Wearing the wife down - now bestbuy has 24 mo. no interests - what size rptv? (1 Viewer)

[Brian Bowles]

Well I think the wife might be thinking about the purchase now. Bestbuy now has 24 months no interest so the purchase will not hit as hard. I have the big decision of deciding on a 57 or 65 inch rptv. Can someone give me the pros and cons of each? There is a pic of my room that it will go in on my website. It is in the home gallery section Bowles Family Website

 

[Bob McElfresh]

A few points:
- Best Buy carries some Toshiba/Mitsu models, but some features are deactivated on the ones sold through BB. Try looking at a Misubishi dealer other than BB. Mitsubishi is offering zero interest financing for 2 years.
I always think bigger-is-better. (at least more impressive ). For an ordinary RPTV the rule was:
Measure the diagonal screen size, double this value and sit this far away from the front of the screen.
I think HDTV has a similar formulia. Here is a link to a Viewing Distance Calculator that might be useful to you.
But after you buy, you start to wonder "Should we have gotten the bigger screen?" so keep this in mind.

 

[James Brown]

Bob,

What features are disabled on some of these TVs sold at BB?

 

[Eric Samonte]

Yup bigger is always better. Like that Sears advertisement on TV,..."If we go smaller, later on we wish we had gone bigger."

 

[Aaron Smithski]

Brian,
I too did the Best Buy "no interest" deal last January when I purchased my 47" Panasonic. This is what I learned:
1. The 18 month no interest deal seemed pretty sweet. I assumed it was a no interest, no payment deal without reading the fine print. Wrong. There are minimum monthly payments due totaling 2.5% of the unpaid balance. That may or may not be an issue to you.
2. I really had to work hard to get them to drop to the competitor-across-the-street's price of $1800. They were at $2000 and we went around and around for half an hour over the $200. In retrospect, it was not worth my time.
3. Of course, my $1800 TV with no interest became a $1350 TV shortly after purchase! This is what I could have got it for 5 months later. I would have much rather waited and got the better deal and paid cash for it. Now I am suffering from "no interest syndrome" and do not see the rush to pay off the BB card since it is not costing me interest!
4. It was a somewhat hasty decision due to the time constraints of the "deal". I (like you) wondered what size to get and figured the 47" would work out best at my viewing distance. Now, I can see after living with the 47" that I like the THX viewing recommendations and wished I had a 58" Pioneer!
After looking at your room pics, I would definitely go with the 65"!
Aaron

 

[Hanson]

Looking at the picture, the 65" is a no-brainer. The only consideration is if your entrance way is constricted somehow. Take good measurements.