Purchased last September for my son's room , very happy with it.
Great for gaming and watching Tv.
In September I will take out the 2 years warranty as advised by Asda rather than at the point of sale , so I will have three years rather than two.

Not to be at elitist but just let people enjoy these 'deals'. Bite your tongue, it's hard, but possible :stuck_out_tongue:

Worst company dont waste ur money

bargain, do you know the model number ryan, cheers

​With the prices of high spec branded TVs at such a low price these days, I would say spending £249 on a Asda supermarket spec TV is as bad as it can get

..but there is a market for these TVs, so who am I to argue!!

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HEAT!

Brilliant find, especially as it is the DTS version and not the Nicam one!

seems cheap. Heat added

Purchased last September for my son's room , very happy with it.
Great for gaming and watching Tv.
In September I will take out the 2 years warranty as advised by Asda rather than at the point of sale , so I will have three years rather than two.

Does it do HDR over Scart?

Not surprising considering Nicam has been obsolete for years now.

Also who cares, built in speakers will sound like a £4.99 kitchen radio anyway.

lol
double lol

that's the market for this TV right there! (not you parker!)

I also noticed these in our local Asda the other day, and thought it a very good price for a 55" TV, so well done OP, this is a good find and I've added some heat in support.
I note the comments above about this being a waste of money because it does not have an expensive badge, those posts often appear and are almost always unjustified. My own experience with inexpensive TV versus branded ones (Digihome vs. Toshiba) is that the cheaper sets are just as well made and reliable, the only difference is they cost one third as much. I suspect someone will say I'm wrong (and that it is important to pay £400 more for a badge for no apparent reason but to impress one's neighbours), but they will offer no evidence in support of their view.
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Does it print every single image displayed on screen?

I bought a 50" one and returned it straight away due the fact Asda advertised it as having an optical out which it doesn't. I even called to tell them and it was still showing as having it a month later. A decent TV for upstairs but not for your front room if you want decent sound. I have an LG OLED now and wouldn't have anything else.

This isn't great for sports or gaming. If you want a big TV for soaps and the odd movie great but it isn't going to hold well with fast motion.

I'm not sure I understand your question toonarmani. It seems irrelevant whether Toshiba is a benchmark or not, it is a fact that Toshiba is a very well established brand and so charges a premium on its branded products. If you mean that in your opinion Toshiba is not a good marque then say so and justify it (I suspect you will not be able to in any cogent way).
Best wishes,
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why do people see the size and then see the price and think that equals a hot deal or good price. If the TV's image and sound are shocking then it is not worth any amount of money. if I bought a TV with bad picture quality I would want the TV as small as possible so I didn't have to be subjected to it wherever I looked.

The price is a bargain for a 55 inch tv

I saw these at Asda Milton Keynes as well.

Can someone confirm the guarantee situation ? It comes with a one year guarantee if it goes wrong they will swop it ?? If it goes a year with no problems I can extend guarantee another 2 years ?? Thankyou for your help

My evidence is only my experience former AV product trainer at Panasonic and Samsung. Such a big panel at such a low price doesn't always mean it the best. Honestly if you want some advice on a TV go to an independent TV seller. There isn't a bad TV anymore but you get what you pay for. Panasonic TV expect the two highest models are no longer made by Panasonic but Vestel models branded Panasonic.

I'm afraid I'm only interested in this brand when it comes with a free black Friday riot.

Got the 49" version when my panny plasma died just for now. You know what, once you've played with the settings, it's not that bad

my folks have this tv. Personally I would save you're money and buy something with a bit more quality. It's this cheap for a reason.

We brought this tv a while ago and the quality is very poor, yes big screen but that's it.

The quality of this tv is going to be exactly the same as any other tv manufactured by Vestel, as that is what it is.

