Buying a TV- Curry's electrical

[fatandforty]

I think JL offer 2 year warranty as standard too.

 

[Mijiblob]

Oh, iPlayer is a thing on the actual telly itself now? I always just used it on the laptop! :shock:

Yes it's on these 'smart' tellies now. The type the Op duzzent want. At least, I think he duzzent want one, I'm not sure.

OP; do you want a smart tv?

Image quality is a priority. The Panasonic Viera TX-L32E6B looks good on paper, and has some very good reviews. Won't buy until I've actually seen a selection 'in the flesh' doh, as we all have personal preferences.

Can't believe that a 32" telly is considered a 'bedroom' telly rather than a living room telly! :shock: Like, how ******* big do you want a telly to be ffs? Can't understaynd people who buy summat that totally dominates their front room; 42" and up is for very big living rooms/small halls. I just don't get people who sit 8ft from the telly, and have to physically move to see different bits of the screen! Madness.

 

[Bats]

Worth keeping in mind that if you see a telly in the shop it's been set to demo mode, where the colour levels and contrast are through the roof, and loads of fancy post processing effects are switched on. I suppose it makes it very bright and eye catching, but doesn't tell you anything about what it's like in your living room.

I remember when we bought one of the first flatscreens back in... God, 2002? I think?

Looked good in the shop and only at the shop. Sound didn't even work unless you fed it through scart for some reason, and the video recorder put snow on the screen.

 

[highlandsflyer]

The thing to remember is that idiots abound.

 

[FluffyChicken]

Oh, iPlayer is a thing on the actual telly itself now? I always just used it on the laptop! :shock:

Yes it's on these 'smart' tellies now. The type the Op duzzent want. At least, I think he duzzent want one, I'm not sure.

OP; do you want a smart tv?

Image quality is a priority. The Panasonic Viera TX-L32E6B looks good on paper, and has some very good reviews. Won't buy until I've actually seen a selection 'in the flesh' doh, as we all have personal preferences.

Can't believe that a 32" telly is considered a 'bedroom' telly rather than a living room telly! :shock: Like, how **** big do you want a telly to be ffs? Can't understaynd people who buy summat that totally dominates their front room; 42" and up is for very big living rooms/small halls. I just don't get people who sit 8ft from the telly, and have to physically move to see different bits of the screen! Madness.

We have a 37 older Panasonic TV with freeview/freesat. It the right size for our room and would go no bigger, our normal sitting distance approx 3m and it is pleasant to watch and great with our Wii games a bit closer.

It was the 42" version of the 32" you are look at that I bought for the inlaws, they are not IPS screen so not quite as good as their more expensive counterpart but has next to no bezel and looks nice in the silver. It looks odd at first but you soon don't notice it just a screen and no border, a bit of backlight bleeding to my eyes compared to my CFL TX37G10 but these are technically budget TV. And I've not altered any setting on it. They are more than pleased, they sit further than 3m away are old and its nice to watch, easy to use in TV mode. Not played too much with 'apps' as the TVs on the edge of their WiFi range, so slow. Nor played with using it with a pad/phone to control it.

Very tempted to buy the 32 myself.

John Lewis has 5year warrenty on these by default and with their price match, you'll be covered through the sale period, just keep an eye on their site for reductions or others as well.

 

[drcarlos]

I think JL offer 2 year warranty as standard too.

Shy, don't tell everyone but EU law says they have to. Also soga gives up to seven years of protection if you are prepared to use it.

Carl.

 

[FluffyChicken]

I think JL offer 2 year warranty as standard too.

Shy, don't tell everyone but EU law says they have to. Also soga gives up to seven years of protection if you are prepared to use it.

Carl.

True, but it 5years on the TV he's after as standard at JL. Its a Guarantee not Warrenty as well.

Sales of Goods Act is 6yrs afasik, year less in Scotland.
Not actually sure if the EU directive applies to good boughtg in this country or bought from just other EU countries as our UK law being longer overrides this. Mr moneysavingman will know though or trading standards.

 

[BerthaPog]

Image quality is a priority. The Panasonic Viera TX-L32E6B looks good on paper, and has some very good reviews. Won't buy until I've actually seen a selection 'in the flesh' doh, as we all have personal preferences.

We got a TX-L32ET5B last year from JL - mainly because the picture/image quality was best to our eyes - it was the only one that didn't make people look like David Dickinson (in Demo mode or otherwise) in the shop. We'd tried a few different ones in rental cottages where we'd stayed and I couldn't get people to look normal no matter how much I messed around with the settings. We also confused shop assistants by sitting on the floor, and looking at the TV from shallower angles, not just straight on - so we were looking at the screen from the actual position we'd be looking at it at home, not the angle they had set it up for you to see it.

We did get the external sound bar/sub with it (they were doing a deal at the time if you got both), and glad we did, the standard speakers in the TV are at best OK.

 

[technodup]

The lunatics have taken over the asylum.

I take it the schools have closed early for Xmas this year?

 

[Barneyballbags]

I bought a 42" LG Smart TV (42LN578V) and LG soundbar (NB3530A) from Currys in Cardiff 2 weeks ago.

Couldn't fault the service to be honest. Yes, the salesman gave it all the extended warranty nonsense, but if you go in there knowing 100% that you DON'T want it, then all you have is the slight inconvenience of having to listen to them try to sell it to you for 2 minutes before saying "no thank you".

This is the first Smart TV that I've bought and I love it. All LG Smart TVs now come with the NOW TV app pre-installed - we already have a NOW TV account, so it was handy to have this feature as it means that our old TV can now be used in the bedroom with our existing NOW TV box, so we can have the service in both rooms.

I think Smart TVs are great. There will be those who disagree and think that they're 'pointless', but each to their own.