For the price of this, just buy a cheap saw and cut 11 inches off. :stuck_out_tongue:

buy cheap buy twice...cant wait to see all the sheep fighting over this junk :smile:

I have this tv and an expensive Sony from John Lewis 18 months ago and I can't tell the difference in picture quality . So I will never spend that sort of money on a TV again.

i just bought the 49inch version (not smart) a couple of weeks ago. going to return it tomorrow. its slow to respond. remote control works as and when it wants to. sound was very tinny untill we found a " surround sound" button in the sound menu, which isnt actually surround sound but it did make it better. a bit more meaty for the lack of a better description. the final straw is that when we are watching netflix weather its through our roku box or our you view box, the sound cuts out when people arent talking. (Hard to understand i know)
Whilst watching american horror story we noticed that if people stopped talking it was as thought the tv speaker turned off or muted untill the next person spoke, even if there was background noise of birds or cars on the road, the sound would just stop. its that bad that sometimes it doesnt always start again until after the first syllable of the first word spoken by the next person in the conversation. Which is really really annoying if they have a shorts reponse in the conversation because then you completly miss what they say in reponse.
SORRY for the long winded comment but think its worth you keep your receipts and possibly the tv boxes for the return trip to tesco. if this happens to you too. and before people ask....No, its is definitely the tv thats the problem. and yes we checked the batterys in the remote controll lol.
on the plus side the picture was to my satisfaction. :/

says where?

Too early to predict... cold for now :smiley:

Heat give. Jer1ch0 seems to have inside info on the Tesco deals.
Thanks for posting.

its never a b&o is it,what utter utter crap

I think jer1ch0 should tell us how he knows about these forthcoming black friday prices.

Ohhh im feeling some black friday madness coming on, somone hide my credit card :stuck_out_tongue:

any deals on a 32 inch?

Bought one for my son and family 3 months ago and this TV fulfils what it sells on the box, great price

thanks , i have seen this already but i am looking for hd though

when does this go live?

In store only or online too?

And anyone know if it can be wall mounted?

1080p only but still better than 720p HD ready deals from Amazon people were voting hot here earlier.

buy cheap buy twice...cant wait to see all the sheep fighting over this junk :smile:

Hmm was interested in this until I read the 1* review on the tesco website. Not voting either way.

Cr4p at 249, **** at 149.

Is this the same TV idiots were fighting over in Black Friday 2014?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nuh_i89la1c

heat added thanks op

The masses struggled with the 32" screens last time.

Good luck with the 43" screen :laughing:

i just bought the 49inch version (not smart) a couple of weeks ago. going to return it tomorrow. its slow to respond. remote control works as and when it wants to. sound was very tinny untill we found a " surround sound" button in the sound menu, which isnt actually surround sound but it did make it better. a bit more meaty for the lack of a better description. the final straw is that when we are watching netflix weather its through our roku box or our you view box, the sound cuts out when people arent talking. (Hard to understand i know)
Whilst watching american horror story we noticed that if people stopped talking it was as thought the tv speaker turned off or muted untill the next person spoke, even if there was background noise of birds or cars on the road, the sound would just stop. its that bad that sometimes it doesnt always start again until after the first syllable of the first word spoken by the next person in the conversation. Which is really really annoying if they have a shorts reponse in the conversation because then you completly miss what they say in reponse.
SORRY for the long winded comment but think its worth you keep your receipts and possibly the tv boxes for the return trip to tesco. if this happens to you too. and before people ask....No, its is definitely the tv thats the problem. and yes we checked the batterys in the remote controll lol.
on the plus side the picture was to my satisfaction. :/

could you not buy this today and if the price indeed drops next week, claim it back using price protection?

Here we go

It's cheap because it's rubbish! Cold.

It's cheap because it's rubbish! Cold.

Im after a 22" full HD one....

Expired?

Sony's legal team will be in touch with you shortly.

