Get ready for flatscreen TV price wars

CNNMoney.com ^ | November 13, 2009: 7:48 PM ET | Parija B. Kavilanz, CNNMoney.com senior writer

[LaineyDee]

I’m waiting for the post holiday sales around the first of the year to hopefully find a 40 inch or bigger for under $700.

I just bought a 42" Vizio for $648.... Let the games begin! :)

[justlurking]

The next generation hardware (super-thin screens, 120Hz/240Hz, LED backlit) is ramping up and the current screens are going to be both plentiful and less desirable.

I saw an LED backlit screen yesterday, and the picture was amazing. If I go through the effort to replace my primary TV, I'm going to spend the money for it.

Samsung is also offering (or about to offer) an LED-backlit screen in which the brightness of individual LEDs is controlled to increase contrast. Unfortunately, it's about 50% more than a LED-backlit screen without the technology.

[truth_seeker]

“There’s talk in California of outlawing retail sales of big screen TVs.”

And I will be a criminal on several counts.

Health Care Resister

Big Screen abuser

I have no front license plates

[ErnBatavia]

I had to go look....in October of ‘06 we got our first LCD; a 32 inch Sony Bravia - $1350.00 at Circuit City.

[Nervous Tick]

>> best viewing possible for the large screen TVs (55 inch or thereabouts) could be obtained... [in] a double-wide trailer

For some reason that really tickled my funny bone.

[Petronski]

Well, since I'm replacing a 27" CRT with a failing green gun (booooooo!), I'll be bottom-feeding in the 42" LCD market in February.

I'll be sure to fire that puppy up before Pacific premieres on HBO in spring.

[Moonman62]

I have this cabinet that currently has a 32” 720P ...if the prices get low enough ...maybe I would replace it with a the full HDTV ......

Unless you have a source for 1080p, it's not worth it. Most broadcasts are 720p or 1080i. And on a 32" it probably wouldn't be noticeable anyway.

[muawiyah]

Most folks have “other stuff” along the wall in back of them ~ cabinets, tables, bookcases, computer command center, and so forth. Unless I put the TV in front of a window, it just wouldn’t work here ~ and it doesn’t work in a lot of other places either. The double-wides get by because they usually don’t have bookcases.

[buccaneer81]

I just bought a 42" Vizio for $648.... Let the games begin! :)

That's $100 less than I paid for the same TV 14 months ago. Got mine at Sam's Club.

[buccaneer81]

I'll be bottom-feeding in the 42" LCD market in February.

Vizio is a great product for the money.

[DainBramage]

I paid 1000 for the same vizio! Best TV for sale IMO.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well.....That cabinet may have to go....Decisions...decisions...>

[shadowcat]

LCD vs Laservue?

any opinions?

[rintense]

I saw the LED with Blue Ray and was blown away. The depth was amazing!

[Sacajaweau]

Can a flat TV screen be used for a computer? I don’t want a TV and a computer screen if I don’t need it.

[Windcatcher]

A high-def flatscreen is tempting, but my 36” Sony XBR tube weighs 234 pounds and I *really* don’t feel like moving it downstairs and out. Ten years ago it was torture enough getting it upstairs.

[TomGuy]

Can a flat TV screen be used for a computer?

If the TV has the RGB/Video connection, yes. Most do, but some models may not have the connection to reduce cost.

[LaineyDee]

I’m very pleased with Vizio and held out til the price was right. You got a deal at Sam’s.....because Mom paid $200 more for hers last year... at Walmart.

[bcsco]

Vizio is a great product for the money.

I've heard that before. I was looking at a 37" at Wal-Mart this afternoon. I have to measure, though, because it is a little to wide for my TV cabinet. It's at 36 1/4" and the TV was 36 19/32". A 36" model would fit, I suspect.

[Spirochete]

Too bad there's no programming worth watching. I called Comcast the other day and had them remove TV from my bill, and leave the high-speed internet. Everything I want is on Hulu, YouTube, or torrents.

What I'd really like to see is a battery operated HDTV for use after a hurricane. The digital conversion turned all battery operated analog sets into junk.