Hot? Warm? Samsung 1080p 56" DLP HDTV with tuner/CableCard slot and...

[Karaktu]

Samsung 56" 1080p DLP with stand

Free progressive scan DVD Player (no biggie)
Free Logitech Harmony 628 Remote

$2699 - 3% FatCash ($80ish) + Truck Shipping ($250ish) = $2870ish total

:shocked:

 

[Wag]

That's about how much it costs- do a price search. I wouldn't order from TigerDirect. God forbid anything goes wrong.

I wonder if this set is true 1080p? I did a quick look at the manual, and it says 1920x1080 for PC input, but nothing about HDMI accepting 1080p. Considering Blu-Ray will probably be 1080p, I would make sure my new HDTV accepts 1080p over HDMI.

 

[JasonCoder]

Originally posted by: Karaktu
$2699 - 3% FatCash ($80ish) + Truck Shipping ($250ish) = $2670ish total

Is that some kind of new math?

$2699 - $80 + $250 = $2869

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: Wag
That's about how much it costs- do a price search. I wouldn't order from TigerDirect. God forbid anything goes wrong.

I wonder if this set is true 1080p? I did a quick look at the manual, and it says 1920x1080 for PC input, but nothing about HDMI accepting 1080p. Considering Blu-Ray will probably be 1080p, I would make sure my new HDTV accepts 1080p over HDMI.

i wonder the same thing. a friend of mine does high end custom ht systems/home automation in million $$$ + homes where the ht may run easily $100,000+. his response when i asked him about 1920x1080p was that a lot of the tvs that actually advertise it can't do it, and i am talking about expensive tvs, so maybe a ymmv.

 

[Karaktu]

Originally posted by: JasonCoder

Originally posted by: Karaktu
$2699 - 3% FatCash ($80ish) + Truck Shipping ($250ish) = $2670ish total

Is that some kind of new math?

$2699 - $80 + $250 = $2869

More like a typo.

 

[JasonCoder]

Originally posted by: Karaktu

Originally posted by: JasonCoder

Originally posted by: Karaktu
$2699 - 3% FatCash ($80ish) + Truck Shipping ($250ish) = $2670ish total

Is that some kind of new math?

$2699 - $80 + $250 = $2869

More like a typo.

 

[crazydave]

I got in on this deal when they offered it last month. Ordered on 12/13..but didn't get my TV till this Wed (01/04). Partly because of the holiday rush (Tiger didn't ship out order till almost a week later), partly b/c the truck company (ABS Freight) couldn't find my shipment.

Yup, that's right--they completely lost my tracking num. I checked in before Xmas and they said it was still in IL. Told me to check after Xmas to setup delivery that week--but when I called they had no record of my tracking num. Tigerdirect wanted to run a trace before they did anything, but after arguing for a while they sent me another TV immediately, which took another week to arrive.

In the meantime, the original tracking num shows up, but says "waiting for pickup in IL". When they delivered the 2nd TV Wed they told me they'll show up 2-4PM, so I took off early from work, but the driver got delayed till 7:30PM. Also they said they wouldn't deliver it if it didn't fit inside the elevator for my condo. Luckily it did, but not the pallet jack, so I had to push it down the hallway from the elevator, and luckily I had a buddy from work to help. The 2nd shipment also didn't have the bundled DVD player and remote so I'm still working on Tiger for that...

Finally, the day after my TV arrived, the truck company calls to setup a delivery for the 1st (lost) shipment... was tempted to get that too and Ebay it =) (serves them right for the hassle!) but I had them send it back..

Probably should have known better than to order from Tiger, but they had the cheapest price I could find at the time (other than shady NYC camera stores).

Just so you know if you get on this deal! Also keep in mind (if you're not in a hurry) that new/cheaper models were announced this past week at CES! (new models arrive starting April)

 

[fatdragondzc]

luke warm. Not to trash anout your thread but that deal isnt as good as it seems. That TV retails for 5000. But most places sell them for about 3000. Plus if ur not in a hurry, tvs are going to drop about 33% soon. just to let you now.

 

[Devistater]

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: Wag
That's about how much it costs- do a price search. I wouldn't order from TigerDirect. God forbid anything goes wrong.

I wonder if this set is true 1080p? I did a quick look at the manual, and it says 1920x1080 for PC input, but nothing about HDMI accepting 1080p. Considering Blu-Ray will probably be 1080p, I would make sure my new HDTV accepts 1080p over HDMI.

i wonder the same thing. a friend of mine does high end custom ht systems/home automation in million $$$ + homes where the ht may run easily $100,000+. his response when i asked him about 1920x1080p was that a lot of the tvs that actually advertise it can't do it, and i am talking about expensive tvs, so maybe a ymmv.

Well they advertise that they do 720p and 1080, they DONT advertise the actual pixels. You'll find a lot of so called HD tvs have barely enough pixels to show 720p native, let alone anything higher. Like plasma screens, hardly any have more than 1300x700 or so pixels.
If a manufacture doesn't show the actual pixels somewhere in the specs, or product page, or downloadable manual, odds are its not true native HD.

Always look at the actual pixel count. Its rather pointless to run 1920x1080 stuff on a screen that only has 1200x720 or so pixels.