Aldi 42" Plasma

HOB-it

Anyone got any thoughts on the Aldi 42" plasma for 1500 yo yos next thursday? I havent seen the spec. Just heard about it from a friend - sounds pretty decent. Its an LG

KTRIC

Have you got a link ??

zAbbo

Wheres this now

HOB-it

Its in Aldi. Sorry dont have a link - it hasnt been updated on the Aldi site yet. Buddy of mine picked up a flyer instore this morn and gave me a buzz.

zAbbo

I'm heading out that direction later this evening, will keep a lookout, any idea what make model?

petes

bazH wrote:

I'm heading out that direction later this evening, will keep a lookout, any idea what make model?

Will you pick one up for me?

zAbbo

Found this link - http://www.areadvd.de/news/2005/200503/0800320050001_ALDI_Plasma.shtml

which points to the german website, im stumped from there

Sponge Bob

Here is the sad history. Plenty of it .

http://www.avforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1782853&postcount=904

It did not perform as advertised so Aldi have to take them back if you insist they do. Keep the packaging handy for the plasmas....in case

HOB-it

um.. we're talking about the 42" plasma dude. not the 32" lcd.

Sponge Bob

ALDI are making the same sort of ridiculous claims for the plasma that they made for the 32" LCD in May. If it does not do absolutely everything they advertise when its taken straight out of the box then bring it back to them .

They used to do what they said on the can until the 32" LCD was shipped. Over on AVFORUMS someone is already wondering how they will do HDTV with a Plasma Panel of only 852x480 ....just for starters

HOB-it

hmm good point. you need at least 720p for true HD TV. 480p wont cut it - maybe they're touting this as HD. From what ive heard as well its a vga connection and not DVI.

blorg

If it is a 852x480 panel, I presume that they just mean that it will accept HDTV signals and downsample them to fit the screen.

zAbbo

http://www.aldi.ie/special_buys/product_291.html

Watch all your favourite films and programmes in crystal-clear, panoramic style.

* Amazing 10,000:1 contrast ratio
* 1,500 cd/m2 brightness
* Free tilting wall bracket
* Fully inclusive 3 year manufacturers warranty worth over £500
* HDTV ready
* 2 x 10W NICAM speakers

Also includes:

* 42" (106cm) plasma display manufactured by LG in 16:9 format
* 852 (H) x 480 (V) pixel resolution
* Full HDTV compatibility (480p, 720p, 1080i) via DVD input including HDCP decoding.
* Over 160º horizontal/vertical viewing angle
* 16.7 million colours.
* Full dual TV tuners manufactured by Samsung for full Picture-in-Picture functionality.
* Multi-picture function and full split-screen viewing
* 99 TV channels
* Optimal solution 1280 x 1024 over VGA.
* 2 x 10W built-in speakers
* NICAM Stereo Sound
* On-screen display menu
* Full Teletext with 100 page memory
* Automatic channel search
* Sleep timer
* Picture freeze function
* Size: 1045 x 640 x 88mm (without stand) 1045 x 700x 240mm (with stand)
* Approx. weight 50kg
* Remote control (batteries included)
* Customer helpline available
*

Three year warranty

Plasma TVs are fragile and must be kept upright at all times - please arrive at store with a suitable vehicle that will accommodate the TV upright in the box (1175 x 855 x 380mm boxed). We recommend you have the wall bracket installed by a professional, please also check the suitability of the wall carefully.

Theres still some 32" ones left in Dundalk.

Bluehair

Seems decent enough to me. If the picture quality is good I can't see how you can go wrong. €1500 for a 42" plasma with wall bracket is a bargain in anybodys language.

Some folks get far too uppity about missing features and the like (especially considering the price)

KdjaCL

Bluehair wrote:

Some folks get far too uppity about missing features and the like (especially considering the price)

For something not available in Ireland or Uk for a good while yet.

Nice tv for the price, little over 14 months ago these things cost €4000 without a tuner. I holding out for thet LCDs next version.

kdjac

TCP/IP

Sounds like a fine basic screen but as for the screen been High def that is rubbish as the resolution is far to low for high def.

HOB-it

TCP/IP wrote:

Sounds like a fine basic screen but as for the screen been High def that is rubbish as the resolution is far to low for high def.

