Where did you buy your TV?

[Nismobeach]

I'm curious as to whether or not anyone has had any luck from buying their TVs at online retailers versus traditional stores. I want a nice 40"+ 1080p TV, but don't want to pay $2k for it.

Be sure to include the details of your purchase in your post.

[hyperdine]

Bought my new XBR2 direct from Sony!

[HDTV1080P]

I do almost 100% of my electronics purchases over the Internet. I have purchased several thousands of dollars worth of equipment over the years for various places. I usually use a search engine and go with the cheapest price. I have not yet maid a purchase of a large display yet over the Internet. Places like www.onecall.com, www.vanns.com and J and R music world and several other places have been great and reliably to purchase from.

Here is a list of important things when buying mail order

1. Checkout the return policy of the online stores. Ones that offer better deals on new electronics have large restocking fees up to 25%. In general if you’re not sure of the purchase its better to pay more and go with a retail store with a 30 day return policy. Mail order is for someone that is close to 100% sure they want to keep the product when it arrives in working condition.
2. Always pay with a credit card when doing an online transaction. This protects you. Companies are not allowed to charge your credit card until the day the product actually ships. Also if the product never arrives or arrived damaged you can always call your credit card company to dispute the charge as a last resort.
3. Internet purchases are a great way to save money on large displays. Just make sure you do a lot of research on the model since it costs to much to return a large display once it is delivered.
4. There are advantages to paying a higher price at a local store. You can look at the item and purchase it the same day without having to wait a few days or a few weeks. If everyone did online purchases then retail stores would go out of business.

[HDTV1080P]

If you are interested you can get a Sony KDS50A2000 50” SXRD for $1,689.99 delivered.
http://www.calibex.com/KDS_-_50A2000...08F0BC9DBF5F29

Some magazines claim the JVC LCOS has a slightly better picture then Sony. The JVC 52 inch LCOS rear projector sales for $1,295.

http://www.calibex.com/HD_-_52FA97/z...0--search-html

[Typhon]

yeah at the circuit city thats in the town i live in droppped the price of the SXRD 50' to 19999$..but i have my eyes set on Sony 34' Crt Hd Tv...Cant mess with CRT's !!

[Typhon]

1999 hahah sorry !!

[HDTV1080P]

The resolution of CRT picture tubes is around 720P quality since no one makes a consumer CRT with 2 million pixels 1920 X 1080. The Sony 34 inch your looking at most likely max out at around 1300 X 1080 in resolution. When 1080P displays came out all the retail stores are calling the old 1080I sets 720P’s since no 1080I set accept front projection has 1920 X 1080 resolution. I bet that CRT your looking at has at least a 50,000:1 contrast ratio. CRT’s have awesome black levels.

[Slackr89]

Walmart - Woohoo...can you detect my sarcasm? lol.
If i had a choice i would have pruchased it direct from sony, or a tv at futureshop.

[Vishus]

what i do.
go to your local elecronics retailer. let the sales folks jump on u like a pack of jackals.
learn what you like and what ur looking for in a tv.
then go home get on your favorite online site like newegg.com or somesuch,
do some research then go back to the store and make the salesperson price match down to a more reasonable price. avoid the whole shipping thing and save like 500 bones on a big ol tv.
you can get your mounts this way to btw.

take that ulimate electonics, trina make people pay 80$ for a freakin 10$ cable.
buncha jerks.

[Zvi]

So I am the only one buying from online independents dealers?

[Amon37]

I bought my TV at Best Buy. I don't know that I'd ever buy a TV online.

[Zvi]

I bought my last 3 TVs online Only had problem with my last one, Sammy DLP 61". Was fixed by sammy techs, though took around a month and 3 visits. If it's DOA you can return it back right away, as usual the driver waits for me to open the box, turn it on and do some inspection.
BB refused to match price twice, understandably so, because the difference was over 1200-1500 on those occasions.

Then again, I buy pretty much everything online.

[JTK]

Originally Posted by Zvi

I bought my last 3 TVs online Only had problem with my last one, Sammy DLP 61". Was fixed by sammy techs, though took around a month and 3 visits. If it's DOA you can return it back right away, as usual the driver waits for me to open the box, turn it on and do some inspection.
BB refused to match price twice, understandably so, because the difference was over 1200-1500 on those occasions.

Then again, I buy pretty much everything online.

I wouldn't risk it with gray market or unauthoized dealers, though. Certainly not something as big and expensive as a TV.

If you've done well by that, you're very lucky and more power to you, but there's definitely risk involved.

There are some good authorized dealers like Crutchfield, but they charge MSRP, or Vanns, JR, and One Call and a few other placeswho actually do play some competitive ball and so I tend to favor the likes of them.

[Crazyfoo]

I went looking at Future Shop, Best Buy, and finally bought my stuff at Leon's.
They crushed everyone's prices, and even had a guy come over and install everything free of charge.

The 7 speakers are mounted right on the wall, and the lines were all fished through the walls, it looks very professional, or like the young kids say today.... "it looks pimp tite yo", haha

Regards

[Delta_FX]

I got my Sony BRAVIA 46" XBR2 at Frys for $3500.

[goodstuff]

I got my 56" DLP Sammy from tvauthority.com. I've always been leery about ordering electronics through the mail, especially something the size of this, but they're prices and staisfaction/return gurantees were too hard to resist. Ended up being VERY satisfied!

[Garconis]

Sony Bravia XBR3 40" @ plasmaconcepts.com for $2800

[Heresy]

Mits 65731 on Amazon....free shipping & no tax ftw.

[vick vega]

Originally Posted by HDTV1080P

If you are interested you can get a Sony KDS50A2000 50” SXRD for $1,689.99 delivered.
http://www.calibex.com/KDS_-_50A2000...08F0BC9DBF5F29

Some magazines claim the JVC LCOS has a slightly better picture then Sony. The JVC 52 inch LCOS rear projector sales for $1,295.

http://www.calibex.com/HD_-_52FA97/z...0--search-html

My brother has that hdila. Got it from hhgregg about a year and a half ago. Nice tv but. I hooked my bdp-s1 up to it before I sent it back and it can't accept a 1080p signal....so WTF it's not really a 1080p

[dave4]

Originally Posted by Nismobeach

I'm curious as to whether or not anyone has had any luck from buying their TVs at online retailers versus traditional stores. I want a nice 40"+ 1080p TV, but don't want to pay $2k for it.

Be sure to include the details of your purchase in your post.

I hope this may helps:

Samsung LNS4095D 40" LCD TV – has an average expert rating of 79(based on 3 expert sources)

http://www.smartratings.com/review/e...a_and_lcds/128

Samsung LN-S4096D 40" LCD TV – has an average expert rating of 77 (based on 2 expert sources)

http://www.smartratings.com/review/e...a_and_lcds/375

Probably LNS4095D is better if it fits your budget.