Stepped up to High Def

[vinnycr2]

I was watching the football games on Thanksgiving when I saw a commercial for a 52" rear projection high def tv from Walmart for $474.00. Not a high def monitor but a built in high def tuner.

I said no way and went to the web site and confirmed it was true but it was for Black Friday only from 5:AM to 11:AM.

My wife and I made a plan that she would go to the Walmart in Coventry and I would go to the Walmart in North Kingstown. There is a Walmart a minute from my house in Cranston. Last year my wife had a real bad experience there. Total chaos with 0 coordination.

Any way she became real sick with a bug Thanksgiving night and could barely raise her head. So I ended up going to my planned Walmart store leaving the house at 1:50 AM without any sleep from 8:30 AM Thanksgiving morning.

They had 10 sets on hand and I was the 7th person in line but not everyone was there for the tv. Needless to say I ended up with the 2nd ticket for the 52".

They also had a 42 Plasma for $998.

I had tv in hand by 5:15 AM but had to wait 2 hours for my brother in law to come with his pick up truck to get it home.

I have made many comments about how Fkg retarded it is to be at a store the day after Thanksgiving at 1 or 2 AM. Well I've officially labeled myself a Fkg retard but with a 52" high def tv for $474.00.

Didn't get to watch it until a little while ago. The cable guy said that there was a filter in the line coming from the outside preventing the high def box from sending a signal back to the cable company to register it.

Couldn't watch the Patriots beat the Bears. I was pissed 10 fold. All is well now and glad I'm a Fkg retard.

 

[runeight]

You will never go back..

 

[badassbusa03]

I have a 65" HD ready TV. I have an HD DSS receiver. Wife wont spend $10 a month for HD service. says there arent enough channels to keep HD.

 

[BiG-T]

Been there (2004) done that. I would have returned if I needed a TV or something.

Maybe 2007....

 

[Donnie373]

I have a 65" 1080i rear projection myself. But i paid closer to 3.5k for mine. Thats a good deal you got yourself! Congrats!

 

[runeight]

(badassbusa03 @ Nov. 27 2006,18:38)

 

I have a 65" HD ready TV. I have an HD DSS receiver. Wife wont spend $10 a month for HD service. says there arent enough channels to keep HD.  

who you with. I have 26.

runeight...

 

[macbusa]

(badassbusa03 @ Nov. 27 2006,17:38)

I have a 65" HD ready TV. I have an HD DSS receiver. Wife wont spend $10 a month for HD service. says there arent enough channels to keep HD.

I get about dozen HD channels....for FREE. You should be ale to pick up HD channels in your area with an HD antenna....

 

[extreemachine]

I have a 53" or 52" TV and waiting anxiously for it to die to upgrade to High Def!! Congrats!! I would do it to for that price!

 

[heavybusa]

Congrats!!! (post a pic)

I scored the 42 inch panasonic plasma 3am at circuit city, but now I think I may want a 50 (or bigger) instead.

So it is in my dining room still in the box.

Killing me but I am not sure what to do.

 

[greyrocket]

HD baby i got a 55" 1080I monster and a new 27" lcd 720P for my computer and HD brodcast at my desk so i dont have to get up

 

[vinnycr2]

Here is a pic of our new toy.

 

[badassbusa03]

(runeight @ Nov. 27 2006,20:43)

(badassbusa03 @ Nov. 27 2006,18:38)

 

I have a 65" HD ready TV. I have an HD DSS receiver. Wife wont spend $10 a month for HD service. says there arent enough channels to keep HD.  

who you with. I have 26.

runeight...

DirecTV.

My wife is so tight, that she sqeaks when she walks ...........

 

[PDBusa]

Waiting on mine. Should be in today. Sony 42" Grand Wega LCD projection hi-def. Biggest that would fit in entertainment center.
I got it for under a grand... $999.99.

Just waiting for phone to ring...

 

[VaBusa]

Congrats!!  (you too PDBusa)...

My husband must have told me 5 times about that Wal-Mart commercial...I think he just thought it was a mistake or he would have been there too

 

[Over_Easy]

(badassbusa03 @ Nov. 28 2006,05:09)

(runeight @ Nov. 27 2006,20:43)

(badassbusa03 @ Nov. 27 2006,18:38)

 

I have a 65" HD ready TV. I have an HD DSS receiver. Wife wont spend $10 a month for HD service. says there arent enough channels to keep HD.  

who you with. I have 26.

runeight...

DirecTV.

My wife is so tight, that she sqeaks when she walks ...........  

 

count your blessings and consider yourself lucky. It's better than it being the other way around.

Don't ask me how I know.

 

[Over_Easy]

(PDBusa @ Nov. 28 2006,08:36) Waiting on mine. Should be in today. Sony 42" Grand Wega LCD projection hi-def. Biggest that would fit in entertainment center.
I got it for under a grand... $999.99.  

Just waiting for phone to ring...

Holy Cow PD...that's a great deal for that box.

Where from if you don't mind?

 

[BigGeorge]

(badassbusa03 @ Nov. 27 2006,20:38)

 

I have a 65" HD ready TV. I have an HD DSS receiver. Wife wont spend $10 a month for HD service. says there arent enough channels to keep HD.  

If you have a HD TV and you're running a standard cable wire or Composite Cables (RCA cables) you're picture quality is TERRIBLE because you're sending an analog signal to the TV. If you buy a HD box, you don't have to buy HD service. But the benefit will be that the box will have component cable connections - which when running an analog signal will give you the absolute best picture quality. I have the 56" JVC DILA and have tested both HDMI and component connections to find the best quality picture. Because there are only a handful of HD channels from DirecTV I'm getting most channels  in digital. And because HDMI looks for a HD signal for optimal picture quality, the digital channels look "grainy". Not so with component wires... the picture quality is superb.

You absolutely need quailty cables too. Don't beleive otherwise. Monster 1000 series cables are tremendous and well worth the investment.

Finally, if you watch a lot of DVD's and you don't want to shell out the money for a HD DVD player, you can buy an upconvert DVD player - usually less than $100. They quality is as close to HD as possible with spending over $500 on a HD DVD player. Or, if you have an XBOX 360, the HD DVD player for XBOX 360 was released last week. It plugs directly into the 360 and is $199. You can enjoy all the HD movies available now for less than paying for a stand-alone HD DVD player.

 

[BigGeorge]

(vinnycr2 @ Nov. 28 2006,05:20) Here is a pic of our new toy.

Congrats, Vinny.

Is that a Cox Cable box or Comcast?

 

[monster]

 

[PDBusa]

(Over_Easy @ Nov. 28 2006,11:45)

(PDBusa @ Nov. 28 2006,08:36) Waiting on mine. Should be in today. Sony 42" Grand Wega LCD projection hi-def. Biggest that would fit in entertainment center.
I got it for under a grand... $999.99.  

Just waiting for phone to ring...

Holy Cow PD...that's a great deal for that box.  

Where from if you don't mind?

Got it from PC Richard. I was initially buying a 34"HDTV Trinitron. The 42" was listed on sale for 1299.00 but I saw it on Sony.com for 999.99 11/24-11/27.
Told salesman at PC Richard and they matched price so I switched order.