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Kogan 55" Full HD LED TV - 3D Series (Olympics Special) Only $789.00 Plus Delivery

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Kogan 55" Full HD LED TV - 3D Series (Olympics Special) Only $789.00 Plus Delivery
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aiyoyo on 16/05/2012 - 23:06 kogan.com (872 clicks)
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PRESALE – Expected availability 20/7/12

Just in time for the Olympics!

The 55” Full HD LED TV – 3D Series has everything you’ve come to know and love from Kogan’s award-winning LED TVs, including a built-in PVR to pause, rewind and record live TV, USB input for playing movies and photos, and a stylish chassis housing a crystal clear LED panel.
It converts 2D recordings to 3D on the fly, plays 3D video games through your Xbox 360 or Playstation 3, and plays High Definition 3D content from supporting Blu-ray movies or live TV broadcasts.

Most importantly, Kogan will never make you pay for features you don’t want. The big name brands lump 3D into every TV in an effort to keep prices high. Kogan is driving down prices of LED TVs while offering you more choice than ever before.

This product includes:

3D Glasses Included
We include a pair of 3D glasses with all of our 3D television, so you can experience the amazing immersion the second you set up your new television.

3D Ready
This TV converts 2D recordings to 3D on the fly, plays 3D video games through your Xbox 360 or Playstation 3, and plays High Definition 3D content from supporting Blu-ray movies or live TV broadcasts.

Personal Video Recorder
Use the PVR system to record up to 1TB of live, free-to-air TV programs to watch back later.

MotionMax Technology
Designed to decrease blurring in fast action video, experience sports and action movies how it was meant to be seen.

Full HD 1080p
1080p is the highest quality digital media is currently mass-produced in, including Blu-ray, digital TV and Pay TV.

Other Features:

HDMI is the current standard for connecting digital video and audio sources to your TV.

Connect headphones or speakers to this TV.

LED edge lit LCD panels produce brighter colours and are thinner than standard LCD displays.

This TV is fully compatible with the VESA mounting standards.

Watch all the latest free-to-air HD digital TV channels.

Play back audio and video from USB.

Automatic volume leveling normalises the volume level during commercial breaks or when switching channels and source inputs.

What's in the box

55” Full HD LED TV – 3D Series
Kogan 3D Shutter Glasses
Power cable
Remote control
Link to user manual

Electrical & Electronics 55inch Kogan LCD TV TV

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  • StewBalls on 16/05/2012 - 23:09

    PRESALE – Expected availability 20/7/12
    Just in time for the Olympics!

    Yeah, the ones in Rio! :p

  • robhung on 16/05/2012 - 23:13

    Anyone have any reviews of this unit? Looks like a pretty sweet deal, don't mind pre-ordering.. would only lose about $8 worth of interest over 2 months.

    • StewBalls on 17/05/2012 - 00:04
      +2

      It's not about the interest, it's about committing to a future purchase like this so far in advance at this point in time…let me remind you of 5 important pending letters…EOFYS! ;)

    • netsurfer on 17/05/2012 - 18:01

      Concerns:

      • Specs says PAL/SECAM TV System. Does that mean no NTSC support?
      • Kogan still using the dodgy frequency band that interferes with all cheap made in China no name branded DVD players, as well as Satellite TV boxes, Karaoke machines?
      • Is there a 1:1 pixel mapping mode. Or, connecting a laptop, iPad, or an Android tablet to the TV will be blurry (stretched, parts of the picture cannot be displayed).
  • jv on 16/05/2012 - 23:14

    Play back audio and video from USB.

    what formats does it play ???

    • [Deactivated] on 16/05/2012 - 23:24
      -3

      Audio and Video ones.

      :P

    • czking on 16/05/2012 - 23:53
      +2

      Supported Formats AVI (MPEG - 1/2/4 and DivX 4 coded) and MP4 (MPEG - 1/2/4 and DivX 4 coded), MP3, WMA, JPEG, BMP

      Supported USB DevicesPowered External Drives up to 2TB

      • netsurfer on 17/05/2012 - 17:56

        Still no mkv? Worried that might means USB playback is limited to 720p or lower.

  • A Banana4scale on 16/05/2012 - 23:26

    also can we buy extra glasses and if so, how much do they cost?

  • Goldberg on 16/05/2012 - 23:34

    Yeah glasses are on their website…$49 each, or a 4 pack for $169. Plus delivery I guess ?
    Great price on the Telly though ( dependant on specs )

  • Goldberg on 16/05/2012 - 23:37

    Also full specs are in the link provided by OP.
    4 x HDMI ports for starters

  • 51ngh on 17/05/2012 - 00:22

    So is the Olympics telecast in 3D ?

  • aboutconfig on 17/05/2012 - 00:57

    Normal 55" 3D LED TV costs $1300+, so this would be a price too good to be true?

  • jamesvtre on 17/05/2012 - 01:27
    +1

    This would have been a bargain if it was a 55" Samsung led TV for this price. Anyone know where in Sydney you can get good deals on 40" plus Samsung led TV'S which are at least Hz.

    • Merlict on 17/05/2012 - 02:20

      There's a decent chance the panel is made in the same factory as the samsungs anyway :) If you can find one for this price please post it

  • Cluster on 17/05/2012 - 01:28

    Does this TV have a games mode, giving virtually no lag between console inputs and on screen action?

