turbojolts tv buying adventure

[turbojolt]

Ok seems as my money has not been messed up for 3months on the trot I have finally got money for a new tv YIPPPPPPPPIE lol

This is the problem 19" Crap box

http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/rr119/turbojolt/IMAG0243.jpg

Can only just make people out on the tv and playing xbox on it is beyond annoying.

So after the advice I.got on here a fair few months ago I'm going for a Samsung around 32" maybe bigger now that her indoors is not coming with me to but it ;) ,

Budget £300.oo should get something for that hopefully and I want it today so not going down the whole internet Bargin route.

[Mike]

I picked up a nearly new Samsung 32" off eBay with warranty & box for £150 about 2 year ago :) at the time the same TV in Currys was about £500~600!

When I come to move out its going on the wall in the garage & ill be back on eBay on the hunt for a similiar one :)

[Southie]

Is there a richersounds in Derby?

Good luck on your quest, I've still a 42" CRT telly lol

[turbojolt]

The closes one is in nottingham unfortunately

[steviegsi]

Should easily get a 32" for £300, get the biggest you can afford though or you will want to change it in 6 months. Can't go wrong with samsung either.

[Andy]

This is the problem 19" Crap box

I would have said it looks bigger than 19" mate,what breed is it??

[Andy]

Can't go wrong with samsung either.
screens go kaput on them,get an LG,can get a 42 for £350 now, i paid £500 in Nov 2009 for mine

[Stuart]

Samsung make about 75% of the solid state panels sold in the world, so I doubt its the panel at fault ;)

My samsung is ruined but its been on nearly 8 hrs a day since I picked it up 5 years ago and channels with the red button BS have only recently turned down the contrast so I have stuff etched in the corners lol. I dont mind as 5 years is a good change cycle :)

I'd not go above 37" in that room Mr J otherwise you'll look like a scumbag with a massive TV in a tiny room lol.

[Andy]

I'd not go above 37" in that room Mr J otherwise you'll look like a scumbag with a massive TV in a tiny room lol.
lol lol lol

[steviegsi]

lol ^ leaving the curtains/ blinds open so anyone going past can see what your watching is a must do too apparently.

[Stuart]

lol ^ leaving the curtains/ blinds open so anyone going past can see what your watching is a must do too apparently.


Ahhh so thats where I went wrong when doing the kitchen... Need a 55" biko plazmar in there then lol

[Andy]

To complete the effect Jeremy Kyle needs to be on.

[steviegsi]

To complete the effect Jeremy Kyle needs to be on.

lol

[Spudly]

I've just recently got myself a 43" Samsung plasma from comet, £349 and it's ace, two HDMI's, one scart, optical audio out, USB input, built in freeview, can't beat it IMO :d

[turbojolt]

Well I'm going to look like a scum bag now then :P (were thinking of a bigger house soon anyway)

[Mike]

I've just recently got myself a 43" Samsung plasma from comet, £349 and it's ace, two HDMI's, one scart, optical audio out, USB input, built in freeview, can't beat it IMO :d

There bazillions of plugs an stuff on the back of mine too. Like a boss I wall mounted on a slim line bracket & cant get acess to none of them. Had to de mount it to plug in my pc :(

Probably not my best idea to date...

Oooh AND Ive got an app on my phone so I can use phone to operate TV. Had hours of fun in Comet just before christmas swapping channels on 60 odd different TV's :)

[Stuart]

bear in mind the bigger the screen the worse the picture quality when you get it home and arent watching promo videos ;)

I'm looking at either a 42" panasonic plasma (more forgiving to poor sources and still looks amazing when on a good one) or the Samsung 8000 series 40" (when their prices drop) for super thin bezel and general prettyness when switched off lol. I have very odd requirements when looking for TV's

[turbojolt]

Should have brought someone with me I got carried away, and even went 50 quid over my budget I tried my hardest to get money knocked of but they were having none of it.

[Spudly]

Lmao that's ace mike, reminds me of when I had one of those wrist watches years ago with a tv remote built in, used to turn the tv's off when we were watching videos in class at school lol

[turbojolt]

Bloody thing wouldn't fit in the van, so now I've got to wait for her dad to help me pick it up in the mondeo so excited await pictures people lol

[Stuart]

oh dear.... 50+" for tuppence fears here lol

[turbojolt]

It's a Samsung and cost 350 so its not 50 inch lol

[steviegsi]

Has to be a 42/43 from currys then.... Saw an ad last week for it.
:thumb:

[turbojolt]

That's right 43" lol went a bit over the top if I'm honest lol

http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/rr119/turbojolt/IMAG0247.jpg

Love it

[steviegsi]

Perfect size for your room IMO. Shame you'll not get to use it when the wife gets the buttons, but im sure desperate scousewives will look great on it lol

[turbojolt]

Lmfao she hates all them shows lol

[womble sri]

Pc world had a samsung 32 inch for £250 over xmas, can get a 51 inch 3d for £500 may as well save some pennies

[womble sri]

Doh didnt read rest of thread as ever lol

[Lewis.]

Nice, I didn't know they were getting so cheap now :eek: The screen on my old 32" Samsung CRT is getting a bit green now lol

And I object to paying for Sky HD without a HD TV lol

[turbojolt]

Cheers I'm cuffed with it won't be getting that cav now tho lol

[mowgli]

i just looked in this weeks tv guide.. there's still feck all on worth watching

[turbojolt]

Lmfao maybe I should make a complaint

[mowgli]

you could try and get your money back, then simply move the sofa nearer to the telly.

[turbojolt]

my face needed to be 2" away when playing xbox lol

[mowgli]

maybe you need to visit specsavers....19" is not small for a telly....

[turbojolt]

Maybe I need to stop ****ing lol

[Bubba]

my face needed to be 2" away when playing xbox lol

ohh me too lol.

[Stuart]

Hactually that looks well sized in that room :) I guess the thinner bezels are helping screen sizes no end these days (My 32" samsung LCD is the same physical size as most 40" screens thesedays lol)

Freeview HD ftw.
For an off the wall picture quality test try Ch4 Deal or No Deal... the program is dire but for some reason the picture quality on freeview SD is mental let alone the HD version!

[mowgli]

we recently threw away a panasonic 32" & it took 3 of us to load it into the car to take to the tip... it was bigger than my first rented house

[Andy]

we recently threw away a panasonic 32" & it took 3 of us to load it into the car to take to the tip... it was bigger than my first rented house
Our old sony 28" weighed fukking loads,seriously,if that had fallen on somebody it would have killed them

[Stuart]

When I moved into my first flat in 2004 I went and got a toshiba CRT (just as LCD's NOT HD were coming out). I think it was 28/30" so quite bulky. Myself and a mate went to pick it up and nearly threw it into orbit as we expected it to weigh as much as the shop I got it from but oddly it was a one man lift allbeit not easy due to size

[davidfox280585]

i was adamant 3 years ago i wanted a 50inch but opted for the 42 as i was advised by the guy in currys,my room is too small for a 50 lol