32" lcd

positron

I have the tesco technosonic 32" up and running with Sky basic (http://picasaweb.google.com/positronie/Technosonic32InchLCD), picture quality is acceptable, but I am rather concerned about the audio - sounds really cheap and strange at low volumes (0-15) , around 20 everything sounds normal. Is this just my set, or anyone notice anything like that?

thanks!

spongbob

No

hi guys i managed to grab one of them tecknologic sets on wensday, the craic was that athlone had 5 in but only 1 managed to make it out of the stock room.. anyone know why tesco only got such few in, there getting as bad as Aldi & Lidl!

spongbob

No

Has anyone tried athlone for A cello t.v? they had a good few left on the shelf
on wensday

The tax man

No

@Positron Sound seems fine on my set. What's weird with yours below 20?
Something I noticed when I first powered the set up is that the standby light flickered bright and dim for a couple of seconds. Does this happen with anyone else?
Also I turned the set off completely this morning(via switch@rear) and turned it back on tonight and it didn't want to come out of standby.Set didn't respond to any means of turning on by remote or any buttons on the set itself.
After about 1min it came to life. I'm used to sets with a slow start up but at least they'd show some response from the remote/buttons with the on/standby light flickering,even if the screen itself hadn't come to life.
I'm wondering if the set needs some time in standby before it responds to any input or if I may have a fault in the pipe line.
Does yours come on instantly,give or take the usual few seconds?
From working with TVs a couple of years ago in the service end of things,certain TVs when faulty would flash the standby light as a sort of engineers code to say I'm sick.:(

Alkers

No

IIRC mine flickered the first time aswell. Mine takes about 20seconds to come on from a cold start. Nothing wrong with the sound here either. It seems the remote functions during this time. Turning it off and back on again when it's warm it's a lot quicker. In the manual it says something about taking up to ten minutes to display optimal picture quality.

Do-more

No

Dman001 wrote:

Anyone know if mullingar tesco sells tvs?

Yeh, I got a technosonic there on Wednesday morning, (my mate got another one, the other four never made it out of the stockroom) went back 3.30pm yesterday to get a Cello for another mate and all 9 that were reduced to €399 were bought by staff before the customers ever knew anything about it.

Best bet is to go in and try and book one "a la Jervis street" don't expect the staff to be too helpful though;)

whatsupdoc?

Mine takes about 20seconds to come on from a cold start

Some Philips TV's used to take longer!
You'd have sound for 10 seconds before the picture. :eek:

nanook

i think arklow has some of these tv's, they also have the 42 bush tv also

zAbbo

Are the bush one's supposed to be reduced ?

Seen them at 899

johnnyrotten

A little off the topic.
Richersounds.ie are selling "Branded" TV's very cheaply
Philips 42" LCD for €999:eek:

*EDIT Prices are Sterling SORRY*

MICKEYG

johnnyrotten wrote:

A little off the topic.
Richersounds.ie are selling "Branded" TV's very cheaply
Philips 42" LCD for €999:eek:

*EDIT Prices are Sterling SORRY*

Are these guys reliable - I saw a nice Philips 32" for far cheaper than Komplett.

MICKEYG

MICKEYG wrote:

Are these guys reliable - I saw a nice Philips 32" for far cheaper than Komplett.

Oops - they are Sterling prices

positron

TaxMan and others,

The red light blinked a few times when I turned on the very first time. I haven't cold-started it since. To start from standby, it blinks the red light a few times, and it takes 5-10 seconds for the picture to apear. Annoying, but not too bad. Picture quality is brilliant with certain ads on telly, most cartoons etc, but some channels look a bit blurry - nothing to do with the tv so.

The sound - it just doesn't sound right between 0-20. For instance, watching TopGear again, if you were not looking at the screen, it would take you a few seconds to figure out who is talking - was it Clarkson or a guest? 'Distorted' is the only word I can think of to explain it - GF thinks it sounds like watching a bad pirated dvd. I had a Orion tv before this, and though its cheap, it has pretty good audio capabilities. It could be that... I don't know what to do now. May be stick a 2.1 speaker system under it or something!?

Sky remote works fine to turn on/off the tv - it was setup for Orion before, and I didn't change anything.

