Looking for advice on a tv. Have around $500.- $700. to spend

[CorCentral]

Can you guys help? The more cheaper/best quality the better


Looking for it to have these attributes/stats:
HD if possible
To be a reputable/reliable manufacturer that won't fail in a year or less!
Have a 30"+ screen
Most important!!! To be able to return it locally if I HATE the set. So, Circuit City or Best Buy would be great if possible.
The tv will be hooked to one of the Dish Networks.

I was looking at this mdl. from Best Buy so far.....
Samsung 30" SlimFit Flat-Tube HDTV/Model: TX-S3080WHX
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Any help would be appreciated

 

[jpeyton]

$599 37" Olevia LCD HDTV

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

I like best Buy. Good prices, etc.

IMHO, with current tech, your getting similar image quality.
My biggest advice, turn up the volume on TVs in the store. Some simply have horrible sound quality or are alot quieter than they should be. That's really my best advice.

I like Panasonic myself.

 

[sniperruff]

$500 olevia 232v. i love mine. great picture, good speakers... low low price.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
$599 37" Olevia LCD HDTV

I haven't seen it that cheap, but both Olevia or Vizio make good 32" and 37" LCDs in that price range.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
$599 37" Olevia LCD HDTV

FTW

 

[CorCentral]

I've read about the Olevia HDTV. Is it that good?

Well personally I have a 50" Panasonic 50px50u in the living room. This is for the spare bedroom. As for sound....... I don't use the crappy speakers. I have a reciever and a set of Polk rti8 speakers for sound

 

[CorCentral]

I swore I looked at both BB and CC and did'nt see the Olevia for $600.00

I also have an HH Gregg somewhat near me if that helps.
LINKS?

 

[CorCentral]

The lowest I see a 37" Olevia listed anywhere from CC or BB (even NewEgg) is $800.00
I see 32" for around $600.00 but no 37"

 

[RossMAN]

http://www.fatwallet.com/c/18

In the box search for Olevia then CTRL F 599 and you'll see a few.

 

[ethebubbeth]

If you are getting an Olevia 32" LCD, make sure it uses an MKT scaling chip and not the ATI one.

The ATI scaling chip takes some shortcuts if you ware feeding it something other than native resolution and ghosts/blurs the heck out of things.

Other than that, I have never really heard any major complaints with any Olevia 32" sets.

 

[BigJ]

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread...duid=0&t=482505&highlight=37%26quot%3B

Sceptre 32" from Costco for $499 + shipping is also another alternative.

Not sure if you have a Costco around you though or their policy with returns through their online store.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle

Originally posted by: jpeyton
$599 37" Olevia LCD HDTV

I haven't seen it that cheap, but both Olevia or Vizio make good 32" and 37" LCDs in that price range.

Every other week at Fry's, in stores and online.

Definitely worth the money.

 

[Safeway]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle

Originally posted by: jpeyton
$599 37" Olevia LCD HDTV

I haven't seen it that cheap, but both Olevia or Vizio make good 32" and 37" LCDs in that price range.

Every other week at Fry's, in stores and online.

Definitely worth the money.

Is this 720p?

 

[ric1287]

32" westinghouse should run about that. great quality, great picture. I have a 42" and 37"

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: BigJ
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread...duid=0&t=482505&highlight=37%26quot%3B

Sceptre 32" from Costco for $499 + shipping is also another alternative.

Not sure if you have a Costco around you though or their policy with returns through their online store.

We bought that as our bedroom TV a few months ago but we paid $599 when it was "on sale"

Other than the SUCK ASS SPEAKERS it's a good mediocre LCD HDTV. What sold me was the QAM tuner which rocks

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: Safeway

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle

Originally posted by: jpeyton
$599 37" Olevia LCD HDTV

I haven't seen it that cheap, but both Olevia or Vizio make good 32" and 37" LCDs in that price range.

Every other week at Fry's, in stores and online.

Definitely worth the money.

Is this 720p?

Yes

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Safeway

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle

Originally posted by: jpeyton
$599 37" Olevia LCD HDTV

I haven't seen it that cheap, but both Olevia or Vizio make good 32" and 37" LCDs in that price range.

