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TV Theft

Due to demand on the black market and the price of televisions they are still the most likely item to be stolen during a house burglary. This is even more apparent from a technique we have found thief's using to target people with large flat panel LCD and plasma TV's.

The method they are using is searching houses for sale on property websites such as rightmove, here they view the images of the properties looking for televisions to steal (take a quick look on rightmove and you will see what I mean with peoples flat panel TV's on display for everyone to see). Once they have found the target they either just look at the location on the map link, or phone the estate agents and ask which address it is.

It actually gets even easier for would be TV thief's than being able to see what flat panel TV's people have and where they are located as many adverts on the likes of rightmove also show floor plans letting them plan the TV theft with even more ease.

This happened to one of my neighbours who is selling his house a few months back, saying that the thief wasn't all that clever when stealing the LCD TV he had on his wall as they ripped his LCD TV off the wall bracket. The wall bracket snapped and they left a foot print on his wall where they was trying to get some leverage. We had a laugh about this as all they had to do was lift it up and it would have come off the bracket holding the LCD TV against the wall lol.

Unfortunately its hard to think of a way apart from asking the estate agent not to photograph your TV to protect yourself from being targeted in this way, if you are selling your house/flat as you do want to show your property in the best possible light. Also if you are being offered a seriously cheap LCD TV or any type of electrical goods that are unusually cheap you might want to think about where they have come from in the first place as there is unfortunately a large amount of stolen TV's currently on the market.

LCD -V- Plasma Glare!!!

I can't see anything on my TV

After my initial err this isn't the normal reply I asked him how he came to that conclusion, he said it was simple. He went on and explained when he was standing in the local electronics retailer the sun made a rare appearance and the glare was unbearable on the plasma television, but the LCD was clearer (not great, but much better compared to the plasma). His living room has a south facing bay window and his television is put on his east wall, although this isn't too much of a problem during the winter but once the summer arrives it is obvious this will be an issue.

This television glare is something that I am aware of but as the bay window in my flat is north facing coupled with the fact I am working during the day (think the only time I watch TV during the day is if the football or F1 are on at weekends with the first normally being viewed at some kind of drinking establishment) this has never really been something I have considered in the argument between which is best out of LCD and Plasma televisions. Depending on watching habits and where you locate your television this really is something that could swing the balance between which type you purchase, see not everything when deciding on which type to buy is based on technology sometimes the surroundings can make a huge impact.

After the conversation with my friend I started thinking to myself why has this glaring issue never been as obviously apparent as it seems, after thinking about it which didn't take long to realize that is was the shop he brought his Sony Bravia television from. The shop is local to us and privately owned, and although it is pretty big for a privately run business the shop doesn't go back that far which in turn means all his LCD and Plasma televisions face south towards the sun. Ever wondered why shops like Curry's etc in the high street always have the televisions at the rear of there premises? Well there's your answer to make them more appealing and to also show off there best image quality they always keep the flat panel televisions well away from the glare of the sun.

Glass Screen or Bouncy Screen

For those who have never compared LCD against plasma and have no idea what I'm blabbering on about I'll explain in simple terms. A plasma television has a glass screen (basically the same as a old type CRT tv) which suffers pretty bad from sun glare. LCD televisions have a soft bouncy feel to the screen and have a matted appearance when turned off compared to the plasmas glossy finish which is reasonable for the glare.

Anyway I think this rant on cheap television blog has gone on long enough, don't forget the moral though when considering whether to purchase a LCD or Plasma television you need to take more into consideration than just what technology is better and a huge part of that is the environment you are going to house your brand new flat panel television.

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Cheap Televisions Blog
By admin
Published: January 23, 2007

Television Blog

We thought it would be a good idea to start our television blog, the idea is we will be able to use the blog for our TV reviews and opinions, as well as a more offbeat approach to current televisions news here on Cheap Television.

The other advantage of our blog is the news section often gets filled with press releases etc from the TV manufacturers, normally saying things like our Plasma televisions are better than someone else's or use BLU-RAY instead or HD-DVD etc etc.

The other good prospect for this new section is you can tell us our opinions about any of our articles or even write your own reviews as the blog allows users to add comments etc about our articles. We have got to update the site to allow this user interaction, but it is pretty straight forward and hopefully we will implement the discussion board at the same time (should be this week or the next).

 

Home Entertainment Community

We are still trying to work out what sections the discussion board should comprise of, so far we have thought of these:

General television discussion

Plasma Televisions

LCD Televisions

DVD and accessories

User set ups (so our users can show off there home entertainment systems)

User reviews (to allow users to review televisions they have brought and to also let others know about shop and manufacturer customer service (which we think is highly important when purchasing and owning a television which are expensive).

We think (and hope) that this should be enough to be helpful and usable to everyone who visits Cheap Television although if you think we should change or add something please let us know as building a consumer community is hard we want to have the best start we can get.

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Cheap televisions update
By admin
Published: October 17, 2006

Cheap Television update - Just thought I'd update you on whats happening with regards to cheap television we have been slowly updating information on certain plasma and lcd cheap televisions, but this is taking a while. Cheap television will also be uploading the following sections over time:

Cheap Television Show Dvd's
Cheap Cable Television
Cheap Flat Panel Television
Big Screen Cheap Television's

Cheap LCD Television's

Cheap Plasma Television's

Cheap Television

The show dvd one might take a while with so many differant tv shows avaliable, but we like a challenge here at cheap television.

Cable, flat panel and big screen tv's shouldn't be too much of a problem on cheap television though as we basically have these in place already with plasma and lcd, but as with anything need more time to create these sections properly on cheap television.

Cheap television now also has a section for tv commercials and even more recent is the addition of the cheap television blog

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