What kitchen TV

Decided that we need to replace the kitchen (CRT 10" Goodmans) TV
when it next fails - which it does occassionally.

We bought a Sharp Aquos 19" for the caravan a while back and have
just come back from three weeks holiday where we enjoyed the
picture quality.

Argos are doing an Alba 16" at the moment at £99, as they are
Wharfedale and Bush which are probably the same sets albeit the
latter makes are sold as 15.4" Anyone got any experience of
these and opinions on quality?

I notice that M&S are doing an own-brand and John Lewis a Linsar
both at £149 - and I wouldn't be surprised if these are the same
sets as those at Argos as well. The only advantage is M&S give a
two year guarantee and JLP five years, but if it is the same set
is it worth paying 50% extra?

Any worthwhile experience-based comments gratefully received.



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Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

Woody wrote:
Decided that we need to replace the kitchen (CRT 10" Goodmans) TV
when it next fails - which it does occassionally.

We bought a Sharp Aquos 19" for the caravan a while back and have
just come back from three weeks holiday where we enjoyed the
picture quality.

Argos are doing an Alba 16" at the moment at £99, as they are
Wharfedale and Bush which are probably the same sets albeit the
latter makes are sold as 15.4" Anyone got any experience of
these and opinions on quality?

I notice that M&S are doing an own-brand and John Lewis a Linsar
both at £149 - and I wouldn't be surprised if these are the same
sets as those at Argos as well. The only advantage is M&S give a
two year guarantee and JLP five years, but if it is the same set
is it worth paying 50% extra?

Any worthwhile experience-based comments gratefully received.

My aunt bought the Alba from Argos a couple of months ago and she's very
happy with it. Unlike a lot of small LCD TVs it's 16:9 not 16:10 so the
picture is the correct ratio for widescreen. It doesn't appear to switch
automatically to 4:3 though, you can switch it from the remote.
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There is no God, so stop worrying and enjoy your life.

On 29 June, 22:27, "Woody" wrote:
Decided that we need to replace the kitchen (CRT 10" Goodmans) TV
when it next fails - which it does occassionally.

We bought a Sharp Aquos 19" for the caravan a while back and have
just come back from three weeks holiday where we enjoyed the
picture quality.

Argos are doing an Alba 16" at the moment at £99, as they are
Wharfedale and Bush which are probably the same sets albeit the
latter makes are sold as 15.4" *Anyone got any experience of
these and opinions on quality?

I notice that M&S are doing an own-brand and John Lewis a Linsar
both at £149 - and I wouldn't be surprised if these are the same
sets as those at Argos as well. The only advantage is M&S give a
two year guarantee and JLP five years, but if it is the same set
is it worth paying 50% extra?

Any worthwhile experience-based comments gratefully received.

Sainsbury's are doing a flat screen TV, I thinks it's 17" or
something. It's part of their Red range and I think it was £99.99.

JPG


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Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

We have had an Argos £99 TV in the kitchen for a month or so now and it's
fine. The only slight criticism I might make is the angle of view. In common
with (I think) all LCD displays the angle of view vertically is quite
restricted and having set it up sitting on a kitchen stool quite close to
the screen I was dismayed to see how peculiar the picture looked when I
stood up. It's no different to other LCDs or a laptop display and since my
wife is quite a bit shorter than me she gets a good picture. I think it's a
good buy.

Tony

"Woody" wrote in message
...
Decided that we need to replace the kitchen (CRT 10" Goodmans) TV when it
next fails - which it does occassionally.

We bought a Sharp Aquos 19" for the caravan a while back and have just
come back from three weeks holiday where we enjoyed the picture quality.

Argos are doing an Alba 16" at the moment at £99, as they are Wharfedale
and Bush which are probably the same sets albeit the latter makes are sold
as 15.4" Anyone got any experience of these and opinions on quality?

I notice that M&S are doing an own-brand and John Lewis a Linsar both at
£149 - and I wouldn't be surprised if these are the same sets as those at
Argos as well. The only advantage is M&S give a two year guarantee and JLP
five years, but if it is the same set is it worth paying 50% extra?

Any worthwhile experience-based comments gratefully received.



--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

In article ,
Adrian wrote:

My aunt bought the Alba from Argos a couple of months ago and she's very
happy with it. Unlike a lot of small LCD TVs it's 16:9 not 16:10 so the
picture is the correct ratio for widescreen. It doesn't appear to switch
automatically to 4:3 though, you can switch it from the remote.

It will switch automatically to 4:3 if you set it up as follows.

