Aldi TV ??

[Dot]

Seeing as I do not know what all of these things are for, would you people in the know let me know if it is a tv worth buying??? Got caught with a Kogan that you can only see if you are straight in front of it ???



21.5" Full HD TV with DVD Player
UnitCurrent Price$159
Product Description
Product Description
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Includes 12V car adaptor
21.5" (54.6 cm) LCD TV with FHD resolution and the latest LED backlight technology
Built-In HD TV tuner
Built-in DVD player
Integrated media player – direct playback of your favourite photos, music and films, easy and convenient via USB storage
PVR function – recording of TV streams to external USB devices
Electronic programme guide (EPG) – always know what’s on
Features:

Image optimisation using CTI, 3D comb filter and noise reduction
Automatic channel programming and manual channel search
Easy switching between two channels using the SWAP function
Various image formats and sound presets available
Multilingual menu interface (OSD) with particularly easy and intuitive operation
Parental supervision function
Sleep timer
Simple wall mounting thanks to VESA standard 100 x 100mm
Direct LED TV Panel:

Resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels
Aspect ratio 16:9
Contrast ratio of 4000:1 (typical)
Audio:

Integrated stereo loudspeakers
2 x 3W RMS
HD TV Tuner:

Compatible with MPEG2 and MPEG4 (H.264)
800 channel memory presets
Channel block using password
Favourites list
Timer:

Common interface (CI+) slot
DVD:

Compatible formats: CD, DVD video, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW, audio-CD
Codecs: MPEG1/2/4, WMA, MP3, JPG, Xvid compatible
Connectivity:

1 x antenna-in
1 x USB
1 x HDMI-in
1 x VGA (15 pin D-sub)
AV-in (Cinch/RCA)
YPbPr-in (YUV) (Cinch/RCA)
PC audio-in (3.5mm jack)
Headphone jack (3.5mm jack)
Digital audio-out (SPDIF) (coaxial)
DC-in connector

[jon_d]

Being Aldi,

take it home and try. if not happy, just return.

[BruceS]

Buy good ...... buy once .... be happy .....

Samsung or maybe even Panasonic ....
Better sound ... better picture ....

[Dot]

Do any of those things say anything about the picture or sound quality?

[dapope]

Do any of those things say anything about the picture or sound quality?

Not really. The critical factor is viewing angle, the wider the better, ie as close to 90deg as possible. I agree with Bruce. Buy a decent brand. We bought a samsung smart tv. 32 inch,. We travel it on the bed face down. As long as we have telstra, we can netflix if their is no tv signal, or stream saved movies off phone or tablet. Or plug in a hard drive. We run it off the 380w inverter, same time as tje phone chargers etc..

[Dot]

Thanks all. Thanks Martin for that added info.

[RobertNotBob]

Bought one and never used it says a lot for me binging on tv programs. Only thing wrong when I unpacked it had fixed feetwould have been better if the feet swung in cheers

[Greynomad]

Dottie,
All these refer to picture quality and what you can connect when you don't want to (or can't) watch broadcast TV:

Resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels
Aspect ratio 16:9
Contrast ratio of 4000:1 (typical)
Audio:

Integrated stereo loudspeakers
2 x 3W RMS
HD TV Tuner:

Compatible with MPEG2 and MPEG4 (H.264)
800 channel memory presets
Channel block using password
Favourites list
Timer:

Common interface (CI+) slot
DVD:

Compatible formats: CD, DVD video, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW, audio-CD
Codecs: MPEG1/2/4, WMA, MP3, JPG, Xvid compatible

Resolution = how small the dots are that make the picture;
Aspect Ratio = 16 units wide and 9 high - approximates a cinemascope screen;
Contrast Ratio = the difference between the darkest and lightest parts of the picture where you can make out detail (the bigger this number the better)
MPEG2 & 4 = DVD recording formats (for ones you record yourself)
Compatible formats = it seems you can play just about anything on a DVD disc, no matter what it is! Music, TV shows, Home-recorded rewritable discs (+R/RW, -R/RW), Downloaded or commercial release movies, Video games...
Presets, Channel block, Favourites, Timer = now common on virtually all flat-screens. Channel block is for controlling what ratings kids are allowed (G, M, MA, R, etc). You'll probably use a max of 10 of the 800 channel presets, reprogramming them to receive whatever local stations are available where you camp.
Common interface (CI+) slot = I thing they mean its a USB slot... check it.

Hope this helps...

[Dot]

Thanks Ray, G said to say thanks that explains more.

[T1 Terry]

The earphone jack is one of the important things. Very few TV's seem to have audio out, only multiple audio in jacks so you can't plug in a sound bar or Bluetooth hearing aid appliances etc. A fibre optic port is good, not sure what acronym covers one of those things.
If you want a wide viewing angle you need to get a curved screen model, yep, they went from curved screen to flat screen and now back to curved screen, but the curve is the other way now. No idea how you see what happened in r/h edge of the picture when you view it from the right hand side and the same the other way around, but they say the curved screen has the widest viewing angle ... or they could have been telling me porkies ... happened before and more than once