Like I mentioned last week.. The New York Times advised that Plasma TV prices would fall by 25%. Well, a friend of mine was in the market for a couple of TV upgrades and a GPS Navigation system and over the break I decided to help her. I spent my Turkey Time in the good ol' south (Dekalb County, Georgia) which I am not familiar with at all, but some family members recommended a local favorite outlet..
http://www.brandsmart.com/
Well, what we found was astounding:
Funny enough I had picked up Wired Magazines, 2007 Test Issue which is an 'Ultimate Buyer's Guide to the World's Best Gadgets For 2008' to read on my flight down..
Well, what we found was astounding:
Funny enough I had picked up Wired Magazines, 2007 Test Issue which is an 'Ultimate Buyer's Guide to the World's Best Gadgets For 2008' to read on my flight down..
One of the TV's they reviewed was this plasma model:
The Samsung HPT5054 50 inch Plasma HDTV
Technical Details:
1365 x 768 resolution
(Translation: 720p)
15,000:1 Contrast Ratio
18 bit color
Filter Bright 2 Anti Glare Technology
3 HDMI, 2 component, 1 PC input
15,000:1 Contrast Ratio
18 bit color
Filter Bright 2 Anti Glare Technology
3 HDMI, 2 component, 1 PC input
The retail price of this TV (according to Wired) is $2,499.
We paid..
We paid..
wait for it
..wait for it
...waiit
*contrary to the above it does have a 15,000 to 1 contrast ratio
Um yea. It was a steal. We left the store looking for cops to stop us.
And since we had some cash left over after our purchase.. (expecting to pay a whole lot more) we picked up something else.
The Sony Bravia DAV IS10 Home Theater System
DVD, FM/AM, SAT/CABLE, TV, DMPORT w/Digital Amplifier Equalizer
450 Watts (RMS) (Micro Speakers: 50 watts x 5 [Front Left, Front Right, Center, Surround Left, Surround Right]; Subwoofer: 100 watts x 2)
5.1 Channel
Sound Enhanced
HDMI™ Connection Input(s)
Digital Cinema Auto Calibration
MP3 Playback
SA-CD Playback
DVD-RW CPRM Read Compatibility, DVD (VR Mode) Playback, DVD Playback, DVD+R DL Read Compatibility, DVD+R Read Compatibility, DVD+RW Read Compatibility, DVD-R Read Compatibility
JPEG Playback
Precision Cinema Progressive™ Technology
Progressive Scan Upscale 720p/1080i for DVD
VCD Playback
Dolby® Prologic, Dolby® Prologic II, Dolby® Digital, DTS, AV SYNC (Lip Sync), OMNI-DIRECTIONAL SOUND
Analog Audio Input(s)
Dolby® Pro Logic® Decoding
Dolby® Pro Logic® II Decoding
450 Watts (RMS) (Micro Speakers: 50 watts x 5 [Front Left, Front Right, Center, Surround Left, Surround Right]; Subwoofer: 100 watts x 2)
5.1 Channel
Sound Enhanced
HDMI™ Connection Input(s)
Digital Cinema Auto Calibration
MP3 Playback
SA-CD Playback
DVD-RW CPRM Read Compatibility, DVD (VR Mode) Playback, DVD Playback, DVD+R DL Read Compatibility, DVD+R Read Compatibility, DVD+RW Read Compatibility, DVD-R Read Compatibility
JPEG Playback
Precision Cinema Progressive™ Technology
Progressive Scan Upscale 720p/1080i for DVD
VCD Playback
Dolby® Prologic, Dolby® Prologic II, Dolby® Digital, DTS, AV SYNC (Lip Sync), OMNI-DIRECTIONAL SOUND
Analog Audio Input(s)
Dolby® Pro Logic® Decoding
Dolby® Pro Logic® II Decoding
*
This thing is small.. I mean the speakers are anyway. Check it..
(not my hand)
And a cool arse iPod Dock that allows all the content to play and be displayed through the cool arse Samsung TV..
List Price: $799
Brandsmart: $698
Yay!
I think we did good.
Except.
We didn't find the GPS we wanted. We were looking for a Garmin Nuvi 200.. rated a 7.7 out of 10 by CNet and on sale Black Friday at Best Buy for $169 ($299 retail). Great deal, but we didn't make it.
(Zim: Curses!!)
Eh. Oh well. Perhaps we'd be lucky on..
CYBER MONDAY!
(Wait for it.. Waiiiit!)
Update! (12/4/2007): Did you buy a new HDTV on Black Friday? The Giz has done a review of which Satellite service is better. Check it.
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