​can you let me know if you find one, I'm after the same thing for my ps4

Other deal is a UHD 49 inch for £199. Much better.

not if you don't have the room or have access to the small amount of 4K content it isn't

1080p full HD and does Netflix natively. Hot!

​UHD for 199? Where is that deal?

​think they may be referring to the Tesco Sharp deal but that looks like 1080p to me

are you sure you're not thinking it's rubbish because it's cheap.

What a daft idea, much better to saw a slot in the wall and stick out the extra inches through it.

Still hoping for a 1080p Full HD TV this size, but for under £130

I might just get this if there are no better deals on TVs this size. Is this good for PS4 gaming?

I bought this tv last year for exact same price

How did this get 500 heat where you can get a Sharp Full HD TV for £199 from the same retailer on Black Friday?

Cos this is cheaper and with pretty much the same spec as the Sharp one - just a smaller size. Why buy a 49" TV when you don't have room for one or need one that big ?

I have this TV - invest in a decent soundbar to go with it

ahahah you made my day! thank.
heatadded. great price!

What a ridiculous comment. I wish I could bring all the brand snobs over to my house, cover the brand name on the TV's and ask them which one cost several hundreds of pounds and which one was less than £200.
I will be buying cheap TV's from now on as there is clearly no difference. A snob and his money are soon parted.

You need a soundbar for all slim TV's now regardless of price.

It really isn't Lianne, honestly, if you think the picture quality is as good as a Sony on this, you really do need an eye test, sorry.

For the record, I think Sony TV's are a bit of a rip-off, I'm an LG man myself, but these supermarket TV's have a terrible picture.

Do you not think it likely you got a faulty one then, don't believe they're all like it. Sometimes **** happens & you get something broken happens to all brands even the expensive ones

They really don't or not all of them from what I've seen. Sure stuff like Digihome might not be very good but the Celcus, Blaupunkt and Seiki screens I have seen in action in supermarkets are more than acceptable for the price they cost IMHO

How fast does it chance channels? Show the epg?

They are acceptable for the price Adam, I totally agree, but it's simply not the case that the picture is as good as premium TVs. I was probably a bit harsh using the word 'terrible'.

That's because if you've turned it onto Surround the speech comes from the center speaker (probably the inbuilt speaker), while the other sounds are likely coming from the Left/Right and Rear speakers.....as you don't have 5 speakers attached you aren't hearing those sounds. See if there's an option to attach other speakers to the back panel and try just one to check I'm right.

If this is the same model you have to plug surround into an external Amp.

http://www.umc-uk.co.uk/instruction-manuals/Blaupunkt-brand/43%20Models/User%20Guide%20-%20Blaupunkt%20-43-137Z-WB-11B-FGUX-UK%20-%20BLA-MAN-0316%20vWEB.pdf

Word of advice to others, yes the picture quality is fine with this TV for general TV viewing but invest in a soundbar as the sound quality is pretty awful

​no honestly....i know what ur getting at but trust me the sound would just cut out weather the surround sound function was on or off it still did it.
i didnt notice it at first and though my other half was going crazy but when i did notice it, its all i could hear and focus on.

I have a couple of LG tvs and a cheapo Bush one and a quite old Matsui one. Whilst the picture quality is generally acceptable on all of them, the newer LG I have is still the best picture. But it's not just the picture that sets out the difference between cheap and "premium" brands, it's more intangible things things like the menu and tv guide ease of use / lag. Also the cheap Bush one I have takes about 30 seconds to power on! I find you just make a few compromises with the cheaper ones. If you can live with them then fine, but many people will still prefer to pay a little extra for more quality. It isn't always a lot more, when you consider you'll probably own it for 5-10 years.

​No. I have a Blaupunkt TV hanging on my wall and it's terrible. It's cheaply made, a low quality LED panel and that's just the beginning. The OS is laggy and clunky, the picture quality is terrible and the sound even worse. Yes this is cheap. But it is total rubbish. I speak from experience, you have been warned.

