Wish I had $6k to buy a tv

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

Went into Tweeter tonight just 'dream shopping' for TVs. My fiance and I plan on buying next year about this time, but we like to go looking every couple months. We came across a floor-model Sony Qualia 70" rear-projection tv today and I about shat a brick at the price. MSRP is $13k. They had it on sale for $6000.

http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce/servlet/ProductDetailDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&productId=1001017&navigationPath=32050n45260

They also had a Pioneer Elite 61" origianally $15000, floor-model sale for $6000.

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God, I wish I had the money to buy a tv now. Guess I know what time of the year to look when it's time to buy.

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[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

You don't need 6k for a tv....I paid a grand for my 53" and very happy with it.

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

ya I mean i understand it's 70" cuse I would never pay that kinda money. even if it is like 60% off MSRP

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

You don't need 6k for a tv....I paid a grand for my 53" and very happy with it.

I truly don't mean to offend but I doubt your tv can touch either of those.

 

[RedlineAccord 10+ year member]

I was actually doing a little of my own "dream shopping" at Best Buy today and its amazing how the prices have dropped on the plasma TV's. I remember when a 50-60" plasma was going for upwards of $15,000 a few years ago. Now you could get one for about 3 grand. Still a lot of money, but from 15k to 3k is a biiiiig difference.

 

[tex512 10+ year member]

rear projection tvs are trash. Why spend all that money when they have hi def tvs that are the projectors that can put out a screen up to 100" all under 1200

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

rear projection tvs are trash. Why spend all that money when they have hi def tvs that are the projectors that can put out a screen up to 100" all under 1200

Not everyone can use a projector.

Douche.

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

rear projection tvs are trash. Why spend all that money when they have hi def tvs that are the projectors that can put out a screen up to 100" all under 1200

you can't get a projector capable of hdtv resolution and a 100" screen for $1200, trust me

and take a peek at the contrast ratio of a front vs. rear projection tv

or the cost of a 100" screen, while you're at it

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

I truly don't mean to offend but I doubt your tv can touch either of those.

No you're prob right. I've walked thru BB and CC and other audio places that have DLP's and Plasma TV's on display and blows away mine. BUT.....you get what you can afford. and that's what I did. Instead of putting it on a credit card and payin it off in 3 yrs or so....just plain stupid IMO..

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

you can't get a projector capable of hdtv resolution and a 100" screen for $1200, trust me
and take a peek at the contrast ratio of a front vs. rear projection tv

or the cost of a 100" screen, while you're at it

x2. I've looked.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

rear projection tvs are trash. Why spend all that money when they have hi def tvs that are the projectors that can put out a screen up to 100" all under 1200

You seem to live in a very large house that can accomadate that. Not a lot of us have a lot of room for something like that. Oh and btw, my tv is rear projection.....nothin' wrong with rear projection at all. I think you just brought yourself a flame war my uneducated friend.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

No you're prob right. I've walked thru BB and CC and other audio places that have DLP's and Plasma TV's on display and blows away mine. BUT.....you get what you can afford. and that's what I did. Instead of putting it on a credit card and payin it off in 3 yrs or so....just plain stupid IMO..

I agree. We both are saving $50 each check to go tward a tv. Plus our tax money. That should be close to $4000 to pay for a tv in cold hard cash. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[tex512 10+ year member]

You seem to live in a very large house that can accomadate that. Not a lot of us have a lot of room for something like that. Oh and btw, my tv is rear projection.....nothin' wrong with rear projection at all. I think you just brought yourself a flame war my uneducated friend.

I'm not saying theres anything wrong with with rear projection tvs but compared to todays tvs why would you spend 6k on one?? You can find a great plasma tv for 6 grand. And if you have room for a 70" tv I'm sure you have a lot of room to work with. And I'm not sure on prices and how big they get but they make some good size screens with great resolution at the fraction of the cost of tvs.

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

I've got a 1989 27" sony trinitron, so don't personally have any stake in this discussion, but for the $, the dlp's are pretty hard to beat as far as quality goes.

 

[ant1024 10+ year member]

Well since you are saving the money anyway now.... CC has 24 months no interest on tvs next week so you can get the tv and make the payments on it with no interest. Some good deals as well.

I agree. We both are saving $50 each check to go tward a tv. Plus our tax money. That should be close to $4000 to pay for a tv in cold hard cash. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif