DSE Online - Vivo 81cm (32") HD LCD TV Model VSLH32E7B (1366 X 768) for $399 + Free Delivery

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  aussman on 08/09/2010 - 10:00

  Pretty good deal

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  williamchen on 08/09/2010 - 10:19

  awesome…geting one now

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  lucyr on 08/09/2010 - 10:33

  strange, first review on DSE seems to be for a different TV

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    Horizon on 08/09/2010 - 11:30

    Your right, they are actually referring to the Vivo Full HD 1080P TV, Model Number: A32L07T @ $599.
    http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/4c86e62e01d4c67…

    I suppose it's a fairly easy mistake to make for the reviewer as they do look very similar.

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      aussman on 08/09/2010 - 13:24

      that model was on sale last week for $499 i believe

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  ljwei on 08/09/2010 - 13:20

  Hey guys! I'm very tech un-savvy. Any tech geeks here able to tell me if this deal or the $499 deal at Aldi would be better for a tv which i would just be using for my ps3? is the added 100 aud worth it?

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    aussman on 08/09/2010 - 13:23

    they both budget tvs buy the cheaper one and put $100 towards games
    having said that brighton dse has 42" vivo plasma (no flame wars plasma vs lcd) not full hd going for $499 managers special
    this is the model (ignore response time as its plasma)
    http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/4c86e62e01d4c67…

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    Horizon on 08/09/2010 - 13:33

    +1

    Many gamers would recommend the cheapest Full HD 1080 unit you can find which INCLUDES a free 2 or 3 year on-site/free collection, replace-like-with-like warranty. (Of course, I mean the type of gamers who can't easily afford top-of-the-range stuff, including me.)

    Because of this I like Viewsonic, Aldi, HiSense etc. Anything with the above type of free, longer term full warranty.

    As aussman mentioned above, the Vivo 81cm/32" Full HD version was $499 recently, and $500 seems to be about the lowest median at the moment for the Full HD types of 81cm/32" LCD TVs, so an easy differentiation is the warranty (unless a particular set or brand's reviews are really bad).

    Warranty is king with bum-end TVs etc, and much unhappiness in equipment reviews seems to come from people with the shortest warranties.

    If your decision-making does come down to warranty benefits, the Aldi 60 days no-questions-asked return & 2 years on-site/free collection, replace-like-with-like warranty is not so bad. (Always double-check the details for yourself of course!)

    Overall, I'd say if you can afford the extra $100, go for one of the $500 sets with the 1080 resolution & superior free warranty. It will be more useful if you ever use it as a PC monitor or with a Blu-Ray player.

    Read through, or ask questions in, these forums for much more info:

    http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum/126?g=186
    http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showforum=6

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  vid_ghost on 08/09/2010 - 15:19

  The QTY of these cheaper tv's are like looking into a foggy window.. they are not worth the money at all, just walk into a DSE store and see for yourself!

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    Horizon on 08/09/2010 - 16:08

    Good idea, and take your favourite DVD or Blu-Ray with you, or ask them to show you one of theirs.

    Often the TVs are set up very poorly - if at all - or the antenna reticulation system is absolute shite and hence the digital TV picture is unwatchable.
    The salesfolk may be part-timers, or have had no training in setting up equipment.
    And almost invariably, if they did have any real technical nous they wouldn't be working as shop assistants.

    My nearest JB Hi-Fi store doesn't have any TV feeds at all, only a composite feed from a disc player.
    Needless to say even their most expensive LCDs & Plasmas look like cheap junk.
    The 2 or 3 good demo displays there run directly off their own Blu-Ray players.