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Get ready for flatscreen TV price wars
CNNMoney.com ^ | November 13, 2009: 7:48 PM ET | Parija B. Kavilanz, CNNMoney.com senior writer

Posted on 11/16/2009 1:33:01 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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To: Las Vegas Dave

Excellent. Guess I will wait after all.


61 posted on 11/16/2009 5:33:12 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Windcatcher

I’ve got one of those...I can’t give it away. I paid 3 grand for it 10 years ago. But I was the first on the block to have HD ;-)


62 posted on 11/16/2009 6:40:46 PM PST by BreezyDog
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To: Sacajaweau

I’m using a 26” Samsung HD TV(1920x1200) right now as I type this. And I’m watching TV on my 46” Sony XBR. In a few minutes I will switch the HD TV signal to the Samsung and play Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 on the big screen Sony...

Most of the quality TV’s nowadays do double duty. I have another computer hooked to the 40” Sony LCD in my bedroom. With a wireless keyboard and mouse I can surf from bed.


63 posted on 11/16/2009 6:48:18 PM PST by BreezyDog
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To: fr_freak; Sacajaweau

Can a flat TV screen be used for a computer?


Absolutely.

So how do you connect to the TV? is it wireless from a laptop? or do you have to plug in cables from laptop to TV? or???


64 posted on 11/16/2009 7:14:43 PM PST by eleni121 (For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline)
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To: Las Vegas Dave

Thank you for the ping.... I am still looking but waiting for the time being...


65 posted on 11/16/2009 7:16:12 PM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

My wife won’t allow anything in the bedroom which has the word “flat” in it.


66 posted on 11/16/2009 7:18:00 PM PST by votemout
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To: votemout

LOL!


67 posted on 11/16/2009 8:18:54 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: eleni121
So how do you connect to the TV? is it wireless from a laptop? or do you have to plug in cables from laptop to TV? or???

I've always used direct cable hookup from the PC to the TV. The newer TVs (LCD type) have the same connectors as a flat screen PC monitor would, so there is nothing different there. I also liked to use a wireless mouse as a sort of remote control so I could web browse from across the room or control the PC video player from my couch.

I've never tried wireless video output, but apparently it does exist. I did a quick google search and came up with this example of a wireless video adapter: http://www.ramelectronics.net
68 posted on 11/16/2009 8:34:27 PM PST by fr_freak
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To: buccaneer81

Just added a 19” Vizio in the kitchen and it looks as good or better than the 42” Samsung in the den.....Now I spend all my time in the kitchen...close to the fridge...and my Vizio....


69 posted on 11/17/2009 2:57:54 AM PST by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: Las Vegas Dave

good.. price wars are very good. Now if I just had some $$$ to participate


70 posted on 11/17/2009 4:24:55 AM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!you)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
32-inch Westinghouse LCD HDTV for $246

That's around the price of a framed painting of similar size. Look for HDTVs to start replacing wall art. With 2D infrared sensors like a Wii it could a) create a window effect, moving the foreground faster, b) turn off when no one is around, and c) serve as a sensor for a burglar alarm. The HDTVs could use cell phone technology to download new pictures from an internet service.

71 posted on 11/17/2009 6:20:39 AM PST by Reeses
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To: 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.

I've got a similar TV which is why I plan on going with Best Buy when I finally buy a LCD TV. Their price includes free recycling of your old TV; "Take it away, boys!"

72 posted on 11/17/2009 6:39:58 AM PST by whd23
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To: cbkaty

What are you watching in the kitchen? Julia Child or Babette’s Feast?


73 posted on 11/18/2009 12:58:06 PM PST by eleni121 (For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline)
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To: muawiyah

I sit 10-11’ from my 67” LED DLP. I should be 2-3 feet closer, according to the home theater aficionados. Gives me a headache that close though.


74 posted on 11/21/2009 8:47:27 PM PST by moonhawk (Pre-order your "Don't blame me, I didn't vote!" bumper stickers here on Free Republic now.)
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To: moonhawk
When you sit too close you end up scanning your eyes left, right, up and down sufficiently so to give you a headache.

Your friends may have built up the muscles running their eyeballs ~ no idea what happens once they start looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger.

75 posted on 11/22/2009 4:55:30 AM PST by muawiyah (Git Out The Way)
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