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[Gotmadskillzson]

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Not all Walmarts have bright light in there store. The ones out in VT have low light and Best Buy have dim light. Besides you could always change the store settings on tv's most of the time, they rarely lock the settings down.

[jake44np]

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If you getting a Walmart credit card you don't have to wait for the physical card to buy anything. Just apply for it at the register and if approved, it will tell you your spending limit right then and there. Then you could buy what ever you want in that particular store right then and there. They will just use your driver's license number as your credit card number.

I applied for it on line and was approved for I believe $2000, I am just waiting for the card to get to me so I can use it. Are you saying I dont have to wait for the card? I can use the card even tho I dont physically have it?

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Not if you applied for it online. But if you applied for it at the store then yeah you could have used your line of credit before you had the actual card.

[HustlinOwl]

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Not all Walmarts have bright light in there store. The ones out in VT have low light and Best Buy have dim light. Besides you could always change the store settings on tv's most of the time, they rarely lock the settings down.

I hardly doubt he went up to each TV and started manually adjusting them

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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I always say buy what looks best to YOU and within your budget. You're the one paying for it and will be using it. Don't base your decision on specs or the name on the tv.

If it were me, I wouldn't have even considered a LCD...LED, maybe.

[SuperBowlNachos]

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I'd want to see them both. Assuming they are 2010 models, you should be able to go into Walmart and see them both before making a final decision.

In theory, you should notice a difference between a 60 Hz model and 120 Hz model.

Trust your eyeballs.

I love your info on TVs, but that is very good and bad advice.

Wal Mart NEVER has all of their TVs calibrated to how they should be and some even have non-HD feeds going into them.

I know this thread is a day old though and he probably got one already.

And lordyyyyyyyyy.......if people knew how much stores mark up those tvs and everything else in the store, your head would roll.

Manufacturers have a part in this too. They don't want their products being sold for less then X amount to make their product look better.

Different area of retail, but the PGA Superstores are not carrying Titleist, the biggest name in golf, because PGA Store wants to sell their top of the line golf balls for $35/dozen and not the minimum $40.

[jake44np]

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I always say buy what looks best to YOU and within your budget. You're the one paying for it and will be using it. Don't base your decision on specs or the name on the tv.

If it were me, I wouldn't have even considered a LCD...LED, maybe.

What tv would you recommend then?
Keep in mind I need atleast a 47" (tv is going in a large basement) and I need to stay around $800 or so.

[jake44np]

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[QUOTE=olliethebum85;2041514458]I love your info on TVs, but that is very good and bad advice.

Wal Mart NEVER has all of their TVs calibrated to how they should be and some even have non-HD feeds going into them.

I know this thread is a day old though and he probably got one already.


Actually I havent gotten a tv yet, I am still waiting on my credit card to get to me.
I ordered it last Wednesday, I was thinking I would have received it already.
I am really confused about which TV to get, this whole tv search is making my head hurnt.

[bigfnjoe96]

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Actually I havent gotten a tv yet, I am still waiting on my credit card to get to me.
I ordered it last Wednesday, I was thinking I would have received it already.
I am really confused about which TV to get, this whole tv search is making my head hurt.

Jake, buy the LG. You wont be disappointed. It is a very user friendly TV. You won't feel over-whelmed by it. Easy to set-up & the Picture Wizard feature does a really good job @ allowing the user to create picture settings that look much better than it looks in the store.

I own an 37" LG LCD in the bedroom & the TV has performed very well. Mind you I don't game on it so I can't talk to how it performs while gaming, but when watching CABLE & MOVIES it does a great job.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Yeah just get the LG......it is $200 OFF MAN ! Well hopefully by the time you get your card it still is.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Wal Mart NEVER has all of their TVs calibrated to how they should be and some even have non-HD feeds going into them.

Well of course not, then they would have to pay their workers more then minimum wage. Walmart don't hire contractors to put up their tv wall, they just use their store associates and tell them to plug it up and turn it on.

And 99% of them just be hooked up to a SD signal with components to a dvd player playing the Walmart 30 minute informercial over and over again. On the end caps sometimes they do have a tv hooked up to a blu ray player with hdmi cables playing a blu-ray movie.

[waspman3]

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For my wife and I it came down to Samsung or Vizio. You can't go wrong with either but we ended up with the Samsung. Price is relevant and pictures are awesome on both. Would stick with these 2 brands as I've heard there the best top 2-3 selling brands. Good luck.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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I love your info on TVs, but that is very good and bad advice.

Wal Mart NEVER has all of their TVs calibrated to how they should be and some even have non-HD feeds going into them.

I know this thread is a day old though and he probably got one already.


Manufacturers have a part in this too. They don't want their products being sold for less then X amount to make their product look better.

Different area of retail, but the PGA Superstores are not carrying Titleist, the biggest name in golf, because PGA Store wants to sell their top of the line golf balls for $35/dozen and not the minimum $40.

As long as equal treatment is done to both, seeing them side by side is still going to be better than making a blind purchase. At Walmart, you can mess with the settings if you want as long as the tv is on.

To the OP: Personally, I would go with a 50" 1080p plasma (Panasonic > Samsung > LG). But I'm a movie fan and not much of a gamer. You don't have to worry about static images with a LCD. Plasmas give a better movie picture and the color black is actually black--not dark gray. And the question about Hz and motion blur isn't even an issue. Just the differences in the 2 technologies.

LED LCDs with local dimming is right there with a plasma in terms of picture quality though.

If you don't notice a difference or need 120 Hz, I'd probably go with the LG. You said it yourself that it looked the best. At the end of the day, that is all that matters.

[jake44np]

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I would like to thank you guys for help on selecting my TV.
I bought the LG on Friday when I got home from work.
The picture is abosulety amazing! The Steelers/Broncos game last night in HD looked awesome! The picture and sound are great, again thanks.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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I would like to thank you guys for help on selecting my TV.
I bought the LG on Friday when I got home from work.
The picture is abosulety amazing! The Steelers/Broncos game last night in HD looked awesome! The picture and sound are great, again thanks.

Good to hear. I need to plug up my LG plasma again to give it a workout.