Every other week at Fry's, in stores and online.

Definitely worth the money.

Is this 720p?

Yes. 1080p at that price range is still a ways out. A man can hope for fall though

 

[Safeway]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: BigJ
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread...duid=0&t=482505&highlight=37%26quot%3B

Sceptre 32" from Costco for $499 + shipping is also another alternative.

Not sure if you have a Costco around you though or their policy with returns through their online store.

We bought that as our bedroom TV a few months ago but we paid $599 when it was "on sale"

Other than the SUCK ASS SPEAKERS it's a good mediocre LCD HDTV. What sold me was the QAM tuner which rocks

QAM tuner? What makes that such a powerful selling point?

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: Safeway

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: BigJ
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread...duid=0&t=482505&highlight=37%26quot%3B

Sceptre 32" from Costco for $499 + shipping is also another alternative.

Not sure if you have a Costco around you though or their policy with returns through their online store.

We bought that as our bedroom TV a few months ago but we paid $599 when it was "on sale"

Other than the SUCK ASS SPEAKERS it's a good mediocre LCD HDTV. What sold me was the QAM tuner which rocks

QAM tuner? What makes that such a powerful selling point?

OTA HD signals can be decoded through the TV(?) without a reciever or decoder or something that makes it watchable.

 

[Safeway]

Originally posted by: potato28

Originally posted by: Safeway

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: BigJ
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread...duid=0&t=482505&highlight=37%26quot%3B

Sceptre 32" from Costco for $499 + shipping is also another alternative.

Not sure if you have a Costco around you though or their policy with returns through their online store.

We bought that as our bedroom TV a few months ago but we paid $599 when it was "on sale"

Other than the SUCK ASS SPEAKERS it's a good mediocre LCD HDTV. What sold me was the QAM tuner which rocks

QAM tuner? What makes that such a powerful selling point?

OTA HD signals can be decoded through the TV(?) without a reciever or decoder or something that makes it watchable.

Ah, I thought that was standard on most televisions with HD-tuners built in. HD ready is far less common now than it was 2 or 3 years ago.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Safeway

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle

Originally posted by: jpeyton
$599 37" Olevia LCD HDTV

I haven't seen it that cheap, but both Olevia or Vizio make good 32" and 37" LCDs in that price range.

Every other week at Fry's, in stores and online.

Definitely worth the money.

Is this 720p?

Yes. 1080p at that price range is still a ways out. A man can hope for fall though

Unless you plan on using the TV as a monitor (that is sitting right in front of it), 1080p makes no difference on this size monitor. At normal TV watching distances, 1080p matters for TVs about 47" and up.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Safeway

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle

Originally posted by: jpeyton
$599 37" Olevia LCD HDTV

I haven't seen it that cheap, but both Olevia or Vizio make good 32" and 37" LCDs in that price range.

Every other week at Fry's, in stores and online.

Definitely worth the money.

Is this 720p?

Yes. 1080p at that price range is still a ways out. A man can hope for fall though

Unless you plan on using the TV as a monitor (that is sitting right in front of it), 1080p makes no difference on this size monitor. At normal TV watching distances, 1080p matters for TVs about 47" and up.

Bingo.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Safeway

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: BigJ
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread...duid=0&t=482505&highlight=37%26quot%3B

Sceptre 32" from Costco for $499 + shipping is also another alternative.

Not sure if you have a Costco around you though or their policy with returns through their online store.

We bought that as our bedroom TV a few months ago but we paid $599 when it was "on sale"

Other than the SUCK ASS SPEAKERS it's a good mediocre LCD HDTV. What sold me was the QAM tuner which rocks

QAM tuner? What makes that such a powerful selling point?

http://www.hometheatersound.com/features/videonoise/vn_20040201.htm

The LCD isn't in a good position to pickup OTA signals. I like being able to pickup HD signals through analog cable without having to rental an HD tuner box.

 

[RossMAN]

More QAM tuner info: http://tech.yahoo.com/gd/subscribing-to-cable-services-for-hdtv-delivery/153469