Help with buying a tv

[2000Gator 10+ year member]

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/ele/457288657.html

i really been looking for a big screen for cheap and this one is close. Should i get it?

its a 55R-WP4H to be exact

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[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

no, RPTV is dead

 

[sxkicker89 10+ year member]

u can get a 32 lcd for like 600 go with that.

 

[probmxstyle 10+ year member]

If your looking for cheap, go to places like circuit city and best buy and find a store with alot of open box. Then haggle the price with them, trust me they want the stuff gone. I would know, I work there

 

[BassBallin]

get a lcd tv

 

[2000Gator 10+ year member]

i can't afford much over 500 and isn't this hdtv? its 1080i what will i be missing out on?

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

Short answer...

NO...

 

[jrr323 10+ year member]

if you want a cheap big screen go with a rear projection tv like a dlp or LCoS

 

[2000Gator 10+ year member]

you guys are throwin out terms like rptv dlp and lcos and i'm lost. won't hdtv carry me into the new age?

 

[maroj248]

you can get a Vizio 32in LCD HDTV for like $600 from either costco or sams club. their really good tvs too.

 

[2000Gator 10+ year member]

but i want something big 42"+ if i could get this for 450 would it be good?

 

[quakerroatmeal 10+ year member]

Do you not read? You ask if you should get that tv, multiple people stated no, and you still ask?

 

[2000Gator 10+ year member]

i just don't understand why though, because i'll be buying a tv anyway and don't see why not to purchase it $450 for a 55" hdtv bad?

 

[hemi=22s 10+ year member]

its probably hdtv ready, the picture on those rear projection is bad from the side and if u are clser than 6 ft to the tv, they put off a good amount of heat, atleast the older ones did as well as higher power consumption

they are a pain in hte *** to move and they take up a lot of space

u might wanna wait til the day after thanksgiving i got a nice 42" last year for 500 at bestbuy

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

u might wanna wait til the day after thanksgiving i got a nice 42" last year for 500 at bestbuy

Best advice so far.