Aldi 40'' HD Smart TV €299

1huge1

Hi all

What does everyone think of this out of curiousity?

https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/thur-31-mar/products-detail-page/ps/p/40-full-hd-smart-tv/?pk_campaign=ie_product_newsletter&pk_kwd=2016-03-24_17-39

I am not particularly bothered by the lack of 4K, full HD still looks amazing to me, will probably mostly use this for chromecast if I get it.

Is this a good deal?

stevek93

I've seen 40" samsung TVs being sold online for around the same price.

podgeandrodge

It doesn't mention what smart applications it has. Presumably Netflix. What smart Samsungs are available for this price, couldn't see at the link you posted. thanks.

Gadgetman496

Is it Wall mount VESA only? or does it come with tabletop stand?

James Delaney

1huge1 wrote: »

Hi all

What does everyone think of this out of curiousity?

Advert states Smart Functionality.

It may not be 'automatically' Smart - It may need a dongle to convert it 2Smart.

Mr Velo

Gadgetman496 wrote: »

Is it Wall mount VESA only? or does it come with tabletop stand?

+1 I'd be interested to know if it comes with a stand also.

sob1467

I think that it is worth paying another 45 euro and getting this 4K TV in argos.

http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10152&catalogId=14551&langId=111&searchTerms=Bush+40+Inch+4K&authToken=&_$ja=tsid%3A30390%7Cprd%3A7337207

However it currently seems to be out of stock across the country.

Sync

sob1467 wrote: »

I think that it is worth paying another 45 euro and getting this 4K TV in argos.

http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10152&catalogId=14551&langId=111&searchTerms=Bush+40+Inch+4K&authToken=&_$ja=tsid%3A30390%7Cprd%3A7337207

However it currently seems to be out of stock across the country.

a 4K TV with 50Hz Motion Rate.... why does this even exist.

AndyBoBandy

For the same price,

I'd have the Samsung 40" (non smart) TV all day long.

In fact, I'll never buy a non Samsung TV again. I think their fantastic.

If using Chromecast, you won't need the smart features.

sob1467

Sync wrote: »

a 4K TV with 50Hz Motion Rate.... why does this even exist.

So you think it is pointless going for it, seeing as it is only 50Hz as I am buying it for 4k?

Mervyn Skidmore

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

For the same price,

I'd have the Samsung 40" (non smart) TV all day long.

In fact, I'll never buy a non Samsung TV again. I think their fantastic.

If using Chromecast, you won't need the smart features.

I thought that too but my Samsung tv has issues and it's not even 3 years old. Dark lines are appearing on the screen. I'll probably overlook Samsung next time because of this. I certainly wouldn't go near any of this type of junk. Best save up and go for Sony, Panasonic, LG and maybe Samsung again.

coffee to go

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

I thought that too but my Samsung tv has issues and it's not even 3 years old. Dark lines are appearing on the screen. I'll probably overlook Samsung next time because of this. I certainly wouldn't go near any of this type of junk. Best save up and go for Sony, Panasonic, LG and maybe Samsung again.

FYI - I had a Samsung that developed similar-sounding dark vertical bands 2-3 years ago (it was maybe 3 years old too) - Got on to Harvey Norman (obviously out of warranty - I pushed the Sale of Goods Act but got nowhere). Then directly contacted the Irish Samsung office and after a bit of to-ing and fro-ing, they couriered me out a replacement higher spec up-to-date model for nothing. No problems since, and was well pleased with the service.

Mervyn Skidmore

coffee to go wrote: »

FYI - I had a Samsung that developed similar-sounding dark vertical bands 2-3 years ago (it was maybe 3 years old too) - Got on to Harvey Norman (obviously out of warranty - I pushed the Sale of Goods Act but got nowhere). Then directly contacted the Irish Samsung office and after a bit of to-ing and fro-ing, they couriered me out a replacement higher spec up-to-date model for nothing. No problems since, and was well pleased with the service.

That sound encouraging, I might contact them with pictures. Did you email them or write to them?

billbond4

BTW was looking at the getting one TV from Aldi last year and the remote is incompatible with Sky.

rejkin

sob1467 wrote: »

So you think it is pointless going for it, seeing as it is only 50Hz as I am buying it for 4k?

I have that TV, its runs at 60Hz, it runs at 60Hz at 1080p when playing games on PS4 and running Netflix at 1080p.

I think it's just badly advertised, caused a bit of confusion in the last thread made on it.

stevek93

rejkin wrote: »

I have that TV, its runs at 60Hz, it runs at 60Hz at 1080p when playing games on PS4 and running Netflix at 1080p.

