Ultra HD Television Sets

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http://www.sharp.co.jp/business/8k-display/products/lv85001_feature.html

this has display ports think its 3 at the same time for that high res.
http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/amd-and-nvidia-already-preparing-for-8k-76804320-uhd-displays/

 

[flecc]

1 thing that does my head in with tvs is have only got hdmi and no display port connectors like a pc monitor that has them all.

the 1st Panasonic sets did have them but not sure on the sony 1 as never looked as used weird ass wall mounts as was the only way to get 60fps b4 hdmi 2.

My Sony has the full range of RCA sockets and a Toslink optical connection, but no S video connector. Plus four HDMI and three USB.
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[Cyclezee]

The last Sony TV we had was a CRT monster from the latter part of the last century. It came with a 5 year warranty and died 6 months after that expired.

I also remember the first colour TV my dad bought in the early 1970's.
It was a Murphy, I came rushing home excitedly from college the day it arrived only to find it had already stopped working

That also reminds me about a "lady" who cancelled a trip to Ireland when she found out that Murphy's 14" was a TV set

 

[tillson]

If I were going for new TV it would probably be an LG OLED 4K http://www.trustedreviews.com/lg-55eg960v-review

We have couple of Samsung TV's in the house, the 40" LED is 5 or 6 years old does all we need and I won't be replacing it until it dies, by then there will probably be something better available.

I think that OLED sets will become more affordable and hence popular in the coming months / years. Definitely an area which will develop.

This is always an issue with technology of this nature, something which promises an even better experience tends to be just a few months away. That then presents a quandary, should I buy now or wait? You wait, the new feature arrives, but then something else is just around the corner. It never ends. I have found that the ideal time to buy is at the precise moment that you need it. Like when the TV stops working for instance and then buy the best you can within your budget. The only exception to some extent is with Apple products, these tend to be updated at certain times of the year.

 

[oldtom]

I think that OLED sets will become more affordable and hence popular in the coming months / years. Definitely an area which will develop.

I'm absolutely certain you're correct..........says the man who bought a Betamax recorder a week before the announcement that Sony were to scrap the system. That's the same man who bought a brand new Rover from the factory at Longbridge two weeks before the company went bust.

What could possibly go wrong?

Tom

 

[anotherkiwi]

I'm absolutely certain you're correct..........says the man who bought a Betamax recorder a week before the announcement that Sony were to scrap the system. That's the same man who bought a brand new Rover from the factory at Longbridge two weeks before the company went bust.

What could possibly go wrong?

Tom

Next time you are about to buy something please let us know first

 

[tillson]

That's the same man who bought a brand new Rover from the factory at Longbridge two weeks before the company went bust.

I remember that there were some very good deals on the Rover 75 shortly after the company went under. I always thought that the 75 wasn't a bad car, particularly the MG and especially at the much reduced price. I've never driven one, or been a passenger in one so I might be completely wrong, but superficially, it looked a good buy at the time.

 

[flecc]

I always thought that the 75 wasn't a bad car, particularly the MG and especially at the much reduced price.

I'm of the same opinion. Basically it was a BMW supervised design and has the K series engine which was designed under Honda's stewardship of the company. That's a pretty good heritage for any mid sized car.
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[Yamdude]

TV's seem to be becoming like computers...... if its on the shop shelf its almost obsolete.
First they were called HD ready and everyone was conned because they were only 720p. Then we bought full HD 1080p sets, only to find out Freeview HD wasn't included. Now we have Freeview HD 1080p sets, but 4K is now out..... then Oled and god knows what else is around the corner.
And dont even get me started about how we've all been conned by DAB radio and the crappy low bitrates that are only giving us Mono sound.

 

[flecc]

TV's seem to be becoming like computers...... if its on the shop shelf its almost obsolete.
First they were called HD ready and everyone was conned because they were only 720p. Then we bought full HD 1080p sets, only to find out Freeview HD wasn't included. Now we have Freeview HD 1080p sets, but 4K is now out..... then Oled and god knows what else is around the corner.
And dont even get me started about how we've all been conned by DAB radio and the crappy low bitrates that are only giving us Mono sound.

I echo all of this, and I'm particuarly annoyed by the way the politicians and broadcasters are trying to foist DAB on us with completely false claims of superior quality.

DAB is accoustic sacrilege, far inferior to FM.
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[Yamdude]

Re Rover cars....... I've only owned 2 in all my years of motoring.
First was a Rover SD1, which anyone would expect to be horrendously bad, as British Leyland were a joke when it was made. But it was actually a great car, great to drive and totally reliable for the 4 or so years i had it.
It made my a bit of a fan of Rover.... so a few years later i bought its predecessor the Rover 800, but that turned out to be an unreliable pile of junk with a catalogue of problems.
Never touched Rover again.

 

[Yamdude]

I echo all of this, and I'm particuarly annoyed by the way the politicians and broadcasters are trying to foist DAB on us with completely false claims of superior quality.

DAB is accoustic sacrilege, far inferior to FM.
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Yes, if i listen to R2 i only listen to it on FM....
Unfortunately i do like DAB only stations as well, Like BBC6 Music, Planet Rock and Absolute 80's. It really irks me that i cant have decent bitrate quality with them.
Also you never know how long DAB stations will be around..... I used to really like Smooth 70's and Absolute 90's, both have recently been scrapped.
I expect we may get DAB+ at some time in the future. Of course this will make a lot of current DAB radios obsolete. Which will be yet another f*** up for radio listeners.

