TV Went Out...Amy Opinions?!?

[gabowman]

Well, my old console TV gave out today. Went down to the local Walmart and seen there wasnt anybody that knew much of anything about them...me included. So...I'm off to Best Buy in Athens in the morning. Any opinions on what's good or bad and what to stay away from?

[SeaRay]

Butch,
We bought ours at Best Buy several years ago. This was our first flat screen TV. We determined what size screen we needed(42") and just looked at all the 42" ones on display and picked the one that looked to us like it had the best picture. We got an LG, not the most or least expensive, did not really look at the prices to start with, but this one was as good as any we looked at. Not a minute's trouble since we got it in 2007. We got an LCD, there were some issues with Plasma back then, but I think that has been resolved so just a matter of what looks right to you.
Since you had a console you did not have High Definition so you will be blown away with the picture. If you have satellite TV(like us) you will have to change your receiver to HD and pay a little extra but well worth it. Don't know about cable and HD.
SeaRay

[Redge]

We have had great luck out of the Visio brand.

[dennisafields]

I agree it is hard to beat the Visio for price and quality.

[shadboy]

We have had great luck out of the Visio brand.

Me, too!

[gjameson]

We have had good luck with Samsung and Visio. The samsung
may be the more expensive of the two brands.

[gabowman]

I may wind up buying from Walmart but after looking at the diffeerent TV's I started having some questions and didnt know the answers and the Walmart girls certainly didnt know. Some of the TV's have 1 component, 1 computer, 1 composite, 3 HDMI (some more or less), some have 2D and 3D capabilities, some have built in WIFI...etc, etc.

Man! I dont know what all this stuff is so I thought I'd go to best buy and see what those guys can teach me. After that maybe I can make up my mind (I think). I do know that I've been wanting one of them big 50"-55" TV's for ALOOOOOONG time so now I hope to have one working in my house before the sun goes down tomorrow evening!Thumbs Up

[Bigtime]

I went with LG worth the extra bucks, did a lot of checking. Got mine at HH Gregg. it was interest free for 12 months on their credit card which they approved on the spot. I got mine in Anderson, and liked the people that waited on me

[DKR]

i bought a insignia tv at best buy last nov.(insignia tv is best buy store brand) i liked price & pic it hads.

[Bigtime]

They got the BIGGINS TOO!!!!