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32" LCD €299.99

  • 13-07-2009 8:28pm
    #1
    Klingon Hamlet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,742 ✭✭✭


    It's a Walker TV. No mention of it anywhere else online, so probably a generic Chinese make. Still for the price you cannot go far wrong. Closest in price is the Philips 32PF3404 and it's no great telly in its own respect.

    Here's the Walker:

    http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-12-WP3210&pages=1∏=WP3210

    No sign of contrast ratio but that's more down to Power City's (very, very) poor website layout. VGA in, 2 x HDMI. Worth €299.99? Methinks so.


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  • #2
    Dozen Wicked Words
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭Dozen Wicked Words


    It really is a ropey website isn't it. Impossible to tell if it's any cop or not.


  • #3
    Keith186
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,215 ✭✭✭Keith186


    You'll pay for what you get, pop into store to take a look before buying.


  • #4
    Klingon Hamlet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,742 ✭✭✭Klingon Hamlet


    Keith186 wrote: »
    You'll pay for what you get, pop into store to take a look before buying.

    I like to plan ahead. No website for Walker. Strange...

    Anyone used these tellys before?


  • #5
    slave1
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,266 Mod ✭✭✭✭slave1


    Power City sell this brand, I got one of their dvd players a few years back, the GUI looked like any generic chinese producer but the thing fell apart after modest use so straight back to PC and stayed clear of their stuff since


  • #6
    bmaxi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭bmaxi


    I bought a new TV a couple of months ago to replace a ZX series tv I bought in Power City over 20 years ago. This was also a generic brand and never gave a minute's trouble from day one, I replaced it simply because it was too bulky to fit where I wanted it to go. It has a new home now and afaik is still going strong. It's very much the luck of the draw.


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  • #7
    Woodgate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 775 ✭✭✭Woodgate


    Keith186 wrote: »
    You'll pay for what you get
    They tend not to give you the TV otherwise.;);)


  • #8
    Klingon Hamlet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,742 ✭✭✭Klingon Hamlet


    Woodgate wrote: »
    They tend not to give you the TV otherwise.;);)

    Rrrrrrreally? :rolleyes:
    I think he meant usually: quantity of dosh equates to quality of product. Pay a little get a piece of poo, pay a lot and get a snazzy setup :p


  • #9
    nowuckenfurries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 491 ✭✭nowuckenfurries


    AFAIK they're a turkish made tv.....


  • #10
    Gerbud
    Registered Users Posts: 279 ✭✭Gerbud


    I got one for €330 a few months back.

    No problems with it.

    Walker used to be Mistsubishi Balck Diamond.


  • #11
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,981 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Gerbud wrote: »
    I got one for €330 a few months back.

    No problems with it.

    Walker used to be Mistsubishi Balck Diamond.
    Really? Bit of a bizarre business decision to change from that well known brand name to generic crap lie "Walker". They must have seen their sales take a nosedive, probably blamed it on the recession.


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  • #12
    GerardKeating
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,753 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    Thargor wrote: »
    Really? Bit of a bizarre business decision to change from that well known brand name to generic crap lie "Walker". They must have seen their sales take a nosedive, probably blamed it on the recession.

    Mistsubishi sold off the division, so they cannot use the name any more


  • #13
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,981 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Ah right, coincidentally I just saw a 32" Beko in the N17 Euronics Brochure, no other details besides 2 X HDMI. Ive had a couple of Beko tvs before and they've always been great, those were CRTs though, never had a Beko flatscreen.

    EDIT: Plus a very nice looking Philips 32" for €399


  • #14
    positron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,420 ✭✭✭positron


    Walker brand etc discussed here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054881027


  • #15
    brosna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 152 ✭✭brosna


    Play.com have a nice Toshiba Regza AV Series 32" 32AV615DB / HD Ready / Freeview / LCD TV for €428 with a free Toshiba SD-390 Upscaling DVD Player
    Free Delivery

    More details on here.

    //irishdeals.blogspot.com/2009/07/toshiba-32-lcd-tv-hd-ready-with-free.html


  • #16
    Zonda999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Zonda999


    brosna wrote: »
    Play.com have a nice Toshiba Regza AV Series 32" 32AV615DB / HD Ready / Freeview / LCD TV for €428 with a free Toshiba SD-390 Upscaling DVD Player
    Free Delivery

    More details on here.

    //irishdeals.blogspot.com/2009/07/toshiba-32-lcd-tv-hd-ready-with-free.html

    Last time i checked, play didn't ship electronics to ireland, has their policy changed recently?


  • #17
    Klingon Hamlet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,742 ✭✭✭Klingon Hamlet


    Got the 32" Walker set for €299.99 yesterday in Power City. I'm very impressed with the picture and sound! You can control the backlight (a major niggle I have with LCDs) and for the price I think it's a steal. I think it's €330 again online but it'll probably drop back down on another weekend.


  • #18
    An Bradán Feasa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 405 ✭✭An Bradán Feasa


    It's a grand telly. Bought it for a friend as a present and they've had no problems with it in the 2 months they've had it. Good picture quality.


  • #19
    Zonda999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Zonda999


    Klingon Hamlet wrote: »
    Got the 32" Walker set for €299.99 yesterday in Power City. I'm very impressed with the picture and sound! You can control the backlight (a major niggle I have with LCDs) and for the price I think it's a steal. I think it's €330 again online but it'll probably drop back down on another weekend.

    How about now!:D

    http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-12-WP3210&pages=1&prod=WP3210&brands=WALKER

    Its 300€ again by the looks of things.


  • #20
    forpaddyde
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭forpaddyde


    Worth paying an extra 100 and going for the full hd Samsung in CDiscount.ie ?


  • #21
    Zonda999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Zonda999


    forpaddyde wrote: »
    Worth paying an extra 100 and going for the full hd Samsung in CDiscount.ie ?

    Personally, i would tbh:D:rolleyes:

    Many wouldnt fancy going up to Dundalk for it though!:)


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  • #22
    madmoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,369 ✭✭✭madmoe


    forpaddyde wrote: »
    Worth paying an extra 100 and going for the full hd Samsung in CDiscount.ie ?

    Can you order online from CDiscount.ie?

    Cheers,
    M


  • #23
    forpaddyde
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭forpaddyde


    Cant order online yet, I think they're in the process of making a proper site, but it has been like that for the last month, or 2(or 3).
    No contact details either. Just sent an email to the UK site asking for some details.
    Will let ye know.


  • #24
    forpaddyde
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭forpaddyde


    Thank you for your email.
    Unfortunately we do not have any contact or stock information about the Dundalk warehouse.
    Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.

    Kind regards

    Daniela
    Customer Services Team
    Cdiscount

    hmm.


  • #25
    Klingon Hamlet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,742 ✭✭✭Klingon Hamlet


    Just had a goggle at the specs in the manual.
    It accepts 24hz, 25hz and 30hz 1080p, so can handle full HD blu-ray playback minus that off putting judder effect of 24hz to 50hz translation.

    Have the Xbox360 piped into it and it accepts 1080p through the component in, too.

    Manual claims it has a maximum resolution of 1920 x 1200 via VGA input, but I think that they mean it accepts this resoluton and then downscales. Haven't tested it out yet, though.

    It also has a handy HDMI Full setting, which basically eliminates overscan. So you get the full scope of the image vertically and horizontally.

    That, along with the SPDIF coaxial out and optical out of any digital sound popped through it, subwoofer out, all very impressive for a budget telly.

    (I don't work for Power City, I just love cheap tech:D)


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