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TESCO DEAL OF THE DAY Orion TV500HD High Definition Ready 50`` Plasma TV £1649.00

marksparks999 (Elite) posted this on Friday, 26th May 2006, 12:36

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Description
The Orion TV500HD High Definition Ready 50`` Plasma Television features The 3rd Generation LG panel offering a fantastic 10000:1 contrast ratio and WXGA (1366x768) resolution with High Definition compatibity and a host of great features.

Watch your team asif you were there !

Main features

LG X3 panel.
HD-Ready.
WXGA resolution (1366 x 768).
Brightness: 1000 nit (Panel Spec).
Contrast ratio: 10000 (Panel Spec).
Multi-standard PAL / SECAM tuner.
UHF / VHF compatibility.
Accepts NTSC 3.58 & 4.43 / PAL 60Hz (for AV Input only).
NICAM stereo / A2 dual BBE audio.
Automatic set-up Fastext (812 page memory).
On-screen menu system (English / French / Spanish / German / Italian / Russian).
Aspect ratios (AUTO / 4:3 / FULL SCREEN / 16:9 / CINEMA / 14:9).
DNR feature (Digital Noise Reduction).
Sleep timer (up to 120 minutes).
Auto shut-off.
3 x SCART sockets (2 x RGB / composite 1 x S-Video / composite).
HDMI socket with audio input (for HDMI/DVI use).
Component-in sockets with audio input (RCA).
Side-mounted RCA AV input & S-Video input.
PC input socket (D-Sub) with audio input (mini-jack).
RCA audio output sockets.
Headphone socket.
Audio output 2 x 10W



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RE: TESCO DEAL OF THE DAY Orion TV500HD High Definition Ready 50`` Plasma TV £1649.00

Gibsie (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Friday, 26th May 2006, 16:29

I`ll take 6.

RE: TESCO DEAL OF THE DAY Orion TV500HD High Definition Ready 50`` Plasma TV £1649.00

Ailegs (Elite) posted this on Saturday, 27th May 2006, 19:09

Did anybody buy one of these? Interested. :$ Don`t tell the missus. ;)


Is that the time? Damn you Xbox 360!!!!

RE: TESCO DEAL OF THE DAY Orion TV500HD High Definition Ready 50`` Plasma TV £1649.00

Rassilon (Elite) posted this on Saturday, 27th May 2006, 20:27

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Don`t tell the missus.


I think even THO would notice one of these if I tried to sneak it into the house.


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RE: TESCO DEAL OF THE DAY Orion TV500HD High Definition Ready 50`` Plasma TV £1649.00

marksparks999 (Elite) posted this on Monday, 29th May 2006, 19:26

deal of the day still on offer... tempting



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RE: TESCO DEAL OF THE DAY Orion TV500HD High Definition Ready 50`` Plasma TV £1649.00

julianf (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 30th May 2006, 17:21

Sounds pretty good at the money but what about the hidden costs?!?

For example - can anyone give me a quote for knocking through my living room and study to accommodate it?

:)

julianf



RE: TESCO DEAL OF THE DAY Orion TV500HD High Definition Ready 50`` Plasma TV £1649.00

bytemaster (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 30th May 2006, 17:38

If you use this viewing distance calculator for this screen size.
http://www.myhometheater.homestead.com/viewingdistancecalculator.html

Maximum recommended SMPTE viewing distance - 6.8 ft
Maximum THX viewing distance - 7.9 ft
Recommended THX viewing distance - 5.6 ft

So I guess it is really intended for very small rooms!

My concern would be getting it fixed if there was a post-warranty fault. I had one of the Sonix LCD TVs from Sainsburys. Great until it failed, but no option to get it fixed, only a refund (about 6 months old). With LG and Samsung 50" sets just scraping under the £2K mark I would have to stretch that bit extra (They are also IDTV sets).

Incidentally I believe that Sonix may be a marketing label of Orion.

This item was edited on Tuesday, 30th May 2006, 19:08

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