I've heard a few horror stories about their outlet store!
pc_tech86 to superleeds27
12 Mar 17#2
What stories did you hear?
sjoyce666 to superleeds27
12 Mar 17#4
Bought a soundbase from them through eBay and no problems at all
Kanedaaaaaa to superleeds27
13 Mar 17#24
Mine would be one. The refurbished TV broke after about six months, so they collected it for repair. All fine, however, after the period of time it should've taken (about 14 working days IIRC) had gone I chased them up, only to be told they didn't know where my TV was. They not only lost it somewhere between the lorry and the workshop, but they refused to give me a refund as it was outside the allotted period and couldn't give me any indication as to when I might get the TV back.
If it doesn't go wrong, you'll be fine, but I found the level of bullish ineptitude in their customer service to be frightening.
bradevosprint
12 Mar 172#3
I used the panasonic outlet on ebay and got a completely new tv, so good from me
steveex
12 Mar 17#5
The 50" at £450 was the bargain imo. Much better than competing Samsungs at the <£500 mark
XxLJCJxX
12 Mar 17#6
Good price! Trying to wait until a decent 10bit panel comes up on sale somewhere
dmm1000
12 Mar 17#7
vestel or japan produced ?
N1Andy to dmm1000
12 Mar 171#9
I was informed by the rep at Curry's that the 700 is where Panasonic start making their own models and that anything below could be a Vestel - Curry's reps aren't the best informed, but be aware that this could be the case!
This is a very good model, great build quality, has the fantastic Firefox OS and a great picture. The only real negative is that it's an 8bit screen with 8bit HDR - it's better than no HDR, but not quite as good as proper 10bit. As mentioned, it's better than just about anything LG or Samsung have in (or near) this price range.
I've been watching it for a while and waiting for a better finance option.
marcgolb
12 Mar 17#8
Saw the 50" as well, it annoying the exponential cost increase for 8 more inches, £150 more or a 33% cost rise
marcgolb
12 Mar 171#10
That's good to know, wasn't aware panasonic used vestel
N1Andy
12 Mar 17#11
Yes, Panasonic made the ridiculous decision to licence out some of their low end models to Vestel, which, in my opinion, has hugely devalued one of the few real quality TV brands immensely.
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If it doesn't go wrong, you'll be fine, but I found the level of bullish ineptitude in their customer service to be frightening.
This is a very good model, great build quality, has the fantastic Firefox OS and a great picture. The only real negative is that it's an 8bit screen with 8bit HDR - it's better than no HDR, but not quite as good as proper 10bit. As mentioned, it's better than just about anything LG or Samsung have in (or near) this price range.
I've been watching it for a while and waiting for a better finance option.