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11.29.13 | chickensoup

Posted on 11/29/2013 5:32:29 PM PST by Chickensoup

My last thread about TVs was published in 2006.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1725379/posts

I still have the 2k in the bank and still want to buy one I have been looking at the Sharp Aquos Quattron 3D 240 70" Model 757.

Any opinions? Good Amazon ratings.

How does one get it installed if purchased on the net?

How does one pick a sound system, and I need a sound system with headphones because of a mild hearing deficit (What did he just say? Where are they going? Why did he kill her?)

I am looking for a theatre-sort of experience at my low low budget. I will probably only use it for DVDs and perhaps the Superbowl game if son is around. I am not a broadcast or cable watcher. The former TV died and I watch little tv on the laptop (not a comfortable venue for me) I have the library set up and ready to take the tv. I am installing window shutters now.

Your insight would be much appreciated.


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To: carriage_hill

You’re not thinking big enough.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5PmwDbkaeJs&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D5PmwDbkaeJs


81 posted on 11/29/2013 10:30:33 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Chickensoup

Most are pretty good - look at them on display to check picture quality. As far as a sound system, I like Bose. I use the small Bose Wave for my TV sound - especially when a lot of music in a show. It sounds better than the TV’s sound. I’ve seen ads for the Bose under the set systems and would imagine that they sound good and might also have a jack for phones. Probaly cheaper than a lot of other specialty sound systems.


82 posted on 11/30/2013 3:52:26 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: publius911

Thanks


83 posted on 11/30/2013 3:58:48 AM PST by Chickensoup (we didn't love freedom enough... Solzhenitsyn.)
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To: Sans-Culotte

Thank you for your detailed information


84 posted on 11/30/2013 4:03:43 AM PST by Chickensoup (we didn't love freedom enough... Solzhenitsyn.)
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To: trebb

Do you have the model of the bose system you use? Or a link to it?


85 posted on 11/30/2013 4:04:28 AM PST by Chickensoup (we didn't love freedom enough... Solzhenitsyn.)
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To: Chickensoup

I went for a 55 inch Visio smart TV. I barely watch any broadcast cable TV except Walking Dead and (formerly) Breaking Bad. However, I can be convinced to watch a movie.

I got the 55 incher at Sams Club for only 584 after tax. Not too shabby! I got it yesterday, and somehow survived the Black Friday Wars.


86 posted on 11/30/2013 4:18:04 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Chickensoup
Do you have the model of the bose system you use? Or a link to it?

Just do a search for Bose Wave. It's basically a radio with a CD player. I just get better sound out of it than my TV gives.

Copy and paste this into your browser and you'll get to a site that shows what I have (or close - I bought mine right after Katrina to have music to listen to while I fixed my house):

http://www.bose.com/controller?url=/shop_online/wave_systems/index.jsp

87 posted on 11/30/2013 4:24:17 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Chickensoup

Of the three 3-D LED smart TV’s we have (Toshiba, LG, and Vizio), Vizio has the best picture and app uses. I don’t think we will ever buy another 3-D TV though, not that much use, and the glasses give me a headache.


88 posted on 11/30/2013 4:25:35 AM PST by catfish1957 (Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
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To: Jonty30

That’s just frigging amazing!


89 posted on 11/30/2013 5:20:56 AM PST by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: Jonty30

Yes it is nice and all that but it is not HD...


90 posted on 11/30/2013 5:27:48 AM PST by Chickensoup (we didn't love freedom enough... Solzhenitsyn.)
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To: Chickensoup

I can’t remember the last time I went to a movie theater; must be 40-50yrs. Don’t need bedbugs or anything else from those places, thankyouverymuch.


91 posted on 11/30/2013 5:31:20 AM PST by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: Chickensoup

Way beyond my pay grade, too.


92 posted on 11/30/2013 5:33:15 AM PST by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: Chickensoup

Yet.


93 posted on 11/30/2013 5:34:27 AM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Gennie; Chickensoup
Since you like BIG, have you considered getting a projector and a screen rather than a tv? You may be able to get one much more reasonably priced at a similar quality.

And you can get some awesome screens for dirt cheap at Monoprice.

94 posted on 11/30/2013 5:44:02 AM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Future Snake Eater

I looked at them back at the original post, but the room I am using would not be able to manage it.


95 posted on 11/30/2013 5:48:43 AM PST by Chickensoup (we didn't love freedom enough... Solzhenitsyn.)
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To: Chickensoup

We have the following and have had for a few years. Very happy with it although considering a bigger screen in our older age-—

Sony Bravia® 46 in. (Diagonal) Class 1080p LCD HD Television


96 posted on 11/30/2013 5:51:52 AM PST by John W (Viva Cristo Rey!)
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To: Jonty30

You’re not thinking big enough :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glFVXpz_abQ


97 posted on 11/30/2013 5:53:01 AM PST by xp38
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To: Chickensoup

I went through a deteiled study about two years ago and ended up buyins a Vizio at Walmart. It is a fine piece of electronics.

It connects to my old Boze sound system.

It allows connection of my WII

It has three HDMI ports for the cable box, the Roku and soon the Chromecast device

The primary feature of any new TV should be internet connectivity.


98 posted on 11/30/2013 6:02:15 AM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Travon... Felony assault and battery hate crime)
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To: Chickensoup

http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/your-tv-watching-you-latest-models-raise-concerns-483619

Is your TV watching you? Latest models raise concerns
Gary Merson, HD Guru
March 19, 2012 at 10:46 AM ET

Samsung’s 2012 top-of-the-line plasmas and LED HDTVs offer new features never before available within a television including a built-in, internally wired HD camera, twin microphones, face tracking and speech recognition. While these features give you unprecedented control over an HDTV, the devices themselves, more similar than ever to a personal computer, may allow hackers or even Samsung to see and hear you and your family, and collect extremely personal data.

While Web cameras and Internet connectivity are not new to HDTVs, their complete integration is, and it’s the always connected camera and microphones, combined with the option of third-party apps (not to mention Samsung’s own software) gives us cause for concern regarding the privacy of TV buyers and their friends and families.

Samsung has not released a privacy policy clarifying what data it is collecting and sharing with regard to the new TV sets. And while there is no current evidence of any particular security hole or untoward behavior by Samsung’s app partners, Samsung has only stated that it “assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable” in the event that a product or service is not “appropriate.”...


99 posted on 11/30/2013 6:13:55 AM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: vette6387

Exactly.


100 posted on 11/30/2013 6:17:41 AM PST by dhs12345
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