Bush 40 Inch 4K UHD Freeview HD Smart LED TV €344.99

ninty

Is this any good for this price €344.99

GY A1

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057560466
dropped in line with uk price

ninty

GY A1 wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057560466
dropped in line with uk price

£340 on English site,previously on sale at £299.where did €323 come from on above thread

GY A1

ninty wrote: »

£340 on English site,previously on sale at £299.where did €323 come from on above thread

it wa something like £250 on uk site but was 600 euro on irish argos,
good price now

James Delaney

Can u provide a Model No. for the TV ur referring to.

pissed

James Delaney wrote: »

Can u provide a Model No. for the TV ur referring to.

Its on Argos, was posted on HUKD yesterday.

http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10152&catalogId=14551&langId=111&searchTerms=Bush+40+Inch+4K&authToken=

ninty

James Delaney wrote: »

Can u provide a Model No. for the TV ur referring to.

LED40304UHDT2

gip

Bought this TV with the reason to getting rid of my satellite receiver and saorview box. I believed when reading description of TV that it has a Freeview HD digital tuner and a saorview digital tuner. There is only one aerial input (AV Ant) on back of TV so I've put a splitter on my satellite dish and saorview antenna leads and scanned tuner's to get channels but only receive saorview channels then I removed splitter and plugged satellite dish directly into aerial input and rescanned but still cannot receive any channels. What am I doing wrong or is there no Freeview HD digital tuner on TV ? I would appreciate if anyone could point me in the right direction ? Any help would be really appreciated .

byte

gip wrote: »

Bought this TV with the reason to getting rid of my satellite receiver and saorview box. I believed when reading description of TV that it has a Freeview HD digital tuner and a saorview digital tuner. There is only one aerial input (AV Ant) on back of TV so I've put a splitter on my satellite dish and saorview antenna leads and scan tuner's to get channels but only receive saorview channels, then I remove splitter and plug satellite dish directly into aerial input and rescan but still cannot receive any channels. What am I doing wrong or is there no HD digital tuner on TV ? I would appreciate if anyone could point me in the right direction ? Any help would be really appreciated .

You're confusing satellite signals with terrestrial signals! The TV only has a digital terrestrial (Saorview, in our case, in Ireland) tuner, which relies on an aerial.

It does not have a digital satellite tuner for reception of sat channels

gip

byte wrote: »

You're confusing satellite signals with terrestrial signals! The TV only has a digital terrestrial (Saorview, in our case, in Ireland) tuner, which relies on an aerial.

It does not have a digital satellite tuner for reception of sat channels

So therefore when they describe TV as having a Freeview HD satellite receiver and a saorview digital tuner it's all the one ?

dodzy

gip wrote: »

So therefore when they describe TV as having a Freeview HD satellite receiver and a saorview digital tuner it's all the one ?

Yep. Freeview is the UK equivalent of our saorview. You needed a TV with dual integrated tuners for DVBS & DVBT to enable you to get rid of your 2 boxes. As it stands, you'll need to keep the sat one.

gip

dodzy wrote: »

Yep. Freeview is the UK equivalent of our saorview. You needed a TV with dual integrated tuners for DVBS & DVBT to enable you to get rid of your 2 boxes. As it stands, you'll need to keep the sat one.

Cheers dodzy, thought with description on Argos "Digital Features"TV had dual receiver. Bit of a pain in the ar#e but apart from that I think it's pretty good value for money, great picture, it has 4 HDMI and 3 USB ports plus the fact that it's a" smart " TV (not really as smart as I'd hoped !! 😥) and the sound is pretty decent as well.

Niemoj

I presume this tele wouldn't be compatible with Netflix's 4K?

dodzy

gip wrote: »

Cheers dodzy, thought with description on Argos "Digital Features"TV had dual receiver. Bit of a pain in the ar#e but apart from that I think it's pretty good value for money, great picture, it has 4 HDMI and 3 USB ports plus the fact that it's a" smart " TV (not really as smart as I'd hoped !! 😥) and the sound is pretty decent as well.

Yeah, a lot of 'smart TVs' are actually pretty dumb. A cheapo android box will turn a regular TV into far more that any of those 'smart' tvs on the market.

bondja80

gip wrote: »

Cheers dodzy, thought with description on Argos "Digital Features"TV had dual receiver. Bit of a pain in the ar#e but apart from that I think it's pretty good value for money, great picture, it has 4 HDMI and 3 USB ports plus the fact that it's a" smart " TV (not really as smart as I'd hoped !! 😥) and the sound is pretty decent as well.

Hi, did you try to play games on this tv? Is it good picture quality? Can you make some photos of this tv and upload here?

bondja80

Did somebody try to return tv in argos? Will I get full refund for tv, if I don't like tv.

