Aldi stores to sell budget 47-inch LCD HDTV?
by Darren Murph 
posted Mar 18th 2007 at 1:06AM
With the ever-dropping prices in the big screen television realm, it's not too surprising to hear of more and more companies dropping their ticket in the hat hoping to snag business from bargain hunters. While the success story of Vizio could be hard to replicate, an unconfirmed report from TechDigest is reporting that Aldi stores could end up offering a mysterious 47-inch LCD HDTV before too long. No word on what brand / model this thing could end up being, nor if it'll sport a swank Aldi sticker front and center, but we are hearing that it'll boast a 1600:1 contrast ratio, integrated Freeview tuner, wall mounting bracket, S-Video / VGA / composite video inputs, a pair of HDMI ports, automatic volume correction to muffle those blaring commercials, and a three-year warranty to top it off. Of course, we have absolutely no idea if an April trip for mangos and steak sauce will lead to an LCD TV impulse buy, but drop the price in comments if you catch a glimpse.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
GB @ Mar 18th 2007 7:52AM
Aldi have started advertising Tevion branded Widescreen HD LCD TV 81cm for $869 ($AU) in Australia.
http://www.aldi.com.au/
Patrick @ Mar 18th 2007 8:15AM
Beware Tevion tv has sucked in the past and will no doubt suck now.
Galley @ Mar 18th 2007 9:55AM
Seriously, who buys consumer electronics at grocery stores?
Mike @ Mar 18th 2007 11:07AM
3 year warrenty? Aldi beats costco and will probably be cheaper...wow
BTW.. my mom bought a 27" flat screen Tevion from aldi about 3 years ago and it has been a great 2nd tv.
James Rainey @ Mar 18th 2007 9:28PM
My other half works at Aldi. No one every returns T.V.'s, they are actually quite good (contrary to what Patrick had to say).
Aldi gets above average quality and waaaay low prices. Watch out Wal-Mart.
Patrick @ Mar 20th 2007 2:46PM
Possibly its the US Tevion models and not the UK ones ive have heard of horrendous problems of the tv sets sold under the brand here.
Probably its a Aldi owned brand, but not the same manufacture?
Cheers
droo @ Apr 2nd 2007 2:56PM
Looking for some help on a 27in Tevion Tv. I just bought a 1yr old Tevion 27 in TV in the US. Channels 2 thru 6 don't not come in, but the rest are perfect. Tried to figure out the remote with the booklet -no luck, can't seem to determine if those channels are somehow "locked out". the phone number on back 1-800-345-0928 - goes to some shoe store in the southern US?? Anyone know of a US phone number I can contact on this or had similar problem? I can't get ahold of the previous owner yet to ask if the channels are locked or what they know about the problem. Thanks
DR
mattclarkie @ Apr 12th 2007 10:59AM
It is 1099 and 1080p and arrives in the UK on April 19th. Unfortunately it doesn't have any component inputs.
Doylie1984 @ Apr 14th 2007 8:21PM
Aldi Uk Stores release date: Thursday 19th April, Price 1099.99 Pounds Sterling
Details:
Size: 47"
1080i/P - 1920x1080 resolution,
Intergrated freeview tuner,
LG Phillips Grade A+ LCD Panel,
2x HDMI Sockets
In Plane Switching (No Idea What this is?, any1)
Progressive Scan,
Teletext,
Viewing Angle: 170 Degrees,
1600:1 Contrast Ratio,
550cd/m2 Brightness,
16:9,
8ms Response Time,
Analogue Tuner/ Digital Tuner/AV Input/S-Video/PC input/2x Scart/
Free Tilting wall bracket worth upto 89.99,
Free 3yr Guarantee & helpline worth upto 159.99
garf @ May 7th 2007 3:53PM
just bought tevion 47" tv excellent picture ,
1 week later ;(DTV) freeview channels are terrible colour in the tv set yet (TV) channels are ok tried old ditital freeview box through a scart and that is ok so arial is fine.
Going to phone helpline tomorrow and if no joy returning to aldi