​At last, someone speaking some sense!

I'm really sorry but it is !! I don't need an eye test thank you my vision is perfect so please don't be so condescending.
Most cheap tv screens are average this one is excellent. Do you have this tv? If not, how can you judge ?
This tv is every bit as good as my Sony and every single person who I've shown it to agrees. So I'll let them all know they need an eye test shall I ??

Does anyone know the width of this TV? Can't find it anywhere.

Don't do that. You'll just get booted in the fan Dan for being condescending.✌

Serious?

It took <5s to find out and three of those seconds were used editing the URL to bypass my adblocker.

I saw the same question asked on the other Tesco television thread. Is this really a forum for baby birds?

Ironic really when the people who buy this to watch Jezza on cos one of their family members is guesting will have TV with higher IQ than the whole family combined

Congratulations to you. Maybe instead of being self righteous you could contribute something to the site?

What time does the online sale of these start?

But for many people these days, IMHO, these issues/compromises aren't that important. Who actually watches the Freeview these days ?

In my case and, I suspect, for a lot of people - I just care about the quality of the picture as the TV is just plugged into a Sky / VM box and, possibly, a media player/stick which are already connected to an external sound source. In which case the speed of the menus, interface, lag, etc are non-issues. If the displays are pretty much the same then I will go for the one that is far cheaper. :smiley:

Anyone know how easy (if it's even possible) it is to add other apps on to the TV ?

I'm with sonicfury on this, I can't see a width in the specifications on the Tesco website. I see Height and Weight but no width.

Correct. JosefK is obviously so much cleverer than the rest of us, he can even see what isn't there.

That's to be expected from a thin and cheap tv, even more expensive models from the big brands are only marginally better.

Can you tell us though, if it has any nasty flaws, like menus or EPG that are so slow that end up being unusable, or tearing in fast moving images (sports, action films) etc?

Why bother even looking on this site, if you are going to post nonsense like that!!!

No its a forum for people to share deals and not be a d1ck. Shame you fail on both.

Are any ipad mini's being reduced do you know?? TIA :smiley:

can anyone clarify when this deal is going online ? still £249 at the time of posting this 04.00hrd

Busiest week of the year at the Blaupunkt TV factory

Am I the only one that thinks black Friday should actually be a one day event? Not 2 weeks

as an owner of a sony tv and a purchaser of the 49" model of this TV for a relative. I agree if you can't tell the difference your eyes are broke.

saying that most people don't have the know how or idea how to calibrate a tv and leave it shop floor settings which is set up for the space and lighting of stores which most british homes don't have the space to mimic conditions

The title and description both say Friday so it won't be reduced yet.

About 38.6 inches

Pythagoras would disagree with your numbers. :P

Thanks for confirming.

Good price in theory, still not worth scrapping someones nan for though! :laughing:

I can confirm this deal is definitely legit because I spoke to someone's friend's brother's cousin's mum's friend's pet turtle, who confirmed that they were the friend of his friend's brother's auntie's cousin's sister, who knows her brother's friend's sister, who works for Tesco. And she said yes. So don't doubt it.

He probably used Pythagoras' theorem.

Honestly didn't see your post before making my previous one 8-)

sounds like the expert who worked out the leave campaign's post Brexit figures.....

My blauplunkt has outlived the triple the price LG

You mean all those TVs set to Torch Mode™? I would never judge the quality of a TV on display. I've seen far too many staff walk up to TVs in-store and torch them because they don't look "good enough" compared to other torched models.

Whilst I agree that some budget TVs can be a bargain inasmuch as they have the same panels as brand TVs (the opposite can happen too, you can pick up a brand TV to find out it has a budget panel), judging TVs on display is no way to ascertain it's quality.

Deal is good... I work there and just got one... For £135 because of my staff discount. Bargain!

This open to the public now as well?

So it's legit then?

they weren't this price in my local a couple of hours ago?

