Buying a TV



Thats the one I ordered on Amazon for 699. It comes with free shipping but its been 4 days since I ordered it and I still dont have a shipping confirmation yet. Not sure why it takes so long to ship the damn thing. I loved the look of the TV and it gets great reviews on the LG site.
 
Thats the one I ordered on Amazon for 699. It comes with free shipping but its been 4 days since I ordered it and I still dont have a shipping confirmation yet. Not sure why it takes so long to ship the damn thing. I loved the look of the TV and it gets great reviews on the LG site.
When I ordered my TV on Amazon, it took a bit longer than normal items. They used a third party logistics company to deliver. The logistics company called me to schedule a time for delivery.

Although it took about a week and a half, it was well worth the great savings I found at Amazon.
 
Is running a non-HD channel into a flat-screen really that big of a difference? I'm pretty sure my parents aren't running HD and I've thought everything has looked fine on their new screen.

How big is the difference for sporting events on Plasma vs. LCD? Obviously someone sitting on CF day in and day out watches a lot of sports, but the living room in our apartment does get a lot of sunlight in through the window during the day. What's my better bet?

Unless you are talking high end LCD, plasma just handles motion a lot better. The reason Panasonic are so highly rated is that they make somewhere around 60% of all plasma panels (the glass) and they now own the old Pioneer technology, which topped everything in the land (plasma or lcd). They have integrated the Pioneer stuff to some extent. They are still not quite as good as Pioneer was, but they are getting there.

There is nothing I hate more than watching a game and seeing the running back get all pixellated.
 
When I ordered my TV on Amazon, it took a bit longer than normal items. They used a third party logistics company to deliver. The logistics company called me to schedule a time for delivery.

Although it took about a week and a half, it was well worth the great savings I found at Amazon.


Im not too worried about the time, as long as its here by college football season. I made a mistake (or their info is misleading) I was reading it as the TV will be to me in 1 week. It appears now it will ship on monday which is a week after i ordered it. Either way not a big deal as I also had to order a new HD receiver and it wont be here right away either.


The price was too great to pass up. The same TV at Best buy was 200 more plus tax.
 
Im not too worried about the time, as long as its here by college football season. I made a mistake (or their info is misleading) I was reading it as the TV will be to me in 1 week. It appears now it will ship on monday which is a week after i ordered it. Either way not a big deal as I also had to order a new HD receiver and it wont be here right away either.


The price was too great to pass up. The same TV at Best buy was 200 more plus tax.

Sounds like we should try and make a decision quick then. I'd love to have people over for the ISU-Iowa game.
 
Follow-up...how hard are these things to set-up, that would be my hang up ordering online. I'm an engineer, so I'm not that worried, but I just thought I'd ask.
 
Follow-up...how hard are these things to set-up, that would be my hang up ordering online. I'm an engineer, so I'm not that worried, but I just thought I'd ask.
They are easy. The hardest part is finding the "correct" settings for the TV. I went to an AV forum to find recommended settings for my specific TV.
 
They are easy. The hardest part is finding the "correct" settings for the TV. I went to an AV forum to find recommended settings for my specific TV.
My plasma had a feature on it that was some sort of Energy Saver. It was turned on. I kept getting wierd shadows and the light would shift in and out. Someone on here suggested that setting and since has been a dream to watch.
 
Follow-up...how hard are these things to set-up, that would be my hang up ordering online. I'm an engineer, so I'm not that worried, but I just thought I'd ask.

If you can't manage to set it up yourself, I will consider you no better than a Kirkwood dropout.
 
We have a Samsung LED and I'm pretty sure we can watch stuff straight from it. I know for a fact there's no computer crap involved for me to get on the internet on the TV, but I don't know about watching video. Might have to test at lunch.

Good news, the tv showed up before Mrs. MNCyGuy had to leave for class this afternoon! I was just wondering if IcSyU had ever tested out the online video thing, not that it will be a big deal right away, but thinking ahead to basketball season.
 
Samsung and Visio are my favorites right now. I'm not quite in the market yet but will be soon. Visio makes a TV that already has built in wifi that I like but isn't quite as thin as the samsung products.
 
I just bought a 47" LG LCD 1080P from Walmart at the beginning of the summer. Absolutely love it. It ran me just over $900 with tax and a warantee play
 
Yes, I know I could probably search for previous threads about this. The now Mrs. and I are looking at spending some of our wedding gift money on a new tv. Doesn't need to be anything top-of-the-line, neither of us is that big of an electronics junkie. Just needs to be brand/model of decent quality that has a good picture and will last us a few years. Our place isn't huge so I'm thinking a 42" screen. Our tentative budget for the tv is around $800, but that is probably somewhat negotiable if we're only going to get a crap tv in that price range. Thanks for the help fanatics.
 
What do people think about 60Hz vs. 120Hz? Is it worth going up to 120Hz like the guy at American claims?
 
What do people think about 60Hz vs. 120Hz? Is it worth going up to 120Hz like the guy at American claims?

You're going to get a lot of different opinions on this. I'm inclined to go with 120hz plus those TV's usually have a few more features as well.

Not an issue with Plasma.