40" Samsung Smart LED TV w/wifi €365

Klingon Hamlet

Very good spec:

Brand: Samsung
Type: UE40F5500 AWXXH *)
Full HD LED SmartTV
Aspect ratio: 16:09
Visible Screen Diagonal: 101 cm
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels
Herz: 100
Backlight: LED backlight
Digital Tuner: DVB-T / DVB-C / DVB-C (HD)
Connectors: 3 x HDMI, 2 x USB, Ethernet, DVI audio input, 1 headphone out, 1 component input ( Y / Pb / Pr ), 1 composite (AV ) standard used for Component Y ), 1 digital audio output (optical ) 1 scart socket, IR out, 1 RF input ( antenna / cable input and satellite ), Built-in Wi -Fi
Output Power: 2 x 10 Watt RMS
EPG, teletext, picture-in-picture function, display OSD menu, multi-language OSD, Game Mode, support for subtitles, smartphone remote control, USB media player, Auto Channel Search, Auto Volume Control, Automatic format adjustment
Internet Features: Internet, HbbTV, integrated web browser, optional Wi-Fi, Skype video calling ( TV camera optional), DLNA
Recording Features: USB Recording ( PVR Ready)
Online TV Guide: Samsung Smart Hub
Playback formats: MHEG -5
Surround formats: Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Pulse DTS 2.0
Environment: Energy saving mode, Light sensor ( energy saving) sensor, automatic shut-off
Energy efficiency class A +
Standby Power Consumption: 0.3 Watts
Power Consumption Operational: 40 Watt
Device without stand ( WxHxD ): 92.8 x 55.2 x 4.9 cm
Device with stand ( WxHxD ): 92.8 x 61.5 x 26.5 cm
Device weight with stand: 8 kg
Warranty: 2 years
* ) model from Eastern-Europe
The expected shipping date of this product is 12 March 2014

80s Child

Any reviews lads?

septicsac

Does the fact that this is eastern european model mean it wont receive hd freeview channels ?

Nollog

septicsac wrote: »

Does the fact that this is eastern european model mean it wont receive hd freeview channels ?

We use DVB-T so should be okay,

peejay1986

/\/ollog wrote: »

We use DVB-T so should be okay,

You won't get Freeview HD as that requires DVB-T2. Saorview HD and Freeview SD should work as normal.

Nollog

peejay1986 wrote: »

You won't get Freeview HD as that requires DVB-T2. Saorview HD and Freeview SD should work as normal.

What's saorview HD?
I get rte 1 and 2 in hd with a samsung syncmaster 2333hd which says it only has DVB-T via digital aerial.
I can tell they're hd when i switch to tv3 or find rte+1

Says nothing about this tv though.

peejay1986

/\/ollog wrote: »

What's saorview HD?
I get rte 1 and 2 in hd with a samsung syncmaster 2333hd which says it only has DVB-T via digital aerial.
I can tell they're hd when i switch to tv3 or find rte+1

Says nothing about this tv though.

By 'Saorview HD' I'm just clarifying that Saorview's HD content will work on this TV.

WeleaseWoderick

I have the previous year's model to this and it is an excellent tv.

I paid €600 for it at the time so would say that this looks a bargain for the newer model.

danthefan

Hmmm, really tempted. Don't think I can justify the money though

tfitzgerald

What would the built in wifi enable you to do

mel123

does anyone see/know the cost of shipping, i cant find it on their website, probably blind!

stooge

14.95 for delivery it says it right next to the price

Etnies

Picked one up, thanks OP

Chesty08

Hi guys,

I just came across this TV.

What is iBood like? Is it reputable and trustworthy?

How long do you have to avail of the offer, 24 hours?

stooge

Chesty08 wrote: »

Hi guys,

I just came across this TV.

What is iBood like? Is it reputable and trustworthy?

How long do you have to avail of the offer, 24 hours?

