$599 40inch/101cm Full HD 1080P LCD TV with Built-in HD Tuner and USB Input - Piano Black Finish.
Couldn't find any reviews yet … anyone else?
contrast 2000:1?… my sony is like 40000:1… not sure how this would affect the picture?
I think you'll find that 40,000:1 is Dynamic Contrast…the TV uses software to simulate the contrast, to achieve 40,000:1. 2,000:1 is a pretty good contrast ratio for LCD TV's already, much better than most computer monitors.
With LCD TV's, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. To most of us, PQ (Picture Quality) is only visible when you compare one TV to another side by side. Unfortunately, can't find any reviews of this TV anywhere :(
Dynamic contrast is not actually how the TV achieves/simulates the contrast ratio, but rather how they measure to get that number.
Basically with static contrast ratio, they measure the number of difference possible contrast levels that can be displayed on a single frame.
Whereas with dynamic contrast ratio, they measure the number of difference possible contrast levels that can be displayed by the TV on many different frames. This means they are allowed to measure separately on different warm/cold/dark/bright pictures, under different conditions, change the TV setting, reduce/increase the brightness/contrast-level, or even turn off the backlighting, which of course will give you the blackest black and the whitest white.
There's no standardized procedure in the process at all. So yes, the resulting number has zero meaning. You can easily come up with all sorts of different numbers from different measuring procedures, and they can still call it the same "dynamic contrast ratio". It just doesnt mean anything.
Btw, static ratio itself is meaningless (due to the lack of standardization in the measurement), but dynamic ratio is a total garbage number.
EDIT: to conclude, you shouldn't base your decision on contrast-ratio. It's a marketing number, and doesnt represent the quality of the picture in any way, especially between different manufacturers (who have different ways to measure they system). You just have to come and see the TV by yourself.
And oh, another reason you shouldn't care about contrast-ratio on LCD.
Contrast Ratio is as the measure of the brightest white to the darkest black and is expressed as the number of shades of gray in between. So to increase the contrast-ratio, the manufacturer has to make the TV produce more shades either in dark range or white range.
Plasma technology is capable of producing rich contrast-levels in the dark range. In the other hand, many LCD manufacturers tend to achieve higher contrast-level by increasing TV's ability to produce really bright contrast levels, because it's easier with the inherent nature of LCD technology.
To most people, the ability to produce dark contrast levels is far more important on an LCD TV. And a higher contrast-ratio won't mean you'll get better dark pictures. It might just mean that the TV is able to display very bright pictures than the other TV, which is useless to most people, particularly in home setting (as opposed to in brightly lit showrooms).
PQ will be very average but you're obviously not buying this TV for quality. It's cheap, has a HD Tuner and is 1080p (not that 1080p necessarily means better PQ on a TV like this).
Still, this is by far the cheapest 1080p 40" we've ever seen and shows that good things are coming in the future.
much better than that AWA, however, the warranty isn't as good…
wonder what panel it uses…
Just Contacted their service center, the TV is allowed for Pick UP. they are around ST Peters NSW 2044
Great price, but I bet most of these TV's will fail in under 2 years.
For the price 1-2 years life is still good though, and you might be lucky and get 3-4 years out of it.
what are you basing that on?
probably a fair call though :D
I'm basing it on the fact that many large TV's like these seem to have problems after 1-2 years.
I'm sure you could get it fixed though, I'm just not sure how much that costs.
Cheaper/Smaller TV's seem to be more reliable with generic brands, I think this is because the technology is older and they can use better quality parts while retaining their bargain price point.
"You bet" and then you say that it's a fact. It's not a fact. Get some stats up. I work in an electrical retailer. If you are worried about your product, get an extended warranty for 5 years and don't worry about how much a fix will cost. Even after you extend your warranty it'll be cheaper than the other brands.
While there are probably more returns on the cheaper TVs - the statistics in my store show that they also sell a lot more because they're cheap. So proportionally they come back more because more are sold.
I have to say these TVs don't produce a very good picture - lots of judder and lack crispness.
But to say that they will fail based on "they will fail" and then coming up with a whole heap of baloney about how smaller TVs are more reliable because they use older technology is like way off.
Smaller TVs don't use older technology. Older technology is not more reliable.
Either way this panel is probably the same panel that a lot of manufacturers use.
Omni brand products typically blow very badly. I've bought a couple of DVD players and they haven't lasted 12 months. Warranty repairs have been a hassle. Cheap and a bargain, but not for mine. I rate Omni significantly worse than AWA (Big W 32" deal)
I feel a peculiar desire to see this thing left on 24/7 and see how many years/months it lasts…
I must say: my peculiar desires are a lot, lot different to your peculiar desires.
As long as it doesn't involve my…..
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just wait for christmas get a 55inch led tv under 2000
Christmas is 9 months away. Why not wait til next Christmas and get a 3D TV for that price? Silly.
Haha this comes up all the time. Just keep waiting for the new TVs to come out. And when you find a good one don't buy it. Just keep waiting. Until you die!
It's essentially Moore's law(in a metaphorical sense, of course).
@pais: yeah LOL no wait until the Christmas after instead and get LED 3D for $1k. You obviously don't really need a TV if your using that logic. :-P
deal is still available, expires midday 14/3.
Brand is Omni