akshay67

My parents bought a TV from Currys whcih went TU. We now have a £1750 credit note and want to get the largest, best TV for the money. Don't mind topping credit note to make it, say, £2000.

Can I get a decent 42" from them? In store they dont seem to have much, but can try to order one or price match a more expensive one.

Help!

Stueyb

How about a 42" plasma. ?

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/stor...fm=7&sm=0&tm=0

Then to save £150 use the discount code ill put up tommorow as I dont have it to hand so you get a 2K telly for 1850.

Regards

Stu

akshay67

Whoa Stu!

Thanks for the quick reply!

Is it a good TV? Price is very good, of course.

Discount code would be handy. Would that have to be an Internet purchase though and what reason do we say we are using the discount code?

Thank a mill!

Stueyb

The discount code, as far as im aware is a special to get you shopping online and is basically a 10% off voucher called "At work discount" and a few people have reported success with it. It does have to be used online.

I saw the TV last week and ok it wasnt quite as good as the 4K JVC but put it this way if I had 2K it would be going on that. You can see it at most stores. I saw that last week at mine.

The quality was outstanding with good contrast and id be chuffed to take it home. Only thing it doesnt include is a wall mount bracket, but then again neither do any of the others

Regards

Stu

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

see if you can sell it on, get yourself into costco and they are selling toshiba and similar quality 36" tv's with 3 years guarantee for about 1100 pounds inclusive of vat

akshay67

do these things have to be wall-mounted? not much help as it needs to go into a corner! hopefully it comes with stands!

i dont think you can use credit notes online

normal widescreens come in 36" max - couldn't see a 42" one.

Wouldn't sell on as parents bought the extended guarantee thingy!

Stueyb

Comes with a funky glass stand as standard

akshay67

whats the score with these rear projection TVs?

Seems like the way to go! 50" for under 2k!!!

Surely there must be some disadvantage?

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/stor...fm=7&sm=0&tm=4

djuk

Rear Projection TVs are a cheaper way to get a big screen than plasma because its a cheaper technology as the image is just projected onto the screen by 3 lamps rather than fancy plasma gases.

The only disadvantage really is the amount of space they use, they tend to be very bulky and take up quite a bit of room.

If you're playing with that sort of money, why not go the whole way and get a front projector and a projection screen for under £2k and if you have the wall space have a 200" by 200" screen

akshay67

LOL @ 200" - i think that may be a little OTT.

Gonna measure the corner space and see if a 50" project will fit. Else the 42" plasma!

djuk

The only reservation i have about plasma at the moment is that if they go wrong and they do (I work for a major brand name TV/Audio company) theyre amazingly expensive to repair... for example a certain plasma producing company will charge > £500 JUST to pick up your plasma and take it away for inspection if its outside of warranty!

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

i have a top of the range sony projector and they are mint have an 8 ft screen and i would never change it for a plasma as i think mine is better quality but you need to add a lot more cash to your budget to get the same, but ther are some cheaper ones with excelent quality and far superoir to projection tv's

djuk

stevebt,

Got a pic of your setup? Its an option im definately considering.

jaf01uk

I am about to purchase a Toshiba 36ZP38 after a lot of research, although I wont be buying from Currys they have this TV for somethin like £1480 which would leave you a bit spare for a progressive scan DVD player to get amazing pictures, comes complete with stand,
Gary

akshay67

i am a little worried about the plasma becauase i have also heard that their reliability is not too good.

anyone have any experience of the one described above?

also, why do all the 42" screens have different visible size screens? surely they should all be 42", unless they are measuring the plastic edges or something else...

wah

Take a look at the Tosh 36ZP38 I have one and I'm very pleased with it

andrewdelvard

Don't forget to weigh up the cost of the stand/wall mount. If it's not included they can be expensive.

RB5-Black

Toshiba Picture frame 36zp ....... these Tv's are the daddy in that price range. I have a picture frame 1 , I think they are onto a version 2 now.

it's top TV with 5.1 in built

Craig.

akshay67

Can't find the specs of the Tosh36ZP on Currys website.

Anyone know what the visible screen size on it is??

Poor Guy

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm chicken buhna

wah

Here you go mate

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/stor...fm=7&sm=0&tm=2

akshay67

Cheers mate, i was looking under the plasma section - so its not a plasma, which is kinda good as it takes away worrys of reliability...

wah

Yeah I Had a 46" DLP rear projection by LG and that lasted 2 days which wasn't very good so that sort of put me off them

Hobbsy

Tosh wh36 is the way to go. Superb piece of equipment available in 42 51 & 61 inch versions. Be carefull that it comes with prog. scan as I was viewing in Currys yesterday and there 42 could not do prog. on terrestrial seems like it could be some sort of cut down version.

Chris L

If the original telly went TU - as you said - why didn't they get a refund, rather than a credit note? My advice would be to take the money and go to somewhere like John Lewis that isn't staffed with 16 year olds who wouldn't know one end of a SCART lead from the other and get a free 5 year guarantee thrown in (and they will normally price match)!

Chris

Chris L

I would also steer clear of plasma at this price. 2 grand is very much at the bottom end. You still need to be paying nearly double that for top quality plasma screens (have a look at the Pioneer PDP-434 for some idea of what a good plasma should be).

By all means take the advice of eveyone on here, but go and look at the TVs yourself. See what suits you. Picture quality wise, there is still not much to beat a good quality CRT.

Chris

2000TLondon

Did this a few weeks back with a mate....

He had similar budget and ended up with a 36" widescreen for around £1100, the cheap plasmas were poor, LCD's are too expensive and apparenlty are coming down 15% a year, a mate has a 52" rear projection and unless room is dark and you are directly in front of it picture is very poor, and heard that replacing bulbs in projectors can be up to £400 a throw, bulb can last between 1 and 2000 hours apparenlty, like any bulb may just give up.....

Why not get the top end widescreen, like the toshiba mentioned, and throw in a nice DVD/dolby system as well.....

MadMark

Panasonic 36" Top of the range - my dad has just got one and it's awesome ..... £1,800 and he got the matching DVD thrown in for half price ....

Hobbsy

No problems with Tosh RPTV mentioned above no darkened room required, and out perform any 36 inch direct view set IMHO.

SiCotty

Got the 36ZP38 and it's a very nice set. 36" but as small as a 32". It does weight a lot though. Put a prog scan DVD player through it and picture quality is amazing.

Si