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Post by ScoutB on Sept 11, 2011 22:23:11 GMT -5
When my 15 year old Sony TV crapped out this summer I replaced it with a flat screen. The HD picture is impressive but we just used one of the features I thought was going to be worthless. My daughter came home from her honeymoon with all of their photos on a USB drive. You can plug that drive into the back of the TV and scroll though the photos with the remote. I'm sure this feature has been around for a while but it's new to me. Pretty awesome.
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Post by SPLASH on Sept 11, 2011 22:25:19 GMT -5
That is a nice feature.
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andymaviglia
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Post by andymaviglia on Sept 12, 2011 10:23:48 GMT -5
Some of the new t.v.'s also have internet capabilities as well Scout. I'm replacing my 55" Sony with a flat screen in November when I get my vacation check and the rest goes toward our wedding and Christmas. I may have a little left for some teardrops and some propane. You can also download movies to your flash drive Scout and watch them that way instead of rentals.
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Post by cp on Sept 12, 2011 11:16:56 GMT -5
I bought a 42in flat screen around the middle of last summer and its pretty nice but now that we moved and have a much bigger living room I might need to upgrade to around a 50in with a nice surround sound system. This is our tv now Crappy cell phone picture...
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Post by SPLASH on Sept 12, 2011 19:36:15 GMT -5
I hear some of you mentioning Sony. Yes, I know they were top rated for years, but look into it a little these days and you will find that Philips normally is rated higher and in most cases you will save a little money. Don't rely on Consumer Report anymore, very corrupt. Awhile back there was rummors of companies paying Consumer Report and I never saw if it was proven but I can tell you this. Back when I sold cell phones C R was big on Motorolla phones which were nice phones, but in signal and sound quality Nokia blew them away but not according to C R. Now after the 4 years of working for Chinamart's warehouse sister company and eventhough I was never paid at a level that electronics people were, I still had to work over there all the time. Sony has not kept up with quality advancements like Philips, Samsung, and LG, but their prices sure have. Look at reviews from customers posted on retail stores' websites. That's where you get truth. One more thing, a few years ago there were Vizio commercials (Ladanian Tomlinson was on some of them) saying they were American made. They were fined for lying, but in the settlement there was a deal where it was not made public. This is why you no longer see "Made in USA" on their boxes. I was told this when we got the email saying we had to ship every single box from Vizio (not just Tv's) back to our Distribution center to be repackaged. OK, tv lecture over.
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Post by ScoutB on Sept 12, 2011 22:01:59 GMT -5
We bought a 52" Samsung and it does have provisions for streaming video from the internet. I haven't tried it because I think my DSL connection might make it choppy.
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Post by cp on Sept 13, 2011 16:03:14 GMT -5
52 inches....woo I like that idea.
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Post by davess1 on Sept 14, 2011 14:15:42 GMT -5
If your TV doesnt have the ability to steamline, I know alot of the newer bluerays DVD players do. Similar to using Netflix through the Wii or Xbox. I hear ya Scout, I just got my first 42" Toshiba flat screen 2 years ago from Costco...HD is a beautiful thing!
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Post by OJ (Original Junkie). on Sept 14, 2011 16:59:15 GMT -5
The top brands for quality and longevity for televisions are Samsung and Panasonic. I spent about 3 solid weeks of researching tv's before I bought my last one and this is what i came up with. i ended up with a Samsung, and love it.
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Post by SPLASH on Sept 14, 2011 17:31:50 GMT -5
Panasonic? Maybe the place I talked about just didn't have nice Panasonics because they do buy what they can get cheap, but when all the displays were up, Panasonic didn't look that good. Samsung is nice, pricey sometimes, but nice.
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Post by ScoutB on Sept 14, 2011 20:58:23 GMT -5
LG is supposed to be very good too.
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Post by OJ (Original Junkie). on Sept 14, 2011 21:18:33 GMT -5
Vizio has a decent picture and a good price. plus it's American made.
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Post by SPLASH on Sept 14, 2011 21:28:32 GMT -5
Vizio has a decent picture and a good price. plus it's American made. Did you not read my post about vizio? About an email being sent that we had to send them all back for repackaging due to them NOT being American made? That's why the commercials don't say it anymore. Partial assembly and all repair is here, but not fully American made.
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Post by SPLASH on Sept 15, 2011 12:54:46 GMT -5
I have another good technology. Shock collars for dogs! Never needed one for my lab as he did everything he was told, but killer, uh I mean Cooper is a maniac sometimes. Yelling and a crack on the rear just doesn't phase this dog. He gets in these moods where he wants to pull flowers and sometimes yanks branches up to 6 foot long out of this shrub. Give him a shock and he gives a little head shake and comes trotting right to you and lays down. He has even figured out I need a remote to do it, so I put the collar on him and show him the remote, most tmes he shapes right up after seeing the remote in my hand. Good technology.
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andymaviglia
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Post by andymaviglia on Sept 15, 2011 16:05:46 GMT -5
Right on Splash! We purchased our first shock collar before we brought Tank home from the breeder. We gave him 2 full days to get used to the new home and then it was boot camp for a year and a half. Honestly we only shocked him 3 times maybe, after that he knew if it was put on him that he better straighten his @$$ up. I'm glad we went that route cause we have 5 nieces and nephews and a great dog to play with them. Rotties rule
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