TV Advice?

[Journey/Survivor]

Right now, hhgregg, have a 42'' LG Plasma HDTV for $480.

Do you think that I'll be able to get a better deal if I wait until Christmas time for sales? Even then, I probably still wouldn't want to go over $500. But maybe I'd be able to get a better TV for the $500?

[G.I.Jim]

Just do like I did... go buy a $3700 54 Inch Panasonic 3-D tv, and then wait for all of the 3-D movies to flood in... and wait for it... nd wait for it... AAGGGHHH!!! The only flipping amazing, gotta see it in 3-D movie I have is Avatar. I just bought Thor in 3-D, and honestly, the regular Blu-Ray version seemed better to me. I am excited that more movies are coming out in 3-D though, and don't get me wrong... I DO own other 3_D movies. Nothing has really blown me away yet though other than Avatar. I cannot WAIT for the sequels!!!

[Journey/Survivor]

Just do like I did... go buy a $3700 54 Inch Panasonic 3-D tv,

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[Enigma869]

Just do like I did... go buy a $3700 54 Inch Panasonic 3-D tv, and then wait for all of the 3-D movies to flood in... and wait for it... nd wait for it... AAGGGHHH!!! The only flipping amazing, gotta see it in 3-D movie I have is Avatar. I just bought Thor in 3-D, and honestly, the regular Blu-Ray version seemed better to me. I am excited that more movies are coming out in 3-D though, and don't get me wrong... I DO own other 3_D movies. Nothing has really blown me away yet though other than Avatar. I cannot WAIT for the sequels!!!

3D was goofy in 1981 (with the blue and red glasses) and it's every bit as goofy in 2011. I can honestly say that I didn't purchase my TV for the 3D capability, because it's not a function that I'll ever use. That said, my objective was to get the TV that gave me what I perceived to be the absolute best picture. On another note, the price you paid for that TV seems really high. I paid $4100.00 for the 65 inch Panasonic VT30 (which is their flagship model). Seems odd that you only paid $400.00 less for a screen that's 11 inches smaller.

[G.I.Jim]

Just do like I did... go buy a $3700 54 Inch Panasonic 3-D tv, and then wait for all of the 3-D movies to flood in... and wait for it... nd wait for it... AAGGGHHH!!! The only flipping amazing, gotta see it in 3-D movie I have is Avatar. I just bought Thor in 3-D, and honestly, the regular Blu-Ray version seemed better to me. I am excited that more movies are coming out in 3-D though, and don't get me wrong... I DO own other 3_D movies. Nothing has really blown me away yet though other than Avatar. I cannot WAIT for the sequels!!!

3D was goofy in 1981 (with the blue and red glasses) and it's every bit as goofy in 2011. I can honestly say that I didn't purchase my TV for the 3D capability, because it's not a function that I'll ever use. That said, my objective was to get the TV that gave me what I perceived to be the absolute best picture. On another note, the price you paid for that TV seems really high. I paid $4100.00 for the 65 inch Panasonic VT30 (which is their flagship model). Seems odd that you only paid $400.00 less for a screen that's 11 inches smaller.

When we bought ours, it was when they first really came out. They ARE much cheaper now. When I bought it though, it was a package deal with a 3-D Blu-Ray player, a copy of Avatar, and 3 sets of glasses. If you bought the movie with 2 sets of glasses separately, it was $400! Funny story about that... when we bought the tv, I wanted more than just 3 sets of glasses. If anyone else came over, we wouldn't be able to watch 3-D movies. I ended up buying the $400 set. We already had Avatar because it came with the tv, so I sold just the movie by itself on Ebay. I sold it for $240!!!

At the time I sold it, the only way you could buy it was in a combo with the two Panasonic glasses. The movie was a Panasonic exclusive. I couldn't BELIEVE the movie sold for that, and it basically meant I spent $180 for two pairs of glasses. Believe it or not, that's actually cheap. If you buy the glasses separately, they're $150 each!

[S2M]

Where are you chaps buying your TVs? I bought a 51' Samsung Plasma for $629! I would never pay over $1000 for a TV. And John is correct, the 3-D thing is just a fad, and a way to hike the price. I remember walking through Best Buy in 2001-2002 and seeing flat screens on the wall for $13,000! I was like 'Who the fuck can afford that?!'

[Enigma869]

Where are you chaps buying your TVs? I bought a 51' Samsung Plasma for $629! I would never pay over $1000 for a TV. And John is correct, the 3-D thing is just a fad, and a way to hike the price. I remember walking through Best Buy in 2001-2002 and seeing flat screens on the wall for $13,000! I was like 'Who the fuck can afford that?!'

In my case, it didn't really matter much where I purchased it. You generally don't find "flagship" (meaning the highest end model a manufacturer makes) models discounted. I paid $4,100.00 for my set in April, and still haven't found it for less than $3900.00 anywhere...including the web.