Buying a TV

[bigred]

I'm buying a TV for my new apartment (moving in with gf) and need advice. I've settled on a model/brand but need to decide on size. I'll be in a NYC apartment (decent sized which means small anywhere else) with about 7-10 feet between couch and tv. I have my eyes on a 42 and 47 inch LCD tv. My nerd sense says get the 47 but pragmatic me says that might be too much and the 42 may be a better choice. Both are reasonably priced. I'll use this for bluray movies, hd sports, ps3, and xbox.

42 inch: Amazon.com: VIZIO SV421XVT 42-Inch XVT-Series 240 Hz SPS LCD HDTV: Televisions & Video

47 inch: Amazon.com: VIZIO SV471XVT 47-Inch XVT-Series 240 Hz LCD HDTV: Electronics

[BooG690]

Bigger is better...always.

[JKDS]

If your an american, you'd get the bigger one without considering other factors at all.

[BankItDrew]

I have a 47" Toshiba LCD 240 Mz and love it like my own child.

[JL]

I have a 50inch, and I live in a small condo. I sit about 10ft away from it.
At first it seemed like it was huge, but now I want bigger!

[wufwugy]

Um for just an extra 10% of cost, go with 47"

When I first got a 52", I felt it was too big, but got 'used' to it, and the next one I purchase will be even bigger. If you can, though, I would recommend going for better picture quality over size. So if you can find some LED or something, even if it's a little smaller, it may be a much better choice

[JR9477]

I have a 37" Vizio SV370xvt and love it.

Minor point - I've noticed some larger tv's produce quite a bit of heat (and use more electricity too).

[bigred]

electricity is included with rent (ie not charged) so I could care less about it

Here's the 47 inch led version: Amazon.com: VIZIO Class XVT Series TruLED XVT472SV 47-Inch 240 Hz sps LCD HDTV…

I can get that for around 1100 used. Not sure how i feel about this

[KoRnholio]

Definitely go bigger.

My dad cheaped out last year and bought a 32". Even my technophobic mother commented "it's kinda small". Their living room isn't very big, but a 37" or even 42" would have been much better.

[Halv]

Yeah def go as large as you can. I've got a 46" maybe 2.5m away, it was huge the first week then I wanted a bigger one. I mean it's fine, I'm not gonna get rid of it or anything, but if I was buying again I'd go bigger for sure.

And don't go for the newest most expensive ones if you're not gonna calibrate it properly/have good signals/can't tell the difference between it and the previous generation.

[UG]

go big or go home, I've never met someone that says, "my TV is just too big, I should have gone with the smaller one"

not sure how I'd feel about buying a used TV though

if you're worried about price find a place that will do no interest financing and pay it off gradually (but make sure you pay it off or they will butt rape you with ridiculously high interest)

[bigred]

go big or go home, I've never met someone that says, "my TV is just too big, I should have gone with the smaller one"

not sure how I'd feel about buying a used TV though

if you're worried about price find a place that will do no interest financing and pay it off gradually (but make sure you pay it off or they will butt rape you with ridiculously high interest)

My former roommate and others have bought used/refurbished from Amazon. They're tested thoroughly and have guarantees.

[bigred]

I think I'm going to buy the original 47 inch one I posted. Just need the testicle fortitude to click the checkout button

[JR9477]

You'll click checkout, set it up and watch tv, then wonder why the hell you waited so long.

[kiwiMark]

YouTube - Extras - Halle Berry & The Plasma TV

Start it at 0:45 if you're in a hurry

[Renton]

not sure where the diminishing returns curve lies for tv size these days, but when i bought my plasma a couple of years ago it was around the 42 inch area

[BooG690]

I bought a 52" and it's fantastic. I'm upset that I can now purchase a 60" television for the same price as I bought the 52" for years ago.

[UG]

same here, I got a 52-inch almost four years ago, expensive as shit back then and we felt like we couldn't afford it (we could have made it work), I wish I would have had the foresight to go bigger too.

I'm telling you, bigred, go BIG, maybe even step up to the 52-inch model (might be a stretch, not sure how big your apartment is). Once you buy it, during the first movie you watch, a tear will (almost) come to your eye because you are going to think to yourself, "I'm in a god damned movie theater right now.....wait, I'm in my own home!"


I'm pretty sure the first movie we watched was "Crank." We had our speakers blaring and the bass in full effect. It was a magical moment to say the least. (EDIT: besides the fact that we were watching "Crank," although I loooooooove Amy Smart)

[bigred]

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[Renton]

pretty large living room there considering its a one br apt in manhattan, i think youd do well to go for a pretty large screen.

[Ltrain]

Bigger=better these days. The quality of the picture in today's tvs allow you to sit closer and still see great picture quality. I had the same dilemna about what tv to get and in the 42" size range on up you should check out the plasmas. In larger sets, they compare favorably to the LCD's. I am going to get the 65" Panasonic VT25 3D Plasma when it becomes available online (retail only for now) and can't wait.

[jyms]

I would rather live with the mistake of buying a bigger TV than I needed than the regret of "I should have got the bigger one"

[bigspenda73]

2700 for a one br goddamn

995 for a nice 2br in bigD

[jyms]

It's bigger than my Condo and that's only $1500