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BLaZEjjp
11-29-2007, 09:50 AM
Today only price. $898.00

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5006894

I have been shopping around for a 40"+ HDTV for awhile. Could someone please tell me why this might be a bad deal. I have never heard of eyefi before.

Thanks,

EDIT: OOS
jbrown7815
11-29-2007, 10:11 AM
Seems way cheap for that size. 1000:1 contrast ratio is slow.

IDK what else:confused:
ziddey
11-29-2007, 10:39 AM
Seems way cheap for that size. 1000:1 contrast ratio is slow.

IDK what else:confused:

contrast ratio and speed?? lol :p

fwiw, http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=659611 for banter

looks like a good deal

1000:1 is on the low side for lcd hdtvs, but it shouldn't be that bad.

we all know plasma has the outrageously high contrasts
PanzerBoxb
11-29-2007, 10:43 AM
Be warned, this is an HD-ready display. You will need a separate tuner source (cable box, Tivo, etc.) to watch TV.
Parja
11-29-2007, 11:45 AM
Only 1 HDMI port...yuck.
beowulf7
11-29-2007, 12:32 PM
Be warned, this is an HD-ready display. You will need a separate tuner source (cable box, Tivo, etc.) to watch TV.

Excellent point. But I thought all new TVs sold as of sometime this year had to include an ATSC (digital) tuner. :confused: I didn't click on the Wal-mart link, but perhaps they're calling it a "monitor" and can get away w/ it then.

Edit: Here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATSC_tuner#U.S_Government_mandates) are the FCC mandates on the ATSC deadlines.
kumquat
11-29-2007, 12:35 PM
Excellent point. But I thought all new TVs sold as of sometime this year had to include an ATSC (digital) tuner. :confused: I didn't click on the Wal-mart link, but perhaps they're calling it a "monitor" and can get away w/ it then.

Edit: Here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATSC_tuner#U.S_Government_mandates) are the FCC mandates on the ATSC deadlines.

No.

All TVs sold *with a tuner* must have an ATSC tuner.

In other words, no NTSC-only TVs. Tunerless TVs (more accurately called monitors) are fine.
annaconda
11-29-2007, 12:47 PM
OOS
wiseoracle
11-29-2007, 12:49 PM
Deals already dead! Close thread! :mad:
beowulf7
11-30-2007, 12:13 PM
No.

All TVs sold *with a tuner* must have an ATSC tuner.

In other words, no NTSC-only TVs. Tunerless TVs (more accurately called monitors) are fine.

Thanks for the clarification and that's what I figured. So it's basically the monitor vs. TV difference. "Monitors" don't need any tuners. But a "TV" needs an ATSC one.
mpichescs
11-30-2007, 03:30 PM
n/m im an idiot