT combi TV': no replies have addressed this yet.
    My bad, I misread that :o


  • #6
    20/20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 719 ✭✭✭20/20


    Thanks Peter Rhea that particular TV is what got me started looking around,But i can save 50euro on the powercity sale price and there is 2 year warranty.I just want small cheap and simple for the bedroom.
    I had noticed the manual was not english but all the pics of screen shots are writen in English and on page 21 they show ITV1 teletext,I guess the satellite tuner will work okay.
    So i realy just want to know do people think it will pick up Irish DTT,teletext is of no interest to me Irish or English?


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  • #7
    Audioslaven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,398 ✭✭✭Audioslaven


    20/20 wrote: »
    Thanks Peter Rhea that particular TV is what got me started looking around,But i can save 50euro on the powercity sale price and there is 2 year warranty.I just want small cheap and simple for the bedroom.
    I had noticed the manual was not english but all the pics of screen shots are writen in English and on page 21 they show ITV1 teletext,I guess the satellite tuner will work okay.
    So i realy just want to know do people think it will pick up Irish DTT,teletext is of no interest to me Irish or English?

    It looks like it does from this link http://www.changhongeurope.com/cz/en/led-tv-ef22f888sd#specification


  • #8
    FREETV
    Registered Users Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭FREETV


    Audioslaven wrote: »
    It looks like it does from this link http://www.changhongeurope.com/cz/en/led-tv-ef22f888sd#specification

    Very low contrast and brightness levels though from that panel. Walkers made by Vestel in Turkey would be a bit better but teletext could still be very slow to load?


  • #9
    20/20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 719 ✭✭✭20/20


    Thanks Audioslaven i did find the english manual but couldnt the spec.


  • #10
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,400 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    20/20 wrote: »
    I had noticed the manual was not english but all the pics of screen shots are writen in English and on page 21 they show ITV1 teletext,I guess the satellite tuner will work okay.
    Or it could be MPEG2 DTT in the UK

    Don't forget that there were still analog ITV1 transmissions until 26th of September is that even 100 days ago ?

    Edit - off topic since it's probably Turkish
    http://www.apl.com/routes/html/asia_europe.html takes 30 days to get stuff from China

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323300404578207320544238546.html
    Slow steaming has been going on a while now
    The new Marco Polo ship can load 16,000 containers and reach a speed of 24 knots. After a recent stop in this Belgian port city, however, she is cruising back to China at 14 knots.

    The Marco Polo's size and pace on the Europe-to-Asia route show an interesting dynamic at play in the container-shipping industry: Grappling with excess container capacity and declining shipping fares, companies such as CMA CGM of France, owner of the Marco Polo, and A.P. Møller Maersk A/S of Denmark are racing to operate the biggest-possible ships so they can benefit from economies of scale, and run them at moderate speeds to save on fuel costs.


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