32" LCD TV for $400, free shipping

[anonymouse1]

Buy.com link:

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=205791702&adid=17654&dcaid=17653

Good Amazon reviews:

http://www.amazon.com/Hisense-TL3220-wid...55?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1190817678&sr=8-3

[ztirffritz]

Most of those reviews are from 2005 though, so consider that for whatever it is worth. LCDs have progressed a fair amount since 2005.

[incognegro]

http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/learni..._hdtv.html

much has changed in 1-2 years.

[Robert M]

Hi everyone,

Not only are the specs to an extent obsolete, it's also a refurbished model. For the extra $200.00, you can get an off-brand or less well known brand 32" LCD brand-new with current tech, i.e. HDMI. That's worth the extra bucks.

Robert

[Sam3]

Also, that TV does not have a digital (ATSC or QAM) tuner in it, just NTSC. So in a year and a half it will be useless for over-the-air broadcasts; Feb 2009 analog NTSC television goes dark. If you want to enjoy hi-def TV, you'll need to purchase an external tuner.

[Forrest]

No thanks - it's missing a ATSC HD Tuner

[RAMd®d]

This looked pretty interesting until I read all your comments.

I don't mind paying for the 'Phone, but $400 on this would have been a disappointment for me.

ATSC is a must.

Thanks, all!

[Jem]

What about this NEW 23" one from Philips for $304 shipped?

http://www.woot.com/

As for ATSC... I really don't understand why this is such a big deal UNLESS you only plan to use it with a rooftop aerial or rabbit ears.

For any other device (Cable, Satelllite, DVD, VCR, etc) it is just fine.

You can always get an external ATSC tuner *IF* you need it, but chances are with all the other ways to get signals into a Display like this, you probably won't.

For instance, if you get a HD tuner for a media Mac, the mac will be feeding the signal via DVI to the display AND will give you all the DVR functionality that comes with the USB HD tuner device.

Now if ATSC comes with the display, that's just great, but in my area we get only 1 channel in HD OTA. By 2009 that may be 2 or 3 channels. Like it or not, I'll likely be using my displays with Cable or Satellite for some time to come.

[PeterB]

The Feb 2009 date is likely going to be pushed off, sorry guys...

I am one of those badly affected by this; the HDTV OTA signal is hit-or-miss. I do not have cable or satellite. Most of the public does not know about this transition, and is going to be shocked when they finally hear about it.

[RAMd®d]

I really don't understand why this is such a big deal UNLESS you only plan to use it with a rooftop aerial or rabbit ears.

I'm happy to explain it to you, as it affects me. I don't speak for anybody else (that I know of) nor presume my preferences should be anybody else's, or that what's good enough for me should be good enough for anybody else.

In my area, I get over a dozen OTA channels. With an indoor antenna of moderate gain, I get stellar quality. These signals are uncompressed and look great.

These signals are superior in viewing quality to all other TV signals.

SD DVDs look fine, but still not quite as nice as the OTA HD.

Now, if Comcast *never* went down, and one was satisfied with the quality of their iteration of HD, no problem. But that's not the case around where I am.

And VCR? On an HD set? The thought makes me wanna hurl.

Satellite is also compressed.

Getting another set top box is silly. There are enough pieces floating around; adding one more if I *want* it is ridiculous. I know I *want* it; need is irrelevant.

There was a time when any tuner adding several hundred dollars to the price. That's no longer an issue, even with ATSC tuners.

An HDTV is a sizable investment, I may as well get what I want the first time around.

That set is fine for some people. As you can see, it's not fine for all people.