I will try cold-starting again later today.

cul8er

can anyone confirm what store have the technosonic???
thanks

jmadoyle

I was told by the manager in Newbridge that they are not getting any more in,
and will only give a refund on the TV. can anyone confirm the price of the bush 32" tv's as the Manager says they have not been reduced, tesco's customer service department are also useless.

cubix

No

Just wondering whats the benifit in this country to having a tv (Cello)with a built in digital tuner.

Thanks

wba88

No

cubix wrote:

Just wondering whats the benifit in this country to having a tv (Cello)with a built in digital tuner.

Thanks

Only thing i can think of is selling it on to sum1 in england/sum1 moving to england/yourself moving plus it sounds good to the untrained ear!:D I would rather have it than not if i had a choice though

green123

cubix wrote:

Just wondering whats the benifit in this country to having a tv (Cello)with a built in digital tuner.

Thanks

no benefit

and no benefit having hd

and crts have a better picture

cathy01

Yes Its deffo €399.
Tesco claire hall.??

podgeandrodge

green123 wrote:

no benefit

and no benefit having hd

and crts have a better picture

is there not a benefit if you can get reception of rte's digital trials going on at the moment? and being future proofed?

is there not a benefit if you want to hook up an xbox 360 or if you want to subscribe to Sky's HD service? To watch HD television?

Do Crt's have a better picture if you are watching a HD broadcast?....

Easy Rider

green123 wrote:

no benefit

and no benefit having hd

and crts have a better picture

Very short sighted of you....have you ever seen HD? Sky Sports HD, Sky Movies HD? If you had then you would see a benefit....

Also if you own a 360 or PS3 you will really see the difference between a CRT and HD....Also my LCD looks great with just NTL digital and better than most CRT's I have seen....don't go to power city and go 'oh the picture is crap' because they have all the signals daisy chained from one SD signal.....

Was in Claire Hall last night, no cheap TV's left...

Alkers

No

positron wrote:

TaxMan and others,

The red light blinked a few times when I turned on the very first time. I haven't cold-started it since. To start from standby, it blinks the red light a few times, and it takes 5-10 seconds for the picture to apear. Annoying, but not too bad. Picture quality is brilliant with certain ads on telly, most cartoons etc, but some channels look a bit blurry - nothing to do with the tv so.

The sound - it just doesn't sound right between 0-20. For instance, watching TopGear again, if you were not looking at the screen, it would take you a few seconds to figure out who is talking - was it Clarkson or a guest? 'Distorted' is the only word I can think of to explain it - GF thinks it sounds like watching a bad pirated dvd. I had a Orion tv before this, and though its cheap, it has pretty good audio capabilities. It could be that... I don't know what to do now. May be stick a 2.1 speaker system under it or something!?

Sky remote works fine to turn on/off the tv - it was setup for Orion before, and I didn't change anything.

I will try cold-starting again later today.

Try headphones through the socket on the RHS.

green123

only a tiny percentage of people have sky hd
most people buy televisions to watch television not play games

wba88

No

but in the future sky hd will become cheaper and more common thus becoming very convenient to have a hd tv

Ghost Train

green123 wrote:

only a tiny percentage of people have sky hd
most people buy televisions to watch television not play games

well if you want a big tv, crts are pretty limited. for somebody buying a new tv, in most cases going for a hd lcd plasma etc makes much more sense than a crt

green123

by then the tvs will be cheaper too
and the technology will have improved so they will be able to produce a clear picture

green123

eolhc wrote:

well if you want a big tv, crts are pretty limited. for somebody buying a new tv, in most cases going for a hd lcd plasma etc makes much more sense than a crt

well if you want a nice looking tele maybe
but id prefer a nice picture

Ghost Train

wba88 wrote:

but in the future sky hd will become cheaper and more common thus becoming very convenient to have a hd tv

sky will always be a rip off

hd content is getting more popular and will get cheaper, so it makes sense to get a hd tv.

spongbob

No

has anyone tried Rosscommon / longford town for the cello tellys?
i tried athlone, nothing left but 26 inch's....

joebhoy1916

spongbob wrote:

i tried athlone, nothing left but 26 inch's....

That's funny. I went down to tesco's last night the manager said they hadnt even got them yet that the shipment was late wont be in for a few days.