Originally Posted by rockyracoon:
“Thanks Gormond, we're looking for 40", budget is about £800, but would probably go to £1000 if we really had to. I was keen on the Samsung, in the shop the picture quality seemed to be the best, but then we went into out local independent dealer to see his Samsung but he says he won't stock them cos he thinks they're shocking and aftersales is awful. He only stocked Panasonic so whatever brand we inquired about he may have said the same thing. FWIW the pictures on the Pana's in his shop were not great at all, my crappy thing I have now is better, I'm hoping thats more to do with his aerial than the quality of the product.”
You really have to be trying hard to make a Panasonic have a poor picture - even out of the box they are generally superb.
There does seem to be a difference of opinion between the independents and the multiples over Samsung.
The multiples (in which I include DSG, Comet, Argos, John Lewis and M&S) all seem to like Samsung and sell an awful lot - if there was an underlying warranty / support issue they'd be avoiding them - particularly JL and M&S since they offer 5 year warranties on them.
BTW I notice M&S have a number of Samsungs on special prices at the mo - with 5 year g'tee if that helps.