32" JVC Television

[TheMadTech]

Be easy on me as this is my first post. I have been looking at economy priced tv's for a friend for the last couple of day and came across this 32" JVC at Sam's Club. We picked it up today and it is loaded with features and has a great picture, especially for $500. I would like to thank you all for all the great deals you have helped me get and hope that some of you might jump on this one as it is approx. $100 cheaper than any other place I saw.

JVC 32" TV

 

[Super6]

Welcome.

Super6

 

[Pardus]

 

[marks70]

<< bestbuy has the sharp 32" for $407.92, no pip, but its a 32" >>



Just because its a 32" doesn't mean its a comparable TV. That's like trying to do a comparison between a Mercedes and a Kia because they both have four wheels.

 

[alfonsors]

Sam's had it for 550.00 a couple of months ago with a 50.00 MIR. Bought one for my parents. It's a pretty decent TV.

 

[flood]

component input is a plus, but no anamorphic or progressive scan.

 

[wip3out]

<< component input is a plus, but no anamorphic or progressive scan. >>



Your statement is akin to a Kia buyer saying "the 10-year warranty is a plus, but no GPS Navigation or 18-way power seats".

If you want a new 32" HDTV-ready tube, expect to pay $1200-1600.

 

[cremefilled]

Btw, Sams Club has the 32" Sharp for $349. These are OK sets, and Sharp usually rates well for reliability, but if you are going to watch many DVD's, you will regret it if you don't get a set with component video inputs.

 

[hahahehe]

Bestbuy today has a 29" regular TV for 199.99,maybe some one here wants it.

 

[wfay]

that's a nice deal on a great set... but i got my RCA 32" with those exact same features (2 tuner pip, component video input, 705 lines res, 3line digital comb filter) for $340 delivered to my house a year and a half ago (msrp $849). it was an amazing deal, more worthy of brag and moan then a Hot Deal, as the TV was open box and RCA so it was a little risky but its worked out nicely! the model # is F32685 but don't expect to find it anywhere, it was discontinued.

to anyone looking to buy a TV -- i would suggest watching your local Sears/Best Buy/Circuit City/etc stores for Open Box discounted TVs. i've bought half of my home AV system open box and had no problems ever, and saved a bundle (spent $400 on receiver that was selling for $1k new etc).

there's an open box Panasonic 27" TV with 30hr ReplayTV built in at my local CC for $300 that i'm going to have to pick up as soon as I can figure out how to make it fit in my armoire in the bedroom. they are selling for $380 new, which is a great price considering i paid $220 (after $100 rebate) for just my 30hr ReplayTV a year ago...

--wayne

 

[dentalboy]

 

[mboy]

No offense, but no way would your RCA TV qualify for the brag and moan or Hot deal section. Rca is the lowest quality crap TV you can buy. I should know. I have 2- 25" that are utter crap after only 4-5 yrs each. Unless they paid you to buy it, it will never be a brag and moan. Now my 32" Samsung TSL3294HF HDTV that sear sells fr $1499 would qualify for brag and moan as I paid $910 for it delivered right to my front door.

 

[mflacy]

<< No offense, but no way would your RCA TV qualify for the brag and moan or Hot deal section. Rca is the lowest quality crap TV you can buy. I should know. I have 2- 25" that are utter crap after only 4-5 yrs each. Unless they paid you to buy it, it will never be a brag and moan. Now my 32" Samsung TSL3294HF HDTV that sear sells fr $1499 would qualify for brag and moan as I paid $910 for it delivered right to my front door. >>



LMAO! You are lecturing him about quality and you bought a Samdung?

 

[RobsTV]

Looks like Sams club is the place.
Both the JVC and the Sharp are excellent quality sets, and you can't go wrong with either.

mboy was actually way off the mark on his RCA comments.
He must have got some rare RCA's.
Getting 4-5 years out of them without failure is a rare deed.
Most fail within the first 2 years, and some in as little as 6 months.

 

[XoMartel]

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<< No offense, but no way would your RCA TV qualify for the brag and moan or Hot deal section. Rca is the lowest quality crap TV you can buy. I should know. I have 2- 25" that are utter crap after only 4-5 yrs each. Unless they paid you to buy it, it will never be a brag and moan. Now my 32" Samsung TSL3294HF HDTV that sear sells fr $1499 would qualify for brag and moan as I paid $910 for it delivered right to my front door. >>



LMAO! You are lecturing him about quality and you bought a Samdung? >>



Dude, try laughing in front of him or me and i'll smack yer head 3 times.

