New televisions from China or Taiwan
 

john hamilton burst on the scene, and said:


Am I right in thinking that most of these sets, whatever the brand
name are probably manufactured in China or Taiwan?

Not necessarily. Many of the best known Japanese companies have
manufacturing bases in Europe. My new (three days old) Samsung monitor
was made in Hungary.

I think it's always best to go for a brand that you recognise and has a
track record of good after-sales service, which should apply regardless
of where the actual factory is located As others have said, 'you get
what you pay for'.

--
Michaelangelo
www.flickr.com/photos/mikenagel

Self-catering, holiday accommodation in the Scottish Highlands - for
disabled people:
www.woodhead-cottage.co.uk

New televisions from China or Taiwan
 

john hamilton burst on the scene, and said:


Am I right in thinking that most of these sets, whatever the brand
name are probably manufactured in China or Taiwan?

Not necessarily. Many of the best known Japanese companies have
manufacturing bases in Europe. My new (three days old) Samsung monitor
was made in Hungary.

I think it's always best to go for a brand that you recognise and has a
track record of good after-sales service, which should apply regardless
of where the actual factory is located As others have said, 'you get
what you pay for'.

--
Michaelangelo
www.flickr.com/photos/mikenagel

Self-catering, holiday accommodation in the Scottish Highlands - for
disabled people:
www.woodhead-cottage.co.uk

New televisions from China or Taiwan
 

On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:03:40 +0000, Bob Henson wrote:

You might be surprised to know that even central heating boilers
are
expected to only have a 5-7- year life now

I'm not that surprised. Mine has been running for 20 years, and I'm
resisting all attempts to persuade me to change it until it goes
altogether. On something as low-tech and yet as highly priced as a
boiler it's a disgrace that the expected life is so short.

Modern boilers are no longer low-tech as in BFO burner and lump of
cast iron through which water circulates possibly under nothing more
than the influence of gravity. Modern boilers have modulating
burners, several safety interlocks and their sensors, complex low
capacity ali heat exchangers that *must* have water flow for a while
after the burner cuts out, etc etc and recover heat from the flu
gases. Far to many bits to go wrong these days.

--
Cheers
Dave.

New televisions from China or Taiwan
 

In article ,
geoff writes:
In message
,
mike writes
On Jul 25, 2:25*pm, "js.b1" wrote:

If you are used to CRT, no LCD is a perfect replacement

Given that, until a few years ago, we were all used to CRT, how come
so many have gone over to LCD and CRT are now impossible to buy new?

Life moves on

Have you tried buying a camera that takes emulsion film lately, or an
IDE hard drive?

The last factory mass producing TV tubes closed down.
There is still a small requirement for CRTs for other
purposes, but apparently the price of such tubes has
jumped almost 10 fold.

BTW, I bought a 250GB IDE drive about a year ago, and
they are still around, even though SATA overtook IDE (PATA)
in 2004 in terms of quantities manufacturered.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

New televisions from China or Taiwan
 

In article ,
Michaelangelo writes:
john hamilton burst on the scene, and said:


Am I right in thinking that most of these sets, whatever the brand
name are probably manufactured in China or Taiwan?

Not necessarily. Many of the best known Japanese companies have
manufacturing bases in Europe. My new (three days old) Samsung monitor
was made in Hungary.

My 8 month old Samsung monitor is made in Romania.
Very happy with it.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

New televisions from China or Taiwan
 

In article ,
Michaelangelo writes:
john hamilton burst on the scene, and said:


Am I right in thinking that most of these sets, whatever the brand
name are probably manufactured in China or Taiwan?

Not necessarily. Many of the best known Japanese companies have
manufacturing bases in Europe. My new (three days old) Samsung monitor
was made in Hungary.

My 8 month old Samsung monitor is made in Romania.
Very happy with it.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

New televisions from China or Taiwan
 

"john hamilton" wrote in message
...
Have now given up on the idea of having our old crt television set
repaired, and am looking at the televisions listed in Argos etc, the sheer
choice seems a bit daunting.

We thought we would go for a new 40 or 42" LCD flat screen. Sometime in
the future we would get a FreeSat digital box, so I guess that means we
would benefit from the 1080p resolution spec on the set to take advantage
of future high definition broadcasts.

