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Posted on 11/18/2018 12:43:35 PM PST by paladinkc
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posted on
11/18/2018 12:43:35 PM PST
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paladinkc
To: paladinkc
You can always try to find a good, used Sony. I’ve had excellent luck with all I’ve owned. Also, if a member of Sam’s Club? Try post-Christmas sales. Sure Costco would likewise have bargains.
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posted on
11/18/2018 12:46:25 PM PST
by
donozark
(There are no flamingos in Venezuela.)
To: paladinkc
When we were shopping for TVs a couple years ago, it seems the answer we got from everyone was that all TVs are smart TVs now. Anyhow, we got three — all Samsungs. They’ve been great. I had to call Samsung tech support many months ago with a question, and the rep was wonderful.
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posted on
11/18/2018 12:46:45 PM PST
by
MayflowerMadam
(Great things never come from comfort zones.)
To: paladinkc
Sony plasma 40 inch. Very good color.
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posted on
11/18/2018 12:47:43 PM PST
by
Trumpet 1
(US Constitution is my guide.)
To: paladinkc
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posted on
11/18/2018 12:47:47 PM PST
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
To: paladinkc
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posted on
11/18/2018 12:48:00 PM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: paladinkc
If you are a Veteran you can shop Army Air Force Exchange. No taxes and free shipping.
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posted on
11/18/2018 12:48:23 PM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: paladinkc
Truth be known, probably all TVs are manufactured by just one or two companies.
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posted on
11/18/2018 12:49:47 PM PST
by
MayflowerMadam
(Great things never come from comfort zones.)
To: paladinkc
Looking at them in the store I really can’t tell the difference in picture quality from different brands tho I am sure there is some.
It seems 4K is the next big thing but no one is broadcasting that yet. I bought a cheap ($139) 43 inch at WalMart and the picture is fine. The sound is pretty mediocre tho. It is 1080 dpi resolution too.
I noticed they will be selling a 40 inch 1080 during Black Friday for only $99.
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posted on
11/18/2018 12:50:54 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: paladinkc
They're all the same and now almost all are SMART.
We have two SANYO's for about 260 ea. and both are SMART
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posted on
11/18/2018 12:53:36 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true; I have no proof .... but they're true.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks; Vendome; paladinkc
We bought a 42 inch Sharp Roku TV at WalMart. It is great. Super user interface, great picture.
Paladinkc — what do you have against hooking it up to the internet? That’s where all the great content is nowadays. I use Netflix and Amazon Prime with some YouTube thrown in. We got rid of our conventional cable TV and instead opted for Spectrum (Time Warner) “TV Choice.” You run the Spectrum TV app and get your channels “over the top,” i.e. via the Internet. It cut our combined Cable / Internet bill to $70 per month, about 60% off what we were paying before.
To: paladinkc
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posted on
11/18/2018 1:03:17 PM PST
by
Rannug
(When you're dead, you're dead. Until then fight with everything you have.)
To: paladinkc
Bought a SONY 55" in 2005, used it 10 years with zero failures.
Bought a SONY 55" in 2015 and so far zero failures.
Great pictures and decent sound, both.
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posted on
11/18/2018 1:08:08 PM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: paladinkc
- The larger the screen surface, the better off you'll be with 120 or higher refresh rates, and for that matter, higher res (the 4K sets). I've got a 40, and it's more than satisfactory (I picked it up off the Sam's "last ones" rack five or so years ago), but that's very much a middle of the road size now, and in some parts of the US, probably considered entry level.
- Avoid 720p, even if you're not streaming.
- More than two HDMI ports is not an extravagance, as the ports sometimes go bad, and you may add some kind of Roku or other streaming box, in addition to disk players.
- Stick to your budget, because you won't stick with the same flatscreen TV as long as you have any CRT style TV you've ever owned. My parents' first TV was a small B&W Crosley they bought used in the 1950s, well before I was born, but when I was a kid I watched the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, and a few years later watched Neil Armstrong make the first human footprints on the Moon. It died a couple of years later, and my mom often lamented later on that "we should have just had it fixed."
- Reviews of electronics are always months behind the models' end-of-life availability, and reviewers have biases, favorite brands, graft, corruption, stupidity, and scores to settle. Mostly they are a subclass of social parasite.
- Judge the picture using your own eyes. Screw alll brand recommendations, and trust your own eyes.
- Go to the Big Box store (yellow tags) for maximium selection, and to the wholesale clubs for best prices and pretty broad selection (probably buy at the latter; check the Sam's "last ones"; this time of year, Costco blankets the entrance area with big screens).
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posted on
11/18/2018 1:15:05 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: paladinkc
They’re all pretty much the same these days. If it matters, get one with a higher count of pixels. Shop the Black Friday and Christmas sales.
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posted on
11/18/2018 1:27:59 PM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: paladinkc
You probably can find a new Vizio in that range. I see where prices have really come down. I have two Vizio’s and a Smart TV Samsung and the Vizio’s are older but still have wonderful Picture’s. I am amazed at them.
To: donozark
At least 65”. Google “tv viewing distance chart”.
To: mountainlion
Ridiculous prices on meats.
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posted on
11/18/2018 1:40:58 PM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: paladinkc
We have all Samsung on the computers and the TVs. Not one has failed.
To: paladinkc
Not the best sound in the world but a sound bar takes care of that.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017AHR3BE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Sceptre 43 inches 4K LED TV (Price: $199.99 & FREE Shipping)
I paid $300
Hard to find a dumb TV these days. We’ve got a 39/40 inch sound bar with sub-woofer from wally world.
Speaking of, https://www.walmart.com/ip/SAMSUNG-43-Class-4K-2160P-Ultra-HD-Smart-LED-TV-UN43NU6900-2018-Model/840956662
$277.99 with free shipping for a Samsung. I went there to see what soundbar we got and saw “Samsung Event”. I’d have gotten this if it was this price when I was looking. I don’t see the soundbar we got. They’re pretty cheap and kind of necessary for these new TVs. They automatically assume you’ll either have a soundbar or a surround system these days so the speakers in new TVs are little sucky things. ymmv and I’m sure a Samsung will have better sound than a Sceptre. Sceptre seems to be about the biggest china brand. Been around quite a few years.
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posted on
11/18/2018 1:41:53 PM PST
by
Pollard
(If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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