TWO Sharp 46 " LCD TVs $1,999.99

[Greg04]

Two TVs for $2000

CNET review of the 52" version 3.5/5

$1300 at amazon.com

 

[Zap]

Great price, but two?

Costco extends manufacture warranty to 2 years
Returns accepted within 90 days from date of purchase

So much for the vaunted Costco lifetime membership satisfaction guarantee. Maybe too many people abused it?

 

[Insomniator]

Originally posted by: Zap
Great price, but two?

Costco extends manufacture warranty to 2 years
Returns accepted within 90 days from date of purchase

So much for the vaunted Costco lifetime membership satisfaction guarantee. Maybe too many people abused it?

yep, idiots

 

[Greg04]

Originally posted by: Zap
Great price, but two?

Costco extends manufacture warranty to 2 years
Returns accepted within 90 days from date of purchase

So much for the vaunted Costco lifetime membership satisfaction guarantee. Maybe too many people abused it?

They changed this a while ago - remember when a 42" plasma was $4,000? My guess is that no one would be "satisfied" with a $4k 42" 720P plasma now...

 

[Baked]

Pretty damn sweet deal if you got friend/family who wants to buy a new TV, so you can split the cost w/ them. Hmmm... but dual 46" as computer monitors...

Originally posted by: Zap


So much for the vaunted Costco lifetime membership satisfaction guarantee. Maybe too many people abused it?

Definitely the same people who got the their account banned by Amazon.com. They return shit after a while w/o the box, manual, remote, just the scratched up TV. Certified assholes who should just drive their car into retaining walls.

 

[Pardus]

The national average price of a good brand 1080p 46" TV should be about $1000 and for a 42" should be around $800. Huge sales and the state of the economy is helping driving prices down. This deal is very good considering the brand, it does cost $50 to join and there are taxes to pay. getting them home is another challenge.

 

[anthcla81]

Seems like a pretty good price. Does anyone happen to know how this would compare to something like Samsung 37" LN37A550,
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ol...&cp=1&id=1205537541429 ? I grabbed this TV a few weeks ago but so far the picture hasn't been what I've expected, text is blurry when using hdmi cable from my computer

 

[Odeen]

Originally posted by: anthcla81
Seems like a pretty good price. Does anyone happen to know how this would compare to something like Samsung 37" LN37A550,
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ol...&cp=1&id=1205537541429 ? I grabbed this TV a few weeks ago but so far the picture hasn't been what I've expected, text is blurry when using hdmi cable from my computer

If the TV has a specially labeled "HDMI/DVI" or "computer" input, make sure to use it. Also, your TV should support at least one of the following settings: set the display mode to "computer", disabling overscan, and enabling a 1:1 pixel mapping mode. They all mean roughly the same thing - they make your TV behave like a monitor instead of a TV - instead of trying to improve the picture by getting rid of the artifacts you sometimes see at the edges, especially edges of SD programs, it will try to display the picture as faithfully to the original input as possible.

 

[Raider1284]

Originally posted by: Zap
Great price, but two?

Costco extends manufacture warranty to 2 years
Returns accepted within 90 days from date of purchase

So much for the vaunted Costco lifetime membership satisfaction guarantee. Maybe too many people abused it?

People were abusing the hell out of it. Returning 5+ year old computers and asking/getting full credit for them to buy a new one. And people were buying big screen tvs for superbowl events and then returning them shortly afterwards.

 

[degeester]

Originally posted by: ActiveX
The national average price of a good brand 1080p 46" TV should be about $1000 and for a 42" should be around $800. Huge sales and the state of the economy is helping driving prices down. This deal is very good considering the brand, it does cost $50 to join and there are taxes to pay. getting them home is another challenge.

This is shipped to your door. That's another $100, I wish I could pick it up at B&M and save the $100.

 

[onza]

I think the national average on 42" lcd's is 800, but 1000 for the sharp tv is well worth it.

 

[Wuzup101]

Originally posted by: Odeen

Originally posted by: anthcla81
Seems like a pretty good price. Does anyone happen to know how this would compare to something like Samsung 37" LN37A550,
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ol...&cp=1&id=1205537541429 ? I grabbed this TV a few weeks ago but so far the picture hasn't been what I've expected, text is blurry when using hdmi cable from my computer

If the TV has a specially labeled "HDMI/DVI" or "computer" input, make sure to use it. Also, your TV should support at least one of the following settings: set the display mode to "computer", disabling overscan, and enabling a 1:1 pixel mapping mode. They all mean roughly the same thing - they make your TV behave like a monitor instead of a TV - instead of trying to improve the picture by getting rid of the artifacts you sometimes see at the edges, especially edges of SD programs, it will try to display the picture as faithfully to the original input as possible.

The samsung definitely should have 1:1 pixel mapping (my 4065F which is basically the previous year's model does). The text on my TV is crystal clear and it makes a great monitor (as long as you have the TV and computer set for no overscan nor overscan compensation).

Go into the menu and find the section that allows you to "rename" your inputs. Naming the input "PC" should lock it into 1:1.

 

[rdp6]

I have a sammy 5271f from last year hooked up to my macbook pro with ATi graphics. DVI to HDMI1 (set to PC) 'just worked' perfectly in OS X, but there were initially some overscan issues in windows XP. I had to download some special driver from AMD to replace the one in bootcamp to get control of overscan, which iirc had defaulted to 15%. This was as of May this year.

so... +1 to all who said that overscan is anthcla81's problem.

 

[gigahertz20]

Pretty good deal

 

[anthcla81]

(Been a few days, and not to threadjack here but since a few of you have responded with suggestions to my other post..) I set the label to PC, which didn't seem to matter. I'm tending to think it might be something with the driver like rdp6 said? I'm using the latest catalyst though. But I ended up trying Windows 7 over the weekend, and the text was crystal clear without doing anything special, or installing any catalyst.

Still looking at these TV's, does anyone know if they actually have them on display at the stores? I stopped by one but they didn't have them.. The other is like 25 miles away, but it'd be worth the drive to see it

 

[Wreckage]

Reminds me of the Family Guy where they had a 4 pack of Pianos....