And lo On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:44:09 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake thusly:

> Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>> And lo On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:29:22 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull>  
>> did spake thusly:
>>
>>> ...so I bought Samsung. o_O
>>>
>>> Hmm. There's something wrong with me...
>>  Which model OOC?
>
> I had it gift-wrapped in the shop. (John Lewis FTW!) Thus, I cannot be  
> *completely* sure. However, if their shop stock matches their online  
> store, there's only one 26" LCD TV in their range, and it's the Samsung  
> LE26A457. (And indeed, the specs seem to match the device I purchased.)

For that price with a five-year guarantee, not bad. I thought you wanted 3  
SCART connections though ;-)

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>> I had it gift-wrapped in the shop. (John Lewis FTW!) Thus, I cannot be 
>> *completely* sure. However, if their shop stock matches their online 
>> store, there's only one 26" LCD TV in their range, and it's the 
>> Samsung LE26A457. (And indeed, the specs seem to match the device I 
>> purchased.)
> 
> For that price with a five-year guarantee, not bad. I thought you wanted 
> 3 SCART connections though ;-)

I did, but I couldn't find a TV anywhere on the face of the Earth that 
has that.

You'll notice I purchased it from John Lewis. In other words, if there 
*is* a problem, I'll actually _get_ some ****ing _SERVICE_. ;-)

In fact, I purchased the TV about 10 minutes before the store closed, 
and yet the salesman still *ran* (I watched him) to the collection point 
personally so that he could wheel the TV up to the gift wrap station on 
the top floor so I could have it gift wrapped before closing time. And 
it only cost, like, £2 for the gift wrap. (YOU try wrapping something 
this big! It's not easy... They did a far better job than I ever could. 
Even if the wrapping paper *was* lame.)

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And lo On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:04:49 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake thusly:

>>> I had it gift-wrapped in the shop. (John Lewis FTW!) Thus, I cannot be  
>>> *completely* sure. However, if their shop stock matches their online  
>>> store, there's only one 26" LCD TV in their range, and it's the  
>>> Samsung LE26A457. (And indeed, the specs seem to match the device I  
>>> purchased.)
>>  For that price with a five-year guarantee, not bad. I thought you  
>> wanted 3 SCART connections though ;-)
>
> I did, but I couldn't find a TV anywhere on the face of the Earth that  
> has that.

Heh well I did say as much.

> You'll notice I purchased it from John Lewis. In other words, if there  
> *is* a problem, I'll actually _get_ some ****ing _SERVICE_. ;-)

Indeed certain stores of a certain group don't have the best in after-care  
service. It may cost a little more now, but it can often make the  
difference.

> In fact, I purchased the TV about 10 minutes before the store closed,  
> and yet the salesman still *ran* (I watched him) to the collection point  
> personally so that he could wheel the TV up to the gift wrap station on  
> the top floor so I could have it gift wrapped before closing time.

Obviously on commission :-P

> And it only cost, like, £2 for the gift wrap. (YOU try wrapping  
> something this big! It's not easy... They did a far better job than I  
> ever could. Even if the wrapping paper *was* lame.)

Actually I'm not bad at wrapping various shapes up having had large  
amounts of practice when young, sometimes it can be fun as in when I  
wrapped up a round tin in two sheets of paper (simple silver foil and a  
translucent gold) to make it look like a giant toffee.

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>>>  For that price with a five-year guarantee, not bad. I thought you 
>>> wanted 3 SCART connections though ;-)
>>
>> I did, but I couldn't find a TV anywhere on the face of the Earth that 
>> has that.
> 
> Heh well I did say as much.

I know. ;-)

>> You'll notice I purchased it from John Lewis. In other words, if there 
>> *is* a problem, I'll actually _get_ some ****ing _SERVICE_. ;-)
> 
> Indeed certain stores of a certain group don't have the best in 
> after-care service. It may cost a little more now, but it can often make 
> the difference.

Indeed. I bought a large LCD computer monitor from John Lewis. After 
about 8 months, the backlight quit working. IIRC, it took something like 
a week for them to deliver a brand new replacement monitor and take the 
old one away. Which isn't bad really, eh?

Also nice is the fact that their staff generally *have* a clue... 
although there's not what I'd call "experts", they at least have some 
idea what they're talking about.

The only problem is that they don't sell a huge range of stuff. (Or at 
least, stuff I'd want to buy.) Having just said that, last week they 
sold me a Tilby and some rather fetching gloves...

> Obviously on commission :-P

Clearly. ;-)

On the other hand... don't you just hate it when you go somewhere and 
you're all like "yes, I'd like to buy this £2,000 item here please" and 
they're all like "meh, I can't be bothered, go away". (!!)

>> And it only cost, like, £2 for the gift wrap. (YOU try wrapping 
>> something this big! It's not easy... They did a far better job than I 
>> ever could. Even if the wrapping paper *was* lame.)
> 
> Actually I'm not bad at wrapping various shapes up having had large 
> amounts of practice when young, sometimes it can be fun as in when I 
> wrapped up a round tin in two sheets of paper (simple silver foil and a 
> translucent gold) to make it look like a giant toffee.

See, now I *suck* at wrapping things. I seem to have scisors that are 
too blunt to cut the paper, and a reel of tape that's wider in the 
center than at the edges, so the tape always curls when you pull it off. 
Plus the scisors won't get the tape either.

One thing I *have* discovered though... paper weights aren't just pretty 
to look at. Those buggers are USEFUL too!! ;-)

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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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> Phil Cook wrote:
>
>> Sony tend to have the quality, Panasonic the black levels, LG more 
>> extras, and Philips all three ;-)
>
> ...so I bought Samsung. o_O
>

Samsung's good. Same brand as I bought.

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Gail wrote:

> Samsung's good. Same brand as I bought.

Actually, IIRC the large LCD monitor at home is Samsung too, and it's 
worked very well all these years.

(The backlight failed at one point, but the shop quickly replaced the 
monitor. It's been flawless since then. And a very crisp picture too...)

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On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:34:04 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>See, now I *suck* at wrapping things. I seem to have scisors that are 
>too blunt to cut the paper,

Ha! You need a Swiss Army Knife for Christmas ;)
 
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On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:19:38 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>
>> Have a brownie point.
>
>Question: How many brownie points do you need to earn before you can 
>redeem them for an actual brownie?

Perve! :)
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>> See, now I *suck* at wrapping things. I seem to have scisors that are 
>> too blunt to cut the paper,
> 
> Ha! You need a Swiss Army Knife for Christmas ;)

You can't cut paper with a knife, man!!

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>>> Have a brownie point.

>> Question: How many brownie points do you need to earn before you can 
>> redeem them for an actual brownie?

> Perve! :)

Heh. I did think about commenting on the double-meaning, but I figured 
somebody might think... oh well, never mind! :-P

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