Fairly Hot Deal: Sony 36" Wega

[orangebang]

This is for the non HDTV model. KP-36FS100

I bought a Sony Wega last week at Circuit City for $1149.00, but it included a matching Sony Stand that was $199.00 for free.

Delivery charge of $40.00 was also free.

This is the promotional deal they're running.

Anyways, Fry's has the TV, WITHOUT the stand for $1049, good until 1/28/03. You can get 110% of the difference refunded to you by Circuit City.

On top of that, you get no interest financing for ONE year.

So all in all, I got the TV, matching stand, Free delivery, for $1039.00.

Pretty good deal.

 

[hkazemi26]

bumpity bump for a hot deal on an even hotter tv. Just one question? How sweet is that picture?

 

[link26]

$1000 for an analog tv?........... ehh :Q

 

[hkazemi26]

I will admit, the price premium for the Sony Wegas is very high. But within the realm of Sony Wega HDTVs, I would say the deal is still at the least on the hot/warm border. Plus, free tv stand, and not having to pay for delivery is a deal in and of itself.

 

[buddha79]

Free delivery makes this pretty hot. I have a 27" Wega that weighs about 90lbs and I think the 36" is over 200lbs! Have fun carrying that one if you can't get it delivered.

 

[ken2001]

Don't have fry here, pls put fry in your title

 

[frustrated2]

Originally posted by: buddha79
Free delivery makes this pretty hot. I have a 27" Wega that weighs about 90lbs and I think the 36" is over 200lbs! Have fun carrying that one if you can't get it delivered.

Thats no lie either. I once carried a girlfriends 27" tv up 3 flights of stairs when it was new and about died on the spot Some of these tvs are incredibly heavy. Heck my 21" monitor has to weigh about 70 lbs

 

[thinlizzie]

36" is no less than 280 pounds. Most glass poured into any picture tube of any manufacturer.

 

[limsandy]

There is a thread about CircuitCity selling 36" Panasonic Tau Flat-scren TV for $899 somewhere. I think the deal is still on...... Check it out.


~limsandy



edit: Link

 

[GnatGoSplat]

I was thinking about purchasing the Toshiba 27" flat screen that was posted last week, but I went to Best Buy to check it out in person first. The Sony Wega picture quality was just sooooooooooo much better than the Toshiba, and Samsung, and Panasonic, etc.

In 27", 32", and 36", Sony picture quality was MUCH sharper, MUCH better colors, MUCH more vibrant.
It's no wonder Sony's cost more, the picture quality is significantly better.

I was actually rather disappointed because I didn't have any desire to spend more on a Sony, but seeing how much better the picture was, I feel like I have to. I really don't think you can beat a Sony in picture quality.

 

[Dacalo]

Originally posted by: link26
$1000 for an analog tv?........... ehh :Q

 

[oRdchaos]

ThinLizzie:

I have a Mitsubishi Megaview Pro Monitor that's 37" across.

The total weight on it is about 215lbs. It's also built out of a good bit of steel, so they could make them lighter than that I'd imagine.

 

[007bond]

Originally posted by: GnatGoSplat
I was thinking about purchasing the Toshiba 27" flat screen that was posted last week, but I went to Best Buy to check it out in person first. The Sony Wega picture quality was just sooooooooooo much better than the Toshiba, and Samsung, and Panasonic, etc.

In 27", 32", and 36", Sony picture quality was MUCH sharper, MUCH better colors, MUCH more vibrant.
It's no wonder Sony's cost more, the picture quality is significantly better.

I was actually rather disappointed because I didn't have any desire to spend more on a Sony, but seeing how much better the picture was, I feel like I have to. I really don't think you can beat a Sony in picture quality.

From what I have read you do not want to be making picture quality judgments in a Best Buy, Circuit City, etc. The TV's are usually set up totally wrong, and they'll pump up certain settings to make some TVs stand out. A more fair comparison would be properly calibrated/set up TVs showing a DVD or something. I'm not saying the Sony TVs didn't have better picture, but I just really doubt that the TVs were set up properly.

 

[thinlizzie]

Until last winter I sold all these TV's at Sears, the Sony does have the best picture quality (vibrant colors, great contrast, and just as important the edge to edge sharpness).

To test edge to edge sharpness do this (in store is best because you can impress some clerk who has never seen it done before):

Tune said TV to a channel that broadcases snow (sometimes tricky because some newer sets detect this as no signal and just show a blue screen) and look at it without focusing on any one point... Notice the snow towards the center of the screen is sharper (not blurred) and as you get closer to the corners/edges you lose defenition. The goal here is to find the set with sharpness that goes as far out to the edges as possible. On larger sets like a 36" it gets hard to do but Sony wins here too.

Try this on your RCA / Sylvania sets and go do the same thing on your Sony WEGA, Panasonic TAUs and Toshiba Blackstripes... no comparison.

Check contrast too, take a piece of ehite paper in with you and hold it up nex tot the screen - you'll be surprised at how many sets white color isn't really white at all but an off-white to yellow. Sony excels in both these areas.

Can't go wrong with a better Sony or Panasonic these days (in tube TVs, for widescreen life is different)

Peace!

Oh, to the dude who says they could probably make it lighter - yes they could, but if it sacrifices quality at all then I will deal with the weight!

