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moanthebairns

18,162 posts

204 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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I have just bought two Philips TV's and found them to be good, but I got the ambilight versions. I thought they were a bit council before buying them but fk me I couldn't go back to buying a tele now that doesn't glow up my entire wall. (warning, only buy if your wall has been recently plastered, otherwise it could bug the tits off you).

JQ

6,001 posts

185 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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techguyone said:
See if this works (remember they only keep x units for these things, so stocks may be low/not there now)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B097HR3D21/
Many thanks. Looks good.

towser44

3,661 posts

121 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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Greendubber said:
Ordered a pair of Salomon Speedcross 4 for £69 which is about the best price I've ever found them for so happy with that.

Nothings beating the mis-priced Arlo CCTV from a few years though with its £850 discount though biggrin
Got mine from Sigma Sports in 2018 for £64 (£5 of which was delivery). Love my Speedcross 4s and still going smile

Jasey_

5,272 posts

184 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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JQ said:
techguyone said:
See if this works (remember they only keep x units for these things, so stocks may be low/not there now)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B097HR3D21/
Many thanks. Looks good.
https://www.hughes.co.uk/product/tv-and-entertainment/televisions/all-televisions/philips/50pus8556-12?_gl=1*pwlhll*_up*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQjwy5maBhDdARIsAMxrkw1zwZvMca8QpSbIYN0kojLK-hufL-n2ASKrI23c4HytRq3svzrZPsUaAtoBEALw_wcB

8546 v 8556 - seem very similar.

Always take Amazon savings with a large dose of salts.

Have no idea what the 46/56 differences are but headline seem similar.

Tony Angelino

1,982 posts

119 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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Jasey_ said:
JQ said:
techguyone said:
See if this works (remember they only keep x units for these things, so stocks may be low/not there now)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B097HR3D21/
Many thanks. Looks good.
https://www.hughes.co.uk/product/tv-and-entertainment/televisions/all-televisions/philips/50pus8556-12?_gl=1*pwlhll*_up*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQjwy5maBhDdARIsAMxrkw1zwZvMca8QpSbIYN0kojLK-hufL-n2ASKrI23c4HytRq3svzrZPsUaAtoBEALw_wcB

8546 v 8556 - seem very similar.

Always take Amazon savings with a large dose of salts.

Have no idea what the 46/56 differences are but headline seem similar.
https://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/product/B097HR3D21

This website is your friend at this time of year.


untakenname

5,040 posts

198 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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I've switched from camelcamelcamel to the Keepa plugin as it shows the price history in realtime on the page and also lets you easily compare without leaving the product page the prices from Amazon EU which are prime delivery, saved a lot on tools over the years by buying from Germany.

https://keepa.com/


Currently Amazon on their homepage is recommending me a router at a significant 45% discount but if you look at the plugin then it's the same price it was a month ago, they jacked up the price for a couple of weeks to make it look like a significant saving.




Chunkychucky

6,070 posts

175 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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moanthebairns said:
I have just bought two Philips TV's and found them to be good, but I got the ambilight versions. I thought they were a bit council before buying them but fk me I couldn't go back to buying a tele now that doesn't glow up my entire wall. (warning, only buy if your wall has been recently plastered, otherwise it could bug the tits off you).
rofl Had a 50 inch Philips TV with that Ambilight thing for about 5 years now, biggest load of st ever imo - turned it on a couple of times and never used it again!

ajprice

29,118 posts

202 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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Chunkychucky said:
moanthebairns said:
I have just bought two Philips TV's and found them to be good, but I got the ambilight versions. I thought they were a bit council before buying them but fk me I couldn't go back to buying a tele now that doesn't glow up my entire wall. (warning, only buy if your wall has been recently plastered, otherwise it could bug the tits off you).
rofl Had a 50 inch Philips TV with that Ambilight thing for about 5 years now, biggest load of st ever imo - turned it on a couple of times and never used it again!
I like Ambilight smile

Alorotom

12,120 posts

193 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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untakenname said:
I've switched from camelcamelcamel to the Keepa plugin as it shows the price history in realtime on the page and also lets you easily compare without leaving the product page the prices from Amazon EU which are prime delivery, saved a lot on tools over the years by buying from Germany.

https://keepa.com/
Great tip - that works perfectly smile

ecsrobin

17,788 posts

171 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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ajprice said:
Chunkychucky said:
moanthebairns said:
I have just bought two Philips TV's and found them to be good, but I got the ambilight versions. I thought they were a bit council before buying them but fk me I couldn't go back to buying a tele now that doesn't glow up my entire wall. (warning, only buy if your wall has been recently plastered, otherwise it could bug the tits off you).
rofl Had a 50 inch Philips TV with that Ambilight thing for about 5 years now, biggest load of st ever imo - turned it on a couple of times and never used it again!
I like Ambilight smile
Another for ambilight must be getting on for 6 years now and wouldn’t buy a TV without.