  • Cluster on 17/05/2012 - 01:33
    +3

    The 2012 Olympics start on 27 July. With an expected availability date plus 2 or 3 working days delivery, Kogan is cutting it very close with its advertising claim.

    • ugoagogo on 17/05/2012 - 09:27

      the deal is just in time for the olympics it doesnt say the set will be in your house by the olympics

  • Merlict on 17/05/2012 - 02:32

    Could someone explain what it means by 1 Terabyte PVR? Is there a hard drive compartment, or is it just via USB etc?

    • bobbo456sd on 17/05/2012 - 10:13
      +1

      It probably means that it can support a maximum of 1TB by USB Hard drive, the inbuilt pvr capability in tv's generally do not have inbuilt harddrives as well.

  • jinny7 on 17/05/2012 - 04:57
    +1

    I find that although kogan claims panels are same as big brands they arent same level of specs. Usually low contrast ratio and/or hz. and this ones no different. Only 5000:1 contrast!

    Personally, Id rather stick to LG.

    • digitalaxon on 17/05/2012 - 08:18

      I have an LG 55" Cinema TV and the picture is amazing.. However the price was 3X as much as this Kogan (since then a newer LG model has come out and price has dropped a notch)… As the saying goes you get what you pay for and while I'm sure for the general public the Kogan would fit the bill, for those of us who are more discerning shoppers we would probably find the specs of the Kogan not to meet our standards.

      Case in point, saw a Hisense 55" LCD before buying the LG… Visited JB, asked how to switch off the smooth motion feature .. Seems its hardwired into the set and cannot be switched off (and yes I even called Hisense tech support and they said 'why would you want to switch it off?').. I told them that If I've got a bluray movie which has a movie shot at 24P, I expect to watch it at 24P… The hisense made me feel queasy watching it…

      Luckily the LG lets you switch it off and you can watch in beautiful native 24P…

  • Weird and Wonderful on 17/05/2012 - 11:01

    The price is amazing, no doubt it's not as good as tv's that cost twice as much but this is a bargain.

    Kogan is not a brand for those that really appreciate high quality pictures, they are a brand that provides decent quality affordable products to everyday consumers.

    It may be destroying the tv manufacturing industry and slowing down development of next gen tech but atleast we get to save a couple of hundred bucks.

    • StewBalls on 17/05/2012 - 11:12

      It may be destroying the tv manufacturing industry and slowing down development of next gen tech but atleast we get to save a couple of hundred bucks.

      Quite the contrary. It's worth noting that freeing up resources for research & development of next-gen tech is somewhat contingent upon the streamlining of manufacturing processes for current-gen tech! The natural by-product of this is lower prices. ;)

      • Weird and Wonderful on 17/05/2012 - 12:01

        Panasonic, Sony and Sharp combined (mainly due to their tv departments) have lost ~$17Billion in the last financial year. Sony has jumped out of panel manufacturing and most of the big tv players are vastly scaling back their research and development.

        It's not about making this gen's tech cheaper, it's about this gen's tech being able to fund the r&d of next gens and sadly they have to scale that back meaning next years tv's are going to be re packaged versions of this year's just slightly cheaper.

        /rant

        • StewBalls on 17/05/2012 - 12:31

          Panasonic, Sony and Sharp combined (mainly due to their tv departments) have lost ~$17Billion in the last financial year.

          They need to up their game then, simple as that. To compete, you have to be innovative and competitive.

          It's not about making this gen's tech cheaper…

          As I said, that's a by-product. However, to some extent it really is…cost reductions in manufacturing + profit from increased turnover = funding for R&D, it's not rocket surgery! :p

          next years tv's are going to be re packaged versions of this year's just slightly cheaper

          Entry level models, sure. Don't forget, limited upgrade path = limited sales, if that's the case across the board then they're only doing themselves a disservice…see point 1. :)

        • Cluster on 17/05/2012 - 14:55
          +1

          Panasonic, Sony and Sharp. What's common between them? They're all Japanese corporations. The South Koreans and Chinese have eaten their lunch in the TV market.

          How do the Japanese companies fight back? By releasing full size OLED displays. Not the silly gimmick of calling current LCD TVs "LED" just because the backlight has changed, but real OLED TVs with true blacks and absolutely no motion blur. That'll direct the market back towards buying high profit $2000+ TVs again.

  • diddy50 on 17/05/2012 - 11:23

    I need a tv similar to this by 9 July for my dad's birthday….

    What is a good option???
    50" or there abouts

    • Weird and Wonderful on 17/05/2012 - 12:11

      This doesn't have 3d but from my experience (with my 3d tv and the half dozen other people that I know that have 3d used them when they first got them but hardly touched it since. )

      http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/plasma-lcd-tvs/plasma-tv/soni…

      50" Soniq Hd (768P - not 1080P) non 3d.

      Take your dad to a JB and see if he can notice the difference between 768P and 1080P, many people can't and so your paying extra for something of no benefit.

      As for equvillant in 50" 3D at this price, your looking at $1000+ (hence why kogan is so cheap)

      • A Banana4scale on 17/05/2012 - 20:06
        +1

        I think difference between HD and Full HD are very noticeable.

        • StewBalls on 17/05/2012 - 20:47

          Depends how far away you sit & how big the TV is IME. Sitting back 3+ metres from a 50" set most people would be hard pressed to actually tell the difference in a controlled single-blind test unless the TV has woeful image scaling! ;)

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