James Delaney

dodzy wrote: »

Yeah, a lot of 'smart TVs' are actually pretty dumb. A cheapo android box will turn a regular TV into far more that any of those 'smart' tvs on the market.

Can u pls recommend a android bix to use with upc broadband (or does service provider matter?).

Also what additional features does this box offer to an LG Smart Tv - (as I was thinkin of buying an LG Smart tv).

bondja80

James Delaney wrote: »

Can u pls recommend a android bix to use with upc broadband (or does service provider matter?).

Also what additional features does this box offer to an LG Smart Tv - (as I was thinkin of buying an LG Smart tv).

On android box you can use Kodi(movies, live sport for free) and another apps from android play market. I have this box, it is ok http://www.amazon.co.uk/NPET-CS918-Kodi-Android-Smart-CS918-2G/dp/B015ZAMYM6/ref=pd_sim_23_6?ie=UTF8&dpID=51Zp4F4IY2L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=16PCCZXSM2ZE5SPMY8HP

GY A1

can u put kodi on this tv,
ie on the android smart bit


Originally Posted by dodzy View Post
Yeah, a lot of 'smart TVs' are actually pretty dumb. A cheapo android box will turn a regular TV into far more that any of those 'smart' tvs on the market.
Can u pls recommend a android bix to use with upc broadband (or does service provider matter?).

Also what additional features does this box offer to an LG Smart Tv - (as I was thinkin of buying an LG Smart tv).

Jay Dee

gip wrote: »

.... it has 4 HDMI and 3 USB ports plus the fact that it's a" smart " TV ....

The Argos spec's say " 1 SCART socket, 1 USB port and 4 HDMI sockets.
Smart TV.""
Anyone know which is correct ?
Thanks

Jay.

manual_man

Interested to hear more opinions on this as I'm looking at getting a 40 inch smart for my folks and the price seems great. Good picture quality and decent sound of most concern, also curious to know exactly what smart tv apps are available to us here in Ireland, and usb video playback (avi and mkv playback would be fine). Thanks in advance for any replies

TitianGerm

manual_man wrote: »

Interested to hear more opinions on this as I'm looking at getting a 40 inch smart for my folks and the price seems great. Good picture quality and decent sound of most concern, also curious to know exactly what smart tv apps are available to us here in Ireland, and usb video playback (avi and mkv playback would be fine). Thanks in advance for any replies

Sound is terrible on most TVs nowadays.

manual_man

emmetkenny wrote: »

Sound is terrible on most TVs nowadays.

I realise its often not great on led's alright. A sound bar is always an option. My folks are in their 60s though and wouldn't be ones to pump the volume to the max

Pogmothone

Its 50HZ , The refresh rate is crap,This will not be good for gaming, Avoid.

manual_man

Pogmothone wrote: »

Its 50HZ , The refresh rate is crap,This will not be good for gaming, Avoid.

its also €345. and not everyone will be using it for gaming

NIMAN

I wouldn't be rushing out to buy this tbh, tread carefully.

My reasons:
It's a Bush, you get what you pay for.

Do you need 4k? Don't buy into the hype. What 4k programming are you going to watch on it? If you feed it with HD picture or BluRay discs will provably be fined but most of your content is likely to be SD television from sky, Freesat or saorview. There's a good chance it'll look ni better than on your current telly. Plus there's a good chance it'll look worse.

manual_man

NIMAN wrote: »

I wouldn't be rushing out to buy this tbh, tread carefully.

My reasons:
It's a Bush, you get what you pay for.

Do you need 4k? Don't buy into the hype. What 4k programming are you going to watch on it? If you feed it with HD picture or BluRay discs will provably be fined but most of your content is likely to be SD television from sky, Freesat or saorview. There's a good chance it'll look ni better than on your current telly. Plus there's a good chance it'll look worse.

i'd prefer to wait for opinions from people who have actually bought it. 4k aside, it could still be a good deal

rogieop

Bought the tv yesterday.

It has 4 hdmi sockets and 3 usb connections. The picture and sound are spot on. Im not a gamer so cant comment on any of that.

Flicked through some of the apps and they were ok. I think ill have to spend some time and set it up to suit myself. The tv is pretty much set up for the uk. All the pre loaded apps are bbc news/iplayer etc which wont stream content in this region.

The missus streamed a few tv shows and a film last night and everything was bob on.

Very happy with it and going in today to buy another one for the mother.

NIMAN

manual_man wrote: »

i'd prefer to wait for opinions from people who have actually bought it. 4k aside, it could still be a good deal

Well I actually made the mistake if buying a cheap Hitachi telly from argos a couple of years ago, and had to take it back the next day for a refund, the quality of the picture was terrible.

