Hot or Not: 46" Widescreen DLP HDTV

[radiocore]

Is this a good deal or not? anyone have any experience with this tv?

46" Widescreen DLP HDTV

Its a Sears:

Reg: $2,699.99
Sale price: $2564.99
Plus Sat (11DEC04)7am -10am, an additional 10% off. -$256.49

Final price of $2308.50

Good deal?

 

[Chunkee]

WOW, nice tv,

wish i could afford one

jC

 

[PCHPlayer]

Go to AVSForums and check it out. Seems like a good deal for the size and the fact that it is a 2004 model. I paid $4400 for my Mitsubishi 62" DLP set 2 months ago, but mine has a HD Tuner, this Samsung does not.

 

[Chunkee]

Originally posted by: PCHPlayer
Go to AVSForums and check it out. Seems like a good deal for the size and the fact that it is a 2004 model. I paid $4400 for my Mitsubishi 62" DLP set 2 months ago, but mine has a HD Tuner, this Samsung does not.

how much does an HD tuner cost?
jC

 

[CounterStryke]

Originally posted by: Chunkee

Originally posted by: PCHPlayer
Go to AVSForums and check it out. Seems like a good deal for the size and the fact that it is a 2004 model. I paid $4400 for my Mitsubishi 62" DLP set 2 months ago, but mine has a HD Tuner, this Samsung does not.

how much does an HD tuner cost?
jC

About $400 for a standalone tuner. But if you subscribe to something like DirecTV or VOOM, the tuner is part of the receiver package.

I would only buy the standalone tuner if you plan only to catch "over-the-air" HD.

 

[aircasper]

it's an ok deal, but you should be able to find the 50" model (hlp5063) in that price range. the prices on these sets have dropped a decent amount since the summer.

for example: http://www.ecost.com/ecost/ecc...detail.asp?dpno=494751

 

[PCHPlayer]

I enjoy the built-in HD tuner because there are HD channels (KTLA in L.A.) that my cable company (Time-Warner) does not provide. There have also been occasions when the cable signal has been out or messed up (usually during a rain storm), but the air signal is just fine. Funny part about it, is that I am using a $9 RCA antenna for the air signals. The guy at Good Guys tried to sell me a $30 antenna, but I decided I'd try the $9 first.
Also, I don't have one of those cable boxes. My TV has a CableCard slot. It's a PCMCIA card that you plug into the back of the TV. The HD tuner picks up the signal then the CableCard decodes it.

 

[kamranziadar]

Umm not bad