Samsung LE40B550 40" HD tv
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Hmmm the b650 is noticably better, especially motion and it costs £700.
I'd get that instead personallyit does sound a reasonable price though...
I've got the B650 and it's fantastic although a fair bit more than the B550
Damn it, just when I had nearly convinced myself.
Trouble is that the b650 is getting out of my price range for what is essentially a luxury good...
Ahhh indecisions.
Cheers thanks, you seem like a sensible guy so your opinion carries weight
Just going to up and buy it, hopefully my expectations won't be dashed (thats what you get for wistfully reading reviews on £1.8k tv's
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Got one just before chrimbo and is the mutts when fed a nice HD signal.
SD stuff out my old old (scart) sky box isnt too hot thou but tbh thats to be expected.
You might allso get lucky and get one with older firmware in which you can enable divx/mkv playback off a USB mem stick shoved in the side. (jump into the engineer menu and enable a couple of options etc)
Im too scared to downgrade the firmware in mine thou just incase i brick it
Allso the USB stick playback thing doesnt deal with any sort of DTS audio which is no use to me so not really worth my while.
The speakers in it are a bit pants too but like lots i will never use them and audio is dealt with by a AV amp.
I payed £538 iirc standard sammy warrenty.
SD stuff out my old old (scart) sky box isnt too hot thou but tbh thats to be expected.
You might allso get lucky and get one with older firmware in which you can enable divx/mkv playback off a USB mem stick shoved in the side. (jump into the engineer menu and enable a couple of options etc)
Im too scared to downgrade the firmware in mine thou just incase i brick it
Allso the USB stick playback thing doesnt deal with any sort of DTS audio which is no use to me so not really worth my while.
The speakers in it are a bit pants too but like lots i will never use them and audio is dealt with by a AV amp.
I payed £538 iirc standard sammy warrenty.
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Got it for £500 in the end. Will be delivered hopefully next week.
Chuffed
im amazed that your trying to sell this tv, 3 months later on the members market for more than what you paid for it. simply lol
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That is properly cheeky
£500 was an exaggeration, it cost ME £500 with contribution from someone else, which I don't count as money
. I can prove that it cost more,
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well you said it was £520, then you said you got it for £500, ive seen it online for
SAMSUNG LE40B550A5 40-INCH WIDESCREEN FULL HD 1080P CRYSTAL LCD TV WITH FREEVIEW
TV & VIDEO > Televisions > LCD TVs
40 Full 1080p HD LCD TV with Integrated Digital Tuner
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Give us your review and win £65 !
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£ 484.10 Inc. VAT
i have copy and pasted this from a well known website and is brand new, your asking someone to pay £519 for a 3 month old, second hand one with 5 year warranty (which may not be valid in a 2nd persons name / address)
now your saying you paid more than £500 for it.
does john lewis accept warranty return under another persons name and address from the original receipt? i dont think there is anyone in their right mind who would buy a second hand one with a warranty that may or may not work for more than what you can get it brand new.
