Optomoa Hd70 £645 With Free Delivery

toxic mango · 23-12-2006, 2:37 PM

Available From Dixons Using Discount Code 40xmas To Get Price Of £645

starman0147 · 23-12-2006, 5:18 PM

Does the optoma HD70 come with 3 year hot swap warranty. If so why are dixons offering a 3 year cover plan costing £199

wizard of oz1 · 23-12-2006, 7:03 PM

3 year hot swap warranty comes free with the projector but not many people know that. So they are trying to sell something unnecessary to consumers in order to gain some extra profit.

Jigster · 23-12-2006, 10:19 PM

Do you think it would defo be uk stock?

starman0147 · 23-12-2006, 10:30 PM

i am so tempted to get this, is this the best deal for the HD70 around?

Jigster · 23-12-2006, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by starman0147

i am so tempted to get this, is this the best deal for the HD70 around?

Its the cheapest but after sale support would probably be non existant, and im wondering if its gonna be UK stock.

toxic mango · 23-12-2006, 11:28 PM

since it is dixons who are high street retailer would it not be uk stock ???

starman0147 · 24-12-2006, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Jigster

Its the cheapest but after sale support would probably be non existant, and im wondering if its gonna be UK stock.

Would I need after sale support if it has a hot swap warranty?
Plus isn’t it easier to go to a local dixons if the projector develops a problem as opposed to a independent supplier that might be 50 + miles away
Also isn’t it mandatory for the supplier to deal with a problem if it develops a fault in the first year?

As for the stock I can’t see why it would be anything other then UK. I am going into town tomorrow will pop into dixons ask.

If you were to get the HD70 would you buy it from Dixons @ that price or an independent supplier?

bagatanmd · 24-12-2006, 12:56 AM

there is no problem sorting out any problems with regards to the pj. you can just call optoma direct. they will arrange pickup of the unit and loan you a pj while yours is being fix. got mine sorted that way. so it is not that difficult dealing with optoma.

Jigster · 24-12-2006, 12:59 AM

I thought the standard warranty was only 2 years though, not 3.

Bacus · 24-12-2006, 9:19 AM

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Originally Posted by toxic mango

since it is dixons who are high street retailer would it not be uk stock ???

Just a quick heads up, Dixons are no longer a high street retailer !! No high street shops at all now, they are only an internet service and we all know what Dixons after sales service is like on the web

Regards Si

pharmo786 · 24-12-2006, 12:51 PM

do you think its worth sepnding the extra £245 on this over the benq w100. I will be using a PJ for primarily playing my xbox 360 and DVD`s. I have read around but still cant decide.

The setup will be in the bedroom and thus space is pretty limited!

Many Thanks

Jigster · 24-12-2006, 1:35 PM

Ive attached a pics found on projectorreviews.com from 5th element. One W100, one HD70, you can probably guess which is which.

Anim · 24-12-2006, 2:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Jigster

Ive attached a pics found on projectorreviews.com from 5th element. One W100, one HD70, you can probably guess which is which.

I would imagine that the HD70 is not calibrated very well as there is quite a bit of detail missing on the left side of the image.

Anim

Jigster · 24-12-2006, 3:25 PM

yeah true, its alot sharper pic though.

**Zone** · 24-12-2006, 5:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Jigster

yeah true, its alot sharper pic though.

But still meaningless in the real world, digi cams and the associated computer/image software add so much processing that the end result bares little resemblence to the actual image.

starman0147 · 25-12-2006, 12:19 AM

Bah, humbug!, the code has finished now:

Jigster · 25-12-2006, 1:34 AM

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Originally Posted by starman0147

Bah, humbug!, the code has finished now:

Nah, theyre still giving £40 off spends over £500, just look at their homepage. I still dunno what to do myself =p

Jigster · 25-12-2006, 1:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Zone

But still meaningless in the real world, digi cams and the associated computer/image software add so much processing that the end result bares little resemblence to the actual image.

I give up, im clearly out of my depth lol.

Anim · 25-12-2006, 1:56 PM

I would much rather see a photo than somebody saying "this projector is brilliant". Photo's can tell a lot, even if they are not eyeballs and why many reviewers show photo's.

So, not exactly meaningless imo.

Anim

benji_m · 30-12-2006, 9:32 AM

Best to check because sometimes big players 'buy' the warranty out from the MFR. This means although a product may as standard carry a 3 year, the retailer may choose to (in order to buy the units in cheaper) use their own warranty (which usually is less).

anibap · 30-12-2006, 3:11 PM

best is to call up optoma and ask them if they would cover the 3 yr warranty by deafult if purchased from dixon.