Offer is only available today until midnight I think (or maybe 23.00pm).

I have bought from Ibood and found them quite decent although there seem to be mixed reports on boards. Issues seem mainly around returning faulty products and the cost incurred in doing that. also, their customer support seems to have some issues.

They ship from Holland and it generally takes 3-4 weeks to get your item.

Thargor

stooge wrote: »

They ship from Holland and it generally takes 3-4 weeks to get your item.

3-4 weeks from when you order or 3-4 weeks from when they send you the shipping notice do you know?

Chesty08

stooge wrote: »

Offer is only available today until midnight I think (or maybe 23.00pm).

I have bought from Ibood and found them quite decent although there seem to be mixed reports on boards. Issues seem mainly around returning faulty products and the cost incurred in doing that. also, their customer support seems to have some issues.

They ship from Holland and it generally takes 3-4 weeks to get your item.

How often have you bought from them?

So, basically returning a product to Holland comes from your own pocket if faulty.

Bit skeptical now!

Farnsworth

Its a deal alright but claiming it was €749 on iBOOD page is wrong
It is £385 ~ €466 on Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-UE40F5500-inch-1080-pixels/dp/B00DSSBNSO
€102 saving compared to Amazon & not €350 as claimed on iBOOD

Thargor

http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Samsung-UE40F5500-inch-1080-pixels/product/B00DSSBNSO

£530 sterling back in September on Amazon though, fcuk it, I ordered, thanks for the tip OP.

discombobulate

Farnsworth wrote: »

Its a deal alright but claiming it was €749 on iBOOD page is wrong
It is £385 ~ €466 on Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-UE40F5500-inch-1080-pixels/dp/B00DSSBNSO
€102 saving compared to Amazon & not €350 as claimed on iBOOD

You can't get this TV shipped from Amazon and it's a third party seller. VAT would also bring the price up.

Ordered this this morning after getting the mail from iBood. Will replace a 37 inch LED I got off them before which has served me well.

syklops

tfitzgerald wrote: »

What would the built in wifi enable you to do

You'd be able to watch MC Hammer's Can't touch this on youtube on your 40" TV.

neto

peejay1986 wrote: »

You won't get Freeview HD as that requires DVB-T2. Saorview HD and Freeview SD should work as normal.

LaptopsDirect sells the UK version of this TV (with Freeview HD) for €461 euro + €12 delivery

http://www.laptopsdirect.ie/Samsung_UE40F5500_40_Inch_Smart_LED_TV_UE40F5500AKXXU/version.asp

discombobulate

neto wrote: »

LaptopsDirect sells the UK version of this TV (with Freeview HD) for €461 euro + €12 delivery

http://www.laptopsdirect.ie/Samsung_UE40F5500_40_Inch_Smart_LED_TV_UE40F5500AKXXU/version.asp

Is Freeview HD not a UK thing anyway?

stimpson

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Moonbeam

we got our current tv from ibood before christmas,they had put an adapter in the box and it left a black mark on the tv. I informed them ,they asked for photos and sent a courier and within a week they had sent me my new perfect tv:)
Thinking of getting this one now too....

Barr

Often with the good IBOOD offers they sell out before 11pm.

6541

Sorry for been a Dumb ass will I get the Irish channels on this without the need for a set top box ?

stimpson

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Thargor

stimpson wrote: »

If it's only DVB-T then you'll need a box.

You 100% sure of that Stimpson?

Digital Tuner: DVB-T / DVB-C / DVB-C (HD)

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057092865

https://www.google.ie/search?q=DVB-T+saorvieww&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb&gws_rd=cr&ei=C90NU9mMEOWw7Aarj4EY#channel=sb&q=DVB-T+saorview&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&spell=1

Ive bought a few tvs for elderly neighbours now and DVB-T is the only thing I ever look for, never let me down for Saorview reception...

fingerbib

stimpson wrote: »

You need Freeview HD capable TV to get Saorview. Saorview gets transmitted as HD and downscaled to SD for SD set top boxes. If this only had DVB-T them it will not work with Saorview.

