Best Buy awesome deal Options

[impala454]

Just thought I'd throw this out there...

went to best buy today, they currently have an insane financing deal in the home theater dept. No interest until Jan 2010 on purchases over $999. 36 months folks... crazy.

i got my new TV and an Xbox 360

[zetec]

heh... i worked at a best buy man... i know how the training and product knowledge works. the training consists of, "here's how to sell the most monster cable with their TV purchase" (i was in computers so my training was "here's how to convince the customer they need the 16' gold belkin printer cable that costs more than the printer itself"). working at best buy or circuit city doesn't imply any knowledge of electronics. i've overheard stuff that made me want to throw up both while working there and browsing as a customer. i don't blame the employees though, i blame the management and corporate of these companies, because they're the ones that trickle down the information. and don't get me wrong there's definitely some smart people working at best buy, but they didn't get their knowledge from working there.

if you want to get to the people that know what they're talking about go read sound & vision magazine (and/or forums) or go to http://www.avsforum.com

i'm not tryin to be mean or anything, there's honestly awesome info from those two sources... and terrible info from BB & CC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pFrnkRk28Y

you'll appreciate that.

I hate to tell you this but you are soarly misinformed

Plasmas are NOT heavy. In fact, they are very light. I could lift a 50" plasma by myself. Huge? Umm they are flat panel... DLP's are huge. They are hot, ill give you that. burn in? dont be a retard and leave your tv on for 2 days straight....cuz thats how long it takes. overpriced? they have come down in price significantly. Plasma technology has advanced a lot in the past 2 years. Whereas the average lifespan of a plasma used to be 5 years...its now 10-12. The best LCD tv is no way as near as nice as a pioneer plasma. End of discussion. If you think differently, then you are retarded.

a 50-inch plasma weighs about 100-150lbs. that's not light. not as heavy as a CRT at that size, but heavier than an LCD. 50-inch LCDs range from about 50-85lbs.

i checked on amazon, so don't say i'm also an idiot who is soarly[sic] misinformed.

Also, people who watch channels like MSN or CNN or any station with a ticker (news stations) are prone to having the ticker burnt-in even with regular usage. As far as DLPs go, there's a new type of DLP that doesn't use a color wheel (eliminated the size, as well as some tracing problems). And yes, plasmas are still overpriced. Cheaper than they used to be doesn't mean that it's appropriately priced.

and 10 years for a tv's lifespan is bullshit, when I buy a tv i plan on keeping it until i physically break it, or holodecks become practical.


and don't call people names for having differing opinons on hot technology. if everybody had to have the same opinion, AVSforum wouldn't even exist. and shit, it's just a tv, cool down.