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Old 11-12-2005, 22:28
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Hi all,

Probably going to get one of these for the bedroom. Argos are selling them for a good price it seems £499 to be exact. Trouble is I can't find nothing on the make! The company's website doesn't list TV's, mainly HIFI equipment, I just wonder if anyone knew what Acoustic Solutions are like for electronics equipment and if it's a re-badged product or something?

Here's the link to the TV in question: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...d%2Bvision.htm

Is there anything I need to be aware of with this tv?

Any help greatfully recieved
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Old 11-12-2005, 22:42
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That looks pretty good. I was in Dixon's recently where 37's were going for £600, yet 42's were costing £1600!!!

Only thing with that one is it doesn't have removeable speakers

I'm afraid I am no good for any help on the TV, but I do know that a friend of mine has a pair of the Mission-lookalike Acoustic Solution "tall" floor speakers set up to his AVR and they sound fantastic! Of course they are no Mission's but then they only cost about £125 - but I really like them! Seem very well made aswell. I would expect this creen to be a rebadged or recased product from another manufacturer to be honest.
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Old 11-12-2005, 23:34
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i have an acoustic solutions surround sound system and its fantastic for the price

my sister has a goodmans 26inch lcd tv which is exactly the same as the 26 inch acoustic soloutions one and thats really good. the 32 inch acoustic solution i would expect to be the same just a bigger version (looks it), it is also the same as the crown one in woolworths for £100 more and the goodmans 32inch one in comet which is also £100 more so argos have got a bargain there
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Old 12-12-2005, 11:56
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Originally Posted by asdigi
i have an acoustic solutions surround sound system and its fantastic for the price

my sister has a goodmans 26inch lcd tv which is exactly the same as the 26 inch acoustic soloutions one and thats really good. the 32 inch acoustic solution i would expect to be the same just a bigger version (looks it), it is also the same as the crown one in woolworths for £100 more and the goodmans 32inch one in comet which is also £100 more so argos have got a bargain there

Hi thanks for this. Yes, we noticed the 'Crown' one in Woolys too. It seems
that Argos do have a very good deal here and I must add it runs out on Wednesday and will likely shoot back up to the £800 price tag. I'm collecting
one today.
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Old 12-12-2005, 12:40
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Looks like another re-badge job.
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Old 12-12-2005, 19:00
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I have been thinking of getting one of these.

I read somewhere that the scart connections are both only normal, not RGB.

Does anyone know where we can get some full specs of this set??

tris
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Old 12-12-2005, 20:42
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I've had my Acoustic Solutions DVD player for about 3 years now I think and it still works as well as it did when it first came out of the box.

It was a cheapo when I bought it but I was advised at the time that they were generally more reliable than Cyberhome and a couple of other unknowns. (ie. the shop got less AS players back than they did of their other cheapo brands ... lol)
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Old 12-12-2005, 22:19
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Originally Posted by nero041001
I have been thinking of getting one of these.

I read somewhere that the scart connections are both only normal, not RGB.

Does anyone know where we can get some full specs of this set??

tris
What disadvantage will this give if this is the case? Picked mine up today anyway
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Old 13-12-2005, 10:43
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For fussy bugger's like myself, it will be less picture quality through things like DVD players, sky and consoles.

I know I may be a new member here, but I have been a member on the av forums for some years now, and am just 'broardening my horizons' so to speak

Please let me know if any of the scarts have RGB input, it's usually scart 1, and should say either on or near the scart socket and definately somewhere in the manual.

And if possible please post some pictures of all the connections and please post some screenshots too

I know this may seem a lot, but it will let me know weather it is good for me or not and will be most appriciated

Thank you very much in advance

tris
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Old 13-12-2005, 11:13
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Anyone know the response rate for this set. e.g. 28ms, 17ms 8ms etc. This is the 1st thing I would look at when buying an LCD.
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Old 13-12-2005, 11:23
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Originally Posted by geekspeak
Anyone know the response rate for this set. e.g. 28ms, 17ms 8ms etc. This is the 1st thing I would look at when buying an LCD.
True, I heard that anything over 16ms is not very good

tris
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Old 13-12-2005, 11:27
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Originally Posted by nero041001
For fussy bugger's like myself, it will be less picture quality through things like DVD players, sky and consoles.

I know I may be a new member here, but I have been a member on the av forums for some years now, and am just 'broardening my horizons' so to speak

Please let me know if any of the scarts have RGB input, it's usually scart 1, and should say either on or near the scart socket and definately somewhere in the manual.

