PC Monitors & TVs thread - The Bear and Badger

kestla

Cheers chaps!

kestla

So whilst I was in the process of ordering, the price dropped another £100!

So, VIP Price on the LGC2 42inch was £799, and I noticed the 48 was going for £899. Waaaay cheaper than anywhere else atm.

b0r1s

Bargain!! Yep RS are solid.

nick_md

Do batteries on the remote for the C1 run out quickly? Had to change mine this week after a few months of use and wondering if it's just because they weren't full at purchase maybe. I've had my Samsung telly for about a decade and don't think I've ever changed the batteries.

b0r1s

I’ve had my CX over 2 years and never had to change the batteries that came with it.

nick_md

Bastards.

Ok cheers Boris.

The Daddy

If only the remote powered itself off automatically…

nick_md

nick_md wrote:

Bastards.

kestla

Anyone use Freesat? Our new house came without a TV aerial on the roof etc, but does have a satellite dish. Is it going to be a case of just connecting the TV (presumably via the satellite socket?) to the dish?

I have a feeling it won't be that straightforward.

EvilRedEye

Depends if your TV supports Freesat - you'd need a Freesat box if not.

kestla

New TV coming on Tuesday, which does, but I'm trying to work out whether I need to get a particular cable in advance.

We have a standard female coax socket in the wall (which we assumed was for an aerial when we moved in, but there's no sign of one). Hopefully that's connected to the dish, and I can then get a cable from that to the satellite port on the TV?

yourfavouriteuncle

kestla wrote:

New TV coming on Tuesday, which does, but I'm trying to work out whether I need to get a particular cable in advance.

We have a standard female coax socket in the wall (which we assumed was for an aerial when we moved in, but there's no sign of one). Hopefully that's connected to the dish, and I can then get a cable from that to the satellite port on the TV?

Yeah, that sounds about right. Think you should be ok there.

b0r1s

kestla wrote:

Anyone use Freesat? Our new house came without a TV aerial on the roof etc, but does have a satellite dish. Is it going to be a case of just connecting the TV (presumably via the satellite socket?) to the dish?

I have a feeling it won't be that straightforward.

Yep the LG supports freesat. It’s what I use as have the same issue. Just plug-in the cable and tune and done.

b0r1s

You can also record live TV if you plug-in a hard drive. I think it has to be formatted in NTFS format.

kestla

Nice one chaps.

What is that satellite end called? It's the one with the thin wire that you have to screw in right, rather than the standard male coax?

The Daddy

Is the socket on the wall connected to the satellite dish? If not, it may be connected to some coax in the loft, you just then need to wire up an aerial.

We’ve got three aerial sockets in the house but I’ve only found one cable-end in the loft so far, so in the living room I’ve connected the telly to the sky cable coming in off the dish and use freesat. Used the old sky box for a (long) while before realising I could cut out the middle man and connect straight to the tv.

TheBoyRoberts

I've bought my past couple of TVs from Costco and compared to recent experiences a friend has had returning a TV to Johnn Lewis, the difference is like night and day.

The last TV I bought, the LG C9 started to develop 5 vertical bands of lighter contrast. It was really only visible on dark to grey types of scenes, but once you'd seen it, it was difficult to unsee. I put up with it for a few months and eventually called Costco. They sent a couple of chaps out to view it and they agreed that the lines shouldn't be there and sent a report back to Costco.

Within a day or so, I got an email stating that the TV was not economically viable for repair, and I was to bring it back to store for a refund/replacement.

I was simply expecting them to swap the C9 for the new C2, which would have been more than enough. Instead, they gave me a full refund (£1420) for the old TV! Initially they were going to stick it on my debit card, which would have prevented me from buying the new TV as it would take a few days for the cash to land. I told the guy who was dealing with me my problem and he offered to give me the refund in cash!

I was quids in too; the new C2 was priced at £1,100, so I was £300 up!!

Contrasting that with my friend's experience with John Lewis. He had a similar issue and had to fight all the way to get a refund. Initially they said that the banding (he had white splodges on his TV) was within tolerances. He argued and when they eventually agreed it was a problem, they offered to refund him with a different TV.

Their argument was that the new TV offered matched the specs of the one he's bought a couple of years ago and that the newer model of the TV, although now retailing at a lower price than when he bought it, was actually a higher spec TV and therefore not a "like for like" replacement. He ended up taking a cash refund for a lower amount than he paid for the TV and he went someplace else.

Here's a photo of me and my cash too!

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nick_md

Haha great pic. Loadsamoney.

TheBoyRoberts

I was there with my Mam and son; he thought it was the best thing ever and my Mam was walking round the place telling everyone who would listen that "He got the cash from Costco for returning his broken TV" as she was worried someone would think I was a drug dealer for having that much cash!!

b0r1s

Lol rocks up and throws the cash on the counter. Amazing customer service.

drumbeg

kestla wrote:

Cheers all. @EvilRedEye - my current Sony has pretty slim bezels tbf. Will have a Google of wood burner proximity, ta. @Daddy - that's my thinking. Despite a technological upgrade to an OLED, I kinda wanna jump up in size too, as I've had a 42" for about 8 years now! I've worked out that the 48 is only 6cm taller and about 11cm wider. I'm going to keep pushing the perks of the 48 with the wife. Might try the old 'buy it and test it, but now too much of a hassle to send back' technique.

