Panasonic 4K Ultra HD sets made by...VESTEL!

[tom66]

Could it get any worse? Saw this in Argos. CX400 "Smart". Menus are dressed up in Panasonic style, but the telltale elements are all there, like the "no operation" message box.

Price was not a deal by any means, cheaper in Costco to get the CX600 4K UHD series, which is actually made by Panasonic, and free 5yr warranty.

Sigh.

[Spork Schivago]

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We have a Philips TV in the bedroom that says "No Signal" randomly. It's not the HDMI cable going to the converter either. There was a firmware upgrade that was supposed to fix this problem but never did. In fact, I want to say it's worse since we updated the firmware. By worse, I mean it only happens maybe once a month, but before, it only happened once in a year or so. I wonder if it's similar to those Panasonic's where they're made by Vestal or something.

[comptek]

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poor panacronic as they should be known by now
what are they doing

[ReeceyBurger123]

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What is this shit Panasonic ? They stated that only the C300 and A300 are going to be Vestel now the CX400 what next ehy ? Ohh dear me

[ReeceyBurger123]

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We have a Philips TV in the bedroom that says "No Signal" randomly. It's not the HDMI cable going to the converter either. There was a firmware upgrade that was supposed to fix this problem but never did. In fact, I want to say it's worse since we updated the firmware. By worse, I mean it only happens maybe once a month, but before, it only happened once in a year or so. I wonder if it's similar to those Panasonic's where they're made by Vestal or something.

I dont think any Tv sold in the US is made by Vestel.

[Spork Schivago]

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I dont think any Tv sold in the US is made by Vestel.

Thanks.

[tom66]

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What is this shit Panasonic ? They stated that only the C300 and A300 are going to be Vestel now the CX400 what next ehy ? Ohh dear me

Out of interest where did they state this? I don't recall them ever publicly acknowleding the Vestel connection.

It was funny as I was at Asda superstore a week ago and they had a "Sharp" HD Ready 32" LED TV next to a Techwood brand set. A couple were looking at this. The Sharp was £229 and the Techwood(?) was £159. I pointed out that they were identical, and that if they just wanted a TV, the Techwood would do just fine...well, it would last as long at least! Interestingly, they were both made by UMC...I had thought Sharp were well in bed with Vestel, but apparently they sleep around!

[Spork Schivago]

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Ahhhh hahahahahahahahaha, they sleep around, that's funny!

[ReeceyBurger123]

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Out of interest where did they state this? I don't recall them ever publicly acknowleding the Vestel connection.

It was funny as I was at Asda superstore a week ago and they had a "Sharp" HD Ready 32" LED TV next to a Techwood brand set. A couple were looking at this. The Sharp was £229 and the Techwood(?) was £159. I pointed out that they were identical, and that if they just wanted a TV, the Techwood would do just fine...well, it would last as long at least! Interestingly, they were both made by UMC...I had thought Sharp were well in bed with Vestel, but apparently they sleep around!

Im sure I read it leaked on another forum a while ago will try and find it buddy.

[vinceroger69]

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maybe this is where you saw it?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/cr/rRB.../ref=aw_cr_i_4

[kc8adu]

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you mean vestel built panasonics i assume?

I dont think any Tv sold in the US is made by Vestel.

[comptek]

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Out of interest where did they state this? I don't recall them ever publicly acknowleding the Vestel connection.

It was funny as I was at Asda superstore a week ago and they had a "Sharp" HD Ready 32" LED TV next to a Techwood brand set. A couple were looking at this. The Sharp was £229 and the Techwood(?) was £159. I pointed out that they were identical, and that if they just wanted a TV, the Techwood would do just fine...well, it would last as long at least! Interestingly, they were both made by UMC...I had thought Sharp were well in bed with Vestel, but apparently they sleep around!

Alba and Bush are using UMC as well it seems..... its like jumping out of the pan into the fire lol

[ReeceyBurger123]

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you mean vestel built panasonics i assume?

No Vestel Tvs in general arnt sold in the US.

[ReeceyBurger123]

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Alba and Bush are using UMC as well it seems..... its like jumping out of the pan into the fire lol

More than that, ones like:

Technika
Polariod
Logik
Blaupunkt
Celcus
Bush
Alba
Sharp
Hitachi
Murphy
Umc
Panasonic YES SOME US PANASONIC TVS ARE UMC !

This is as big as Vestel produced Tvs.

[Rulycat]

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I've got a UMC 50 inch "Bush" branded TV in the living room, and a 32 Inch Vestel "Technika". The UMC TVs in general seem better than the Vestels.

[ben7]

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More "4K" stuff?!

Ugh!!! If I see one more thing about "4K", I'm going to scream like a little girl!

Boo panasonic! I wonder what brand caps this new one (the vestel, that is) uses.

-Ben

[TechGeek]

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4k

[ReeceyBurger123]

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More "4K" stuff?!

Ugh!!! If I see one more thing about "4K", I'm going to scream like a little girl!

Boo panasonic! I wonder what brand caps this new one (the vestel, that is) uses.

-Ben

Elite, CapXon some time nichicons ! Elite arnt too bad but CapXon suck ass !

[RJARRRPCGP]

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Earlier Elites seem to really suck! Saw a bulging Elite cap in a PSU of a real lightly used Dell Dimension 2350 PC.
(made in 2003, socket 478 period)

[ReeceyBurger123]

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Hmm I personally never seen one fail same for Aishi but still cheapo caps so guess over time they will quit.