Need a new telly..

[ajlelectronics]

If that's the case then why is av forum covered with screen burn problems and customers not getting it covered. Sellers specifically says screen burn is not covered under warranty

That is because said punters believe in this mythical x years warranty. They even pay extra for a piece of paper that gives them the same rights as the law requires anyway! They also shop at Currys who believe incorrectly that their terms and conditions override the law and so go away to phone me, when they get the truth!

The Act is largely based on the opinion of the "man on the Clapham omnibus". A ten Pound toaster can be expected to fail in a year or two, a multi hundred Pound TV should last at least six years. What is reasonable to consider a defect? A few stuck pixels wouldn't but a failed PSU or T-con board certainly would.

The way it works is that in the case of a defect that appears after six months, you go to an engineer for a report. That report if it agrees that it has an inherent defect, means that the supplier has to do something about it. They can:

a) Replace it, although a refurb set is perfectly acceptable If fully operational.

b) They can repair it and they get one opportunity so to do before you have rights of refund.

c) They can give you a refund which would be pro-rata for the time it has been in use.

 

[mrsbruce]

Check TCL. I replaced my old plasma tv, and came across the TCL tv manufacture. Chinese, make everything for their tellies, and they are the 3rd biggest manufacturer on the planet.

I bought myself a 43” android tv for £250 something off Amazon.

No complaints.

 

[ajlelectronics]

View attachment 381096It says here that panasonic, sony, Vizio, philips and hisense are still using it even for the 2023 range

It is of course up to Vestel which panels they use, but bear in mind that their choice is severely limited. I have no idea what they fit but as LG are one of the very few manufacturers, I would not be surprised at all to find that they are.
It doesn't make any difference to the facts though. Apart from physical damage, I rarely get asked about replacing a faulty panel, it is usually PSU or driver boards. Backlight failure is another common one, still not the fault of the panel.

 

[ajlelectronics]

Check TCL. I replaced my old plasma tv, and came across the TCL tv manufacture. Chinese, and they are the 3rd biggest manufacturer on the planet.

Yes, TCL is one of the other big ones and there is one more in China whose name escapes me, that builds Philips and one or two others. Most UK sets tend to be Vestel though.

I bought myself a 43” android tv for £250 something off Amazon.

No complaints.

The purchasing from Amazon PRIME is quite a good idea, as once you mention the keywords "Consumer Rights Act 2015" they tend to cave. Also you will have Section 75 CCA if you pay by credit card of course.

 

[dobbslc]

Which one is it, the first one?

Things tagged with "Samsung tv remote" - Thingiverse

Download files and build them with your 3D printer, laser cutter, or CNC.

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I'll take a picture.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

Samsung qled for a bright room or any of the top end led otherwise.
If you watch a good TV for a while in 4k on netflix etc with good soundbar and then go to someone else's house with a small old TV it shocking the difference.

That's the one I got qled 55"...it's just a great TV...I don't get to watch a lot of TV but when I do watch it I want it to be an enjoyable experience. The thing I like is having the apps loaded on the TV so theres no faffing about....discovery/netflix etc can be accessed via the standard remote.

 

[Bryan Williams]

Yes, TCL is one of the other big ones and there is one more in China whose name escapes me, that builds Philips and one or two others. Most UK sets tend to be Vestel though.



The purchasing from Amazon PRIME is quite a good idea, as once you mention the keywords "Consumer Rights Act 2015" they tend to cave. Also you will have Section 75 CCA if you pay by credit card of course.

TCL 43P615K 43" 4K HDR UHD Smart LED TV Smart HDR Dolby Audio

Buy the TCL 43P615K 43" 4K HDR UHD Smart LED TV Smart HDR Dolby Audio from Sonic Direct for only £229.00 today.

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This one cought my eye..

 

[J1nx]

Hisense were the go to brand for budget options when I was looking a year or so ago. Plenty of horror stories about those Vestel units.

I had a fantastic Philips but they had sold out when I came to replace that, then a very good Panasonic plasma which popped last year and now have a LG OLED.
It’s a struggle to keep up with sometimes and a real minefield.
The lesser telly’s in the house are all now Samsung or LG, not much between them.

 

[Bryan Williams]

Hisense were the go to brand for budget options when I was looking a year or so ago. Plenty of horror stories about those Vestel units.

