Shopping around but am still unsure

"chicagofan" wrote in message
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Christoph wrote:
I've been shopping around at several of the electronics stores in the
area (and online, but mostly offline as S&H would be ungodly
expensive) for a decent LCD HDTV but am still not sure which look best
to me. I am looking for a 40"+ tv (and some satellite speakers) and
have approx $2k to spend. I'd be interested in hearing some
suggestions you might have as to which tvs, specifically, I should be
looking at.

thnx,
Christoph


I bought a Samsung 40" LCD HDTV from Amazon with free shipping and no
sales tax six months ago, that I am extremely happy with.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001418W2C?m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
However, with the money you have to spend, Samsung has 3 later series out
now with more features, that you would probably prefer. Also, if it
matters to you, they have some series that are better in rooms with a lot
of light. That's what I have, and the one I chose has been perfect for
me. Good luck in your search!
bj

My aunt bought a Samsung 40" LCD HDTV, it had 3 HDMI, 2 Composite and one
S-video/Composite with shared audio. If you have a lot of older A/V
peripherals that use S-Video or Composite, you will have to swap cables each
time you use them.

I personally have two Panasonic Viera 42" Plasma TVs, and they both have two
of each input.

"Wes Newell" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:12:41 -0800, Christoph wrote:

I've been shopping around at several of the electronics stores in the
area (and online, but mostly offline as S&H would be ungodly expensive)
for a decent LCD HDTV but am still not sure which look best to me. I am
looking for a 40"+ tv (and some satellite speakers) and have approx $2k
to spend. I'd be interested in hearing some suggestions you might have
as to which tvs, specifically, I should be looking at.

thnx,
Christoph

CompUSA has a 42" 1080p AOC set on sale for $697. Buy 2 or 3 and forget
the warranty.


CompUSA still around? I thought they went bankrupt, and got taken over by
Staples. But that's a damn good price for a 1080p 42", I wonder if it's a
refurb.

Rastamon wrote:
"Wes Newell" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:12:41 -0800, Christoph wrote:

I've been shopping around at several of the electronics stores in the
area (and online, but mostly offline as S&H would be ungodly expensive)
for a decent LCD HDTV but am still not sure which look best to me. I am
looking for a 40"+ tv (and some satellite speakers) and have approx $2k
to spend. I'd be interested in hearing some suggestions you might have
as to which tvs, specifically, I should be looking at.

thnx,
Christoph
CompUSA has a 42" 1080p AOC set on sale for $697. Buy 2 or 3 and forget
the warranty.


CompUSA still around? I thought they went bankrupt, and got taken over by
Staples. But that's a damn good price for a 1080p 42", I wonder if it's a
refurb.



http://www.compusa.com/

Look at the bottom of the page.

"UCLAN" wrote in message
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Bert Hyman wrote:

I've been shopping around at several of the electronics stores in the
area (and online, but mostly offline as S&H would be ungodly
expensive)

Sony's been offering free shipping on their TVs from time to time. Just
checked and they're doing it right now. http://www.sonystyle.com/

Still, the idea of shipping a large fragile TV makes me a bit queasy.
You're going to end up paying sales tax anyway,

Why?

You pay sales tax on any online purchase where the vendor has a brick and
mortar presence where you live.

"jack ak" wrote in message
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Rastamon wrote:
"Wes Newell" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:12:41 -0800, Christoph wrote:

I've been shopping around at several of the electronics stores in the
area (and online, but mostly offline as S&H would be ungodly expensive)
for a decent LCD HDTV but am still not sure which look best to me. I
am
looking for a 40"+ tv (and some satellite speakers) and have approx $2k
to spend. I'd be interested in hearing some suggestions you might have
as to which tvs, specifically, I should be looking at.

thnx,
Christoph
CompUSA has a 42" 1080p AOC set on sale for $697. Buy 2 or 3 and forget
the warranty.


