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Title: Help Me Buy A Hdtv
Post by: LepPpeR on January 03, 2006, 12:19:00 AM
are you near a sams club?  I know it seams like an odd place to buy a TV but I was there one day shopping and came across this GEM.  I think this is an amazing TV.

http://www.samsclub....8:-36941:934545

It replaced my tv in my family room.  I thought the price seemed a bit too good to be true but it is the price.  Went home, read a couple reviews, bought it and have been really, really happy with it.  Speakers are good for what they are and you might, in the end want to buy some type of surround sound system.

Good luck

 

Title: Help Me Buy A Hdtv
Post by: craz3d on January 03, 2006, 12:31:00 AM
QUOTE(tracemhunter @ Jan 3 2006, 02:34 AM) View Post

samsungs aren't the best tvs in the world. i know that all of there lcd's get marginal, if not bad reviews and have a high return rate. i don't pay attention to crt so i can't give any advisement.

To be honest with you, I've heard the complete opposite about Samsung's LCD displays...

...from what I've heard they have the best quality control standards, a 0 tolerance for dead pixels, etc - so strict that they even motivated Nintendo to uphold the same policy with their LCD displays on the NDS.

Maybe my sources are incorrect, I'm just going off what I've read around the 'net.
Title: Help Me Buy A Hdtv
Post by: jmgillespie on January 03, 2006, 12:37:00 AM
I would stick with the samsung crt you pointed out in your original thread.  I haven't been very impressed with lcd flat panels in general and most plasma's I've noticed artifacting on all plasma's under 2k.  That crt is your best choice unless you want to save up for a lcd or dlp rptv or a real exspenive plasma such as the panny px50 units or pioneer ones.  You won't find a better picture then that samsung crt unless you look at a sony xbr and that difference will be marginal only downfall to a crt is size, you would lose a lot going to that flat panel lcd.
Title: Help Me Buy A Hdtv
Post by: dazone on January 03, 2006, 12:37:00 AM
I purchased a Vizio LCD 32" HDTV at Sams.  999.00  .     great picture with the 360!   Philips for 1200bucks. also great!
Title: Help Me Buy A Hdtv
Post by: bigxphatxboi on January 03, 2006, 12:39:00 AM
are there like 40" under 1 - 1.5k?
Title: Help Me Buy A Hdtv
Post by: dazone on January 03, 2006, 12:51:00 AM
QUOTE(bigxphatxboi @ Jan 3 2006, 02:46 AM) View Post

are there like 40" under 1 - 1.5k?


Not that i have seen yet.
Title: Help Me Buy A Hdtv
Post by: KingOne on January 03, 2006, 01:23:00 AM
I got the same tv you were lookin at cept mines 27 inch, for $598 from CC

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Its a GREAT tv to have.  The Display on it is insane, but mines defective and needs another 1, i got 1 weird red color in the corner of the tv.
Title: Help Me Buy A Hdtv
Post by: Ballz2TheWallz on January 03, 2006, 03:49:00 AM
id stay away from slimfits, id look at panasonic(finer dot pitch then samsung, that means higher resolution and crisper picture, and sony would be best look at the 30XS955 if you cant find that in your range the 30HS420 is still superior to any other non sony tv)
Title: Help Me Buy A Hdtv
Post by: Tr!X on January 03, 2006, 05:36:00 AM
Samsungs are great. They have a high as contrast ratio >.>. LG makes the best LCD/Plasma Tv's out there. Mines is made by LG but it has the Zenith name.
Title: Help Me Buy A Hdtv
Post by: MysticalJet on January 03, 2006, 05:45:00 AM
QUOTE(Tr!X @ Jan 3 2006, 07:43 AM) View Post

Samsungs are great. They have a high as contrast ratio >.>. LG makes the best LCD/Plasma Tv's out there. Mines is made by LG but it has the Zenith name.

When I go to BB, the LG lcd snd Plasmas do stand out.  They look nice.  I am always a little skeptical with new to the market companies though. LG is coming out with other really nice stuff - even their appliances are quite nice.
Title: Help Me Buy A Hdtv
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on January 03, 2006, 06:38:00 AM
i got a 65 inch mitsu for 1400 at ABCwarehouse
Title: Help Me Buy A Hdtv
Post by: Black Diamond on January 03, 2006, 07:14:00 AM
Hey,

We seen these yesterday at Sams Club for $999.

http://www.amazon.co...bestauthors8-20
Title: Help Me Buy A Hdtv
Post by: gamerguy999 on January 03, 2006, 07:55:00 AM
QUOTE(bigxphatxboi @ Jan 3 2006, 12:46 AM) View Post

are there like 40" under 1 - 1.5k?



Walmart sells a Philips 51" widescreen HDTV with built-in HDTV tuner for $1198

http://www.walmart.c...duct_id=4321134
Title: Help Me Buy A Hdtv
Post by: wweboy on January 03, 2006, 01:21:00 PM
I just purchased a 52 inch RCA HDTV from Best Buy for 999.99 it came to 1062 with tax. I heavly suggest buying it, it is a projection TV but it looks amazing and it's a very good price. It's on sale still!

http://www.bestbuy.c...d=1112808997179
Title: Help Me Buy A Hdtv
Post by: twistedsymphony on January 03, 2006, 02:57:00 PM
LG isn't new to the market, they used to be called "Goldstar"

http://us.lge.com/ww...tus/history.jsp
Title: Help Me Buy A Hdtv
Post by: Ballz2TheWallz on January 03, 2006, 05:48:00 PM
QUOTE(MysticalJet @ Jan 3 2006, 01:40 PM) View Post

I am not sure about Samsung return rate, but quality of picture is very nice.  Around here ALL demo XBOX 360 (target, BB, etc.) are hooked up to Samsung HDTV's - coincidence?

thats because long ago MS signed a contract with samsung for them to be the "official" xbox tv, this is why samsung has advertisements in pd0 pgr3 and all MS kiosks use them

ps sony makes the highest grade LCD so far with XBRs and samsung still falls short of sharp aquos