Some families may not be in your privileged financial position

deal is live now

I just managed to order the sharp 49inch smart tv for £199 - fingers crossed!

Just bagged the Blaupunkt 43inch Smart TV for £149.99 (£99 after clubcard vouchers). Cracking deal!

You can add a Roku stick for £8 extra too.

This is live now guys!!!

now live, just spoken to tesco and they've refunded difference. every little helps. cheers op.

Still says £199 on site?

​you must be looking at the wrong one? This was 249 now 149..

​http://www.tesco.com/direct/blaupunkt-bla-43134mxn-smart-43-inch-full-hd-led-tv-with-freeview-hd/418-9896.prd?skuId=418-9896&pageLevel=sku&gclid=CMTP59iFwtACFS0z0wodWOoM9A

Just found it was on the wrong page cheers guys!

Thanks ordered.

Bought for my Grandson for Xmas. And for the brand snobs I have all Sony kit in my lounge. This is great for a second TV or for the genuine hardworking people who can't afford to waste more on a TV. Keep posting and ignore all the snobs.

Ok stop bragging Mr Sony lounge :laughing:

one and only 1 star review for this TV on the Tesco website:

got this tv delivered and the driver said (i hope it works mate) Why! (ive taken loads of these back).I left it for 4 hours to get up to room temp and then pluged it in,red light on and nothing else,it was picked up 4 days later and another delivery driver said (not working mate) no! (ive talen loads of this make back) You have been warned.

someone translate please?

Took the plunge and ordered it.

Also took a plunge, can be returned if it doesn't work and standard one year guarantee

It's live now just ordered one and a roku with a tenner off

Ordered, it's just for a bedroom so represents good value

I got it 4 days ago and they refunded me difference. Can't go wrong with 150 quid

​These get delivered by Yodel. The way Yodel drivers handle packages I'm surprised their screens aren't broken on delivery. Mine was laying flat on my porch

You really can't understand what the author is trying to say?

Got one, thanks for posting! Hot!! :smile:

WHO EVER BOUGHT THIS T.V CAN they confirm what connections it has it says no SCART but what about AV COMPOSITE CONNECTION

PLEASE LET ME KNOW LOOKING TO BUY FOR MY GRANDAD and he wants to watch his video player

thanks

Is your Grandad hard of hearing?

Was in a tesco extra this morning to get some coffee, saw more of these TV's than people in the store. The hype is over.

NO - WHY IS THE SOUND BAD ? i just need to know about the connections

Kind of wish I'd just bought instore as they're giving a delivery estimate of Wednesday...

No it's just that you KEEP SHOUTING.

Hi, does anyone know when this goes back to its original price?

I've just been down my local Tesco looking for a 32". Seems to be a better deal for the 43" although I only want this for the kids room.

Anyway, here are the dimensions and details from the box in case you need it.

I'm reading comments saying the sound is terrible.

Is it really that bad?!

​What's the sound quality like, in your opinion?

OOS

ehem... which deal?

I've never known any TV with good speakers. They should just stop making them with them in, i've always just run them into a sub and stereo speakers.

I haven't played any music through it yet, (will do tomorrow). As far as normal TV sound goes it's better than my 8 year old Samsung.

I really think it depends on what you want and what you are used to. Will report back once I've hung it tomorrow.

​Ok thanks. I might just buy it, if it's still available.

Edit: It's out of stock online lol. I guess that's my fault being too cautious to pull the trigger. Oh well, there's always the Boxing Day & January sales!

Website says in stock (low) now... :wink:

​I just tried it. Went to checkout & it said they don't have any left in stock after I put in my details.

Out of stock.

These are back in stock online but only for home delivery not for click and collect, have just successfully ordered one which I couldn't do last night

Try again

went to checkout and says no stock again. missed out again

You not got a Tesco Extra local store? There were loads in my local.

