Recent content by ianr23gp

You can disagree all you want, I just wanted to present a balanced argument :) New models are due in the next few months so I didn't want the OP to pay out a lot of money and then be annoyed when they start to get discounted in the New Year. I can still see see your point though as when you...

Personally, as a proud owner of the 46 F8000, I'd go down the Samsung route having previously owned 2 x dodgy GT50s. As MrW mentions, JL are the retailer to go with as any problem, no matter how small, is an automatic like for like exchange within the first 28 days. As you already have a 42"...

Thanks to Big Boss I've started to use camelcamelcamel and had an email for Drive OST at £7.07 which is supposed to be the BEST EVER price on Amazon (so far anyway). Amazing soundtrack, average film IMHO.... so just cut out the distracting pictures :grin:

Running slow both at home (Macbook Pro / Virgin Media) and at work (PC). Test done at home. Traceroute has started… traceroute: Warning: cdn.code.haymarket.com has multiple addresses; using 87.248.210.253 traceroute to haymarket.vo.llnwd.net (87.248.210.253), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1...

Fingers crossed it's 3rd time lucky... like Gel :)

A Japanese branded, Chinese manafuctured equivalent if the TV market goes the way of Philps... Oh, and some other Korean ones :) Personally, I'd avoid the GT50 but appreciate £900 is very tempting for such a (fingers crossed, issue free) TV.

I bought the 50" GT50 just after Christmas from John Lewis. However, we had 2 faulty sets (motion handling poor on 1st, bad flicker and buzzing on 2nd... minor banding on both) so I ended up getting a refund. JL customer service is so excellent that I wouldn't but a TV from anybody else. It's a...

Thanks very much Andrew :) They look very interesting although the normal top of the range 9 series seems to have been replaced by the 8. Quite a long wait to actually see them / find out how much I need to save up. Or dive straight into the new Sony (W900A) / Samsung (F8000) range out...

I would have agreed but... we couldn't get on with our Panasonic 50" GT50 plasma so it went back to JL. Dusted off our old Philips 32PFL9632D and after getting used to the tiny screen, we started to remember what we loved about the picture in the first place. Admittedly, it doesn't have the...

I think quite a few people, myself included, have been surprised by the amount of poential issues that you could experience on the best 50" plasma on the market. To be fair to the What HiFi team, they only have a limited amount of time to test a lot of products so they can't be expected to judge...

I also checked the John Lewis website and most people are extremely happy with their set. Only 1 person mentioned any issue with motion so we must have both been unlucky. John Lewis have really been excellent and I got a follow up call yesterday to say the replacement is being processed and...

Thanks Gel, so do I but with limited stocks it might be touch and go to get a decent set. At least John Lewis won't quibble a full refund if the set doesn't perform.

Been following this thread and others on the GT50 with interest. I've had my GT50 for a week now and unfortunately, I'm still not happy. The main issue is that it really struggles with motion but I've not read anyone else having the same problem. i've tried the Intelligent Frame Creation on max...

Thanks to you both. As I missed out on the free blu-ray player from JL (by 1 day, v annoying), have been on the phone and just submitted by claim form, to hopefully get 20 GBP refunded. If successful, I'll put it towards the 220 :) Either way, TV will be delivered next Wed so not long to...

Thanks for the heads up!!! Fantastic deal and spent Christmas day debating buying it... held out but when I woke up today and thought it was out of stock (the GT50 link with the 5 year guarantee/2 free 3D glasses is "out of stock"), almost had a heart attack! Now got my order in and can't wait...