I think the key is

Full HDTV compatibility (480p, 720p, 1080i) via DVD input including HDCP decoding

Ive no idea what "via DVD input" means but its VGA display appears to goes up to 1280 x 1024.

rubadub

I have a panasonic pw6. It has a res the same as this LG, if I connect a PC it can go up to very high resolutions but it is just an approximation, so text is blurred, it is fine for pics or games. I know cheaper plasmas do not have as good a processor as the pw6 and the image is more distorted/blurred.
I wanted mine as a tv and pc monitor. now I am getting a 32 LCD as I am not happy with the resolution on the PW6 for web browsing, screen is too big for it too. I certainly do not consider mine or the LG to be "HDTV ready"

the LG looks a great deal with the stand and tilting bracket speakers tuner etc, all that would have costed me an extra €600-800.

doesnt say what connections it has, like scart, component, vga, extra speakers etc.

zAbbo

HOB-it wrote:

I think the key is

Full HDTV compatibility (480p, 720p, 1080i) via DVD input including HDCP decoding

Ive no idea what "via DVD input" means but its VGA display appears to goes up to 1280 x 1024.

assume thats a typo for DVI

rubadub

I can only assume that they don't have a clue what they are selling. The 10,000:1 contrast ratio seems a bit much for a cheapo plasma. All these features listed but doesnt even say what connections it has.

bambam

I think is the thread on the "Tevion 42" Plasma at Aldi" from avforums:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=227115&highlight=aldi

Bluehair

Thanks for that link bambam I'll be following with interest.

Tbh for 1 and a 1/2 grand I don't really think you can go wrong. Wack the xbox, sky and dvd into it and you're laughing. As long as the screen is decent enough quality I'll def be in the queue for my new living room tv

KdjaCL

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/displayarticle.php?id=19617

WHEN IS SKY LAUNCHING HDTV?
· Sky is on track to launch a High Definition Television (HDTV) service in 2006.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3652402.stm

The BBC intends to produce all of its content in HD by 2010. Sky in the UK and M6, TPS and TF1 in France are all planning HD services, with TPS promising a 2005 launch followed by Sky in 2006

OMG the TV isnt HDtv ready ....OMFG HDTv isnt available here for another year!!!!!!!!!!!!

kdjac

Sponge Bob

HDTV tests are underway already on astra 2

vibe666

still a good deal assuming it works better than the LCD they were selling in May.

if you really want HDTV then but this one and wait a year or two, sell it then go buy something better.

right now, it's about the best offer of a budget plasma there is.

that said, i'm only midly temped by the offer.

thinking of waiting another 12 months and going to a decent 42" LCD when the price will be a lot lower.

rubadub

vibe666 wrote:

thinking of waiting another 12 months and going to a decent 42" LCD when the price will be a lot lower.

You have to buy sometime, in 12months you may be saying, i'll wait another 12 months for a high end 60" LCD to drop. If you buy it now, you may get €1000 for it next year second hand, thats under €10 a week you paid for it. TVs are getting like PC prices these days. My mate has a sony 32" widescreen that he is still paying off on credit, it was €1700! He is well pissed off when he sees these prices, but I always remind him that he would have still been watching his 21" for all that time if he hadnt bought it then

fatherdougalmag

Just hope everyone heeds the warning about keeping these beasts upgright and not flat otherwise there could be a lot of unhappy people.

podge3

My local store will have just 6 in stock, but apparently you can order one if you are not lucky enough to get one of these.

I think the Plasma is a pretty good deal as it comes with a 3 year warranty and bracket. The specs also look good (not forgetting the fiasco with the 32" LCD )

I think people are getting a bit hung up on the HDTV thing. I agree they probably shouldn't have put the HD logo/symbol on the advert, but apart from $ky, we are years away from HDTV in this country.

Can an "expert" confirm or deny the "keep upright" instruction. I would imagine that the screens would have been on their side at some point on their way from the Far-east where they were born.

fatherdougalmag

I'm not an expert but a mate mentioned it at the weekend. He recently bought an expensive TV and got chatting with the delivery man. He said that it's a common enough problem when people decide to take their own TV home rather than get it delivered. It looks like a case of 'this way up' really meaning 'this way up'.

fatherdougalmag

Well to whom it may concern Newland's Cross are all out of their stocked screens but they will take orders. It will take about 4 or 5 weeks to come through. Plenty (about 30) DivX players and home cinema kits left but they've probably got more out back.

deevey

In relation to trasporting/hanging the plasmas...

...Hire Shops... store, hang and transport them at various angles

....you can buy Angle brackets for Plasmas..

I have never heard anything like that before.. must be trying to cover their asses.

Hey ... remember the first Ad's sony released for plasmas? ... there was a couple trying to decide where it would go, had it mounted in varying positions .. including on the ceiling directly over the bed..

rgiller

Noticed this morning there's plenty of these still available in Ballincollig down here in the real capital. It must be all this extra culture we're getting or something. People don't want to buy tvs any more

KdjaCL

rgiller wrote:

Noticed this morning there's plenty of these still available in Ballincollig down here in the real capital. It must be all this extra culture we're getting or something. People don't want to buy tvs any more

or your all poor


kdjac

unklerosco

Plasmas have to be transported Vertically. Allot of plasmas come with spirit levels in the boxes that indicate if the've be horisontall at anytime, if so dont take it(note: Only certain manufacturers do this) The screens are very delicate, a slight impact can destroy them...

http://www.irc-junkie.net/buzz/my_plasma.jpg
This is what hapend to someones plasma on AV forums after UPS had it stored horizontally...