I had a fantastic Philips but they had sold out when I came to replace that, then a very good Panasonic plasma which popped last year and now have a LG OLED.
It’s a struggle to keep up with sometimes and a real minefield.
The lesser telly’s in the house are all now Samsung or LG, not much between them.

Reading the reviews for this Hisense, lot of unhappy people..

 

[J1nx]

Reading the reviews for this Hisense, lot of unhappy people..

Reading at the time they were deemed best of a bad bunch when I visited the AV forums but they may well have changed now. Is it reliability issues?

 

[Popcorn]

We've had our Hi-Sense about 2.5 years now and it's a fantastic picture, easily as good if not better than a mates Sony that was 4 times the price.

 

[not done it yet]

More than 15 years ago (probably over 20?) we needed a new video recorder (should date things ) and time to change the telly. A bit of thought and we realised we had watched very little in the way of ‘useful’ viewing over the past year, or so. We decided to skip both the video and telly and see how we got on. The TV license going up a fair amount was also a consideration, at the time.

I’ve not missed it at all and t’other half has not been bothered (watches some channel 4 recordings on the ‘puter, I believe).

The TV licensing mob came round one day (I was out) and t’other half was about to go out. She was loading the car, the front door was open and they were blocking the drive. She wanted to get gone (she is habitually late leaving) so told them to go and look for themselves. They said ”You look honest enough” and left without even checking.

We have no desire to watch a load of repeats, the news or any of the soaps so do other, more useful, things with our time. I actually removed the TV aerial recently - in the hope it will stop/reduce the bird sh1t (and the moss, etc) on the roof. The coaxial had been cut off years ago.

 

[Keithmac]

Our old Samsung HD LED was great.

We have a Toshiba 4k "Smart" TV now and it's a bit pants to be honest, picture is lovely but it randomly crashes, requiring switching off at socket and back on which is a pain.

Next TV will be another Samsung for me I think.

 

[droopsnoot]

Be sure to have a play with the "smart" bit - some of the software really is a bit cumbersome/slow/rubbish !

Even the software in the "non smart" bits of these things can be rotten, too. I've got a BT Youview box, and inside the EPG there are options for page up and page down, and to skip forward and backwards by a day. In the EPG on the Sharp TV downstairs, there's no day-skip function, you just have to keep pressing the right arrow and patiently scroll past all the overnight teleshopping. In the EPG on the Toshiba TV upstairs, the sound goes off when you have the EPG open, so if you're just looking to see what's on later while waiting for the start of a programme, you can easily miss it. Actually the Youview software (by Humax) is pretty good, pretty usable, but it's not connected to the internet so I don't know what the smart bits of it are like - as I don't have a BT subscription and it requires a cable connection, I haven't tried it.

 

[armalites]

That is because said punters believe in this mythical x years warranty. They even pay extra for a piece of paper that gives them the same rights as the law requires anyway!

Most warranties are the same in name only.

Most people won't bother fighting with a supplier over the consumer goods act because they don't know about it or they can't live without an item while the issue gets resolved.

Costco 5yr warranty on TVs is onsite as far as I remember and their warranty process is second to none.

 

[Keithmac]

5 years on site warranty is pretty decent!.

 

[RaceDiagnostics]

My LG TV keeps trying to get me to agree to their T&C's, nfw, why, it's a bloody TV. Seems like they are just trying to gather data on you. Take off my tin hat now.

 

[My Old Landy]

My LG TV keeps trying to get me to agree to their T&C's, nfw, why, it's a bloody TV. Seems like they are just trying to gather data on you. Take off my tin hat now.

The Toshiba is the same. I turned off the smart bit and just use it as a monitor for the PlayStation. Waste of a TV lol

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Costco 5yr warranty on TVs is onsite as far as I remember and their warranty process is second to none.

A pal bought a sound system from them (can't recall the make) and it developed a fault after 4 years and 9 months. Called them up and was told just to take it back. No questions or investigation, the model he had was out of date so they just replaced it with a more expensive one, as close as they had to his.

Truly great service, which is why I buy from them when I can.

 

[Onoff]

Looks like my Medion 50" telly is going on the blink. Watch this space for symptoms!