Posted on 12/26/2008 3:47:33 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave
Some of you may have purchased new HDTV's over the Christmas break.
Please share your questions and/or comments on your new HDTV.
Note: Click here: an archieved HDTV thread "purchases over the Christmas holidays", posted on December 31, 2006, that may be of possible interest to some.
The pinged subjects will be those of HDTV technology, satellite, cable, and OTA HD reception (Over The Air with roof top or indoor antennas), Broadcast specials, Blu-ray/HDDVD, and any and all subjects relating to HD.
LVD
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Thank you and a BTTT
I waited until after Christmas. I’m going to grab a deal in the next few days. Anyone seen any great deals?
Check out http://www.salescircular.com/ , just enter your state you reside in and you will find the current deals on your future purchase from: Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Kmart, Office Depot, Office Max, Radio Shack, Sears, Staples, Target, Wal-Mart and select local retailers..
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I bit on a COSTCO “combo” purchase and bought the Sharp 52”, 32” package at $1799 + shipping and taxes.
I was very dissappointed in the picture quality. I thought the color was poor at best.
Returned them both and bought a 50” Panasonic plasma for $899, and a 37” Toshiba LCD for $599. These were both 1080i/720p.
The Panasonic kicks A**. I set my cable box to 720p, did a small bit of adjustment and have not looked back. I watched the Discovery Channel’s “Sunrise” show in HD and felt as though I was standing in the picture.
The Toshiba performs well, but I’ve not yet read the entire manual. I need to get rid of some of the annoying automatic features and can’t find a way to turn them off. I also have to edit out the duplicate channels.
I’ll be out today at the local Circuit City looking to pick up a Panasonic EX48 DVD recorder VCR combo. Our old cheap Samsung DVD player has got to go! I figure I might be able to barter the Panasonic unit for very small $$. Heck - I may even jump at a Blu Ray player as well. “Can you throw in a couple HDMI cables with those?”
check out monoprice.com for all cabling needs. cheap and fast
Thanks Dave! By the way, I’ll be moving to your town in June. Started a business out there this year and my partner has been in town since May. Happy New Year!
I bought two 3 ft Phillips at Wal-Mart @ $28ea. I believe a 6 ft cable is approximately $34. The cables are shielded with gold contacts.
As someone said monoprice HDMI cables are inexpensive, as low as $4 each plus shipping.
For some real good technical forums plus where to get the latest scoop on which TV is a lemon, the cheapest cables and almost anything about a home theater check this out:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/index.php?
Picked up another 50” Pioneer Kuro for the family room. The price for these are still up there ($2,900), but I really wanted another one before they went away.
I didn’t get an HDTV, but my wife got me a Blu-Ray player. This Java-powered POS is going to make me miss my up-convert DVD player. My chief complaint is that it’s slow - it takes over a minute to boot up and about 30 seconds to load content. Shuts itself off if you leave the feature paused more than about 10 minutes. Annoying. HD-DVD sucked less. A lot less. I won’t complain about the lack of outputs, because that’s what you sacrifice for price.
Still and all, it does work. Band of Brothers is awesome in HD, and standard DVDs do play (so far - I haven’t tried any Disney DVDs, which tend to give some players fits).
Unfortunately, in the last few years, Sharp has really lost their quality edge... /g
Those sub $1000 50” Panasonic’s are excellent TV’s. Probably the best deal out there right now.
Now, or after the February switchover? When will prices plateau?
Hi folks,
I am thinking of getting a Pioneer PDP-6020FD Kuro...this seems to be getting some praise from some circles.
I notice there is no DVI input on these, but there is vga and ethernet as well as USB.
They do not seem to be expandable or upgradable via a card or anything like that. Am I expecting too much, or is this only on very high end devices?
Also, I am thinking of buying from Amazon-it sounds like they have a “white glove treatment” option for delivery that is worth the money.
Anyone have any experience with these units? How about with Amazon delivery?
BfLtr
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