Page 1 of Guys, can you spec me a HD ready TV please?

Hi all,

I`m in the market for a HD TV and was wondering if you guys can suggest something. My TV is pretty much on it`s last legs so I can`t really wait till things settle down in High def land :)

Anyway, budget is limited to £700-£999 NO way can I go over that.

It needs to be a minimum of 30 inches screen

It needs to be located in the UK, online purchase is fine. (and probably get more for my money this way)

Thats about all I can come up with so any help will be greatfully recieved.

Ohh, one thing, links to any would be great.


many thanks

Axel

In that price range you are somewhat limited. Plasma screens at that price tend to be EDTV only (852 x 480).
LCD`s from Sharp, Toshiba, JVC etc. tend to be nearer £1000 at 30 inches.
Many new models are due over the next 3 months or so.
Current CRTs in UK don`t have the resolution .
For future-proofing you need one with an HDMI input (or DVI with HDCP).
Plenty of "no-name" oriental LCDs will do it if you want to take the risk (Sonix from Sainsbury`s, Tevion from Aldi etc) .
LCD and HD sections of UK AV Forums are a good place to do a search.

Chris Muriel, Manchester.

yea, I figured as much.


£1000 does not get you much these days where TV is concerned and I was looking at the wierd name oriental brands but was a bit worried.

Pfff, my TV won`t start some mornings then all of a sudden it will, totally random and so annoying :( which is why we need one pretty soon.

I`ll keep looking and thanks for the input btw, many thanks

Axel

Hi
on the 26/05/05 at Aldi`s they will be selling a 32" HD Ready LCD TV, for £749.99.
If you get one let us know how you get on with it.

Mick :) .

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on the 26/05/05 at Aldi`s they will be selling a 32" HD Ready LCD TV, for £749.99.

£ 749.99 is a lot of money in anyone`s book,so why would you `waste` it on a product that will,by definition due to it`s price,be inferior ????

:/ :/ :/

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£ 749.99 is a lot of money in anyone`s book,so why would you `waste` it on a product that will,by definition due to it`s price,be inferior ????

Not sure what you mean?

"£ 749.99 is a lot of money" means it`s expensive?
"by definition due to it`s price,be inferior" means it`s cheap?

Confused?

To the OP: Buy the Aldi, try it at home, if you don`t like it or find it inferior, take it back.

I mean that a £749.99 TV of this spec is undoubtedly inferior.
So why,effecitvely,`waste` £750 on it.
It`s a lot of money to throw away on a `make do` item.

I`d rather do without until I can afford a decent one.

Re Aldi 32 inch LCD.

So what about this TV`s spec is inferior?
How do you know this isn`t a decent one?
What do you think would be a decent one?

I have an Aldi not to far from me (the one in Catford) might take a look in around the 26th.

I don`t hold out much hope but it can`t hurt to check it out.

Thanks

Axel

This item was edited on Thursday, 19th May 2005, 17:40

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Re Aldi 32 inch LCD.

So what about this TV`s spec is inferior?
How do you know this isn`t a decent one?
What do you think would be a decent one?

It doesn`t take a genius to work out that it`ll be inferior without even looking at the spec.
For a start,look who`s selling it.
It`s guaranteed to be a manufacturer you`re unlikely to have heard of or,if you have,a make that makes people go "hmmmm....".
It`s not rocket science to know that,in some way,it`ll be built `down` to a price.
The cheapest decent HDTV 32 inch LCD I`ve seen,and I`ve been looking quite hard,is a Sony at around the £1500.00 mark.
Of course,you`ll always get people that`ll buy Aldi `bargains` then try and pass them off as "just as good as this and that",but I`ve yet to see anything of the sort.
They are,from what I`ve seen (and I work with a bargain hunting Aldi chav here) they are cheap crap and that`s that.
If it was a small sum of money involved I`d be more likely to say `go for it` but,come on,£750.00 is a lot of money to chuck at something that`s been built down to a price.