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Black Friday Sales: Who is going to try the Vertical LCD Based Arcade?
RandyT:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on November 21, 2007, 10:40:41 am ---There's a 42" Sharp at Circuit City for the same price, but I don't know how it compares - http://bfads.net/
Also Hyundai 46" for $999 at newegg http://bfads.net/NewEgg - might be worth the extra $100 to be able to sleep in on Friday.
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I looked at the Circuit City deal already. It's a 720p, which has about half the resolution. Not a good solution. The Newegg deal looks like pretty decent deal, but shipping would probably add quite a bit to the price.
People tend to pass up the big TV sales at Walmart, so they might be pretty easy to get. The plasmas from previous BF sales were there for weeks (at the same prices) afterwards. This one may be different, but I'll be surprised if it is.
RandyT
ChadTower:
I'll be surprised if that happens again... this year the plasmas are much cheaper and bigger than ever before in the normal consumer price range. People will be able to afford them now.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on November 21, 2007, 12:00:01 pm ---I'll be surprised if that happens again... this year the plasmas are much cheaper and bigger than ever before in the normal consumer price range. People will be able to afford them now.
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Not really. 42" plasmas were under $1000 in the last two BF sales at Walmart and they didn't sell well. FWIW, I've been doing some pretty intensive price / feature shopping and have been seeing prices that aren't so different. One of the reasons is that the older technology models are being phased out and replaced by new technology, which has a higher market value even if it costs no more to produce. Because there is a quality improvement, the price has virtually stalled in many cases. In others, it's gone up to prices that were more common 3 years ago.
And then there's the whole thing about high-priced TV's usually not being that kind of impulse purchase. Blowing $800+ on something you haven't seen is a little risky for your average Walmart shopper. The excellent return policy of the store tempers this concern a little, but still...
RandyT
ChadTower:
The difference now is that it's not "under $1000"... it's in the $800 range. 20% is a large difference, especially since now, they're probably not going to get any less expensive. Mid+ tier TVs never go below $800 or so... going back decades. I think enough people realize this that these TVs are going to go far hotter at $800 than they did at $1000. Most people aren't going to have your knowledge on the subject and are just going to see "42" and "plasma" and think "hot damn, now I can have that $1500 TV I couldn't afford two years ago".
Xiaou2:
Maybe a year ago, I finally broke down and decided I was tired of
squinting at my PC monitor. I grabbed a Sceptre 37" LCD Hdtv
from Costco. I believe it was nearly $1500 shipped. Its lower than
that now.
The camera cant do the picture justice. Its almost indistinguishable from
my High quality flat faced 17" PC monitor. Except is can fit 2 web pages
side by side on it :)
One thing to note... I would not recommend anything less than 1080p.
1080p is great, as the pixel are so small, that you can barely make them
out. If you have a dead pixel, you'd be hard pressed to see it.
Also, mine is supposed to be 8ms. This is the minimum I could deal with
also. As even now, during fast play, there can be a slight blur seen.
Usually its only seen when large amount of drawing are done all at once.
Also, make sure you use the highest quality signal. At first I tried the
svga, as well as DVI. The picture sucked. Poor details, and bad colors.
Then I got the DVI to HDMI cable hooked up, and the picture was simply
jaw dropping. I also had to get a newer video card to drive the higher
resolution of 1920*1080. Using other resolutions is not a good Idea with
LCD's.. as the scaling usually is very poor. Always use the native res.
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