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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Inspect Your Gadgets > Televisions Thread: Almost cheaper to build your house out of TVs than wood
 
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Blue Footed Booby
Oct 4, 2006

got those happy feet

 I've been looking at getting a new TV, preferably something LED backlit in the 42"-46" range. Problem is I've been spoiled by my IPS computer monitor. I found this Panasonic IPS for $548 but it seems to be too good to be true. Is there something wrong with it I'm not seeing? It seems to be about a third less expensive than non IPS screens with otherwise similar characteristics.

I'm open to "no you fool, buy ____" posts. I'm willing to spend about $1,200 max.

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Blue Footed Booby
Oct 4, 2006

got those happy feet

Kraven Moorhed posted:

Unlike these ballers preceding me (god I wish I could splurge), I'm looking for something a bit more humble for using my PS3 in my bedroom. It'd be on a shelf a few feet away from the foot of the bed. I'm looking for something:
  • larger than 22 inches
  • price limit is $250-ish, but the lower the better
  • 1080p would of course be sweet, but I can deal with 720 I guess

Is this a pipe dream? My searching so far has lead me to believe I can only find extremely unreliable models in that range, but I'm hoping some year-end sales might give me some luck. Ebay shows some shifty deals on 32 inch LGs with no returns so I'm obviously a bit skeptical about that. I just need something dependable and cheap.

Edit: Holy poo poo, nevermind. Just found this deal on woot for a 32 inch, 1080p LCD refurb from JVC that seems to get pretty decent reviews for $200. This something I should jump on? If so, is the $50 price jump (and a $10-ish jump in warranty, which I'm definitely getting) worth it for 5 inches more size?

Most games actually render below 720p, usually 1024x600 so 1080p won't help at all for gaming. Sorry if you already know this, I just made the mistake of getting a mediocre 1080p screen in college instead of a good 720p one because I didn't' realize it really is MOST games.

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Inspect Your Gadgets > Televisions Thread: Almost cheaper to build your house out of TVs than wood