Did you pull the trigger yet? I was in exactly the same boat as you.TV in an alcove next to a fireplace. We had a 42" TV in there, but I spent ages debating whether to move to 48" and squeeze every bit of screen real estate I could out of the space. I constantly had the tape measure out working out how I could get the set in at a slight angle. In the end I went for it and so glad I did. The TV is in the alcove at a slight angle but it make for a perfect viewing angle in relation to the couch. The extra screen makes a massive difference, plus at the time, a lot of the good sets really only started at 48". Go big man!

kestla

drumbeg wrote:

kestla wrote:

Cheers all. @EvilRedEye - my current Sony has pretty slim bezels tbf. Will have a Google of wood burner proximity, ta. @Daddy - that's my thinking. Despite a technological upgrade to an OLED, I kinda wanna jump up in size too, as I've had a 42" for about 8 years now! I've worked out that the 48 is only 6cm taller and about 11cm wider. I'm going to keep pushing the perks of the 48 with the wife. Might try the old 'buy it and test it, but now too much of a hassle to send back' technique.

Did you pull the trigger yet? I was in exactly the same boat as you.TV in an alcove next to a fireplace. We had a 42" TV in there, but I spent ages debating whether to move to 48" and squeeze every bit of screen real estate I could out of the space. I constantly had the tape measure out working out how I could get the set in at a slight angle. In the end I went for it and so glad I did. The TV is in the alcove at a slight angle but it make for a perfect viewing angle in relation to the couch. The extra screen makes a massive difference, plus at the time, a lot of the good sets really only started at 48". Go big man!

I did yeah, and ended up going for the 42. I really tried to figure out a way of making a 48 work (even cut a cardboard box to the same dimensions to test it lol) but our current 42 doesn't even fit within the alcove to begin with, as it's slighty too wide. A 48 would've required a less than ideal angle to avoid the chimney stack and wood burner, and they'd then be a massive redundant space behind the TV.

The wife has suggested I can always get a bigger one for upstairs if we decide to go ahead with the loft conversion next year.

kestla

The Daddy wrote:

Is the socket on the wall connected to the satellite dish? If not, it may be connected to some coax in the loft, you just then need to wire up an aerial.

We’ve got three aerial sockets in the house but I’ve only found one cable-end in the loft so far, so in the living room I’ve connected the telly to the sky cable coming in off the dish and use freesat. Used the old sky box for a (long) while before realising I could cut out the middle man and connect straight to the tv.

I've had a look in the loft and can't see any signs of a coax up there, but need to get the relevant cable to test whether the socket is connected to the dish. Fingers crossed!

The Daddy

TheBoyRoberts wrote:

I've bought my past couple of TVs from Costco and compared to recent experiences a friend has had returning a TV to Johnn Lewis, the difference is like night and day.

Yeah, John Lewis are absolute fuckers with returns. I had a nightmare trying to just get some dead BT headphones replaced. They refunded me about 50% of what they were worth so I couldn’t actually replace them, had to go through several levels of customer service to actually get enough money back to replace them.

b0r1s

@kestla the cable is just a satellite cable. It’s threaded at each end and screws onto the connector at the back of the TV. You don’t need a double one like Sky uses. Just a single cable from Amazon should do it.

drumbeg

kestla wrote:

drumbeg wrote:

kestla wrote:

Cheers all. @EvilRedEye - my current Sony has pretty slim bezels tbf. Will have a Google of wood burner proximity, ta. @Daddy - that's my thinking. Despite a technological upgrade to an OLED, I kinda wanna jump up in size too, as I've had a 42" for about 8 years now! I've worked out that the 48 is only 6cm taller and about 11cm wider. I'm going to keep pushing the perks of the 48 with the wife. Might try the old 'buy it and test it, but now too much of a hassle to send back' technique.

Did you pull the trigger yet? I was in exactly the same boat as you.TV in an alcove next to a fireplace. We had a 42" TV in there, but I spent ages debating whether to move to 48" and squeeze every bit of screen real estate I could out of the space. I constantly had the tape measure out working out how I could get the set in at a slight angle. In the end I went for it and so glad I did. The TV is in the alcove at a slight angle but it make for a perfect viewing angle in relation to the couch. The extra screen makes a massive difference, plus at the time, a lot of the good sets really only started at 48". Go big man!

I did yeah, and ended up going for the 42. I really tried to figure out a way of making a 48 work (even cut a cardboard box to the same dimensions to test it lol) but our current 42 doesn't even fit within the alcove to begin with, as it's slighty too wide. A 48 would've required a less than ideal angle to avoid the chimney stack and wood burner, and they'd then be a massive redundant space behind the TV. The wife has suggested I can always get a bigger one for upstairs if we decide to go ahead with the loft conversion next year.

Sounds like you made the right call then!

kestla

b0r1s wrote:

@kestla the cable is just a satellite cable. It’s threaded at each end and screws onto the connector at the back of the TV. You don’t need a double one like Sky uses. Just a single cable from Amazon should do it.

Cheers @b0r1s. The socket in the wall looks like a standard female coax like you'd find for a standard TV aerial, that's what originally led me to believe we must have an aerial located in the loft.

It may be a case of trial and error with various cables and adaptors when the TV comes Tuesday.

Edit: I've kinda figured it out now I think!

kestla

Oh shit, I just remembered @b0r1s is the cable guy!

Worth upgrading the PS5 cable now I'll finally have HDMI 2.1?

b0r1s

Ha ha.

kestla

TV arrived and it's awesome. However, Freesat isn't currently working. No signal being picked up and a quick Google took me down a rabbit hole, and references to LNBs and there being an issue if the previous owners had Sky Q or something.

Gonna have to get a specialist in I think, as this beyond me.

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