 

[trikster2]

Originally posted by: GnatGoSplat
I was thinking about purchasing the Toshiba 27" flat screen that was posted last week, but I went to Best Buy to check it out in person first. The Sony Wega picture quality was just sooooooooooo .

That's funny. I compared my new Pany Tau side by side with the Wega at circuit city and could not tell a difference. Would have paid the extra 250 if there was even a slightly noticeable difference but there just wasn't.

Maybe it's my aging eyes but the effect is the same: I'm hapy and $250 richer.

FYI for analog flat tube TVs Consumer Reports claims Toshiba has the best picture in 36" TVs. (may be bs but it is a semi kinda no-biased opinion).

 

[RudeBoie]

Everything has to be properly configured or results can be VERy skewed.

 

[sxr7171]

Originally posted by: GnatGoSplat
I was thinking about purchasing the Toshiba 27" flat screen that was posted last week, but I went to Best Buy to check it out in person first. The Sony Wega picture quality was just sooooooooooo much better than the Toshiba, and Samsung, and Panasonic, etc. In 27", 32", and 36", Sony picture quality was MUCH sharper, MUCH better colors, MUCH more vibrant. It's no wonder Sony's cost more, the picture quality is significantly better. I was actually rather disappointed because I didn't have any desire to spend more on a Sony, but seeing how much better the picture was, I feel like I have to. I really don't think you can beat a Sony in picture quality.

This generalization is not true.

 

[airmax]

I have the 36" inch wega (fs500) and also the 32" FS100, i can save it just very nice on both of it (32" for ps 2 games and 36" for DVD and dish)

 

[C'DaleRider]

Originally posted by: sxr7171

Originally posted by: GnatGoSplat
I was thinking about purchasing the Toshiba 27" flat screen that was posted last week, but I went to Best Buy to check it out in person first. The Sony Wega picture quality was just sooooooooooo much better than the Toshiba, and Samsung, and Panasonic, etc. In 27", 32", and 36", Sony picture quality was MUCH sharper, MUCH better colors, MUCH more vibrant. It's no wonder Sony's cost more, the picture quality is significantly better. I was actually rather disappointed because I didn't have any desire to spend more on a Sony, but seeing how much better the picture was, I feel like I have to. I really don't think you can beat a Sony in picture quality.

This generalization is not true.

This reply is not true.

 

[mboy]

Originally posted by: 007bond

Originally posted by: GnatGoSplat
I was thinking about purchasing the Toshiba 27" flat screen that was posted last week, but I went to Best Buy to check it out in person first. The Sony Wega picture quality was just sooooooooooo much better than the Toshiba, and Samsung, and Panasonic, etc.

In 27", 32", and 36", Sony picture quality was MUCH sharper, MUCH better colors, MUCH more vibrant.
It's no wonder Sony's cost more, the picture quality is significantly better.

I was actually rather disappointed because I didn't have any desire to spend more on a Sony, but seeing how much better the picture was, I feel like I have to. I really don't think you can beat a Sony in picture quality.

From what I have read you do not want to be making picture quality judgments in a Best Buy, Circuit City, etc. The TV's are usually set up totally wrong, and they'll pump up certain settings to make some TVs stand out. A more fair comparison would be properly calibrated/set up TVs showing a DVD or something. I'm not saying the Sony TVs didn't have better picture, but I just really doubt that the TVs were set up properly.

MUCH agreed, not one ok, maybe the one thery make the highest margin on that weeks ), is set up properly. I was at BB yesterday and my 32 Samsund HDTV which is properly set up (just short of an ISF cal.), BLEW away any 32-36" Flat screen TV they had out, even the ones displaying HDTV ( I dont have an hdtv FEED YET)
BTW, my buddy has the same sony 36", he got it for free.
It is nice, but I do not think I would spend the $$$ on it and I am no fan of Sony's qulaity, I think it is on the crappier side from my experirince!!!

 

[TerryMathews]

I own a KV36FV16, and I'd have to agree that Wegas are overpriced now that affordable HDTVs are on the scene.

I can't really support anyone dropping that much money on something that doesn't support at least 480p.

My recommendation: go get a projector. Roughly same price range, adjustable brightness and size, compact, and super picture quality.

 

[MontyBurns]

i love the snobs moaning about "analog TVs"......

This TV delivers a gorgeous picture. Go look for yourself.

 

[anxi80]

just a question to those people knocking this tv and the price and the fact its not HDTV... say for example, the TV was priced at $640, would you buy it then?

 

[Salvador]

I've got a 36" WEGA and it's heavy!! I don't know what it weighs, but I would never be able to handle it on my own. It's not only heavy, but it's clumsy because it's big and front heavy. They even have a strap that you have to attach in the back of the stand to the tv so it doesn't fall over forward.

I know that $1K may sound expensive for a non-HDTV set, but go look at one. These things have fantastic pictures and blow away just about everything on the market except for HDTV. Hell.. It probably has a better picture than some cheap HDTV sets, especially the projection models.

Sal

 

[911paramedic]

Originally posted by: buddha79
Free delivery makes this pretty hot. I have a 27" Wega that weighs about 90lbs and I think the 36" is over 200lbs! Have fun carrying that one if you can't get it delivered.

It's for sure over 200#, I am pretty sure it's filled with water. LOL.
I bought mine about 4 years ago for $1700 or so, great picture and still going strong. I have the PIP version with all the little extras. That flat screen is the way to go.