HDTV, here we come!
Posted by Kyle Heon Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:08:00 GMT
Over the past couple of weeks my wife and I have been discussing upgrading to a newer, bigger television with HDTV. It was the only lacking piece of our home theater (a couple years back we upgraded to a Sony ES receiver with 100 watts by 7 speakers). We struggled to find just what we wanted in both the size and price range we wanted to hit.
With the Labor Day sales this past weekend though we managed to find something that suits our wants and desires and didn’t break the bank (too much).
So, what did we get? Well we decided on the Samsung 40 inch Flat-Panel LCD HDTV which looked amazing in the store. Everything I could find online confirmed that this model wouldn’t dissapoint.
After price haggling and Best Buy Reward Zone discounts (12%), the price came down to around $1800, which I feel is a very awesome deal.
The bad news is that I don’t have it yet. Best Buy was swamped yesterday (sales, and the weather pushed people into stores instead of the beaches). We were there for nearly 4 hours and ended up waiting only to find out that the television we’d bought had been shipped out and they had no more stock. At the time it wasn’t a big deal because we weren’t going to be able to set it up until next weekend as we had a television stand on order.
Then last night we were at Wal-Mart and found exactly what we wanted in terms of a television stand and audio tower(s) which we ended up buying. We spent all evening last night and all day today putting things together. Now that we have a stand and no television I’m a bit annoyed. As consolation Best Buy gave us a $50 gift certificate. The television should be in on Wednesday (two days from today)...here’s hoping.
This all comes just in time for football…I can’t wait to watch the Patriots (and the Red Sox) in high-definition. I’ll probably also switch over this weekend to watch the race (Nascar) cause that should rock too.