It will work fine with a set top box though.

Hi, this is actually not strictly true and there seems to be a misconception that saorview needs a DVB-T2 tuner. Yes, you can get saorview with a Freesat HD tv. But you may get saorview (incl HD channels) with this TV as the tuner is DVB-T and saorview is broadcast sing DVB-T. ("Saorview Approved" certification required DVB-T2, however. Not sure why this is but perhaps to futureproof the service).

What we need to determine is if this TV has an MPEG-4 decoder.
According to this site: http://www.lcd-compare.com/televiseur-SAMUE32F5500-SAMSUNG-UE32F5500.htm

This series has MPEG4. So this TV will get Saorview.

With DVB-T + MPEG-4 decoder, you will get the SaorView service.

"Freeview" uses DVB-T + MPEG2
"Freeview HD" uses DVB-T2 + MPEG4
"Saorview" uses DVB-T + MPEG4

the mpeg 4 determines the "HD" aspect, not the DVB standard.


see here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056105270

Hope that helps...

stooge

Thargor wrote: »

3-4 weeks from when you order or 3-4 weeks from when they send you the shipping notice do you know?

Normally 3-4 weeks from when you order. Delivery is usually 3-4days from the day they ship.

00sully

Thargor wrote: »

You 100% sure of that Stimpson?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057092865

https://www.google.ie/search?q=DVB-T+saorvieww&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb&gws_rd=cr&ei=C90NU9mMEOWw7Aarj4EY#channel=sb&q=DVB-T+saorview&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&spell=1

Ive bought a few tvs for elderly neighbours now and DVB-T is the only thing I ever look for, never let me down for Saorview reception...

YOU are correct Thargor :cool: but Fingerbib is the more technically correct ;-)

fingerbib

FYI, i bought this TV, the UE46F6500:

http://www.ibood.com/ie/en/product_specs/44145/Samsung_46_inch_117cm_3D_LED_Smart_TV_with_400_Hz_refresh_and_Smart_Touch_Remote_with_voice_control/

from ibood a few weeks back (took 3 weeks for the ship, but that was made clear at the time of purchase) and it works fine. The TV was originally set to the italy region so the only thing I had to do was change the county in the Engineering/Service Menu (I don't mean the smartTV app country. You can google how to get to the engineering menu) to get the full Freesat EPG. (The F5500 has no DVB-S tuner so you wont get freesat on that)

stimpson

I stand corrected. **** me it's confusing.

pat1981

Just to double check b4 I order or not. I have a fta box ariva 120, and a aerial for my saorview which plugs into the 120.

Will my present setup work on this tv do you think, a poster mentioned earlier that you would only receive sd on fta only.
Thanks in advance for any info given.

fingerbib

pat1981 wrote: »

Just to double check b4 I order or not. I have a fta box ariva 120, and a aerial for my saorview which plugs into the 120.

Will my present setup work on this tv do you think, a poster mentioned earlier that you would only receive sd on fta only.
Thanks in advance for any info given.

You can plug the aerial into this TV and receive the HD Saorview. Your box will also work with this and you will get HD via that if you connect with a HDMI cable.

Thargor

It will pick up saorview on its own Pat but you'll have to plug an ariel into the port on the back, thats just the Irish channels in tv mode. Probably handier to stay watching the Irish channels on the Ariva as you're doing so you dont need to be hopping between TV/AV/HDMI when moving between Irish and UK channels.

You can plug the Ariva in to either the AV (standard def) or HDMI (high def) ports on the back and watch the Saorview and sattelite channels on that the way you currently are. The Ariva picks up RTE HD and BBC HD and any others no problem but you have to hook it up with a HDMI cable not SCART, grab one in Dealz if theres one near you or check the poundshops/Ebay, a cheap HDMI cable is fine.