King David

719 posts

192 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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ecsrobin said:
ajprice said:
Chunkychucky said:
moanthebairns said:
I have just bought two Philips TV's and found them to be good, but I got the ambilight versions. I thought they were a bit council before buying them but fk me I couldn't go back to buying a tele now that doesn't glow up my entire wall. (warning, only buy if your wall has been recently plastered, otherwise it could bug the tits off you).
rofl Had a 50 inch Philips TV with that Ambilight thing for about 5 years now, biggest load of st ever imo - turned it on a couple of times and never used it again!
I like Ambilight smile
Another for ambilight must be getting on for 6 years now and wouldn’t buy a TV without.
+1 for Ambilight. Apart from when you toddler turns it on to 'follow sound' and you think you're having a epileptic fit as a result biggrin

ajprice

29,118 posts

202 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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King David said:
+1 for Ambilight. Apart from when you toddler turns it on to 'follow sound' and you think you're having a epileptic fit as a result biggrin
I tried that when I first had it, at night when I didn't have the 'big light' on, the room went dark every time it went quiet. It's just a good job I wasn't watching a jump scare horror film hehe .

pavarotti1980

5,391 posts

90 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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Greendubber said:
Ordered a pair of Salomon Speedcross 4 for £69 which is about the best price I've ever found them for so happy with that.
Now £61.55
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Salomon-Speedcross-Trail-...

Unless you got the GTX ones....

soupdragon1

4,494 posts

103 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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techguyone said:
JQ said:
techguyone said:
Prime exclusive early access sale.

I've found a few goodies, saved a (genuine) £300 on a Philips 4k telly, I know because I've been watching it for ages.
And a few hundred off (possibly an Acer oled laptop. So I'm quite happy.
Please could you provide a link to the telly, I’m in the market for one and am hoping you fully researched the market and can save me hours of research. biggrin
See if this works (remember they only keep x units for these things, so stocks may be low/not there now)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B097HR3D21/
Thats a good deal for an ambilight. I bought a 43 inch last year for £379 so a hair more for the much bigger 50 is a great deal, and probably that has a better OS too

Hoofy

77,445 posts

288 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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I'm repeating myself but I absolutely love Echo Dots. At £17, it's the cheapest the Dot 3 has ever been. https://amzn.to/3CSHoLS

I am not sure I am bothered about getting the ball-shaped one. Looks more clumpsy and intrusive.

PS I have 3 Dots... dotted... around the house.

PPS I couldn't ever date a woman called Alexa because I'd probably shout commands at her. biggrin

Zoon

6,837 posts

127 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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soupdragon1 said:
techguyone said:
JQ said:
techguyone said:
Prime exclusive early access sale.

I've found a few goodies, saved a (genuine) £300 on a Philips 4k telly, I know because I've been watching it for ages.
And a few hundred off (possibly an Acer oled laptop. So I'm quite happy.
Please could you provide a link to the telly, I’m in the market for one and am hoping you fully researched the market and can save me hours of research. biggrin
See if this works (remember they only keep x units for these things, so stocks may be low/not there now)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B097HR3D21/
Thats a good deal for an ambilight. I bought a 43 inch last year for £379 so a hair more for the much bigger 50 is a great deal, and probably that has a better OS too
They were £428 back in July, so still a reasonable saving.

geeks

9,632 posts

145 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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ecsrobin said:
dirtbiker said:
I was about to go ahead and order that Philips telly before I read one of the reviews saying that the user runs a Fire Stick with it due to slightly poor software on the TV for streaming apps. I'm thinking about a new one because my ageing Samsung is a bit annoying on that front, so I guess I'll pick up a discounted Fire Stick and see how that goes :-). I got a kids' tablet for cheap too, happy days for a bound-to-be-popular Christmas present!
Probably every TV I’ve used from cheap to expensive the built in software is crap. It would be nice if they just binned it off as I suspect a large portion of those accessing that type of content are doing it through a 3rd party piece of hardware.
What are you using it for? My Sony runs android which works pretty well and me LG uses their OS and that also works fine. I only use it to access the various streaming apps though.

ajprice

29,118 posts

202 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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geeks said:
What are you using it for? My Sony runs android which works pretty well and me LG uses their OS and that also works fine. I only use it to access the various streaming apps though.
My Ambilight runs Android TV too, it's basically the same as a Google TV or new Chromecast software (the white ones with a remote and apps, not the original black HDMI stick type you used from your phone)


Funk

26,528 posts

215 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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I've nabbed myself a 16Tb hard drive and some wireless GU10 Tapo bulbs...

nebpor

3,753 posts

241 months

Wednesday 12th October 2022
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Funk said:
I've nabbed myself a 16Tb hard drive
Google, is that you?