Any reason I shouldn't buy this 42" LCD?

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

samsung rocks.... we have one. doesnt get better.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

samsung rocks.... we have one. doesnt get better.

wrong, top rated 52"+ hdtv by both consumer reports and Cnet is a panasonic, and its sitting in my living room right now //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

samsung is good for the smaller ones tho //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[DemonaL 10+ year member]

Get a Samsung, My panasonic plasma is about 3-4 years old now and it still rocks.

 

[sholiz 10+ year member]

My parents 3 year old vizio just went out...

they've got a 10 year screen warranty, i had a dead pixel in mine since day 2 and it finally has annoyed me enough to send it in ... they're covering to/from shipping, the works ... i'm impressed.

 

[dillinja666 10+ year member]

save up some moneys and go in with the rents and get one with a 120hz refresh rate.. will make a big difference in a year or so when they step up the hd to that level //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

I just got an olevia 47" for 1000 and I LOVE it. Now I have a Sony Bravia that has better contrast and more features. But it was a ton more $$.

Check newegg.com and tigerdirect.com They both have great prices on LCD.

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

I paid 800 for my 40" Polaroid LCD. Got it on clearance because it has like two dead pixels, but we saved a ton. Very happy with it. Picture is great and it's been running flawlessly for 14 months now and no problems. We upgraded from a Magnavox that crapped out after 3. I also have a smaller version that has been running for a year and a half and is still working great.

EDIT: Here it is. Says 720p on the site, but the TV and the manual say 1080 so IDK.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5645640

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

Spend.. like.. a few hundred more and get a Toshiba.

 

[Odd-io 10+ year member]

I paid 800 for my 40" Polaroid LCD. Got it on clearance because it has like two dead pixels, but we saved a ton. Very happy with it. Picture is great and it's been running flawlessly for 14 months now and no problems. We upgraded from a Magnavox that crapped out after 3. I also have a smaller version that has been running for a year and a half and is still working great.
EDIT: Here it is. Says 720p on the site, but the TV and the manual say 1080 so IDK.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5645640

My Polaroid went out twice. The repair guy said it was some cheap control box Polaroid puts in em. Also said it would go out again. And it did. Polaroid = pos imo It sucks because I loved the picture the thing had, mine was a 1080i 32"

 

[quest51210 10+ year member]

waiting to get the 55" Insignia with BBY employee discount...lookin at about $900+tax and warranty

 

[CrispedUp 10+ year member]

We have a Phillips 47in, in the living room, and that thing sucks ***. Every time we turn the tv on all these ****ing lines show up, so we can barely watch tv. My parents bought it from Costco like 6 months ago for around $1700, and now I saw it for $900. So I am patiently waiting for this to get fixed or we just get another TV.

 

[Reit38 10+ year member]

i only paid 750 for my hitachi 42in plasma

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

I say go for it. If it's free, then take it.

Not sure what your rents' are going as far as price, but I looked at the Insignia before I bought my Westinghouse and thought about getting it, but couldn't justify the 300 dollar price difference, although to be fair, the Insignia was the 42" to my Westinghouse 37".

I love the Westinghouse, which is compared to the likes of the Vizio and Insignia and only had 1 problem were I got these lines in it, but think it was my cable box. I unplugged everything and went away. Had it over a year now.

When the family watches movies though, we watch them on the PS3 on the Sony XBR5 46". //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

I only paid $800 for my Toshiba Regza 42" LCD.

****, that's how much i spend on my 37" regza //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[xxBURT0Nxx 10+ year member]

Don't listen to these people. Vizio is actually one of the top manufacturers of lcd panels in the world. Almost all computer displays are made by them, and you see them a lot more in japan than here in america. Very good quality. Insignia is lower end LG. LG just markets it under a different name but LG tv's and Insignia tv's use the same parts fyi...