TV Gone Bang

What would you replace it with?

;)

A nice sideboard, coz there's buugger all on worth watching. ;)

We've still got an old CRT Trinitron (26"??) that works perfectly and picture is excellent. Three years ago, a neighbour was going to hoy it in the skip, as he'd bought the latest wafer-thin job. Been using it ever since.

Can't believe people just bin perfectly good top of the range TVs these days. Suppose it's the throw-away society.


What's the betting that if a million people took this advice they would introduce a sideboard licence?... :D
 
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I did move up to 40", and it is HD and SMART, but I gave 3D a miss.
 
A Sammy. Someone on here recommended one, I can't think who it was now?;)

I didn't fancy 3D, so went for the UE40F5500. Still raved about by the journo's and a bit cheaper.

I got it from John Lewis with a 5 year guarantee for £429.

I can find it for £400 on the net, but only with 12 months. JL will match other retailer's prices, but the warranty has to match too.

They never used to stipulate this, but do now, as they were giving money away before.

The only thing I've noticed so far is that, despite the router being in the same room, there is a dreadful lag, so I will run a cable to the TV in the hope of improving it.

Thanks for your help.

We went with JL too. Apart from the longer warranty, it's my experience that any problems are dealt with instantly by JL without any hassle.

Regarding the router-to-TV connection, we have similar problems. I also have thought about connecting via a cable, but our router is in a different room. An alternative would be one of those systems that utilise the ring main to connect the router to the TV (or a computer, of course), but I'm sure you know more about those things than I do.
 
As far as I'm concerned, even if it is a little hassle, you can't beat a Cat 6 connection over a wireless one.

More reliable and more secure, too.
 
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Does anyone have any experience of those ring-main connection things for data transmission? Are they any good?
 
Does anyone have any experience of those ring-main connection things for data transmission? Are they any good?

Do you mean this type of thing JBR,I use them with no problem.


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Yes, thanks, that's the sort of thing. I just wonder whether they are completely safe, though. I'm sure there are effective means of isolating the mains voltage from the data signal but, not knowing exactly how they work, I have visions of something going wrong and getting 240V across my computer or television ethernet connection!
 
Haven't a clue how they work but they do,the electronics guy at work recommended them so thats why I went with it.
 
Kids today are so pathetic they would rather see their parents blind folded, stuck up against a wall and shot in the head rather than go without their hi-tech for a week, or month!

The bigger question for me is what is going wrong with our society and where is it heading?

I think I know :rolleyes:

I have done without all this crap in my life and yet still managed to have a healthy social life which, I would argue, was richer AND safer than what 'they' enjoy today.

I feel qualified to comment on this because I know and have lived both.

The b&w films and Medium Wave radio transmissions were fantastic! (Quality and thought-provoking over hi-tech "wow weren't the graphics great!")

Your imagination was provoked, you could get great humour and inspiration from JUST audio. ("Surely not!!!!")

I despond at where it's all going quite frankly. Was perhaps born 30 years too late....
 
As far as I'm concerned, even if it is a little hassle, you can't beat a Cat 6 connection over a wireless one.

More reliable and more secure, too.

Just interested why cat 6 than say cat 5e ?

Where I buy the cables from, the Cat 6 are cheaper????? :confused:


I know what you're saying, BT.

I'm not a complete tech junkie, but I can see some advantage in being tech savvie. I sit on the fence, if you like. I still have a cassette deck, but at least my ancient vinyl collection is now hip cool and trendy again, if my language is not... ;)
 
The powerline adapters are ok, but will struggle if you try to stream high-bandwidth stuff, like HD. They will also drop out, from time-to-time.
If you are able, run the hard-wire.
 
Thanks for the advice, people. I think I'll look at some reviews and maybe get one.
 
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