Frugalistas
What would you look for? What would you spend?
Our tv is going and I only had it for 5 years, but it was a cheap model at the time. With DH's taxes I guess we are going to get a new TV. All I really care about is it having a usb port so I can put the pc screen on it and play netflix and stuff.
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We just went through this:
look for expected life
check out the warranties and what they cover
we like having a HDMI port so we can hook the tablet or laptop to it to watch movies
we checked out online reviews
we also compared energy use cost
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I thought my daughter needed a tv and we bought one from Costco in early December. It was on sale for $189. It's a Samsung, I think it's 24" flat panel, 1080 dpi, and has the HDMI port.
Turned out she doesn't need it so we are using it instead lol.
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I did notice that they do have the yearly expected energy cost listed on the front now (sort of like a new refigerator). And thaks for reminding me about expected life, I am pretty ripped thatr my tv is dying after 5 years, but I got it very cheap at walmart.
Quoting michiganmom116:
We just went through this:
look for expected life
check out the warranties and what they cover
we like having a HDMI port so we can hook the tablet or laptop to it to watch movies
we checked out online reviews
we also compared energy use cost
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We didn't really need a new one, but when we saw a flat screen LCD TV for $99 we didn't want to pass it up. I quickly did all on the checklist, we decided to purchase an extra warranty, and got a steal!
Quoting matreshka:
I did notice that they do have the yearly expected energy cost listed on the front now (sort of like a new refigerator). And thaks for reminding me about expected life, I am pretty ripped thatr my tv is dying after 5 years, but I got it very cheap at walmart.
Quoting michiganmom116:
We just went through this:
look for expected life
check out the warranties and what they cover
we like having a HDMI port so we can hook the tablet or laptop to it to watch movies
we checked out online reviews
we also compared energy use cost
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we just got a new tv last year, we got a 3D vizio tv, we did tons of research on it and decided to go with a passive 3D tv. We spent $750 on a bundle and got 4 pairs of the 3D glasses, the tv of course and a vizio 3D bluray player. Its just an LCD but the picture is so clear i don't even care that its a little fatter that other tvs
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I plan on getting a new one here for our living room but really havent started the research on them. I am looking at either a 42" or 46" but not sure on the brand yet. I already have a blueray that is hooked up to the internet so having that capability is not necessary.
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I'm not in the market right now
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Can the new flat panel TVs not be fixed? We have an old, big box TV. About five years ago it stopped working so we called a repai man out and he fixed it for $200. It was a good 10 years old at the time. It has worked just fine since then and it was much cheaper to just have it fixed than to buy a new one. But maybe the newer ones can't just be repaired?
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If its going to cost anywhere around 200 to be fixed its worth it for us to get a new tv since the models we are looking at are about 300 and have usb ports for the pc plus better screens and hi-def.
Quoting JakeandEmmasMom:
Can the new flat panel TVs not be fixed? We have an old, big box TV. About five years ago it stopped working so we called a repai man out and he fixed it for $200. It was a good 10 years old at the time. It has worked just fine since then and it was much cheaper to just have it fixed than to buy a new one. But maybe the newer ones can't just be repaired?
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I am looking for advice here. I plan on upgrading to a flat screen this year. One year I used my taxes to get flat screens in the bedrooms, now I plan on upgrading the living room tv. I am a little nervous, just like I was when we switched to flat screens in the bedrooms. The regular tvs are so indestructible, flat screens are so light and flimsy.