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Black Friday: 10 Tips to Snagging a Great Deal!
tvpredictions.com ^ | 11/20/2011 | Phillip Swann

Posted on 11/21/2011 3:47:09 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave

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1 posted on 11/21/2011 3:47:10 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave
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2 posted on 11/21/2011 3:50:06 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave (The DemocRATic party preys on the ignorant!)
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To: Las Vegas Dave

Yeh, but are any of them at least 120 Hz?


3 posted on 11/21/2011 3:55:56 AM PST by arderkrag (Georgia is God's Country. LOOKING FOR ROLEPLAYERS. Check Profile.)
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To: Las Vegas Dave

What a silly game.


4 posted on 11/21/2011 4:04:45 AM PST by Saundra Duffy ( For victory & freedom!!!)
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To: arderkrag

OK what is the difference between a 1080P and a 1080I..........my daughter said stay away from any 720 TV, it has to be at least 1080.....put I do not know why some have P’s and some have I’s after the number......also 60hz or 120 hz, what is the difference?


5 posted on 11/21/2011 4:04:54 AM PST by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: arderkrag; All
The BB 42" Sharp special is 60hz.

Bagging a 42in Sharp, for $199 (if you are lucky) is a bargain!

The published specifications that I could find are limited: http://www.sharpusa.com/ForHome/HomeEntertainment/LCDTVs/LC42SV49U.aspx

http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/11/12/42-sharp-lc-42sv49u-lcd-1080p-hdtv-full-specs-a-mystery/

6 posted on 11/21/2011 4:18:36 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave (The DemocRATic party preys on the ignorant!)
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To: Las Vegas Dave; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...

Thanks Las Vegas Dave. And, wow--
Best Buy says it will sell a Sharp 42-inch, 1080p LCD HDTV for $199. Hhgregg says it will sell an Internet-enabled Samsung Blu-ray player for $39.

7 posted on 11/21/2011 4:25:06 AM PST by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: blueyon
1080P is full HD. 240hz is better than 120, which is better than 60.

You can get a good 1080p flat screen at 240hz for around a grand nowadays.

8 posted on 11/21/2011 4:31:26 AM PST by deadrock
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To: blueyon

Your daughter is not entirely correct, 720p is better than 1080i.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-JXfyvlPh0

http://www.highdefforum.com/showthread.php?p=180536#post180536

Here is a short description in order (see attached 6 min youtube):
1) 1080P
2) 720P
3) 1080i
4) 480p
5) 480i


9 posted on 11/21/2011 4:33:42 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave (The DemocRATic party preys on the ignorant!)
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To: blueyon

I = interlace (this is how traditional televisions have always worked)
picture is scanned zig-zag left to right from top to bottom 540 times across, then rescanned in between those “lines” 540 times again creating 1080 horizontal lines in 2 passes
P = progressive - this is better performance
1080 scans in one single continuous swipe
60, 120 240hz (hz = times per second) is the “refresh” frequency or how often the screen is scanned from top to bottom - higher is better


10 posted on 11/21/2011 4:37:09 AM PST by Optimist
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Thank you for the information...........


11 posted on 11/21/2011 4:40:00 AM PST by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: Las Vegas Dave

Best way STAY HOME!!!!


12 posted on 11/21/2011 4:43:05 AM PST by slorunner
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To: arderkrag
Yeh, but are any of them at least 120 Hz?

That's the problem. The cheapest 120 Hz 40 to 42 inch LCD panels start at around US$550.

13 posted on 11/21/2011 4:43:32 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: RayChuang88

Unless you are willing to camp out this week in front of a Best Buy store, I wouldn’t get to excited about this deal. Knowing BBY, they probably only have 3 or 4 per store


14 posted on 11/21/2011 4:50:32 AM PST by radioone ("2012 can't come soon enough")
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To: Las Vegas Dave; blueyon

correct 720P IS better than 1080i
because it is 720 distinct lines added to the screen in a single pass every 1/60th, 1/120th or 1/240th of a second (60, 120, 240 hz)
1080i equates to 540 since it takes 2 passes to get the entire picture
or to look at it another way it is equivalent to 1/2 the frequency = 30, 60 or 120 hz for a full picture
the lower the frequency the more likelihood of an apparent flicker and/or lag or “fuzziness” in the image as image content exceeds the sets ability to place it on the screen. In conventional televisions the residual “lag” in picture tube is what creates an appearance of all the lines being present to our eye. digital storage is doing basically the same thing on an i set. holding the image while the next “scan” occurs


15 posted on 11/21/2011 4:51:59 AM PST by Optimist
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To: radioone

You can bet they’ll have another option when those three or four are gone...and people will go for the bait and switch.


16 posted on 11/21/2011 4:58:32 AM PST by caww
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To: Las Vegas Dave

11) Celebrate the Orthodox Christmas(usually in early January and get great deals on Dec 26TH


17 posted on 11/21/2011 5:01:49 AM PST by Le Chien Rouge
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To: Le Chien Rouge

That’s what we used to always do............before we got old and no longer “wanted” anything..Small Christmas to keep the real reason on Christ...and then on Dec 26th we would go shopping and then celebrate by opening gifts under the tree Jan 1st..............

This year our daughter keeps saying we really should get a “big” TV as we would enjoy it. Hubby and I have a price in mind and if we can we will and if not, oh well..........it’s a win either way.


18 posted on 11/21/2011 5:13:39 AM PST by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: radioone

ad states minimum of 10 per store. But if first 3-4 people in line buy 2 each for themselves and a friend, they’ll still be gone quickly. I usually stay away from BB on Black Friday and most other days too . . . unless it is a super deal and I don’t have to jump through too many hoops to get it.


19 posted on 11/21/2011 5:15:05 AM PST by Qwackertoo (New Day In America November 03, 2010)
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To: Las Vegas Dave
One of my students worked for the local Target store and laughed about these bargains. Yes, the store does have these bargain items at the price advertised, but in such limited quantities that only the first few customers in the door will be able to buy them. They often put these bargains at the back of the store so that you may buy other things on your way to the big ticket items.

Given the state of the economy when Black Friday sales fall short, retailers will be making further cuts to get inventory moving and after the holidays will still give you the best buy.

20 posted on 11/21/2011 5:24:43 AM PST by The Great RJ ("The problem with socialism is that pretty soon you run out of other people's money" M. Thatcher)
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