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My parents want me to help them buy a 42inch tv for their living room. It needs to be brand name(panasonic, samsung, sony, etc.). They will not trust a brand like Vizio or Westinghouse, or they'll yell at me. It has to be 1080p , using it for basic HD discs and TV viewing(they don't play games). I wanted to know what tv's are good and are avaliable that are less than $900. Maybe i should wait till Black Friday?:roll:

SHIT! newegg has a cheaper price, but it's already ready for shipping...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889187081
 
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blackfriday.info there is a 42inch panasonic plasma on the market right now for approx 800.

http://bfads.net/

supposedly the half-light time is 34 years and burn-in is literally negligible for this plasma now.
 
Honestly, you should really look up on the 42" Vizio Plasma. For $747, you can't go wrong. Vizios are good TVs. I've had an LCD in the living room for two years and haven't had a single problem.
 
[quote name='Access_Denied']Honestly, you should really look up on the 42" Vizio Plasma. For $747, you can't go wrong. Vizios are good TVs. I've had an LCD in the living room for two years and haven't had a single problem.[/quote]

My store actually has those in stock for $697. But it varies by store, everyone might want to check around.

But, staying on topic. Everyone I know who has a Vizio really likes them.
 
The Panasonic TH-42PX80U is about $700 at 6th Ave. The price fluctuates between $698 and $768 from week to week.
I actually got Best Buy to price match it over the summer at about $725.

Excellent TV, and it is routinely on sale everywhere for roughly the same price.
 
I'd recommend you steer clear of Panasonic plasmas. There's a solid number of complaints about motherboard and other power issues causing the plasmas to do their own red flashes of death. It's a small number of tvs, but should you fall into that small number the customer service at Panasonic so far is a little disappointing for such a large company.

Last I checked, Best Buy had a 42" Samsung 720p lcd for about $750.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8749376&type=product&id=1202650190227
 
If you can deal with $900 - there's a 40" Toshiba 1080p at QVC, get 4% cashback from cashback.live.com. Lots of inputs if that's your thing!

LINK
 
Wait for Black Friday, it's hard to find a good deal on a top name brand like Samsung and Sony but you may have better luck with Sharp, Panasonic or Toshiba.
 
Try shopping online @ compusa.com.
I bought my 42" 1080p tv for $900, but 720p TVs are considerably less. I'd recommend LCD over plasma, but plasma TVs have been becoming less temperamental overtime (reducing burn-in, the angle to which you can tilt them without killing them, etc.).
 
Vanns is offering the Panasonic TH-42PZ80U with a Panasonic BD Player for about $950 and free shipping (tax for people in NY/NJ) it comes with 2 disney blurays for free sounds like a good deal for your parents considering they want to watch hd movies because they'll need a bd player to watch hd discs... i would jump on this myself if I didn't have a ps3. Panasonic Plasma's are only second to the Pioneer Kuro's it has great reviews and is very dependable

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=1009491
 
Get the Panasonic 42" 720P HDTV, model number TH42PX80U. Its great. Decent contrast ratio, great motion clarity, and affordability. Its only $799.99 most places, like Circuit City.
 
trying to decide between that vizio and the Panasonic TH-42PZ80U.
Im not getting the Sharp that Dell has, because people have been reporting problems with that.

BTW, did that vizio come with a warranty?
 
[quote name='rhymenoceros']I'd recommend you steer clear of Panasonic plasmas. There's a solid number of complaints about motherboard and other power issues causing the plasmas to do their own red flashes of death. It's a small number of tvs, but should you fall into that small number the customer service at Panasonic so far is a little disappointing for such a large company.

Last I checked, Best Buy had a 42" Samsung 720p lcd for about $750.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8749376&type=product&id=1202650190227[/quote]

My family owns two of the Panasonic Vieras and they've never had a problem. Why avoid a product when only a very small percent of them may have a problem? If a product has a sucess rate of 99.9% or better, no reason to steer clear due to a couple of complaints. Look at the failure rate of the x360...it was almost guaranteed to fail and that didn't didn't stop anyone from buying it ;)

Honestly, the Viera is one of the best TVs on the market right now, you can't go wrong with it.
 
I just bought the same tv. I'd try and cancel, its $730 on Amazon. With a $5 HDMI cable it came to $799 shipped. Free shipping, tax was expensive.
 
[quote name='blackbird3216']I bought the Panasonic from 6ave. $864.85 shipped. sucks i had to pay tax since i live in NYC.[/quote]

Sweet. That same TV arrived today for me as well. Except I purchased it from Ebay.

[quote name='mattao18']I just bought the same tv. I'd try and cancel, its $730 on Amazon. With a $5 HDMI cable it came to $799 shipped. Free shipping, tax was expensive.[/quote]

I purchased fore $729 instantly on Ebay, and I should have $200 cashback coming. I am absolutely loving the TV so far.
 
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