New televisions from China or Taiwan

In message , J G Miller
writes
If you have a digital converter box which allows you to reposition the
LCN of stations on the EPG such as the Sony VTX-D800U, then any such
problem of receiving stations from multiple transmitters can readily be
solved, except for the annoyance of when having to do the regular
re-scan for changes to the EPG.

That was really my point. Presumably someone in the Sony organisation,
and any other moderately well known badge, has realised that in some
backward parts of the world such as the UK, digital planning might have
been economised out of the system.
The STB that ended up with the list of random channel numbers and a
translation chart was from a pile of, I think, Matsui badged things in
Curry's. We had previously taken 2 other faulty STB's back to another
Currys. Before one of them died, I'd failed to make it remember the
re-located stations. In between, I discussed with the nice man in Comet
whether we could return his STB if it wouldn't re-number the channels.
He said no. I thanked him and left.
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Bill

On 25/07/2010 13:41, john hamilton wrote:
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? If so I guess its not worth paying
extra for a Japanese name?

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.



Argos are now not competitive with Online retailers. I bought a latest
model 38" Plasma Panasonic TV from HCS Direct last year for nearly £200
less than Argos charged for similar models.
http://www.hcsdirect.co.uk/
Derek

On 25/07/2010 13:41, john hamilton wrote:
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? If so I guess its not worth paying
extra for a Japanese name?

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.



Argos are now not competitive with Online retailers. I bought a latest
model 38" Plasma Panasonic TV from HCS Direct last year for nearly £200
less than Argos charged for similar models.
http://www.hcsdirect.co.uk/
Derek

"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? If so I guess its not worth
paying extra for a Japanese name?

On the contrary - "cheap" branded sets from a known make like Samsung won't
cost a huge amount more than a supermarket no-name cheapie and will be
better quality (particularly in the casing design) and you stand a chance of
getting them repaired if they do go faulty.

Something like this might be of interest...
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/37-i...3010-37/717942
or this.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sams...399-97-/720189


--
Alex

"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? If so I guess its not worth
paying extra for a Japanese name?

On the contrary - "cheap" branded sets from a known make like Samsung won't
cost a huge amount more than a supermarket no-name cheapie and will be
better quality (particularly in the casing design) and you stand a chance of
getting them repaired if they do go faulty.

Something like this might be of interest...
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/37-i...3010-37/717942
or this.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sams...399-97-/720189


--
Alex

I am surprised that few people are making much of the difference
between plasma and lcd.

I'd have thought that would be the starting point (just like deciding
whether you wanted a petrol or diesel car) before worrying which
country it came from.

Tony

On 26 July, 00:36, Bill Wright wrote:
See also http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/article...at-retunes.pdf

Absolutely agree. Here (North West Norfolk) *four* coverage areas
come close to overlapping - Belmont, Tacolneston, Sandy Heath, Waltham
- and that's *before* DSO.

We have to resort to manual tuning every one of our TVs. The
Panasonics at least allow you to disable auto-updates (but that means
new channels don't appear without another manual tune). The Toshiba
has no such facility, so regular manual editing is required to correct
channel assignment 'mistakes' following an update. The Sony is a
disaster, because the manual tuning ignores the preferred LCN and you
have to enter it yourself for every single channel!

Is there any sign of recognition from 'the powers that be' of how
serious this problem is, and how much more serious it will become
after DSO?

Richard.
http://www.rtrussell.co.uk/

"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? If so I guess its not worth
paying extra for a Japanese name?

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.

why not get a TV with built in FreeSat HD tuner ? ......... no need to add a
box.

I used to think Panasonic were the best, and on CRT & Plasma they were
....but for LCD ... Samsung wins hands down .... now have 3 Samsung TV's
........

avoid LG as they seem to have a failure mode that causes failure 1 month
after warranty expires ... after sales is atrocious.

"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? If so I guess its not worth
paying extra for a Japanese name?

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.

why not get a TV with built in FreeSat HD tuner ? ......... no need to add a
box.

I used to think Panasonic were the best, and on CRT & Plasma they were
....but for LCD ... Samsung wins hands down .... now have 3 Samsung TV's
........

avoid LG as they seem to have a failure mode that causes failure 1 month
after warranty expires ... after sales is atrocious.

Richard Russell wrote:
On 26 July, 00:36, Bill Wright wrote:
See also http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/article...at-retunes.pdf

Absolutely agree. Here (North West Norfolk) *four* coverage areas
come close to overlapping - Belmont, Tacolneston, Sandy Heath, Waltham
- and that's *before* DSO.


Cant you get Sudbury? As well?


We have to resort to manual tuning every one of our TVs. The
Panasonics at least allow you to disable auto-updates (but that means
new channels don't appear without another manual tune). The Toshiba
has no such facility, so regular manual editing is required to correct
channel assignment 'mistakes' following an update. The Sony is a
disaster, because the manual tuning ignores the preferred LCN and you
have to enter it yourself for every single channel!

Is there any sign of recognition from 'the powers that be' of how
serious this problem is, and how much more serious it will become
after DSO?

Richard.
http://www.rtrussell.co.uk/