CompUSA still around? I thought they went bankrupt, and got taken over by
Staples. But that's a damn good price for a 1080p 42", I wonder if it's
a refurb.

http://www.compusa.com/

Look at the bottom of the page.

I was talking about the retail stores, but the online store was taken over
SystemMax, which took over a couple of TigerDirect online/catalog store like
Global Computer. Global Computer which was also owned by Circuit City at
one point, was sold to TigerDirect.

"iws" wrote in message
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| "Christoph" wrote in message
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|| I've been shopping around at several of the electronics stores in the
|| area (and online, but mostly offline as S&H would be ungodly
|| expensive) for a decent LCD HDTV but am still not sure which look best
|| to me. I am looking for a 40"+ tv (and some satellite speakers) and
|| have approx $2k to spend. I'd be interested in hearing some
|| suggestions you might have as to which tvs, specifically, I should be
|| looking at.
||
|| thnx,
|| Christoph
|
| Consumer Reports ranks the Samsung models at the top of the LCD heap.
|

How about the top of ther plasma heap--say 37"-42" ??

--
Regards,
Richard Harison
|

"Richard Harison" wrote in message
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"iws" wrote in message
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| "Christoph" wrote in message
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|| I've been shopping around at several of the electronics stores in the
|| area (and online, but mostly offline as S&H would be ungodly
|| expensive) for a decent LCD HDTV but am still not sure which look best
|| to me. I am looking for a 40"+ tv (and some satellite speakers) and
|| have approx $2k to spend. I'd be interested in hearing some
|| suggestions you might have as to which tvs, specifically, I should be
|| looking at.
||
|| thnx,
|| Christoph
|
| Consumer Reports ranks the Samsung models at the top of the LCD heap.
|

How about the top of ther plasma heap--say 37"-42" ??


I guess it would be Panasonic, they seem to have more Plasmas in their
lineup.

On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:12:33 -0800, "Rastamon"
wrote:


"Wes Newell" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:12:41 -0800, Christoph wrote:

I've been shopping around at several of the electronics stores in the
area (and online, but mostly offline as S&H would be ungodly expensive)
for a decent LCD HDTV but am still not sure which look best to me. I am
looking for a 40"+ tv (and some satellite speakers) and have approx $2k
to spend. I'd be interested in hearing some suggestions you might have
as to which tvs, specifically, I should be looking at.

thnx,
Christoph

CompUSA has a 42" 1080p AOC set on sale for $697. Buy 2 or 3 and forget
the warranty.


CompUSA still around? I thought they went bankrupt, and got taken over by
Staples. But that's a damn good price for a 1080p 42", I wonder if it's a
refurb.



They have 23 0r 24 stores left, mostly in Florida. My brother has one
nearby.
Thumper

"Richard Harison" wrote in message
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| "iws" wrote in message
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|| "Christoph" wrote in message
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||| I've been shopping around at several of the electronics stores in the
||| area (and online, but mostly offline as S&H would be ungodly
||| expensive) for a decent LCD HDTV but am still not sure which look best
||| to me. I am looking for a 40"+ tv (and some satellite speakers) and
||| have approx $2k to spend. I'd be interested in hearing some
||| suggestions you might have as to which tvs, specifically, I should be
||| looking at.
|||
||| thnx,
||| Christoph
||
|| Consumer Reports ranks the Samsung models at the top of the LCD heap.
||
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| How about the top of ther plasma heap--say 37"-42" ??
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| Regards,
| Richard Harison
||
The 42" and 46" plasma models are topped by Panasonics. Larger 50" and 58"
ratings are topped by Samsung and Pioneer.

"Christoph" wrote in message
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I've been shopping around at several of the electronics stores in the
area (and online, but mostly offline as S&H would be ungodly
expensive) for a decent LCD HDTV but am still not sure which look best
to me. I am looking for a 40"+ tv (and some satellite speakers) and
have approx $2k to spend. I'd be interested in hearing some
suggestions you might have as to which tvs, specifically, I should be
looking at.

thnx,
Christoph

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