From this experience, I fully believe you get what you pay for.

manual_man

rogieop wrote: »

Bought the tv yesterday.

It has 4 hdmi sockets and 3 usb connections. The picture and sound are spot on. Im not a gamer so cant comment on any of that.

Flicked through some of the apps and they were ok. I think ill have to spend some time and set it up to suit myself. The tv is pretty much set up for the uk. All the pre loaded apps are bbc news/iplayer etc which wont stream content in this region.

The missus streamed a few tv shows and a film last night and everything was bob on.

Very happy with it and going in today to buy another one for the mother.

could you do me a big favour? got the measurements for the tv stand and it's 90cm wide exactly. am a bit worried because argos quotes the dimensions as 91.6cm wide, and the stand legs look just about as wide as the telly itself. any chance you could give me the measurements on how wide the stand is? also (i'm guessing the answer is no) does the stand swivel??

rogieop

manual_man wrote: »

could you do me a big favour? got the measurements for the tv stand and it's 90cm wide exactly. am a bit worried because argos quotes the dimensions as 91.6cm wide, and the stand legs look just about as wide as the telly itself. any chance you could give me the measurements on how wide the stand is? also (i'm guessing the answer is no) does the stand swivel??

Just measured it and the stand is roughly 82cm wide, and the stand legs are roughly 11cm wide. The legs dont swivel they are screwed in.

After a bit more playing around with its pretty bog standard as a smart tv. All it really is of any use for is netflix or streaming from websites which i could have used chrome cast for anyway. Everything else is 100%. Will definitely be buying another one for the mother.

manual_man

rogieop wrote: »

Just measured it and the stand is roughly 82cm wide, and the stand legs are roughly 11cm wide. The legs dont swivel they are screwed in.

After a bit more playing around with its pretty bog standard as a smart tv. All it really is of any use for is netflix or streaming from websites which i could have used chrome cast for anyway. Everything else is 100%. Will definitely be buying another one for the mother.

that's brilliant just needed to know it would be a safe fit on the stand. and good to know you're happy with the picture quality, and the sound, the two most important things anyway.

Daniel112

The girlfriend and I bought one of these each last week and the TV is great! The netflix app correctly picks up that the tv supports 4K so you'll get their offering of 4k Ultra HD tv shows which include Better Call Saul and Breaking bad. Even standard definition programs on sky look decent when I've seen other HD tv's that show horrible quality for them. The netflix app is very fast and the youtube app works flawlessly.

The TV has 4 HDMI connections as well as 2 USB 3.0 slots on the left hand side and one USB 2.0 on the back. The TV supports MKV and most other formats that you throw at it!

The smart tv store is nothing special but it does have deezer if anyone streams their music from the service. No spotify though as far as I could tell.

Just FYI for people as I haven't seen it posted here yet. Some 4K tv's have input lag with consoles and this is indeed the case with this tv. Playing Tomb Raider on my girlfriends Xbox One through this tv resulted in a delay of estimate 1 second between moving the analog stick and the character moving on the screen. Now don't panic! Their is a fix built into the tv. Simply go into the video menu in the tv settings and change the picture mode to "Game" and this will drastically reduce the lag on the tv. I also found this to be the case while moving the cursor on my android box with an air mouse remote. Once I changed the picture mode it was fine.

Anyway I hope I have answered any questions that people may have had and let me know if ye have any more

TitianGerm

Daniel112 wrote: »

The girlfriend and I bought one of these each last week and the TV is great! The netflix app correctly picks up that the tv supports 4K so you'll get their offering of 4k Ultra HD tv shows which include Better Call Saul and Breaking bad. Even standard definition programs on sky look decent when I've seen other HD tv's that show horrible quality for them. The netflix app is very fast and the youtube app works flawlessly.

The TV has 4 HDMI connections as well as 2 USB 3.0 slots on the left hand side and one USB 2.0 on the back. The TV supports MKV and most other formats that you throw at it!

The smart tv store is nothing special but it does have deezer if anyone streams their music from the service. No spotify though as far as I could tell.

Just FYI for people as I haven't seen it posted here yet. Some 4K tv's have input lag with consoles and this is indeed the case with this tv. Playing Tomb Raider on my girlfriends Xbox One through this tv resulted in a delay of estimate 1 second between moving the analog stick and the character moving on the screen. Now don't panic! Their is a fix built into the tv. Simply go into the video menu in the tv settings and change the picture mode to "Game" and this will drastically reduce the lag on the tv. I also found this to be the case while moving the cursor on my android box with an air mouse remote. Once I changed the picture mode it was fine.

Anyway I hope I have answered any questions that people may have had and let me know if ye have any more

Great bit on the console, thanks for that.

Im thinking of picking one up after payday to use with my Xbox one as I currently have a 32in Samsung which is around 8 years old(cost €700 at the time ) and I think this would be a good option.