MENU TV Setup PICTURE Picture Zoom Auto
MENU TV Setup FEATURE Default Zoom 4:3

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Eric

"Woody" wrote in message
...
Decided that we need to replace the kitchen (CRT 10" Goodmans) TV when it
next fails - which it does occassionally.

We bought a Sharp Aquos 19" for the caravan a while back and have just
come back from three weeks holiday where we enjoyed the picture quality.

Argos are doing an Alba 16" at the moment at £99, as they are Wharfedale
and Bush which are probably the same sets albeit the latter makes are sold
as 15.4" Anyone got any experience of these and opinions on quality?

I notice that M&S are doing an own-brand and John Lewis a Linsar both at
£149 - and I wouldn't be surprised if these are the same sets as those at
Argos as well. The only advantage is M&S give a two year guarantee and JLP
five years, but if it is the same set is it worth paying 50% extra?

Any worthwhile experience-based comments gratefully received.

The M&S TV got a categoric "DON'T BUY" from Which? Whether you agree with
their findings is up to you, but it did seem to score badly on most counts.

"Doctor D" wrote in message
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"Woody" wrote in message
...
Decided that we need to replace the kitchen (CRT 10" Goodmans)
TV when it next fails - which it does occassionally.

We bought a Sharp Aquos 19" for the caravan a while back and
have just come back from three weeks holiday where we enjoyed
the picture quality.

Argos are doing an Alba 16" at the moment at £99, as they are
Wharfedale and Bush which are probably the same sets albeit
the latter makes are sold as 15.4" Anyone got any experience
of these and opinions on quality?

I notice that M&S are doing an own-brand and John Lewis a
Linsar both at £149 - and I wouldn't be surprised if these are
the same sets as those at Argos as well. The only advantage is
M&S give a two year guarantee and JLP five years, but if it is
the same set is it worth paying 50% extra?

Any worthwhile experience-based comments gratefully received.

The M&S TV got a categoric "DON'T BUY" from Which? Whether you
agree with their findings is up to you, but it did seem to
score badly on most counts.


Now you see that's interesting. I have access to Which on line
and they have a review of 253 TV's - and M&S are not even
mentioned let alone listed.

Do you read a different Which?


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Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:38:42 +0100, "Doctor D"
wrote:

Any worthwhile experience-based comments gratefully received.

The M&S TV got a categoric "DON'T BUY" from Which? Whether you agree with
their findings is up to you, but it did seem to score badly on most counts.

"Which" can get obsessed with irrelevant parameters. What specifically
did it dislike?

The M&S TV got a categoric "DON'T BUY" from Which? Whether you agree with
their findings is up to you, but it did seem to score badly on most
counts.


Now you see that's interesting. I have access to Which on line and they
have a review of 253 TV's - and M&S are not even mentioned let alone
listed.

Do you read a different Which?


I suspect not. I have Which on line, and what's interesting is that they've
removed all M&S TVs from the guide that I last read when I bought our Panny
19" LCD about 9 months ago.
Not sure why, but there are no M&S TVs listed at all, and they certainly
were listed.

An archive search finds the following about their 32" set, IIRC similar was
written about their smaller sets. It was enough to stop me from considering
one, and I opted for the Panny which I find superb.

Don't buy this M&S TV, says Which?
M&S set has poor pictures - and sound
25 October 2007

Which? has named a Marks & Spencer (M&S) TV as one of the worst HDTVs we've
tested this year.

M&S has spent years building a brand name associated with quality products,
so we were surprised to see it giving its name to such a badly performing
TV.

The sound quality of the 3210DVB, a 32-inch LCD set with built-in digital
Freeview, is barely acceptable. But that's not as bad as its
standard-definition pictures - described as 'hideous' and 'ugly' by our
expert viewing panel. The jerky high-definition images manage the
distinction of being the worst of any HDTV we've tested this year.

Of all the TVs we've tested recently, it's also one of the most awkward to
use, because of its unintuitive on-screen menus, an illogical remote and a
long-winded EPG.

Our first sample broke down and the replacement developed a fault, too. Our
advice? Stick to the M&S food hall and don't buy this awful TV.

"Laurence Payne" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:38:42 +0100, "Doctor D"
wrote:

Any worthwhile experience-based comments gratefully received.

The M&S TV got a categoric "DON'T BUY" from Which? Whether you agree with
their findings is up to you, but it did seem to score badly on most
counts.

"Which" can get obsessed with irrelevant parameters.
For instance they refused to consider the Sony Trinitron 13" when it first
came out because the back was plastic rather than fibre board.

Bill