 

[oldtom]

I remember that there were some very good deals on the Rover 75 shortly after the company went under. I always thought that the 75 wasn't a bad car, particularly the MG and especially at the much reduced price. I've never driven one, or been a passenger in one so I might be completely wrong, but superficially, it looked a good buy at the time.

We're a little bit off-topic now but I don't suppose it matters much in this part of the forum.

When I bought mine, I was all set to do a deal on a brand new Passat in High Wycombe but held off and decided there and then to drive up to Brum and visit the Longbridge site as they were doing some great offers and I liked the look of the 75 estate.

To cut a long story short, the diesel estate model I bought was pre-registered to the company and one of the 'gang of four' directors had been running it as his commuting vehicle for 900 miles. I checked it out with a salesman on their computer system and the director had had it specced with just about everything on the options list.

The price with all the added equipment was 28K (new) but they adjusted it down to 18K which compared favourably with the Passat I had looked at.

The diesel engine was superb, built by BMW but never actually fitted to any BMW model. Performance was adequate, no better, till I had it remapped with revised acceleration figures making it marginally quicker than both the BMW 320 petrol and their 2.0 litre diesel of that period.

Things that stand out in my memory were the ride/handling balance of the 'Contemporary' model using uprated springs, probably from the MG model. A colour TV with teletext, multi-CD + tape player, Webasto remote pre-heating system, (brilliant), Harman Kardon multi-speaker music system and no cam belt as the cams were chain-driven.

I kept that car over 7 years and toured through France and Spain on several occasions, only getting rid of it on a whim eventually. As for the regular models in more traditional Rover trim with petrol engines or the V8 model, I have no idea how they drive as I never tested one.

Through the years, I have been fortunate to have owned and had access to a lot of very good cars but that Rover was up there with the best of them. I really couldn't complain about any aspect of it.

Tom

 

[Cyclezee]

I remember that there were some very good deals on the Rover 75 shortly after the company went under. I always thought that the 75 wasn't a bad car, particularly the MG and especially at the much reduced price. I've never driven one, or been a passenger in one so I might be completely wrong, but superficially, it looked a good buy at the time.

As you probably know a Chinese company bought Rover cars and manufactured their version of the 75, that original version has now been superseded and here is the latest model http://www.saicmotor.co.uk/model.aspx?page=2

 

[flecc]

As you probably know a Chinese company bought Rover cars and manufactured their version of the 75, that original version has now been superseded and here is the latest model http://www.saicmotor.co.uk/model.aspx?page=2

I like the stretched shape more than the English original, it almost has a limousine look about it. The one thing I wasn't keen on with the original saloon was the rather pinched in shape of the boot rear outline.
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[tillson]

As you probably know a Chinese company bought Rover cars and manufactured their version of the 75, that original version has now been superseded and here is the latest model http://www.saicmotor.co.uk/model.aspx?page=2

It's starting to look a little dated, especially around the front end. I would never underestimate the Chinese though, European car builders beware.

 

[oldtom]

As you probably know a Chinese company bought Rover cars and manufactured their version of the 75, that original version has now been superseded and here is the latest model http://www.saicmotor.co.uk/model.aspx?page=2

Not only that; the SAIC group also do the final assembly at Longbridge of the MG 3 & MG 6 which, while not exactly state of the art, have much to commend them, not least the low prices. I actually called into an MG specialist in Baldock just last week rather than stand, brain in neutral, in the knitting shop SWMBO visited down the street.

Much like Dacia, MG cars now offer a lot of car for the money and are probably worthy of consideration if only on account of price. The industry standard 3-year warranty should ensure no great expense will be incurred for a while.

Now, if the older MGB, MGA or MGTF models are more your bag, they are still around, some for sale at that very dealership in Baldock but some of the prices are quite eye-watering!

Whether or not the Chinese ever grasp the car market in the way of the Koreans and Japanese, I really wouldn't like to predict but they are lagging a long way behind the established brands in the western world at present.

With deference to flecc's comment about the stretched Rover 75 body of the Roewe, Rover actually produced a number of LWB examples of the 75 saloon and I remember seeing one in the showroom area at Longbridge. As for the rear end treatment, a group of Italian motoring journalists gave an award to the Rover 75 saloon as the most beautiful saloon car body shortly after its introduction. Now that has to be as rare as rocking horse wotsits for a non-Italian car to win a styling award in Italy.

Tom

 

[flecc]

With deference to flecc's comment about the stretched Rover 75 body of the Roewe, Rover actually produced a number of LWB examples of the 75 saloon and I remember seeing one in the showroom area at Longbridge. As for the rear end treatment, a group of Italian motoring journalists gave an award to the Rover 75 saloon as the most beautiful saloon car body shortly after its introduction. Now that has to be as rare as rocking horse wotsits for a non-Italian car to win a styling award in Italy.

Tom

I did hear of the LWB version but never saw one Tom.

I also knew of that Italian award but disagreed. After all, they also gave the 1960s Karman Ghia Volkswagen an award, showing how too much of the vino could affect judgement.

I thought the 75's pinched in end looked like a copy from Jaguar rear styling stuck onto the wrong body, and believed it would look better without the inward curves.
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do any of you pay the tv licence cos i dont

 

[flecc]

do any of you pay the tv licence cos i dont

I used to, but am over the age where I get it free anyway.
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