50" HD TV...wtf?

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50" HD TV…wtf?
TroutWrestler
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Seriously, a 50″ HD TV, manufactured in November 2014 is fitted with only a Freeview, not a FreeviewHD tuner! Talk about bizarre specification decisions.

Unfortunately it is going back.

Posted 8 years ago

GrahamS
Full Member

Just buy an HD freeview box?

You’d probably need to do that anyway if you want to record stuff or pause live telly etc?

Posted 8 years ago

igm
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My HD Samsung you stick a USB stick in the back and you can pause record etc.

Think I stuck a 512Mb in.

Posted 8 years ago

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TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR
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I’m guessing it was a fairly cheap 50″ TV?

Posted 8 years ago

TroutWrestler
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LG50PB5600

Posted 8 years ago

oldnpastit
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It’s all about UHDTV now, no-one wants your ancient 1080p retro kit anymore 🙂

Posted 8 years ago

jimjam
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4K makes Eastenders come alive.

Posted 8 years ago

Drac
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Pfft! UHD it’s all about SUHD.

Posted 8 years ago

iolo
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OP, did you not check on spec before buying?

Posted 8 years ago

Frankenstein
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Mine has an inbuilt HD satellite tuner so I could put my old Sky box.

Has only a now and next TV guide option on the satellite mode so I can’t put on a reminder for 8 hours later.

Recorders are useful – finally binned the vcr.

I hardly watch TV so a big waste of money for my 55″. 😐

Posted 8 years ago

GrahamS
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My HD Samsung you stick a USB stick in the back and you can pause record etc.

Think I stuck a 512Mb in.

How much HD content can you record on 512MB? 😕

My Humax PVR has a 1 terabyte drive in it.

Posted 8 years ago

skids
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It’s probably an old design as it’s Plasma and/or it is designed for a foreign market

Posted 8 years ago

igm
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Graham’s – there are four slots so I could have 4x whatever a big USB stick is these days. Or I could use a (non-bus powered) USB harddisk. But I don’t record much, mainly just pause. iPlayer changed everything.

Posted 8 years ago

teef
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is fitted with only a Freeview, not a FreeviewHD tuner!

Why don’t you do some research on the specification of what you’re buying?

Posted 8 years ago

TroutWrestler
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I didn’t check. I just assumed an HDTV would have an HD tuner. I take full responsibility, I just can’t believe that the person designing the product made that decision.

If you picked up a 2014 petrol car, you’d assume it team on Unleaded, rather than LRP or 4 Star…

Posted 8 years ago

TurnerGuy
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Just get a PVR, like a Humax. The recording interface will be a lot better, the EPG will be a lot better and you will access catch-up easier if it is a youview pvr, and it will provide access to netflix, etc.

Plus the upscaling engine might well be better than you TV – the one in my Virgin tivo is pretty good, but the one in its predecessor box was better.

Posted 8 years ago