Tesco Mirai DTL-642E500 FullHD 42" LCD TV €499

ninty

Saw 3 of these in the Tesco Artane Castle Branch today were about €850 and i think they come with a 3 year guarantee. http://www.twenga.co.uk/prices-DTL-642E500-MIRAI-LCD-TV-114554-0 for specs

Barr

Seems like good value alltite , I had a look in the Mahon Point branch in Cork yesterday and they didn't have this price.

Keith C

Image Contrast Ratio 1200:1

no thanks

Mossy Monk

Barr wrote: »

Seems like good value alltite

It's a piece of ****e.

Barr

Am I missing something - its a 42" full hd for less than €500 ?

AlmightyCushion

Barr wrote: »

Am I missing something - its a 42" full hd for less than €500 ?

Not all full HD 42" TVs are created equally.

Barr

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Not all full HD 42" TVs are created equally.

Not all are less than €500

MagicMarker

Barr wrote: »

Not all are less than €500

You'd buy something that's crap because it's cheap?

How logical.

Barr

MagicMarker wrote: »

You'd buy something that's crap because it's cheap?

How logical.

Why do you think its crap ?

MagicMarker

Barr wrote: »

Why do you think its crap ?

As has been pointed out, the contrast ratio sucks donkey balls, for that reason alone I would not buy it.

ninty

Here is a link to the AVforums reviewing this TV,may be a bit old but will help if your thinking of buying as usually they are very knowledgable with their comments
http://www.avforums.com/forums/lcd-televisions/454291-new-unknown-tv-mirai-dtl-642e500-42-full-hd.html

waster81

maybe we could get sticky on what to look for when buying an lcd tv?

Ghost Train

contrast ratio usually not a good method to judge a tv by unless it being indepentently measured in a review or something

dynamic contrast ratio is totally different again and a false measure of a lcd panels performance

would be interested to know what the hdmi or vga input looks like on a set like this... great price for the size

Dman001

What happened to the good auld days when the only thing you were concerned with when buying a TV was the size of its screen?:)

Keith C

Ghost Train wrote: »

contrast ratio usually not a good method to judge a tv by unless it being indepentently measured in a review or something

dynamic contrast ratio is totally different again and a false measure of a lcd panels performance

would be interested to know what the hdmi or vga input looks like on a set like this... great price for the size

From looking at differant links to tv's down the ages, you'll find the "bargain deal" cheap LCD normally won't state the ratio and you have to go digging for it.

Example: Normande 42" €569.95 no mention of ratio

http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-13-M42777

Phillips 42" pixel plus full hd dynamic contrast ratio 50000:1

http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-13-42P604

Some info that explains differances

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_contrast_ratio_and_dynamic_contrast_ratio

positron

IMHO, all current models LCDs will go dirt cheap by the end of the year as producers will be trying to push LCD LEDs (with LED backpanel for better ratios and picture quality) to the market.

Its just a wild guess...

Ghost Train

you can see how contrast ratio is used more and more as a marketing tool by manufacturers... some samsung monitors now have the dynamic contrast ratio printed on the front of the monitor... not a sticker but painted :rolleyes: Unfortunately you cant really judge picture quality by reading manufacturer specs :pac: specs matter but don't tell the whole story.

whiterebel

Apparently Mirai are owned by Sony, and have produced panels for them for a long time. My mother got one of the early ones which kept blinking to blue screen at the adverts. I asked her if she hadn't got a 3 year warranty, and sure enough she had. Didn't have the receipt, and Xtravision changed it anyway for a brand new model.. Picture quality wasn't bad at all for the money when she got it. I couldn't see a whole lot of difference when it was beside Sonys in XV to be honest. I'd take a punt at that price if I was in the market.

jenno86

Don't think they are owned by Sony. They used to make the panels for Sony for a while before they went selling them themselves. Think they have pulled out of the Irish Market now AFAIK, possibly Europe.

byte

Sony seem to have bought a TFT LCD factory from ChiMei Optoeletronics, which are used in mobile phones etc.
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/200501/05-0107E/index.html

Mirai and ChiMei seem to be one and the same...
www.mirai.eu

WRT Sony LCD TV's I understood that both Sony and Samsung share (or used to share) an LCD manufacturing plant.

podge3

I have 2 Mirai TVs - a 20" and a 32". Both are excellent sets and I would highly recommend the brand.