-GoBengals- Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 looking to get a TV to put in the basement. Looked around the usual places, eBay, walmart, amazon, etc.. looking for: 55"-65" would prefer not to go under 60", but for a great deal, i can cope.. looking to spend $500-1100 I can get a solid LG or panasonic 60" for $779(panasonic) or $950(LG).. I don't REALLY want to wait until black friday stuff, i won't be going to any black friday deals, and i fly out that day to go to florida for bengals game.. maybe its smart to wait until after black friday and sift through the leftovers... Brands im willing to buy: Samsung Panasonic LG Sony and really only looking for ultra thin models, LED, no plasma, nothing thicker than 2.5 inches... any places to recommend looking? advice? deals? hookups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Montana Bengal| Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Slickdeals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted November 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Slickdeals? been looking a bit, kinda like sifting through piles of garbage.. still sifting though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Newegg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Fry's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluhartz Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 This is right at the top of what you want to spend, but a pretty nice deal. I bought the 50" of this tv and really like it.. The only bad thing about it is only 3 hdmi ports. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=8673866&sku=FEI-102109728&SRCCODE=WEBBP2234&cm_lm=fluhartz@gmail.com&cm_mmc=email-_-Retro-_-WEBBP2234-_-tigeremail2234&utm_source=EML&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=WEBBP2234 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted November 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 Newegg been looking there, they don't have much everyone else doesn't... sadly.. Fry's forget they existed.. ill check it out... This is right at the top of what you want to spend, but a pretty nice deal. I bought the 50" of this tv and really like it.. The only bad thing about it is only 3 hdmi ports. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=8673866&sku=FEI-102109728&SRCCODE=WEBBP2234&cm_lm=fluhartz@gmail.com&cm_mmc=email-_-Retro-_-WEBBP2234-_-tigeremail2234&utm_source=EML&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=WEBBP2234 the hdmi ports don't matter i run everything through a receiver and have 7.1 surround in the basement, so as long as it has 1 port.. I'm good.. book marked it, but i may fade away from it due to size.. pretty thick and heavy...but quite a bargain.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted November 17, 2014 Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 New Egg has this brand hongChong or something that I don't see other places. Its really cheap and the reviews are solid, for what they are worth. I don't know anything about the quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sois Posted November 17, 2014 Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 Buy a TV that makes the commercials less loud than the show. Buy a TV that makes the music scenes not 10000x louder than the dialogue. Also, picture in picture is magisterial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted November 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 New Egg has this brand hongChong or something that I don't see other places. Its really cheap and the reviews are solid, for what they are worth. I don't know anything about the quality. gonna have to stick to a brand i trust,, only have so much money, can't risk a dud... Buy a TV that makes the commercials less loud than the show. Buy a TV that makes the music scenes not 10000x louder than the dialogue. Also, picture in picture is magisterial. i have two TV's with that feature, unfortunately, i run everything through the receiver and surround sound, so the tv features is worth since the tv isn't whats playing the sound... wonder if they make receivers that do that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluhartz Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 This one looks ok to me.. I love Samsung, have had a couple and never had a problem. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=9511635&sku=UAM-102773389&SRCCODE=WEM4345PC&utm_source=EML&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=WEM4345&cm_lm=fluhartz@gmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted November 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 damn, thats pretty good, thanks for the heads up! put it on my short list... probably pull the trigger this week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted November 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 these two are the other two on the list: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8910273&CatId=5990 65" ultra thin LED samsung LED - $1499 http://shop.panasonic.com/shop/model/TC-60AS530U and 60" Pansonic - $779 i need to create an equation factoring size, price and resolution but with % of max resolution used in time used of tv time total... oh and factor in my broke ass-ness.... these bastards at Conns want to give me 24 months 0% interest on that samsung... which is the only reason its on the board at $1500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Tigers Johnson| Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 I have always been told that the best TV deals of the year are Black Friday and cyber Monday.. Do,you have your heart set on LED? For the money plasma has a great picture and a lot cheaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted November 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 I have always been told that the best TV deals of the year are Black Friday and cyber Monday.. Do,you have your heart set on LED? For the money plasma has a great picture and a lot cheaper yes, led, plasma are thick, heavy and power hogs (by comparison) i rarely watch anything but netdlix or regular tv stuff.. so the benefits of plasma are mostly lost on me anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 A friend of mine has a Panasonic plasma, and it is neither thick not hot or power hungry. I was really impressed tbh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Montana Bengal| Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 been looking there, they don't have much everyone else doesn't... sadly.. forget they existed.. ill check it out... the hdmi ports don't matter i run everything through a receiver and have 7.1 surround in the basement, so as long as it has 1 port.. I'm good.. book marked it, but i may fade away from it due to size.. pretty thick and heavy...but quite a bargain.. So do you multiple devices into the receiver? Meaning hdmi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted November 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 A friend of mine has a Panasonic plasma, and it is neither thick not hot or power hungry. I was really impressed tbh... they DO make some thin ones that are better than they used to be, and are 90% to the point of LED's, especially in weight.. i guess i shouldn't be as close minded.. i know there are some issues with altitude and them not lasting as long as well, but i don't think I'm quite high enough to be TOO concerned... So do you multiple devices into the receiver? Meaning hdmi? yes, direct, apple tv, xbox one, and blu ray player go into receiver via HDMI, one cdmi comes out, and goes into the tv..(with my handy in wall connections and cdmi cable run through the walls to behind where the tv hangs.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Montana Bengal| Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Nice! I wish our house wasn't so small. No place to really put 'stuff' out of the way. The receiver handling all the inputs would be nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Somewhere I still have a "plasma burn-in" dvd (the ISO actually). It just fades between various colors very slowly. Is this sort of thing even useful? was it ever necessary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Somewhere I still have a "plasma burn-in" dvd (the ISO actually). It just fades between various colors very slowly. Is this sort of thing even useful? was it ever necessary? It was needed on the early models, but burn in really isn't an issue on the new ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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