kogan led tv?

[findtim]

i'm after a tv for the spare room so no dramatic decision, kogan seem the right price and they say its samsung led screen.
anyone had an feedback on them?
28in for $229 , free delivery, 4.5 stars feedback on 113 reviews

tim

 

[snoopy]

There is only a very small number of panel manufacturers, so pretty much any cheap chinese tv is going to have a screen manufactured by a very large company. Even Sony and Panasonic don't make their own panels from hat I have read. In short I don't think I'd take much notice of who makes the panel. It is probably just the cheapest panel they could find anyway.

 

[ErezY]

Hey Tim,

So I was also in a similar situation and here are my findings

First I purchased a 41" 4K (non Smart) TV for $299 pre-order. This one did not have an LG panel. Watching TV in non-HD channels was unbearable, awful. So I returned it.

I exchanged it for a 43" Full HD Smart TV with an LG panel. I think it was $450 delivered. The results was MUCH better. I could not be happier with the TV. Its great and works well with the amp that I have two way HDMI Arc. However, the "Smart TV" bit of the TV is SO SLOW that its almost non-usable, almost. But in my case, I have an external media centre so that did not worry me no do I use this feature.

So basically, if you are going to match normal TV, don't get a cheap 4K TV as its only optimised for HD and 4K pictures. The cheap Full HD TV has both great normal and HD viewing.

Hope this helps.

 

[findtim]

thanks, things i didn't think of, like i said its the spare bedroom tv ! but based on that i might think of moving the current one to the spare room and getting a new one for the lounge room, to bloody obvious isn't it !

tim