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Affordable HDTV

Postby togusa » Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:27 pm

I recall some discussion of Westinghouse HDTVs but I couldn't find them via search. I'm trying to narrow down some affordable HDTVs for the apartment. The main thing we will be doing on it is playing xbox 360. Right now we probably won't being paying for HD Cable, but it is definitely a possibility in the future. Here are the ones I have been looking at:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 1831586462

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 9512521206

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... =S226-4600

My main concern is going after a bargain price and getting a garbage TV. The Westinghouse gets good ratings but I'm wondering if people are rating it based on price and not actual performance.
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Re: Affordable HDTV

Postby Tikker » Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:32 pm

bunch of us here have them

bang for the buck they're great
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Re: Affordable HDTV

Postby Lyion » Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:50 pm

Highly, highly recommend the Westy.

I'd recommend against a Plasma. Also, you can attach an HD ready antenna <50 bucks> to your Westy and watch all your local sporting events in HD over the air. The difference in picture is really amazing, and the over the air HD is free.
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Re: Affordable HDTV

Postby Tikker » Sat Sep 29, 2007 10:31 pm

lyion wrote:Highly, highly recommend the Westy.

I'd recommend against a Plasma. Also, you can attach an HD ready antenna <50 bucks> to your Westy and watch all your local sporting events in HD over the air. The difference in picture is really amazing, and the over the air HD is free.



the newer versions of the Westinghouses actually have tuners, so you don't even need the external one
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Re: Affordable HDTV

Postby Lyion » Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:07 am

Antenna, not tuner. He'll need an antenna to pick up broadcast HD.

I actually saw some on clearance at Best Buy for 20 bucks
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Re: Affordable HDTV

Postby Tikker » Sun Sep 30, 2007 11:14 am

meh

i misread that, but either way, there's westinghouse monitors, and westinghouse HDTV's

and both look identical, and are roughly the same price, so make sure you know which you're buying ;)
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Re: Affordable HDTV

Postby Jay » Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:34 am

The Westy is all around awesome except for 1 thing. It sucks with PS3's. I just got a new Bravia and to be honest, aside from the PS3 stuffs I can't tell a difference in quality.
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