MorningStar

A few people have mentioned selling on their TVs but where do you do that? Is it just selling it to friends?

I am really surprised people would sell them on and more that people buy them. Don't plasma screens have a limited lifespan?

rubadub

MorningStar wrote:

Don't plasma screens have a limited lifespan?

Some last longer than others, normal would be 10 years after which it starts to fade. I would be happy if any electronic equipment lasted 10 years these days. We have gone through about 6 videos in my house, yet there is still one working from the early 80's, one of the first JVC's out.

You should transport them vertically, just because of the dynamics of a car. Do you ever see glaziers trucks storing glass down flat? No it is always vertical. Glass is strong but brittle, a car/truck can flex, if say the front wheel hits a big stone, the whole carriage is shook, glass in a vertical postition can undergo far more shock than a huge pane lying flat since a change in "flatness" of the truck is acting on a much smaller space.

Doodee

My dad bought one of these yesterday. Havent heard if he has it set up yet.

Whats the story with the 32" lcd's? I was considering getting one, thought they were good.

deevey

This is what hapend to someones plasma on AV forums after UPS had it stored horizontally...

I believe ""Dropped" was the word you would be looking for there..

podge3

I purchased one of these TVs and so far I find it excellent, despite all the rumpus about the HD ready/compatability issue.

The picture quality on DVDs is excellent. TV is not quite so good, buts thats due more to the poor quality signal rather than the Plasma Screen. PC connectivity is OK also.

Overall I think you would have to pay nearly twice as much to get a Plasma with the same

1. Specs - brightness 1,500/contrast 10,000
2. Warranty - 3 years, 1 year repair/refund & 2 years repair
3. Desktop stand
4. Mounting bracket
5. Appearance - excellent


While the experts may recommend the Panasonic or other more expensive brand, I think this screen will tick all the boxes for the average joe at an affordable price.

Celticfire

I have to agree, bought one and I'm more than happy with it. I feel it is good value to the average person looking for a good deal, if on the other hand yo feel the need to have a top brand name appliance then nothing good that is said will convince you that you don't allways have to pay top dollar or over the odds to get something decent. Just a note on the t.v. it's not made in the far east but in Germany. Thank God the likes of Lidl & Aldi are bringing good value electronics to the masses

podge3

Celticfire wrote:

Just a note on the t.v. it's not made in the far east but in Germany.

Actually I think it is probably "assembled" in Germany, as the screen is made in China, as far as I know.

I think the majority of all Plasma screens are made in the Far East.

zAbbo

Post up a few pics there lads

Amigaman

hi All
Following thread with interest ...would love a 42 " plasma ...came accross this ...any thoughts on how it compares with the ALDI one ??

http://www.jaguarcompsys.ie/components/22-7-05/42PLASMATVJULY05.doc

regards
Amigaman

ChickenBalls

more info on your plasma here

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-detailsinactive.asp?EdpNo=1125870&Tab=0&NoMapp=
http://www.plasma-television.co.uk/hyundai-inch-plasma-television-p-32.html

Celticfire

podge3 wrote:

Actually I think it is probably "assembled" in Germany, as the screen is made in China, as far as I know.

I think the majority of all Plasma screens are made in the Far East.

Not to say you are wrong but on the box it states "made in Germany"
It's screen is an LG and the tuners are made by Samsung.

All in all I am more than happy with the quality of the picture and the sound from it's own speakers is fine also.
I would recomend that should Aldi do them again get one and I'm sure Lidl won't be too far behind..

dearg_doom

podge3 wrote:

Actually I think it is probably "assembled" in Germany, as the screen is made in China, as far as I know.

I think the majority of all Plasma screens are made in the Far East.

Yep, the screen/electronic insides are probably maufactured in Taiwan, almost everything to do with your computer was made there.

(Technically Taiwan is China, so if you have heard that it's 'correct':))

Doodee

sorry for dragging up an old thread. but just wondering if anyone is having the same problem, my dad informed me that his is suffering from shutting off/surging the power in the gang adapter he is using. Says the tv shuts off after a couple of hours.
How do you get aldi to repair these things, specially if you have it mounted on the wall

rabbitinlights

Try powering the plasma straight from the plug, or at least try another gang lead. Apart from that ring aldi. Its totally up to you to bring the plasma to them though. Also try unplugging everything else and just power the tv on for a few hours.

Good Luck.
S.

delly

deevey wrote:

Hey ... remember the first Ad's sony released for plasmas? ... there was a couple trying to decide where it would go, had it mounted in varying positions .. including on the ceiling directly over the bed..

/pedantic

Ad was for Philips afaik

/EDIT Sorry, didn't actually realise how old this thread was