Bargain Thread

[cheets]

Got COD WAW for £19.95 from Blockbuster, its 2nd hand but I wanted a FPS to play one live and its still going for £20-25 on ebay 2nd hand so win win/

[Danny]

Originally Posted by Kreeeee

Now they're famous for being over priced. You can pretty much always get better for the price or equal quality for less. They're far from being top of their game in any respect any more.

The w4000 and w4500 were two of the best 40 inch LCDs I've seen. The new replacements are crap though.

[Aboobie]

Not sure if it really qualifies as a bargain per se, but for those of you like me who've been holding off on the Fallout 3 DLC you can now preorder the goty edition which comes with all 5 dlc packs for £29.99 from game.co.uk.
You can use then use 'TD0519' for another £1 off and can also get 6% with topcashback.

It's due out sometime in October.

[NokkonWud]

Originally Posted by Danny

The w4000 and w4500 were two of the best 40 inch LCDs I've seen. The new replacements are crap though.

I agree, I absolutely adore the w4000 and really wish I had one.

[AboveTheSalt]

Originally Posted by Danny

The w4000 and w4500 were two of the best 40 inch LCDs I've seen. The new replacements are crap though.

What exactly is wrong with the current KDL-W5500?

[Danny]

Originally Posted by AboveTheSalt

What exactly is wrong with the current KDL-W5500?

The things I've read have had it nowhere near as good as the outgoing sony models. Upto 80ms input lag imo isn't acceptable for a supposed leader in it's class.

I didn't like the look of it compared to the outgoing models either but thats purely personal.

I'm sick of them launching new tv's every 6 months instead of actually addressing the issues in a panel before banging out the next.

This post from avforums always rings true for me....

"I'm not sure about anyone else, but I'm absolutely sick to death of TV manufacturers rolling sets off the production line with quite serious problems and taking the "no one will notice" attitude. We're now into 2008 and the top manufacturers are harping on about 24p, 200Hz, 1,000,000:1 contrast ratios etc etc, but why the HELL are they doing this when they can't even get the basics right? Maybe they should concentrate more on improving their current technology rather than panic rushing out the next best technology to out-do the opposition.

This isn't just Sony of course, they're all just as bad as each other. We have Sony with clouding/backlight bleed, Pioneer 8G Kuros had ghosting issues I think it was, LG plasmas have serious image retention issues (which I am having a nightmare trying to get mine changed ongoing for over a month and counting), 2007 Panasonics had snake effect, Samsung LCDs have backlight bleed issues, Samsung plasmas have red sparkles, Philips have input lag and only 1080i support on a full HD resolution set, Sharp has banding issues etc etc. The list goes on, and the one thing these all have in common? The manufacturers refuse to accept this is a problem. There needs to be a regulator introduced to stop this nonsense. They have been getting away with this for far too long now.

I'm in the market for a new TV and I cannot think of a single LCD or Plasma that does what it's supposed to do. They all have issues, and the problem is, most of them appear to be pretty significant. I wish manufacturers would understand that a TV set is one of the most important and expensive purchases a home owner will make. Their ignorance towards the general public and refusal to accept that there is an issue absolutely infuriates me to no end. All they are interested in is rolling out as many sets as they can in the shortest amount of time, adding some features and bogus figures to make it look more attractive in the market,and keeping their big, fat, greedy shareholders happy

If someone knows of a set that doesn't have any serious issues where you can watch SD in decent quality, not worry about screen burn, banding, clouding, input lag, backlight bleed, dot crawl, posphur trails and ghosting please let me know, because that will be my next purchase."

[Streeteh]

PS3 slim now going for £229.99 at Shopto. Haven't seen it any cheaper elsewhere.

[MarcLister]

Originally Posted by Streeteh

PS3 slim now going for £229.99 at Shopto. Haven't seen it any cheaper elsewhere.

Nice one Streeteh. Saw someone on OcUK in the PS3 Slim thread saying it was going for £230 somewhere but couldn't work out where that was.

Shopto.net reputable?

[NokkonWud]

I shop from them all the time.

[Streeteh]

Originally Posted by MarcLister

Shopto.net reputable?

They're very popular among many of the ocuk lot and as far as i know no one has been ripped off. I try to buy as much as i can from them as they always deliver first class for free.