Picture tuning options are dependent on the chipset used in the tv, coupled with the panel a bad combination of the two and you will never get a good picture. Cannot comment on the screen used in this panel as I do not know, but do not assume that it will have a great array of picture tuning options as most likely it will be basic at best.

under £5 an inch, i,m no techy,,but seems a good deal to me heat added

Great value. Even if it only lasts just beyond the warranty

My friend bought 1 of these tv's quite fancied 1 myself .....however they are extremely quite a sound bar is required

None in at ASDA Doncaster this morning, not even empty shelves where it was. The 50" version was priced up at £249

Not to be at elitist but just let people enjoy these 'deals'. Bite your tongue, it's hard, but possible :stuck_out_tongue:

I take online reviews with a pinch of salt. If you look at them in detail, so many people who give a product 5 Stars will explain why they did so via comments like 'was delivered on time', 'looks really shiny & clean', 'delivery guys took TV upstairs..thx Argos xxx', 'my 3 year old granddaughter loves watching CBeebies on this TV', 'screen was flatter than I expected...keep up the good work Polaroid' etc etc etc

And so on....

Aprt from the purchase or find from the OP, has anyone else actually found one.................?

panasonic, toshiba, sharp, hitachi, bush, grundig, polaroid, alba, luxor, next, M & S and some sony sets are made by either vestel or beko in Turkey. This does not make the TV's bad just check out AV forums and make your own choice. A TV this size for next to nothing is great but the downsides are repairs. I have been on the otherside of a branded TV that died within 3 years & was not worth repairing and Samsung were not helpful as they state 12 months warranty clause. A TV costing over £500 should last more than 3 years but hey ho try invoke the act that protects you and they laugh.

Sharp was among the Top 100 R&D Spenders in a list published by the IEEE Spectrum magazine in 2002.

In September 2014, Sharp announced that Slovakian electronics company UMC was acquiring an exclusive brand licence from Sharp and its European television and audio business UMC will also acquire Sharp’s Polish factory. As part of the deal, Sharp will support the design and development of televisions sold by UMC under the Sharp brand[37]

The same month, Sharp also announced a tie-up with Vestel in Europe for white goods. Vestel will sell Sharp-branded white goods (except air conditioners), such as refrigerators and microwave ovens manufactured by Sharp in Thailand and China. Sharp will also license its brand name to Vestel for volume home appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines and ovens. Sharp’s remaining European business will then focus on the business to business sector including multi-function printers and energy solutions.

never knew that and I though Vestel had all of it till I read that

UMC dont make bad TVs actually. Having bought both Vestel & UMC, the UMC wins hands down. Vestel is cheap & nasty (except when they make Panasonics - then they are not cheap, but nasty!

There is a Sharp 55 inch at tesco Loughborough cheap is that better than this Polaroid ???

​This is my opinion for the price it is a great tv

bought one, it was in the back and not on display, i had to ask them to fetch it for me....thanks for posting the deal :-)

Same here, none on display but they had them in stock, not sure how they're expecting to sell them though :smiley:

Perfect as a bigger set for my Gran who has some sight issues, can't go wrong for £250 notes, great post.

everyone might as well buy cheap bush tvs then if quality does not matter

Just got one of these yesterday, wasn't expecting much but I have to say I'm impressed.
This replaces a Samsung 3d tv cost £1700 5 years ago which has just failed, the 3d part was a waste of money too, maybe watched 3 times and I have to say that this Polaroid is at least as good if not slightly better.
In perspective the Samsung works out to whopping £340/year so if the polaroid only last one year it's far better value for money.
I would never pay mega money again for a "branded TV" I'll leave those for the brand snobs out there.

I don't think you're right about Sony...

I think umc make, or at least used to make Samsung Tv's too

​Really?

Hot

Probably some kind of umc>sharp>Samsung type deal

​​Don't buy this the sound is terrible also they have a tendency to stop working unless you spend ages downloading and installing updates.... I know previously there was an issue with them overheating and in some cases they even exploded - if you want to burn down yiur house buy one of these.....