Cheapest 50inch plasma? online or in store

1stimpressions

Any ideas.

ilovecars

750 harvey norman

MURDO

As above. but samsung for 999. looked good too.

podge3

£600 in Richersounds plus £20 delivery.

Its a Philips, though:(

1stimpressions

podge3 wrote: »

£600 in Richersounds plus £20 delivery.

Its a Philips, though:(

Philips crap then?

ongarite

1stimpressions wrote: »

Philips crap then?

Yes, Philips Plasma's are crap IMO.

How I rate them:
LG=really crap
Philips=crap
Samsung=good
Panasonic=great
Pioneer=fantastic.

Direct correlation between price and quality.

ongarite

Best value Vs quality 50" Panasonic is £1000 from RicherSounds.
They have a shop in Belfast and will deliver to anywhere in Ireland for £20.

http://www.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=PANA-TH50PZ80B

slemons

ongarite wrote: »

Panasonic=great

Designed in ireland too

podge3

ongarite wrote: »

Yes, Philips Plasma's are crap IMO.

Everything Philips is crap.

HashSlinging

Great price.. Anyone think the 5 year warranty worth it..

1stimpressions

podge3 wrote: »

Everything Philips is crap.

thanks for the replies. if just the size mattered and the tv was not being used for bluray, hd or ps3 would it be a good price for the philips? ie will it turn on and last 5 years? :P

1stimpressions

1stimpressions wrote: »

thanks for the replies. if just the size mattered and the tv was not being used for bluray, hd or ps3 would it be a good price for the philips? ie will it turn on and last 5 years? :P

bumpity bump, any ideas on this?

pistolpetes11

ongarite wrote: »

Yes, Philips Plasma's are crap IMO.

How I rate them:
LG=really crap
Philips=crap
Samsung=good
Panasonic=great
Pioneer=fantastic.

Direct correlation between price and quality.

LG/Philips use the same panel and are pretty much the same.

Pioneer /Panasonic again are pretty much working in harmony
Pioneer seem to do the R and D and panasonic make the pannel, also Pioneer are due to pull out of the flat screen market sometime in 2010,

Samsung Series 4,5, are pretty bad 6,7,8,9 gets a lot lot better as you go up in the series with in my opinion the series 9 been as good as a top of the range Panasonic /Pioneer.

Sharp are a good mid range option.

Sony pannels are made by samsung so save your money and buy the Samsung.

pistolpetes11

1stimpressions wrote: »

bumpity bump, any ideas on this?

I would say pay the extra few quid and get the Panasonic, there a great set and dont give much trouble !

My Dad always had this idea when buying TV's /Hi Fi's. He would spend the extra bit on what he felt was a quality brand as he felt you would get longer out of it and in a way it would future proof you !

You may not have an interest in picture quality /clarity now but what about in 4 or 5 years ? At least a good set now will still be capable of doing it then !

delly

My last 3 TV's have been Philips with my current one being a 42" LCD. I've never had any bother with them and would recommend if money is an issue.

oleras

delly wrote: »

My last 3 TV's have been Philips with my current one being a 42" LCD. I've never had any bother with them and would recommend if money is an issue.

Exactly, although if it is 3 tv's in the last 6 months i would start to worry...

Mother paid 2200 about 3 years ago for a 42" panny, dead after 6 months, was replaced and fine since. At a minium there will be 12 months warranty, if it is going to fail it will in the first 12 months.

delly

oleras wrote: »

Exactly, although if it is 3 tv's in the last 6 months i would start to worry...

Hehe, nah over 10 years. And I bought each one as an upgrade as opposed to it failing.

alastair_doom

delly wrote: »

My last 3 TV's have been Philips with my current one being a 42" LCD. I've never had any bother with them and would recommend if money is an issue.

+1 for this

Picked up a cheap philips 42" Plasma, got daily use for about 18 months, still in perfect working order, never a minutes trouble.

When i was upgrading a few weeks back I had no hesitation going for another Philips.

ShaunC

hang on until late March, with new models coming out the older ones will drop in price;)