I think it's just badly advertised, caused a bit of confusion in the last thread made on it.

Don't forget most of these cheap TVs have awful speakers many people do over look this.

rejkin

stevek93 wrote: »

Don't forget most of these cheap TVs have awful speakers many people do over look this.

I would agree with you there. They are fine for me, no issue really but I don't think any TV has good in built speakers.
I have six year old creative speakers and they are still better than any speakers in the tv's I've had over the years.

stevek93

rejkin wrote: »

I would agree with you there. They are fine for me, no issue really but I don't think any TV has good in built speakers.
I have six year old creative speakers and they are still better than any speakers in the tv's I've had over the years.

I bought a Philips LCD TV about 5 years ago speakers are brilliant.

Thargor

Samsung tvs have decent sound in my experience, never heard a bad one.

Capt'n Midnight

billbond4 wrote: »

BTW was looking at the getting one TV from Aldi last year and the remote is incompatible with Sky.

Sometimes this is as easy as getting the latest SKY Remote http://sky.uebv.com/

But beware UMC are now doing Sharp brand TV's with RF remotes so forget about using them with a SKY or any other Infra Red remote :mad:

AndyBoBandy

I found Samsung support very handy last week,

My almost 2 year old 55 inch smart 3D was having an issue connecting to my samsung sound bar via Anynet/ARC, so I got into a web chat with their tech support, and after about 40 minutes, and delving into some serious settings on the TV (settings menu I'd never seen before), I got the issue resolved.

I was most impressed with this (free) service/support.

MacAttack84

Hi

Anyone have any idea whether the Internet connectivity is only via Ethernet or would this have wifi connectivity?

Thanks!

bigmike99

there is a deal in amzaon today...40inch panasonic FHD (not smart tv) for £219 delivered

TitianGerm

bigmike99 wrote: »

there is a deal in amzaon today...40inch panasonic FHD (not smart tv) for £219 delivered

Do you have a link or is it a daily deal?

machalla

emmetkenny wrote: »

Do you have a link or is it a daily deal?

I would say it was this, 100% claimed amazon deal

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-TX-40C300B-Freeview-Contrast-Essential/dp/B00UVQR7CC?ie=UTF8&ref_=gbps_img_s-3_8407_3c088974&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

savemejebus

FYI that is not a proper panasonic though, just a vestel rebadge.

AdMMM

Taking a chance on this now. Hopefully it comes with a stand otherwise I'll be propping it up with books for a while.

danois

I'm not very tech savvy bought this mainly for Netflix looks like that was a waste. Can't get Netflix to work at all.

joeysoap

RTE Player not working on my Samsung smart tv since october. Theres a seperate thread on here about it. I got on to RTE and they said they were working with Samsong on the problem, that was before Christmas. Not working last week. (it loads up ok, you see the compulsary adds and then .... nothing to see here, move along

AdMMM

So thought this was going to be a disaster after I plugged in my Playstation into HDMI3 (the easiest accessible port) as it had some horrible blue ghosting on screen. However switching to HDMI1 and 2 cleared up the picture. I'm happy with the purchase given I have a PS4 but if I was buying this for its Smart capabilities I'd be very disappointed as it only seems to come with basic apps and I haven't found a way to download anything like Netflix for it...


What does everyone else think?

danois

I have to say I'm very disappointed. I wasnt expecting miracles but this is awful. Would never class this as a smart tv. The sound is awful too.

Thargor

What's the picture like? Sound and smart functionality is easily remedied...

danois

Thargor wrote: »

What's the picture like? Sound and smart functionality is easily remedied...

Remedied how?

Picture was good on it.

TitianGerm

danois wrote: »

Remedied how?

Picture was good on it.

Sound bar and Android Box/Chromecast

Fendy

joeysoap wrote: »

RTE Player not working on my Samsung smart tv since october. Theres a seperate thread on here about it. I got on to RTE and they said they were working with Samsong on the problem, that was before Christmas. Not working last week. (it loads up ok, you see the compulsary adds and then .... nothing to see here, move along

I had the same problem with my Samsung TV late last year, so I downloaded a firmware update from Samsung, installed it on the TV, and it solved the problem.

danois

emmetkenny wrote: »

Sound bar and Android Box/Chromecast

Kind of defeats the purpose of getting a smart tv if you need to buy an android box!

TitianGerm

danois wrote: »

Kind of defeats the purpose of getting a smart tv if you need to buy an android box!

