15 inch LCD

Looking for a 15 inch LCD TV for the bedroom.

The current arrangement is an analogue set connected to a plug-in mains
timer. This switches on at 06:45 and thereby acts as our alarm.

I bought a Goodmans LD1546WD set on the basis of what was on the Comet
site, i.e. that it has an on/off timer. Well, it doesn't. If I connect
it to the existing mains timer it switches on into standby mode, which
is useless for my purpose. Is this typical of LCD sets? My only
experience is with our Philips Ambilight.

Does anyone know of a set that would do what I want, i.e. switch on into
proper ON mode?



BTW, I can't access any of the Goodmans product pages, I get the
message: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file
required to service this request. ( Using XP Home SP3, IE6)
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Peter

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"Peter Twydell" wrote in message
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Looking for a 15 inch LCD TV for the bedroom.

The current arrangement is an analogue set connected to a plug-in mains
timer. This switches on at 06:45 and thereby acts as our alarm.

I bought a Goodmans LD1546WD set on the basis of what was on the Comet
site, i.e. that it has an on/off timer. Well, it doesn't. If I connect it
to the existing mains timer it switches on into standby mode, which is
useless for my purpose. Is this typical of LCD sets? My only experience is
with our Philips Ambilight.

Does anyone know of a set that would do what I want, i.e. switch on into
proper ON mode?



BTW, I can't access any of the Goodmans product pages, I get the message:
An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required
to service this request. ( Using XP Home SP3, IE6)
--
Peter

Ying tong iddle-i po!

Peter Twydell wrote:
Looking for a 15 inch LCD TV for the bedroom.

The current arrangement is an analogue set connected to a plug-in
mains timer. This switches on at 06:45 and thereby acts as our alarm.

I bought a Goodmans LD1546WD set on the basis of what was on the Comet
site, i.e. that it has an on/off timer. Well, it doesn't. If I connect
it to the existing mains timer it switches on into standby mode, which
is useless for my purpose. Is this typical of LCD sets? My only
experience is with our Philips Ambilight.

Does anyone know of a set that would do what I want, i.e. switch on
into proper ON mode?



BTW, I can't access any of the Goodmans product pages, I get the
message: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration
file required to service this request. ( Using XP Home SP3, IE6)

If you use a mains timer most current TVs will come back on in stanby mode,
if the TV has a timer just leave it plugged in to the mains all the time.
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Peter Twydell wrote:

I bought a Goodmans LD1546WD set on the basis of what was on the Comet
site, i.e. that it has an on/off timer. Well, it doesn't.

Surely this is a breach of the SOGA - misdescription - and you're
entitled to a full refund?

Andy
IANAL

In message , Adrian
writes
Peter Twydell wrote:
Looking for a 15 inch LCD TV for the bedroom.

The current arrangement is an analogue set connected to a plug-in
mains timer. This switches on at 06:45 and thereby acts as our alarm.

I bought a Goodmans LD1546WD set on the basis of what was on the Comet
site, i.e. that it has an on/off timer. Well, it doesn't. If I connect
it to the existing mains timer it switches on into standby mode, which
is useless for my purpose. Is this typical of LCD sets? My only
experience is with our Philips Ambilight.

Does anyone know of a set that would do what I want, i.e. switch on
into proper ON mode?



BTW, I can't access any of the Goodmans product pages, I get the
message: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration
file required to service this request. ( Using XP Home SP3, IE6)

If you use a mains timer most current TVs will come back on in stanby mode,
if the TV has a timer just leave it plugged in to the mains all the time.

That is what I intended to do, but the TV hasn't got a timer, despite
the spec on the website.
--
Peter

Ying tong iddle-i po!

In message , Andy Champ
writes
Peter Twydell wrote:

I bought a Goodmans LD1546WD set on the basis of what was on the
Comet site, i.e. that it has an on/off timer. Well, it doesn't.

Surely this is a breach of the SOGA - misdescription - and you're
entitled to a full refund?

My thoughts exactly. I shall be returning it to Comet as soon as I can.


Andy
IANAL

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Peter

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In message , Peter Twydell
writes
In message , Adrian
writes
Peter Twydell wrote:
Looking for a 15 inch LCD TV for the bedroom.

The current arrangement is an analogue set connected to a plug-in
mains timer. This switches on at 06:45 and thereby acts as our alarm.

I bought a Goodmans LD1546WD set on the basis of what was on the Comet
site, i.e. that it has an on/off timer. Well, it doesn't. If I connect
it to the existing mains timer it switches on into standby mode, which
is useless for my purpose. Is this typical of LCD sets? My only
experience is with our Philips Ambilight.

Does anyone know of a set that would do what I want, i.e. switch on
into proper ON mode?



BTW, I can't access any of the Goodmans product pages, I get the
message: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration
file required to service this request. ( Using XP Home SP3, IE6)

If you use a mains timer most current TVs will come back on in stanby mode,
if the TV has a timer just leave it plugged in to the mains all the time.

That is what I intended to do, but the TV hasn't got a timer, despite
the spec on the website.

The timers on the sets that I've seen are for sending your chosen
channel down the scart to your VCR/PVR for scheduled recording.

They do this in standby.

You wouldn't want it to come on if you were recording something when you
were asleep.

So in fact it does what it's meant to, but not what you want it to.
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Ian

If you can still find a Humax, they have a full on and off timer built
in.
They have ceased making them but there may be some around. The ones
with the almost-seperate speaker under the screen have very much
better sound. The smallest is 19" but its a good bedroom size.

"widgitt" wrote in message
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If you can still find a Humax, they have a full on and off timer built
in.
They have ceased making them but there may be some around. The ones
with the almost-seperate speaker under the screen have very much
better sound. The smallest is 19" but its a good bedroom size.


yes, no-one will complain about an extra 4" in the bedroom...

I think its a misunderstanding of what the timer was for.

Brian

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"Andy Champ" wrote in message
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Peter Twydell wrote:

I bought a Goodmans LD1546WD set on the basis of what was on the Comet
site, i.e. that it has an on/off timer. Well, it doesn't.

Surely this is a breach of the SOGA - misdescription - and you're entitled
to a full refund?

Andy
IANAL