​I did. said they sold out early yesterday :disappointed:

Seen on Tesco last night (5 were available on the shop floor down stairs).
It seems like a good TV (German made). It was £249, deal price £100 off but not 1/2 price.
Voted hot.

That's very unlikely. It's made by a Slovakian company, either in Slovakia or possibly in Poland.

​Keep your eyes peeled I will be returning mine on Wednesday

reason for returning?

​I got the Sharp one..don't need two :wink: Haven't even opened the blaupunkt

If that is the label on the box and the Model No is correct (not Model Ref), then this is the user manual:

http://www.umc-uk.co.uk/instruction-manuals/Blaupunkt-brand/43%20Models/User%20Guide%20-%20Blaupunkt%20-%2043-134M-GB-11B-FEGUX-UK%20-%20BLA-MAN-0339%20vWEB.pdf

In it, it says that this model has a SCART socket but the Tesco description denies this.

Is this the correct model?

Sorry, like a big kid, I have a habit of finding pdfs of manuals before stuff arrives.

By the way, I ought to point out to anybody downloading the manual linked in my last post that I think that the image on the front is a generic TV, not the one the manual is for, as will be evident if you read on - but I discarded a couple of downloads after I saw the cover thinking that it was the wrong one.

Mine arrived today, gave it a quick check and seems ok. It's a £250 tv and seems ideal for the kids. Not anything like my year old LG but not far away from my 7 year old Sony. Sound doesn't seem too bad it says it's JBL ?? For people asking about inputs, it has Scart and AV in (R/Y/W).

I was just surprised that any modern bit of kit would have a SCART connection.

Yes it has scart but you probably know that now as it shows that in the manual.

Is this back at the normal price in store now?

Set mine up today, sound is fine,pic is pretty good too,for £150 it's a fantastic buy.

Pleasantly surprised with this TV. For the money it has a good full HD picture. You tube app works surprisingly well and so does iPlayer. The WiFi has a strong signal and looks pretty decent too! Good buy the sound is OK better than others at this level

Thanks for confirming my original post, a solid TV for a great price

Agreed, much better than I thought it would be. Absolute bargain at £150.

The top bezel bows out horizontally and vertically near the centre on mine and there's a noticeable gap there between the screen and bezel. Easily noticeable if you look along the length of the top edge.

Ordered one online at the weekend, haven't received any update hope it's going to be delivered

Very pleased so far... bargain at £150... does anyone know if its possible to get netflix and amazon prime on it though?

Thanks

I thought I read somewhere that this television recorded to USB but I can't see anything in the manual about this yet the remote has a record button and I just read a review on Tesco's site, posted yesterday, which says that they had were happy with the quality of recording. Am I missing something?

​There's an Internet update dated 24 Nov that adds netflix. Go through the settings.

Thanks a lot, I have netflix now.. any idea about amazon prime? Thanks again

Update TV delivered yesterday
Set it up tonight, sound quality not fantastic but for under £150 a great buy

I don't suppose anybody is watching this thread anymore but on the off chance somebody is who bought one of these, can anybody tell me if they use it to watch videos on a USB stick, do the files appear in alphabetical order?

On mine, they appear in some random order so if I am watching a series, for example, they also play in a random order.

I contacted the manufacturers and they insist that the files are in alphabetical order but even after resetting it to factory settings, they are random on mine.

Anybody got any advice or different experience?

They do appear to be sorted in file type (if you select to display all file types), then within each type (eg. mpg, mp3 etc) they are alphabetically.

All the files in each of the folders are the same type (mkv) but I'm not sure I understand what you mean by selecting to display all file types -simply because I have scoured the settings and haven't seen that anywhere. But even folder - with no file type or extension - do not display in order, see below.

As a 'workaround(!!!)', I have resorted to playing everything through a Kodi box anyway.

I am happy with this TV you tube BBC Iplayer and You tube are great,downloaded the Netflix update, but can't seem to set up the "cast function have never had or used this technology before" any help is appreciated

This is £249 why is it not expired?