Chet T16

Moonbeam wrote: »

we got our current tv from ibood before christmas,they had put an adapter in the box and it left a black mark on the tv. I informed them ,they asked for photos and sent a courier and within a week they had sent me my new perfect tv:)
Thinking of getting this one now too....

I'd been meaning to ask how that went!

ActingDanClark

another-question! would the smart features on this include rte and tv3 players if the tv detects irish wifi? alos did anyone notice if it comes with a 3 pin plug?

Thargor

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=86458794

Looks like it, cant wait now.

Think we'll be very lucky if its a 3 pin plug though.

stooge

damian139 wrote: »

another-question! would the smart features on this include rte and tv3 players if the tv detects irish wifi? alos did anyone notice if it comes with a 3 pin plug?

3pin adapter should be included. RTE player is available on Samsung smartHub, not sure about Tv3 player though.

cathalj

Word of warning if you are thinking of going for this - it will end at 11pm Irish time (its midnight c.e.t.) ...... very tempted by this , hard to justify with a perfectly working tv at home though. ..... or is it ...... must be strong. ..... although must not miss out. .......

Skerries

*cough* blame the cat *cough*

My Makeup Perspective

Hi folks

Totally clueless regarding technology here, mother has a Philips TV and the screen has started to get splodgy ten years on so she's been hunting for a bargain TV. Her old TV doesn't even have a HDMI port, that's how old it is.

She has a saorview box, will this work with it?

discombobulate

My Makeup Perspective wrote: »

Hi folks

Totally clueless regarding technology here, mother has a Philips TV and the screen has started to get splodgy ten years on so she's been hunting for a bargain TV. Her old TV doesn't even have a HDMI port, that's how old it is.

She has a saorview box, will this work with it?

Yes or the aerial could be just plugged into the TV as per the posts above as it has inbuilt technology that means it doesn't require a seperate box.

My Makeup Perspective

discombobulate wrote: »

Yes or the aerial could be just plugged into the TV as per the posts above as it has inbuilt technology that means it doesn't require a seperate box.

Brilliant, thanks very much!

liam12989

hey all, ive been reading the previous comments and trying to figure out the pro/cons of this.

SO far i am wondering, if this is a 3pin plug standard set up.

also what freeview channels will i get, basically will i get rte,tv3 etc irish freeview?

will this work with Sky satellite?

Slunk

Would I be able to use a wireless keyboard and mouse with this? Coukd i connect my external HD and download/playback via the web browser? Also could I stream from my laptop ?

discombobulate

There's also 4% cashback from iBood with FatCheese (although their not overly reliable these days)

Etnies

Slunk wrote: »

Would I be able to use a wireless keyboard and mouse with this? Coukd i connect my external HD and download/playback via the web browser? Also could I stream from my laptop ?

Haha why would you want or need to use a wireless keyboard and mouse on the tv..

Just share a network drive and the tv will pick up the drive and be able to play files from it with the remote, though the interface is crap, better off just with a HDMI cable attached to a PC/laptop with Xbmc or something running on it. Should also supports USB drives if u don't want to go that way.

Tv3 player is available on Samsung TVs to answer someone else's question.

TMC99

liam12989 wrote: »

hey all, ive been reading the previous comments and trying to figure out the pro/cons of this.

SO far i am wondering, if this is a 3pin plug standard set up.

also what freeview channels will i get, basically will i get rte,tv3 etc irish freeview?

will this work with Sky satellite?

In relation to the 3 pin plug- the lead is a normal figure of 8 lead - easily replace for a 3 pin plug one if necessary.
Saorview will give you the Irish channels (RTE1/2, TV3/3e, TG4, RTE Jr, RTE Now, +1 and radio stations)
Works fine with Sky - HDMI direct from Sky box or SCART via HDMI adapter (supplied) if no HDMI on Sky box.