How do you buy an HDTV from Amazon?

[Green Giant]

Jesus shmokes, you're touchy this morning. I didn't say the PVC pipe solution was easier, I didn't say your solution was hard. I'm not a fan of punching ~2" diameter holes in my walls is all. If you have to patch the holes later... well there goes some of your cost savings. Filling a nail/screw hole is much easier and cheaper than patching a 2" hole. I'm not willing to commit to holes of that size when the furnature gets rearranged as much as it does. You say the purpose is for aesthetics, I understand that, but if you're taking that stance you could have spent another couple bucks to get a white outlet and faceplate to match your through hole cover.

PS - After all that work, I can still see your bulge... Don't be so sensitive.

You could always do what I did for my wall mount.

Buy a nice speaker/component stand.  The things that go to the left and right of tv stands with glass shelves for holding your equipment.  I got one at target years ago for like $50. 

I have my tv wall mounted about 2 inches above the stand.  Cables run behind it but you can't see anything.  I can now rotate my tv with one hand back and forth with zero worry about it falling.

[Nephasth]

Jesus shmokes, you're touchy this morning. I didn't say the PVC pipe solution was easier, I didn't say your solution was hard. I'm not a fan of punching ~2" diameter holes in my walls is all. If you have to patch the holes later... well there goes some of your cost savings. Filling a nail/screw hole is much easier and cheaper than patching a 2" hole. I'm not willing to commit to holes of that size when the furnature gets rearranged as much as it does. You say the purpose is for aesthetics, I understand that, but if you're taking that stance you could have spent another couple bucks to get a white outlet and faceplate to match your through hole cover.

PS - After all that work, I can still see your bulge... Don't be so sensitive.

You could always do what I did for my wall mount.

Buy a nice speaker/component stand.  The things that go to the left and right of tv stands with glass shelves for holding your equipment.  I got one at target years ago for like $50. 

I have my tv wall mounted about 2 inches above the stand.  Cables run behind it but you can't see anything.  I can now rotate my tv with one hand back and forth with zero worry about it falling.

Umm... Yeah... No ---smurfing--- clue why you quoted my post...

[Ed_McCarron]

but it'll keep your kid from getting killed.

Did I mention the part where if your house decides to burn down, the insurance company might use the power cord in the wall as an excuse not to pay you?

[shmokes]

Yes

[Richard_Nixon]

People have fireplaces in Texas? wtf?

PBJ, whats wrong with having a tv above a fireplace? Do you keep that space reserved for your family portrait?

[Green Giant]

People have fireplaces in Texas? wtf?

PBJ, whats wrong with having a tv above a fireplace? Do you keep that space reserved for your family portrait?

Do they have air conditioners in Canada?


Sometimes you just want to spruce a place up with a nice looking fire place.

[Samstag]

People have fireplaces in Texas? wtf?

PBJ, whats wrong with having a tv above a fireplace? Do you keep that space reserved for your family portrait?

I can't remember ever seeing an apartment or home in Texas that didn't have one.  It's such a crazy waste of space.

p.s.  I grew up in Pittsburgh without air conditioning.  If I lived in Canada I wouldn't use it if I had it.

[Ed_McCarron]

Yes

OK, just checking.

[pmowry]

Thanks for the advise. avforums and cnet took me in a different direction from where I started and I just ordered a LG Infinia 55LW5600 55-Inch Cinema 3D.  I had no intentions of ordering a 3D TV,  But this one seems a good deal for the price.

[shmokes]

If I were getting a TV today I'd get one with 3D. I could hardly care less about the feature, but I have the impression that the price premium at this point is pretty negligible. And I'd at least use the feature every now and then.

Here's what I think is amazingly awesome about 3D TVs, but I think it might only work on specific Sony models. In conjunction with a PS3 you can play multiplayer games against an opponent sitting right next to you on the couch, but instead of having split-screen, each of you have your own full-sized screen. And you can't see the other person's screen. Even though you are both physically looking at exactly the same television on the wall. So, instead of using the shutter glasses to show each eye a different alternating frame, the shutter glasses show both your eyes one frame, then they show both your opponent's eyes another frame, then both your eyes one frame and so on.

So, even though you only have one TV, instead of playing split-screen you effectively have two full-size TV's networked together in a LAN party, and even though you're sitting right next to your opponent it's impossible for him to cheat by looking at your screen, like to see where you are. It's one of those strange situations where some afterthought alternative use for some technology is a million times cooler and more compelling than the primary purpose for which it was created.

Unfortunately, like I said, it's a Sony PS3 thing, so I think it might only work with a Sony TV (even though I'm pretty sure that any 3D television using shutter glasses is technologically capable of the same feat).

[Samstag]

Thanks for the advise. avforums and cnet took me in a different direction from where I started and I just ordered a LG Infinia 55LW5600 55-Inch Cinema 3D.  I had no intentions of ordering a 3D TV,  But this one seems a good deal for the price.

Great TV.  I'm really happy with mine.

The 3D thing is neat for a novelty once or twice but 2D content looks so much better.  If you're looking for some good stuff to watch for free, search for side by side or SBS on youtube.  Then just set the TV to SBS 3D mode.  If you happen to look around "various sources"  for downloadable content, I've had good luck with videos labeled HALF-SBS.  I think the TV can handle FULL-SBS (3840x1080) but I don't have a media player that can handle it.

[Gray_Area]

People have fireplaces in Texas? wtf?

PBJ, whats wrong with having a tv above a fireplace? Do you keep that space reserved for your family portrait?

I hate looking up that high. My eyes get 'tired' after not very long. So a fireplace could be a waste of space, depending on placement. Or, you decide to put the TV in front of it. At my grandma's, they needed more sitting space, and put a couch there.

[Paul Olson]

I used to run my wires inside the wall, but it is really a pain to add new wires. I have been using these wiremold things for a while now, and it is just way easier. I don't think it looks bad at all, and they can be painted to match the walls if you want.

I like wall mounting because it looks cleaner. It is useless if you have furniture underneath it that will hold the TV, but I am hoping that trend will go away. I have been trying to convince my girlfriend that we don't need to a huge entertainment stand to hold a 360 and DVDs, but so far, no luck.

If you have Amazon Prime, buying TVs is great. Next day shipping for $3.99. They also offer a full 30 day guarantee so you can return it for any reason, and they pay the shipping.

[Paul Olson]

A clock on top of your game systems?  Is that so you can feel extra guilty about frittering your precious time away on video games?   

Prime's pretty easy to swing if you can find a community college that freely gives away .edu addresses.  You can also say you're an expectant mother and get it for a month.

That is the bedroom TV, so that is the alarm clock. That is the only non integrated clock in the whole house. I just graduated from a University that couldn't even afford to keep .edu addresses for the students. About a year ago, they suggested that we use yahoo or gmail. lol

Actually, I think I still have one through the CSE department, so maybe that will work.