Samsung is better than RCA.
Samsung is lisenced from asia but it's world wide product and it come with world wide quality standard. RCA is not.

As for Qualifying @ brag and moan forum, you all who brags are kids. Grow up will ya, like we care about your brag and who gave you the freaking brag right in the first place.

 

[mboy]

Go to any one of the HT forums and look for posts about the Samsung HDTV's. They are also VERY highly rated in Consumer reports. I guess Samsung knows nothing about CRT or anything of the like since their computer monitors (CRT based) are such crap right?
I thought Robs TV was goofing on me at 1st, RCA really is horrible as fars as TV or mostly anything else goes.

 

[wfay]

my general opinion is that RCA sucks, but i got a good deal and i've been quite happy with it, thanks so much for your words of wisdom... in general i like AT in that it avoids the DBT discussions and other BULLSH*T of other Audio/Video forums so pls lets just do our best to avoid that!

when i buy a REAL HDTV then i will not be considering RCA, this is merely a "out of college got a job need a better TV than the 19in Symphonic RF-input only P.O.S. from my dorm room" tv... i personally guarantee that i will let you guys know in 5yrs when my RCA goes out on me. but 6yrs of service for around $55 a year is a great deal considering i pay $80/mo for cable + premium movie channels... (huge rip but i can't do satellite, historical building, no outside modifications)

like the rest of you, while i expect my various electronics gadgets to last a while, i always know there's a better deal around the corner to replace whatever i have now should it fail on me... my parents Zenith is starting to crap on them lately and its around 10yrs old.

--w

 

[mboy]

Fair enough!

 

[GnatGoSplat]

Hmmm, the tube on this one is not flat!
One of those fishbowl tubes. I use a fishbowl tube monitor at work and it's making my eyes all buggy.

TV's are the opposite of women.
Flat = HOT
Curvy = NOT HOT

 

[knightc2]

Not a bad deal. My brother-in-law bought the previous years model of this TV over a year ago and it is a nice television. He paid $550 for an open box model. JVC has pretty good reliability and makes a decent TV set. 2 tuner PIP plus a decent warranty. Sounds like a good deal to me. No it is not flat, but it is half the price of a flat screen.

 

[sbpd]

My Mom can whoop your mom's a@@

 

[ghankerson]

And Sam's has a Sharp 36" for $569 and a JVC 36" PIP for $749. I am thinking about the Sharp but I want to compare them first side by side.

 

[tigerbait]

linked without session ID

looks like a pretty good deal

Amazon sells this TV for $650

 

[TheMadTech]

Thanks for the updated link tigerbait. I guess I forgot to take out the session id ( well it was almost 2:30am and I just had to get my first post up in this great forum !!!) LOL..... I did update my link at the beginning and just another update for anyone considering buying this tv, I watched Gladiator on it(dvd) only using s-video(he has not bought component cables yet) and the picture was great,so I imagine with the new cables it should be better. The dual tuner PIP works great and even the remote is handling a Sanyo vcr and Sony dvd. He ended up paying $599.63 with Sam's extended warranty(changed warranty to 5/4 instead of 2/1.....tube/parts_labor).

 

[Bobarell]

Well, I disagree about RCA. When I bought my 27"(all my entertainment center would fit) I looked at looked. Consumer reports did about 20 27" tv's and the one I got finished in 4th in regards to all around quality. The S-video is great and the picture quality is above average. With the money you can save by buying this TV you can get a 5 year extended warranty and get a new TV when this one breaks, if it does.

When I started dating my wife she had an old RCA that was from a hotel. She had it for 10 years and who knows how long it was in the hotel. It worked until the day I gave it away to goodwill. It was old so the picture quality wasn't too good, but considering it was a $50 25" TV in 1985 and it was still working in '97 is good enough for me. The reason I had to get a new TV is because my 5 year old JVC just up an died on me. I have also watched a 1 year old Sony blow a tube, a 3 year old Sony with a GREEN tinted screen and a $2000 32" Sony from back in the day go through 2 tubes in 3 years. Maybe I just have bad luck, but those are all Tv's that I have had or my family has had. How much a TV costs doesn't always determine the quality.

This TV costs me $275 with a 4 year warranty and tax at Fry's. The JVC that died was $500 and died in five years. If it is going to die after 5 years I would rather have spent $3 instead of $5 hundred. Oh Ya!! The JVC remote died after 6 months. My universal RCA remote has been around for 7 years.

Please look into what you are buying before you buy it. Don't just trust the expensive brands, trust youre judgement.