Went BigW today and saw loads of TVs on clearance, 46" TVs are just $498 each. Seems quite cheap to me, but not many left.
Lots of other electronics on sale as well.
Enjoy guys :)
A local tv repair shop had your "Sammy and Sony" products stacked to the doorway. Longevity is definitely not their forte. I would take a Sanyo over both of those brands for build quality any time.
Massive advertising campains does not ensure a good product, only sheep.
If you coud nab one of the Sanyos at this price it would be a great buy, even if it was only lcd without the led backlight.
Maybe 10 years ago when they actually made decent sets, unfortunately the Sanyo of yester-year isn't the same company.
sanyo @2011/12??
LOL
Could it be because they dominate the market? Or maybe because they are worth repairing?
If you buy a cheapie, you factor in replacing within a short time, unless you are lucky. The more expensive ones have been sold for a longer time, are more treasured possessions so more likely to be repaired, and for the remaining repairers its worth keeping old ones for free parts. The cheapies are dumped, not worth keeping for parts. Simple economics of the repair business.
Very strange logic there xywolap.
Repairers often are service centres for certain brands, so will have more of those brands come in.
Some brands are worth repairing, while others are just junk. Just the mention of some brands would make me shiver - I always refused them. A repairer's reputation is on the line as you need to guarantee the unit. Its not worth risking that on a shoddy product.
Repairers only keep dead products with usable parts if there is a reasonable probability that someone will be willing to pay for their model of TV to be repaired, using those parts. And used parts from expensive TVs have a higher return for the space taken up. Those are also the TVs most likely for their owners to want to repair. Its a business.
Very few people take cheap TVs to be repaired - it just doesn't make economic sense. JB HiFi say over 1million Soniq TVs have been sold in Oz - few will ever see a Repairers, it is not because of their high quality!
And some Repairers find it hard to rid themselves of units despite knowing they should & the longer they trade the bigger the pile. The few cheapies are newcomers to those piles.
So the lack of rebadged cheap TVs is not a sign that brands like "Sammy and Sony" are somehow bad, but the opposite.
Those are also the TVs most likely for their owners to want to repair.
Let's also not lose sight of the fact that in some cases it's not a case of 'want' so much as need 'need' to repair in order to protect a more significant investment. Nobody in their right mind would pay $300 to fix a $500 TV set, but make that a $1500 brand name set & it's beginning to sound viable! ;)
Very few people take cheap TVs to be repaired - it just doesn't make economic sense.
Very true.
Once manufacturer, extended or statutory warranties have been exhausted it's far smarter nowadays to kerb the old set & buy a new one, often upgrading to a bigger, better unit for half the price of the TV it's replacing! :)
it's far smarter nowadays to kerb the old set & buy a new one, often upgrading to a bigger, better unit for half the price of the TV it's replacing!
Absolutely. That is why Repairers are going out of business. And some Repairers patrol those kerbs, picking up spare parts.
BigW has AWA 46" backlit full HD LED LCD TVs for $498(online). They also have 3 year warranty. Don't know whether the Sanyos are LED.
Saw some ancient ones in my local BigW reduced right down. Huge frames, old LCD, but cheap. Kept walking.
Are the Sanyo models the awesome Japan made versions?
LOL!!!
Nah - I'm scared of heights. :-)
Dutch friends think this is me, Steve Irwin's little known brother Bruce. Shown on Dutch TV. I was in the Netherlands when Steve died, and share family name.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9p6F451MMU
imho, 95% are made by GOD, other 5% made in China so there is no japan made version, it is japanese brand but all made in china LOLLL
Turns out Made in Japan Sanyo TV's are almost impossible to find after 2008. The old 7 year old one I have is Made in Japan.
If they have 3 year warranty (pretty sure the AWA will) then why not if your happy with the picture quality?
wonder why LED is cheaper than LCD ($598)?
it boils down to Price VS Brand doesnt it?.
The age-old dilemma! ;)
your samsung and sony Tv's are much better in quality, they have a higher refresh rate and as a result have quicker and clearer response time when motionflow is activated. Not to mention a 40d6400 has a motionflow rate of 200hz a little expensive at $898 from harvey but the quality out guns any tv sold at Big w that includes all of Big W sonys and samsungs as well.
If you want a plain and simple TV i suppose the BIG w ones are ok. I forgot these aren't even Smart TV's are they…. Anyway depends what you want. I still say go for a higher quality TV, you get what you pay for.
…they have a higher refresh rate and as a result have quicker and clearer response time when motionflow is activated.
Dude, your homework for tonight is to go look up the actual difference between the terms refresh rate, response time & motion compensation. Talk about falling for the hype! :o
Don't feel too bad about it though, you're in good company…a lot of OzB'ers bleat on about the virtues of 100/200Hz without a single clue of the underlying technology.
I believe the d6400 has a native 120 hz rating, but clear motion after processing emulates 200hz, the visual presentation is still apparent .
From what i know about this motionflow technology is its another term for visual interpolation (which can be found on many emulated software.)
it fills the frames between the actual frames with artificial ones (fillers).
The lower the refresh rate the less lag associated with higher motion flow processing. (I just realised i said higher earlier on, my bad)
MC is one of those things that lives down to it's theoretical basis IME, the sound of interpolating frames even sounds pretty dodgy on paper, and in practice it's no better. The 200Hz thing only means it inserts more filler frames.
Sure, yes it's noticeable, but only because tearing & juddering makes the image look like crap IMHO. Lots of folks I know just turn it off, myself included. Anyone who knows what they're looking at would much rather have a good 50Hz set than a poor 100Hz MC implementation.
TVs in this country are not native 120Hz, nor are they native 100Hz…that spec is for MC interpolated 'rates'. The 120Hz thing refers to MC interpolation of PAL60/NTSC signals which are 60Hz…ergo x2=120Hz.
I was at BigW last week & they had heaps of name & generic brand TVs of all sizes at significant reductions! Some really nice deals to be had, and some were even available online! :)
Go for Samsung or Sony 40" LED TV instead of these cheapo TVs. They're only about $600 from JB or Costco
Are these eve LEDs btw?