The apps don't bother me and I won't have it hooked up to Sky/saorview because it'll be in an upstairs bedroom.

Any chance you could pop up a few screen shots of the TV running the console?

PS if anyone could suggest an alternative I'd really appreciate it!!

donegal.

gip wrote: »

So therefore when they describe TV as having a Freeview HD satellite receiver and a saorview digital tuner it's all the one ?

"Freeview HD satellite receiver"
theres no mention in the description of there being a satellite receiver.
(freeview , as opposed to freesat,in the UK is similar to saorview).

theres a Walker 40" with both saorview and a satellite receiver for about €470.
(also sony and lg but more expensive)

manual_man

emmetkenny wrote: »

Great bit on the console, thanks for that.

Im thinking of picking one up after payday to use with my Xbox one as I currently have a 32in Samsung which is around 8 years old(cost €700 at the time ) and I think this would be a good option.

The apps don't bother me and I won't have it hooked up to Sky/saorview because it'll be in an upstairs bedroom.

Any chance you could pop up a few screen shots of the TV running the console?

PS if anyone could suggest an alternative I'd really appreciate it!!

if gaming is your ONLY concern, then there's other attractively-priced options out there. have a look at this:

http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-13-40J5100

Now the price seems to have gone mysteriously missing, but yesterday it was listed as €375 on offer. No smart tv or 4k or anything, but a Samsung Series 5 telly with mostly very positive reviews. Might be an option for you

TitianGerm

manual_man wrote: »

if gaming is your ONLY concern, then there's other attractively-priced options out there. have a look at this:

http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-13-40J5100

Now the price seems to have gone mysteriously missing, but yesterday it was listed as €375 on offer. No smart tv or 4k or anything, but a Samsung Series 5 telly with mostly very positive reviews. Might be an option for you

Not a bad option but without the promotion price its €75 more expensive.

Also a two hour drive to my nearest Powercity

manual_man

emmetkenny wrote: »

Not a bad option but without the promotion price its €75 more expensive.

Also a two hour drive to my nearest Powercity

The €375 price might still be the same... or less if you're lucky. Although yeah a 2 hour drive isn't ideal unless you fancy making a trip out of it!

TitianGerm

manual_man wrote: »

The €375 price might still be the same... or less if you're lucky. Although yeah a 2 hour drive isn't ideal unless you fancy making a trip out of it!

Thanks for that I'll drop them a call and see. Thanks for the option.

rejkin

So this is a no-go if you intend on using it for playing PS4/XBONE aswell as normal TV?

Is it really that bad?

Grawns

Picked up the bush yesterday for my folks and pretty pleased with it. Sound and pic good and price excellent ☺. Thanks OP.

Don Imac2

Can someone that has the Bush TV offer an opinion on how 50mhz performs regarding motion. Is it okay for watching sports?

Grawns

Don Imac2 wrote: »

Can someone that has the Bush TV offer an opinion on 50mhz performs regarding motion. Is it okay for watching sports?

Will report back after the rugby:)

rejkin

The instruction manual states it supports 60Hz up to 4K resolution so it's a bit confusing...

soirish

Don Imac2 wrote: »

Can someone that has the Bush TV offer an opinion on how 50mhz performs regarding motion. Is it okay for watching sports?

rejkin wrote: »

The instruction manual states it supports 60Hz up to 4K resolution so it's a bit confusing...

The instruction manual shows 60Hz.

http://www.argos-support.co.uk/ctrl-data/uploads/files/4487605_D0012.pdf

Page 20

rogieop

Don Imac2 wrote: »

Can someone that has the Bush TV offer an opinion on how 50mhz performs regarding motion. Is it okay for watching sports?

I watched the man utd game last night in hd. No issues.

Furzy

manual_man wrote: »

The €375 price might still be the same... or less if you're lucky. Although yeah a 2 hour drive isn't ideal unless you fancy making a trip out of it!

When you click buy/reserve it comes up at €375 - the deal is until Feb 29th. Looks like a good price.

soirish

Furzy wrote: »

When you click buy/reserve it comes up at €375 - the deal is until Feb 29th. Looks like a good price.

That Samsung TV is 50Hz as well.

Chimichangas

A friend got it. Whats the best all round setting for picture? Looks a bit faded.

Also it needs a firmware upgrade it seems, to fix an issue with powering off? Anyone else have it?

Chardee MacDennis

grabbed this yesterday, very impressed at this price.

although it could have done without an Argos technical support sticker on the screen.

rejkin

Ok so I took the plunge and got it.
Pretty impressive for the price, screen quality is really good and I see no issues playing on ps4.
Only problem is the sound isn't that astounding, it's quite low.
Might have to put my speakers beside it.