The HD Guru has scoured the NY area Sunday newspapers to find the most exceptional advertised HDTV bargains. Use these low prices at the store advertised (if you live in the NY metro area). If you don’t, compare these deals with the internet prices by entering the model you desire in the “Product Search” Box under the HD Guru’s “Check Prices” banner in the right column of this page. It will take you to the HD Guru internet shopping page powered by Price Grabber. You may also use the prices listed below to negotiate with your local retailer, especially if they have a price match policy. The HD Guru will run a Sunday Deals section periodically during the selling season (late August-January) to help readers get the hottest deal on a high definition televisions. Today’s bargains are from Best Buy, Circuit City (both national retailers), J&R Music World www.jr.com (a national mail order and NY City store) and 6th Avenue Electronics www.6ave.com (national mail order and NY and NJ store locations). Products are listed in the following order:
Make- Model Year of Product- Resolution –Technology-
Screen Size- Price -Store
Sony KDS50A2000 (2006) 1080p SXRD Rear Projector
50†$1348.51 6th Ave.
Sony KDS60A2000 (2006) 1080p SXRD Rear Projector
60â€Â$1788.54 6th Ave.
Panasonic TH-50PX600U (2006) 768p Plasma
60†$1488.54 6th Ave.
Samsung FPT5084 (2007) 1080p Plasma
50†$2699.99 Circuit City
LG 42PC5D (2007) 768p Plasma
42†$1099.99 Best Buy
Samsung LN-T4661F (2007) 1080p LCD Flat
46†$2149.99 J&R
Panasonic TH-50PZ700U (2007) 1080p Plasma
50†$2399.99 J&R
Sony KDS-50A2020 (early 2007) 1080p SXRD Rear Projector
50†$1479.99 J&R
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I just took a vizio back (could not get the picture calibrated and it looked like a projector from 12 years ago on SD channels) and discovered that Coscto lowered the price on Sony’s Bravia S3000 series to 1399.00 — that’s 600 off Sony’s MSRP and I think a great value. They priced dropped in the few days it took me to realize how poor the Vizio performed. The Costco version is KDL40SL130, it’s the 720P.
Folks,
I have had a lot of luck with the Panasonic “commercial” plasmas. Calibration-wise “blacks” are outstanding & the opportunity to add various video cards to the monitor itself make for IDEA home installation. Just ask the client what their sources will be and go from there.
I recently purchased a Panasonic TH-50PZ700 plasma TV. I always heard that LCD screens were prone to “blurring”, while displaying fast moving images, but plasmas were “imune” from it. I have to say, that my TV does exhibit some quite noticeable and annoying blurring, even during fairly slow motion, or strobing. It’s worse when the picture is darker. My DVR is hooked up with a high quality HDMI cable.
Is there something wrong with my set?
Thanks.
Sounds like you may have a source or display problem. May I suggest you contact Panasonic’s conceirge service for free assistance.
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Panasonic sells tuner-less, HDTV plasma panels, and the stands are also usually optional [not included]. Often these “industrial” panels are rated at higher quality than even their consumer line, but lack some of the conveniences, such as speakers [again optional], and a different lineup of inputs compared to the consumer line.
However, their inputs also allow for more specific resolutions, than just 480i/p, 720p, or 1080i/p.
You can read reviews on several sites (like Cnet.com) for these “monitor” (industrial) plasmas, which are sold at sites such as costco.com, target.com, plasma.com etc [consider a google search of the model #].
I meant the panel without the tuner. RSpi
Is it possible to purchase HD Plasma flat panels without a built in monitor? I can’t seem to find them and I think I can save money buying the panel only since I don’t need a tuner at the location I would like to install it.