Am I right in thinking that most of these sets, whatever the brand name
are probably manufactured in China or Taiwan? for a Japanese name?

No Korea, where Philips and LG set up the original facilities.

Probably not - LG will do fine. Skip Philips - they bodged the firmware and
w/could not fix it.


Grateful for any advice on what you might think is a good buy of
reasonable quality around at the moment, bearing in mind I would prefer to
keep the price down if possible. Many thanks for any advice.

New televisions from China or Taiwan
 

"john hamilton" wrote in message
...
Have now given up on the idea of having our old crt television set
repaired, and am looking at the televisions listed in Argos etc, the sheer
choice seems a bit daunting.

We thought we would go for a new 40 or 42" LCD flat screen. Sometime in
the future we would get a FreeSat digital box, so I guess that means we
would benefit from the 1080p resolution spec on the set to take advantage
of future high definition broadcasts.

Am I right in thinking that most of these sets, whatever the brand name
are probably manufactured in China or Taiwan? for a Japanese name?

No Korea, where Philips and LG set up the original facilities.

Probably not - LG will do fine. Skip Philips - they bodged the firmware and
w/could not fix it.


Grateful for any advice on what you might think is a good buy of
reasonable quality around at the moment, bearing in mind I would prefer to
keep the price down if possible. Many thanks for any advice.

New televisions from China or Taiwan
 

On Jul 25, 6:37*pm, (Andrew Gabriel)
wrote:
In article ,
* * * * geoff writes:
In message
,
mike writes
On Jul 25, 2:25*pm, "js.b1" wrote:

If you are used to CRT, no LCD is a perfect replacement

Given that, until a few years ago, we were all used to CRT, how come
so many have gone over to LCD and CRT are now impossible to buy new?

Life moves on

Price depends on volume, and as LCDs became popular and CRT sales
volume fell, CRT prices go north. Manufacturers wantt o get into LCDs
before that point so they can keep up with ongoing product development
rather than being left behind.

CRT sets are easy to buy of course, they're just all used sets now.


Have you tried buying a camera that takes emulsion film lately, or an
IDE hard drive?

there's no shortage of either, but why would a manufacturer invest in
an obsolescent technology like fim cameras.
Most HDD sellers still have IDEs


The last factory mass producing TV tubes closed down.
There is still a small requirement for CRTs for other
purposes, but apparently the price of such tubes has
jumped almost 10 fold.

BTW, I bought a 250GB IDE drive about a year ago, and
they are still around, even though SATA overtook IDE (PATA)
in 2004 in terms of quantities manufacturered.


As was said a few posts up, CRTs still win in every respect bar one,
ie that LCDs look better when off. I wouldnt rule out CRT TVs yet.


NT

New televisions from China or Taiwan
 

In message
, NT
writes
On Jul 25, 6:37*pm, (Andrew Gabriel)
wrote:
In article ,
* * * * geoff writes:
In message
,
mike writes
On Jul 25, 2:25*pm, "js.b1" wrote:

If you are used to CRT, no LCD is a perfect replacement

Given that, until a few years ago, we were all used to CRT, how come
so many have gone over to LCD and CRT are now impossible to buy new?

Life moves on

Price depends on volume, and as LCDs became popular and CRT sales
volume fell, CRT prices go north. Manufacturers wantt o get into LCDs
before that point so they can keep up with ongoing product development
rather than being left behind.

CRT sets are easy to buy of course, they're just all used sets now.


Have you tried buying a camera that takes emulsion film lately, or an
IDE hard drive?

there's no shortage of either, but why would a manufacturer invest in
an obsolescent technology like fim cameras.
Most HDD sellers still have IDEs


The last factory mass producing TV tubes closed down.
There is still a small requirement for CRTs for other
purposes, but apparently the price of such tubes has
jumped almost 10 fold.

BTW, I bought a 250GB IDE drive about a year ago, and
they are still around, even though SATA overtook IDE (PATA)
in 2004 in terms of quantities manufacturered.


As was said a few posts up, CRTs still win in every respect bar one,
ie that LCDs look better when off. I wouldnt rule out CRT TVs yet.

Well, if as Andrew says "The last factory mass producing TV tubes closed
down." , I think you might have to



--
geoff