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Those Poloroid LED TV's In Asda
Are they any good? They are 50 inch full HD with freeview HD for just over £280!
Or do you get what you pay for? |
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Are they any good? They are 50 inch full HD with freeview HD for just over £280!
Or do you get what you pay for? ![]() They probably come out of the same Turkish or Chinese factory as all the other supermarket own brands. And maybe all that differentiates them from a Tescos equivalent is the badge on the front. As long as you don't expect Sony or Panasonic (or even LG/Samsung) levels of performance and reliability then you could take the risk. Personally I would not touch it with someone else's bargepole much less mine Lowest level I would go for is LG/Samsung.
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Inevitably it will be a low quality set - even by cheap set standards, £280 for a 50" set is very, very cheap.
It's possible Asda are selling at a loss or very low margin (<10%) but either way, it's so much cheaper than most others have, you have to ask yourself about the likely quality. It might be worth a punt, if you add an extended guarantee onto it - chances are even then it'll still be far cheaper than other sets, but will at least have the benefit of some cover should it fail. |
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It might be worth a punt, if you add an extended guarantee onto it - chances are even then it'll still be far cheaper than other sets, but will at least have the benefit of some cover should it fail. If it failed at any time it's unlikely that spares would be available or repair viable |
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Well I had a Polaroid 32" bought from pcworld(before it was part of currys) about 8-9 years ago, it didn't break and it still works ok, just got a faint white line at the top of the screen on dark scenes, we only upgraded because of that really(and because I wanted a bigger tv). So I can't speak for 2014 models but my 2005/2006 model proved to be very reliable. Heck even sky added a remote code for Polaroid tv's on their website, so sky remotes now work with them.
We have an LG smart tv now which is obviously better in everyway possible but then my Polaroid was a 8-9 year old bulky set with a non led screen, so it would be unfair to compare them. I'd say do you REALLY need a 50"? If not spend alittle more and get a branded 42" or something, I'd much rather have a branded tv/slightly better pic quality on a smaller screen than a none branded bigger tv. In my opinion of course. Normally I'd say because my experience of Polaroid was good, go for it, but nowadays branded tv's are pretty cheap now. |
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There's loads of comments from buyers of this over at HotUKdeals, so you can ask them what they think.
I seem to recall reading there that this is a Vestel made TV (no real surprise there) |
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I seem to recall reading there that this is a Vestel made TV (no real surprise there)
![]() However, as with all these 'made up brands', different models could be from different sources (all of which will be as cheap as possible) - or even same models could be entirely different sets (like Argos did with at least one TV - same model number, same price, same catalogue description, completely different sets). But basically, it's a cheap TV at a cheap price, if your expectations aren't high than it's as good as anything else in the price range. |
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My parents have a Wharfedale TV that they bought from Argos about 10 years ago, which someone suggested must have been made of Vestel components. To this day, the picture quality is better than any other television I have ever seen and offers extreme viewing angles. The standard picture matches my Toshiba Regza and it's so good, that when I connected an HD box to it, it was difficult to see any difference.
It just goes to show that the brand name isn't everything. |
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Is there any difference be-twine Vestel & ips?
Google does not say anything? |
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My parents have a Wharfedale TV that they bought from Argos about 10 years ago, which someone suggested must have been made of Vestel components. To this day, the picture quality is better than any other television I have ever seen and offers extreme viewing angles. The standard picture matches my Toshiba Regza and it's so good, that when I connected an HD box to it, it was difficult to see any difference.
It just goes to show that the brand name isn't everything. ![]() It's also not 'made of Vestel components', it's a just a cheap set made entirely by Vestel with a Wharfdale badge stuck on it. Your Toshiba set may well be Vestel as well, but in any case feeding pretty well any set from an HD box makes them look good - even cheap sets - much of the better picture on higher quality sets are down to the far more expensive scalers used, which only affects SD. |
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Devices bought 10 years ago are not a guide to current products from any manufacturer.
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No, it just goes to show that a sample size of only ONE isn't significant at all
![]() It's also not 'made of Vestel components', it's a just a cheap set made entirely by Vestel with a Wharfdale badge stuck on it. It's also remarkable in that you can view it when standing at about an 80 degree angle to the side. It's far superior to any screen I've seen on even the most expensive TVs. I couldn't care less if it's regarded as being made from cheap components; I would give anything to be able to buy one in a 38" version at any price. |
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I've had a Vestel 42" LCD tv for about 4-5 years, it's only downside is a clunky menu, but when used with Sky+HD you rarely need to use it.
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It's the whites you notice the most - brighter and purer than on any other TV I've ever seen. It's the screen that intrigues me the most though, as even very close up, there is very little of that fuzziness that you see when standing close to just about any other set.
It's also remarkable in that you can view it when standing at about an 80 degree angle to the side. It's far superior to any screen I've seen on even the most expensive TVs. ![]() I've seen MANY Wharfdale and other Vestel sets, and none have been 'remarkable' at all, and viewing angles are much poorer than better makes. It's funny how you are the only person who imagines Wharfdale are wonderful sets?
