Just bought a new tv

Susie Hamilton · Postby **Susie Hamilton** » February 17th, 2009, 2:45 pm

I got an LG 42" 1080p for $947.00 at Circuit City. I had them open the box so I could inspect it before leaving the store since they have a no return policy(going out of business). Did I get a good deal? I now have to find a nice cabinet to put it in. I am getting rid of my old big screen tv. This will make more room in my small living room.

RamboPreacher · Postby **RamboPreacher** » February 17th, 2009, 3:09 pm

this one?:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... CatId=3650
(about $950 including shipping)
your price is about right. probably not anything special. but if you got it from a place going out of business, then you will have to send it to the factory for repair, if/when it breaks. though some places will take it in too - might have to ask around when the time comes.

here's the one I want.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... CatId=1830

but my 52" projection screen TV still works, so haven't really been able to justify it, even though that is about what I paid for it those years ago.

Susie Hamilton · Postby **Susie Hamilton** » February 17th, 2009, 3:13 pm

yep, I got a guy who lives on my mail route that fixes TV's and gives me a good discount and also does an excellent job. I'm hooked up.

MacUser · Postby **MacUser** » February 17th, 2009, 4:18 pm

Sounds like you got a decent deal. Enjoy the 1080p HD!

MacUser · Postby **MacUser** » February 17th, 2009, 4:23 pm

RamboPreacher wrote:here's the one I want.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... CatId=1830

Great Choice RB.
:wink:

teach · Postby **teach** » February 17th, 2009, 4:40 pm

Rahab wrote:I got an LG 42" 1080p for $947.00 at Circuit City. I had them open the box so I could inspect it before leaving the store since they have a no return policy(going out of business). Did I get a good deal? I now have to find a nice cabinet to put it in. I am getting rid of my old big screen tv. This will make more room in my small living room.

is there anything wrong with the old one? Are you giving it away?

wendy k

Susie Hamilton · Postby **Susie Hamilton** » February 18th, 2009, 1:04 am

Nothing wrong with it at all, just wanted a new tv.

RamboPreacher · Postby **RamboPreacher** » February 18th, 2009, 1:58 am

Rahab wrote:Nothing wrong with it at all, just wanted a new tv.

see, now that's what I can't do.

If I had a need for using DTV (I have cable and Direct TV), which i don't, or had a bit more desire for HD, or even to hook my computer to the TV, I might be closer to getting a replacement, but as it is; it's a bit like: why would I jump out of a perfectly good airplane, even if I have a parachute and had a full year of lessons on how to do it?

teach · Postby **teach** » February 18th, 2009, 3:05 am

Rahab wrote:Nothing wrong with it at all, just wanted a new tv.

are you giving it away, cuz I will take it off your hands if you are

MacUser · Postby **MacUser** » February 18th, 2009, 6:29 am

Rambo,
Sheeessshh.. You just need more credit according to Govt. and labor unions

free · Postby **free** » February 18th, 2009, 6:31 am

Obama is gonna buy me a new TV.......

RamboPreacher · Postby **RamboPreacher** » February 18th, 2009, 6:33 am

free wrote:Obama is gonna buy me a new TV.......

he's gonna pay for my house.

Mike Vande · Postby **Mike Vande** » February 18th, 2009, 9:07 am

You mean to tell me that you spent nine hundred and fifty of God's dollars on a godless gadget that will do nothing but fill your head with wordly filth and comsumeristic brainwashing, and all for the less-than-exigent reason "I just wanted a new TV"?!?!?!?!?!?

Congrats, wish I could too... :oops:

RuSKY · Postby **RuSKY** » February 18th, 2009, 9:13 am

free wrote:Obama is gonna buy me a new TV.......

What?

Didn't you get yours from W. when he gave the guys at the wall street banks their's?

dolfan · Postby **dolfan** » February 18th, 2009, 10:10 am

Listen to this....

I got a 36" Vizio HDTV for our bedroom last year (I have a 42" Hitachi that's HDTV, but not flat, in my living room). So, I've got Charter digital cable, right? I never subscribed to the HD service, just never got around to it. Wife would say, "Call them and order it." I'd say, "I will, I just keep forgetting." So, we watched all but one Bama game this year at my house, NOT in HD. (The one we did watch in HD was the Georgia game at my brother's house, who has all the bells and whistles.)

About 3 weeks ago, my brother calls me. He's remodeling his house since like, November, and he's living above his garage. His nice large flat HDTV is sitting on his pool table. :lol:

Now, let me say this ..... long digression .... he's got satellite service. He's not using it during the remodel; he's just used an antenna and watched the HD signal from local stations. Well yeeeeeaaarrrrs ago, he discovered that he had cable service running through the coax in his house. He called Charter. They told him he didn't have it. :lol:

Well, yeah, he did, and they weren't billing him. He wanted to subscribe and upgrade, ditch the satellite anyway. He later changed his mind. Anyway, they patently denied to him that he had cable. They sent out a tech. The tech said, "Yeah, you've got it. But, I don't feel like fooling with it. Enjoy." He's never gotten a bill. But, he doesn't use it anyway because he's got HD satellite service, etc. So, here he is in the pool room over the garage, and it occurred to him, "Hey, I wonder if that cable is still on." This is like 2 months into his remodel, now. So, he just ran the cable straight into the TV, and whamo....HD signal. ESPN HD, the works. He calls me, says, "Hey, what channel is your ESPN HD on?"

"Ummmm. Remember? I don't have it."

"Well, I do."

"How?"

"Man, I've got all kinds of channels." He starts rattling them off. Things that aren't even on our cable system, now. I'm flummoxed. I said, "Let me call you back." He'd told me he just ran the cable straight to his TV.

So, I went, disconnected from the digital box, straight to my TV. WHAM. HD pictures. All the major networks in HD. ESPN HD. Other channels not on my regular cable like the Catholic network. I lost channels, too, though. So, I use the box, but when I want to watch a game, I just re-connect straight to my TV. That's how I watched the SuperBowl in HD.

All those Bama games I could've watched in HD.

Jude 2