If your buying a smart TV buy a good reputable brand not a cheap TV from Aldi.

I have a Smart Panasonic, one of the high end panels and I honestly wouldn't buy a smart TV again. You'd be better to buy the same screen without the smart features (usually around €100-€150 cheaper) and buy a Chromecast for Netflix etc.

Capt'n Midnight

Tldr; version

if you get a cheap aggressively priced TV then spend some of the savings on an external sound system.

emmetkenny wrote: »

Sound bar and Android Box/Chromecast

Sound quality on a cheap TV won't be the best, much rather they cut corners on that than the panel tbh. You don't even need a sound bar because you can beg/borrow/steal/adverts.ie/charity shops things like old HiFi or computer speakers for a nominal amount.

danois wrote: »

Kind of defeats the purpose of getting a smart tv if you need to buy an android box!

It will only be a smart TV as long as they provide updates. And security on early smart TV's is abysmal. Just assume the world can see , and in the case of some hear, everything you are doing

As an example Freesat are rolling out netflix to freetime boxes but not to older ones. And BBC are ending iplayer support for older Freesat boxes in September. And some of those are still on sale. (kind of academic now since part of the UPC/Virgin rebrand seems to have included dropping access to their UK DNS servers)


It costs a lot less to upgrade a chromecast than a TV, and you can cast your tablet or phone which probably have more smarts and a better UI than your TV anyway.

Another cheap way of getting a Smart TV is an old laptop on the VGA input and get a wireless mouse, you can even use two mice if you don't want to share, things like remote desktop also allow you to control the TV from your phone/tablet.

Thargor

I say this every time it comes up, Smart functions are always a pain in the ass, they're always crippled in some way no matter how much you spend on the tv. Buy an extra long HDMI cable on Ebay for €10-15 and run it along the skirting board or under the carpet from the back of the tv to your laptop on the coffee table or your smartphone/tablet with the adapter, instant smart functionality 10X better than anything you'll get in a tv.

Sync

If I was to buy a TV all over again, the only "smart" I would buy is Android TV... the rest of them are insanely limited.

joeysoap

Fendy wrote: »

I had the same problem with my Samsung TV late last year, so I downloaded a firmware update from Samsung, installed it on the TV, and it solved the problem.

Thanks Fendy, done that, working now

Christy Browne

Any idea how to set up the Wifi on this? I can only type numbers for the password

Thargor

Change your wi-fi password to numbers as a last resort but Id be very surprised if there wasnt a button that switched the numbers over to letters.

Christy Browne

Thargor wrote: »

Change your wi-fi password to numbers as a last resort but Id be very surprised if there wasnt a button that switched the numbers over to letters.

Just figured it out, you have to press the source button and then use the keypad on the back. Fairly unintuitive but oh well.

Is it possible to get Netflix on it without using Chromecast or an Android box?

Fendy

joeysoap wrote: »

Thanks Fendy, done that, working now

Glad to help

fryup

emmetkenny wrote: »

I have a Smart Panasonic, one of the high end panels and I honestly wouldn't buy a smart TV again. You'd be better to buy the same screen without the smart features (usually around €100-€150 cheaper) and buy a Chromecast for Netflix etc.

how about the a smart blu-ray player? or is that a gimmick as well?

danois

I had bought 2 of these mainly so kids could have Netflix. I brought them back today for a full refund. Staff in aldi were lovely and as surprised as I was that Netflix didn't work.

I think I will put the extra €100 to it and buying this instead http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-13-42LF580V

joeysoap

was thinking of getting rid of a fat old tv from a room we seldom use and put in a 32' tv, but think now maybe a better option to put an older 40' samgsung into this room and purchase a new one for the room we use all the time.

anybody know anything about these 4k tvs?

bit.ly/1RLM19n

I am in a Freeview area so that bit is alright. Saorview seems to pickup the Freeview stations and sort them differently to how my recorder (not saorview but does pick up RTE etc) sorts them but thats a minor issue.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

This TV is back now on the 19th of May. I can't make the brand out from the pictures though. Looks like beaun or something. Worth getting??

1huge1

I actually decided against it in the end, just moved apartment and didn't have the money to spare at the time, but if you do get it, please let me know what you think

danois

The Hunky Monster wrote: »

This TV is back now on the 19th of May. I can't make the brand out from the pictures though. Looks like beaun or something. Worth getting??

I ended up returning it. It was an awful tv. Crap sound and smart function were awful couldn't even use Netflix.