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I can only imagine you're either 'seriously deluded', or simply 'making it up'
![]() I've seen MANY Wharfdale and other Vestel sets, and none have been 'remarkable' at all, and viewing angles are much poorer than better makes. It's funny how you are the only person who imagines Wharfdale are wonderful sets? ![]() As somebody who obviously has so much technical knowledge, can you tell me what type of screen it must be to give such a clear picture and wide viewing angle? Where can I find the same on a television currently in production? |
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It's the one that my parents have, the one with the silver surround and a speaker on each side. It's not a good looker, but the colours are so natural and bright that it's actually quite startling.
As somebody who obviously has so much technical knowledge, can you tell me what type of screen it must be to give such a clear picture and wide viewing angle? Where can I find the same on a television currently in production? http://www.inest.co.uk/images/XL2290.jpg If so it's just a bog standard LCD. I'm assuming it is not a CRT (easy to tell as it would be considerably more than a couple of inches thick). Have you actually compared this TV to anything else side by side showing the same source in the same lighting conditions. And with both TVs properly set up to the optimum performance. You cannot make any valid comparisons otherwise. |
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Are they any good? They are 50 inch full HD with freeview HD for just over £280!
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Does it look like this?
http://www.inest.co.uk/images/XL2290.jpg If so it's just a bog standard LCD. I'm assuming it is not a CRT (easy to tell as it would be considerably more than a couple of inches thick). Have you actually compared this TV to anything else side by side showing the same source in the same lighting conditions. And with both TVs properly set up to the optimum performance. You cannot make any valid comparisons otherwise. My parents have always had just about the worst lighting you can imagine for TV viewing - they simply don't get the idea of ambient lighting at all and usually have stark overhead lighting from the centre of the ceiling. If it's any help, when you look at the Wharfedale screen VERY closely, it's as if it is made of of microscopic squares, whereas mine just looks splodgy and awful when you get that close. I've spent hours trying to make mine comparable, even experimenting with the 3D colour facility (conclusion - not worth mucking about with), but I can't get it to reproduce whites in such a pure form. I wouldn't now try to find a Wharfedale, although I did try a few years ago, but I'd love to know what's in them to get that picture and which more recent televisions share those components. p.s. Even the sound is far better than on mine, with an effective graphic equaliser and very pronounced stereo separation. I can assure you that over the time I've had my TV I've experimented with every setting available. |
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Well I had a Polaroid 32" bought from pcworld(before it was part of currys) about 8-9 years ago, it didn't break and it still works ok
Polaroid was never a TV manufacturer (*) and any "Polaroid" LCD sets are just the result of licensing deals with third-party distributors who use it to rebadge (and give bogus credibility to) random generic OEM models. ASDA only licensed the name a couple of years back anyway (**), so it's not even like the company who owned the license at the time you bought yours will have any connection with the current sets. If your TV turned out to be decent, I'm happy for you, but it doesn't mean anything beyond that. (*) Not even the original "real" Polaroid which went bankrupt in 2001. Later owners of the name licensed it out for plastering onto any old tat. (**) In other words, it can be treated as ASDA's version of Tesco's "Technika" Quote:
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I always think the Morrisons Techwood televisions have a very good picture, although for all I know, they might actually be exactly the same as those in Tesco.
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Doesn't mean anything I'm afraid.
Polaroid was never a TV manufacturer (*) and any "Polaroid" LCD sets are just the result of licensing deals with third-party distributors who use it to rebadge (and give bogus credibility to) random generic OEM models. ASDA only licensed the name a couple of years back anyway (**), so it's not even like the company who owned the license at the time you bought yours will have any connection with the current sets. If your TV turned out to be decent, I'm happy for you, but it doesn't mean anything beyond that. (*) Not even the original "real" Polaroid which went bankrupt in 2001. Later owners of the name licensed it out for plastering onto any old tat. (**) In other words, it can be treated as ASDA's version of Tesco's "Technika"
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I always think the Morrisons Techwood televisions have a very good picture, although for all I know, they might actually be exactly the same as those in Tesco.
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Interestingly I was in Tesco this morning, and they have Polaroid badged sets there as well
![]() http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/new...oECR7a5w5jxUYy Perhaps that deal has now lapsed? As I said though, the "Polaroid" name is pretty meaningless since it's been licensed out to multiple third parties over the years, even more so when *they* don't even make the sets! |
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That's strange, I was under the impression that ASDA had signed a deal for the exclusive right to the name in the UK:-
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As I said though, the "Polaroid" name is pretty meaningless since it's been licensed out to multiple third parties over the years, even more so when *they* don't even make the sets!
Considering Polaroid only ever made cameras it's hardly a name to inspire confidence in TV's anyway
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Still having this debate then lol
How's about you go into the shop and look at them, make up your own minds what looks best to YOU. Lol Only other debate is relaibility, again it's up to YOU whether or not you trust a no name brand over a big name set |
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Lowest level I would go for is LG/Samsung.