Bauhn 50" FHD LED LCD TV $499, Spiderman 2 Wii U $13.99, Transformers ROTDS 3DS $13.99 @ Aldi

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  Axelstrife on 08/12/2014 - 19:09

  +1

  It starts saturday the 13th not the 10th.
  The tv that is.

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    dreamerman on 08/12/2014 - 22:03

    Holding out for a 55" or 60".

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      knk on 09/12/2014 - 08:26

      There was a 55" about 2 weeks ago at aldi, Bauhn. bought it for $600

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        dreamerman on 11/12/2014 - 06:56

        Yeah I missed that :-( Still prefer a 60"

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  jv on 08/12/2014 - 19:23

  +1

  The amazing Spiderman 2 Wii U/3DS $13.99

  My spider sense tells me this game is crap…

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    TRENT86 on 08/12/2014 - 19:25

    got a user score of 7/10 but for $14 you can't expect much
    http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/the-amazing-spider-man-…

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    HomeAlone on 08/12/2014 - 19:26

    +4

    It's spidey sense. Get it right :P

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  CVonC on 09/12/2014 - 00:43

  Instruction Manual for the ATV50-014

  Interesting that it has ARC and a headphone socket

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  knk on 09/12/2014 - 08:25

  For what it's worth, I have the 55" Bauhn full HD from Aldi and it's a solid performer for the price ($600).

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  bircoe on 08/01/2015 - 10:20

  I bought this set on Tuesday as my local Aldi have it out on display already and so far for a bedroom set I'm happy with it, it would not be up to scratch for my lounge room though.

  Pros:
  - Nice image quality (when viewed from directly in front).
  - Supports HDMI-CEC (confirmed working with Raspberry Pi) allows control of other CEC compatible devices via the TV's remote.
  - USB playback/record (untested so far as I have a Raspberry Pi with XBMC/Kodi connected to the TV.
  - Remote has backlit volume and channel buttons.
  - Light and thin, was very easy to mount on the wall by myself.
  - Very thin bezel.
  - Very low input lag, have been playing BF4 via Xbox One on it without any noticeable issues.

  Cons:
  - Speakers are horrible, output levels are fine, but the sound quality and frequency response is terrible requiring you to turn it up louder than necessary.
  - Viewing angles are not great, even 5 degrees off angle starts giving contrast changes.
  - Switching inputs is slow, the menu is fine but the signal sync takes 3-5 seconds.
  - The remote buttons are too flat, it's difficult to place your fingers properly in the dark.
  - Remote sensitivity is poor, you have to point the remote directly at the TV towards the bottom centre where the IR receiver is else it doesn't pick up button presses.
  - Excessive brightness from factory, the default setting looks very washed out, dropping the brightness and a slight increase in saturation makes it look much better.

  Overall I'm happy, for the money it's very hard to go past, I was tossing up between this and the $435 (plus $61 shipping) Kogan model but the manual for the Kogan didn't mention HDMI-CEC support and I haven't been able to find this info elsewhere so I went with the Bauhn set instead.

  One thing the Bauhn manual didn't have listed in the specs was power consumption, I emailed Bauhn support and asked before buying the set but the answer I got was "100-240V 50/60hz" which is clearly not what I wanted, so for other people interested the label on the back of the set states 130W (I'll follow up with measured power consumption in the next couple of days) which is a touch worse than the Kogan at 110W.