Buying a new TV

NCGirl · #1 05/05/06, 03:26 PM

We got our JVC 35" tv from a yard sale a year ago for $25.00

Worked perfectly until this past weekend when it took a major spill from the cabinet and has died.

So I am looking for a new TV but can't believe that I can't find a regular old TV of about 32" or 36" unless it is a high dollar Plazma or LCD. The old picture tube tv has been phased out I was told.

What to do? I don't want to spend $800 plus on a TV. I only watch 2 shows a week and the occasional DVD.

Help!!

Thatch · #2 05/05/06, 03:35 PM

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....sortfilter.jsp

sort by price ...

good luck

J

gccrook · #3 05/05/06, 03:40 PM

They haven't been fazedout here. Maybe a different store is in order. Even Walmart has regular old Tube TVs.

arabian knight · #4 05/05/06, 03:58 PM

You can still find them but it is getting harder and harder. Because in 2 years the Analog Signal will be turned off and Only Digital signals will come over the air. And with that then comes Hi Def and the Hi Def DVD Players and DVDs which are for the Wide Screen Format~! If you do get a Standard type then in a few years you have to get a Converter box to watch Over the Air Programming OR go with Satellite service. That is why when you do find a standard TV it will be much cheaper then they were a few years ago because they ARE being phased out Same as the CRT Monitors for Computers You can't buy them anymore you have to go with the LCD. or LED flat screen ones.... The Old CRT type are only sold now in the 3rd world countries till they run out of stock.....

End of the Road · #5 05/05/06, 05:07 PM

There are still plenty of standard T.V.'s around here and plenty more are still being made. Orginally the over the air signals were supposed to be switched over by 04 or 05. But that was based on 85% of the households having the HD sets. However 85% of households DO NOT have these sets and they are not selling well for a whole bunch of reasons including price, lack of HD programing in most markets and in the case of plasma and LCD lack of durability. It now looks like they won't be switching over anytime in the near future. The last surveys I saw (CNN and MSNBC I think ) was conventional TV sales were still 88% of the market with tube types being 65% of that, with HD sets only at 12% of new sales. In some of the larger markets they are simulcasting however. I think a lot of us live out in the country and we are on sat systems in which case you can use a standard set forever and never need a converter box.

arabian knight · #6 05/05/06, 05:31 PM

Here is the lastest I can find April 26, '06; And this said this:
In February, President Bush signed into law a requirement that all over-the-air broadcasters must switch from transmitting analog TV signals to digital TV by Feb. 17, 2009.
Which is about 2-1/2 years.
It's almost official: Starting Feb. 18, 2009, millions of televisions in American households will go black unless they're outfitted to receive all-digital broadcasts

Digital TV switch set for early 2009

So here is More ammo to Bash Bush about I guess.

SteveD(TX) · #7 05/05/06, 06:12 PM

We bought a 50" DLP Samsung HDTV in January. All of the major networks now broadcast in HD, and all of the movie channels such as HBO, Showtime, etc. Recently released DVD movies are the same. There are also several cool cable channels such as Discovery HD, National Geographic, etc. It's an amazing difference. I don't like to watch the old TV in the bedroom anymore.... I'm spoiled.

mike3367 · #8 05/05/06, 06:40 PM

well as i am a tv repair man you cant go wrong with the phillips big screen wally world is selling it only 897 and is full out hd. no matter what your choice is buy the extened warranties, cus if you dont and you have to pay me my rate you will wish you had lol

arabian knight · #9 05/05/06, 07:13 PM

I looked at those just a few days ago when I was at Wally World. And If I Needed to buy a New Set Now I surely would go with the New Wide screen ones. As the Format for HD is Wide-screen. I do not have a HD set yet BUT When I buy ANY DVDs I make sure I get the Wide screen format because in the near future I will be getting a HD Wide-screen TV..
I have a 32 Inch Toshiba now so DVDs are pretty good for sure because of the Component (3 wires) for video going into the TV. And I already have a very good Dolby Digital Receiver and Sound Surround system.. 7.1 and can upgraded to 8.1 system. Most DVDs are at 5.1....So I am good into the future Yeah.....

Loumeister · #10 05/05/06, 08:38 PM

The old tubes will be around for a while. The transition to digital is slower than originaly anticipated. I can tell you for sure that until over half of the households have a digital set, they won't stop analog broadcasts. Can you imagine 100 million PO'd Americans.... Any way for my two cents, I would seriously consider a Sanyo. I know it's kind of viewed as a cheap brand, and price wise it is. But they consistantly score above average in reliability and satisfaction. Than again, my parents have a JVC that is at least 20 years old, that they watch daily. It's a 21 inch I think so it's kind of small, but it was one of the first ones to have OSD and the CC and all that great stuff.... I amazed that it still works and work very well.

Loumeister