And if possible please post some pictures of all the connections and please post some screenshots too

I know this may seem a lot, but it will let me know weather it is good for me or not and will be most appriciated

Thank you very much in advance

tris
That won't be a problem, won't be till the new year though! :yawn:
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Old 13-12-2005, 11:35
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I have a DVD player from this company & to be honest it is very poor.
( having said that it was free with 72 mastheads from a newspaper) . How ever I found there help line fine. It just that it goes to black & white - hangs, wont take any notice of the order you put pics in it sorts them in a weird way but help line told me how to over come this I have to rename each pic! for the player!!!!- perhaps all players have these problems. Wouldn`t buy this brand with out really checking it out - "Which" perhaps
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Old 13-12-2005, 12:03
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Originally Posted by Old Man
I have a DVD player from this company & to be honest it is very poor.
( having said that it was free with 72 mastheads from a newspaper) . How ever I found there help line fine. It just that it goes to black & white - hangs, wont take any notice of the order you put pics in it sorts them in a weird way but help line told me how to over come this I have to rename each pic! for the player!!!!- perhaps all players have these problems. Wouldn`t buy this brand with out really checking it out - "Which" perhaps
As a DAB radio maker, they are great.

I bought a cheapo dvd player by AS and it was crap, got it replaced 3 times, and then got my money back.

As it is a rebadge, it might well be ok. It is the same as the Goodmans in the Argos Catalogue and the Crown at Woolies, so it is obviously made by Alba.

My recommendation? Get it, try it out, you have your 16 money back guarantee from Argos, if you dont like it, and if it doesn't live up to your expectations, get it back to them and get the cash back.

JC
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Old 13-12-2005, 13:28
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Originally Posted by ukg
That won't be a problem, won't be till the new year though! :yawn:

Thanks very much I'm not planning on buying one till the new year anyway

I look forward to the photo's and info

Thanks again

tris
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Old 13-12-2005, 16:45
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Originally Posted by tough_ref
As a DAB radio maker, they are great.

I bought a cheapo dvd player by AS and it was crap, got it replaced 3 times, and then got my money back.

As it is a rebadge, it might well be ok. It is the same as the Goodmans in the Argos Catalogue and the Crown at Woolies, so it is obviously made by Alba.

My recommendation? Get it, try it out, you have your 16 money back guarantee from Argos, if you dont like it, and if it doesn't live up to your expectations, get it back to them and get the cash back.

JC
Thanks JC, yes, I hope it will do the job nicely
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Old 13-12-2005, 17:46
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Originally Posted by ukg
Thanks JC, yes, I hope it will do the job nicely

No probs ukg, I stumbled upon this thread when I was helping a colleague at work investigate the tv as a potential purchase.

She got it and loves it.

She doesn't need, nor would she use an all singing all dancing hi spec tv and she says this is perfect for her.


It was so easy to set up and her Sky looks great on it, she says.

JC
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Old 13-12-2005, 19:15
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Does anyone know if this set has an RGB scart socket yet??

And what the response rate for this set. e.g. 28ms, 17ms 8ms etc??

thanks

tris
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Old 13-12-2005, 19:22
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Originally Posted by tough_ref
No probs ukg, I stumbled upon this thread when I was helping a colleague at work investigate the tv as a potential purchase.

She got it and loves it.

She doesn't need, nor would she use an all singing all dancing hi spec tv and she says this is perfect for her.


It was so easy to set up and her Sky looks great on it, she says.

JC
Oh good, that's good to hear. Much the same, it's just going to be for the bedroom so we don't need anything to fancy, we have another nice TV in the lounge which is hooked up to the DVD / PS2 / Free view box / Magic Eye, but the bedroom TV will have the digi box connected to it
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Old 14-12-2005, 11:40
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i would be very surpised if it didnt have rgb scart sockets, my sisters 26 inch goodmans which is the same as the 26inch acoustic solutions one has both scart sockets rgb enabled, even my old bush portable tv which is about 5-6 years old has an rgb scart socket.
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Old 14-12-2005, 13:52
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Originally Posted by asdigi
i would be very surpised if it didnt have rgb scart sockets, my sisters 26 inch goodmans which is the same as the 26inch acoustic solutions one has both scart sockets rgb enabled, even my old bush portable tv which is about 5-6 years old has an rgb scart socket.
Yes, you'd have thought so eh!
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Old 14-12-2005, 15:39
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Originally Posted by ukg
Yes, you'd have thought so eh!
Do you know if it has RGB????

If so please let us know the secret

tris
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Old 14-12-2005, 17:02
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Originally Posted by nero041001
For fussy bugger's like myself, it will be less picture quality through things like DVD players, sky and consoles.

I know I may be a new member here, but I have been a member on the av forums for some years now, and am just 'broardening my horizons' so to speak

Please let me know if any of the scarts have RGB input, it's usually scart 1, and should say either on or near the scart socket and definately somewhere in the manual.

And if possible please post some pictures of all the connections and please post some screenshots too

I know this may seem a lot, but it will let me know weather it is good for me or not and will be most appriciated

Thank you very much in advance

tris

Originally Posted by ukg
That won't be a problem, won't be till the new year though! :yawn:
I thin'k we've already had this conversation!
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