"Dejola" <johnandja***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm thinking about getting a Samsung 40" LCD high def flat screen TV
> for my son as a house warming gift. I like the space saving
> characteristic of the flat screen and how it can be hung on a wall like
> a picture. But they are still expensive. The one I'm looking at is
> about $1,700. It is perhaps not the top of the line or the latest
> model, but it looks pretty good to me.
>
> But in talking to a sles guy he said the LCD high def works great,
> except when viewing non-high def programming, in which case the picture
> quality is poor. Is this true?
>
> Would it be a mistake to buy this less expensive Samsung LCD? The sales
> guy says that Samsung makes the Sony LCDs. Is that true.
>
> Thanks.
>

> I'm thinking about getting a Samsung 40" LCD high def flat screen TV
> for my son as a house warming gift. I like the space saving
> characteristic of the flat screen and how it can be hung on a wall like
> a picture. But they are still expensive. The one I'm looking at is
> about $1,700. It is perhaps not the top of the line or the latest
> model, but it looks pretty good to me.
>
> But in talking to a sles guy he said the LCD high def works great,
> except when viewing non-high def programming, in which case the picture
> quality is poor. Is this true?
>
> Would it be a mistake to buy this less expensive Samsung LCD? The sales
> guy says that Samsung makes the Sony LCDs. Is that true.
>
> Thanks.

> I'm thinking about getting a Samsung 40" LCD high def flat screen TV
> for my son as a house warming gift. I like the space saving
> characteristic of the flat screen and how it can be hung on a wall like
> a picture. But they are still expensive. The one I'm looking at is
> about $1,700. It is perhaps not the top of the line or the latest
> model, but it looks pretty good to me.
>
> But in talking to a sles guy he said the LCD high def works great,
> except when viewing non-high def programming, in which case the picture
> quality is poor. Is this true?
>
> Would it be a mistake to buy this less expensive Samsung LCD? The sales
> guy says that Samsung makes the Sony LCDs. Is that true.
>
> Thanks.

> Dejola wrote:
> > I'm thinking about getting a Samsung 40" LCD high def flat screen TV
> > for my son as a house warming gift. I like the space saving
> > characteristic of the flat screen and how it can be hung on a wall like
> > a picture. But they are still expensive. The one I'm looking at is
> > about $1,700. It is perhaps not the top of the line or the latest
> > model, but it looks pretty good to me.
>
> Nice thought ... especially if you can afford such extravagant gifts,
> but why bother?
>
> I mean, that's a chunk of change for a reason like that, and you have
> no idea what your money is buying, but have you seen the trash on
> television lately?
>
> I figure if you've got that kind of discretionary cash to burn, then
> devote it to something valuable, or give the funds to the recipient and
> let them decide. No problem.

> Thanks for your input.
>
> I don't believe everything on TV is trash. I'm not one of those blue
> nose types who is ashamed to admit they have a TV and even watch it. I
> once knew a guy of that type who asked me to find him a small elevator
> type device to install in his cabinet so that when he was not actually
> watching TV he could make in disappear into the cabinet that it rested
> on.
>
> TV is just another medium and a good one at that. After all, it engages
> more of the senses than written material (sight and sound instead of
> just sight). There are good books and bad ones, good newspapers and not
> so good ones, and so on and so forth. I like a lot of what TV
> (broadcast and cable) has to offer. And the neat thing is I can turn it
> on or off at will.
>
> I would say that of the things I own my TV gives me more information
> and entertainment, more bang for the buck, if you please, than just
> about anything else.
>
> I'll likely be getting that flat screen TV for my son. I prefer to do
> that with my money rather than injecting sh*t in my veins or snorting
> it up my nose, or giving it to some bullsh*t pseudo-charity with
> through-the-roof administrative costs which pay outrageous salaries and
> benefits to its' officers. That said I recognize and appreciate that
> there are many legitimate charities that do good work and I support
> some of them to the extent I can.
>
> Thanks again for taking the time to express your views on this issue.
> so.no***@yahoo.com wrote:
>> Dejola wrote:
>>> I'm thinking about getting a Samsung 40" LCD high def flat screen TV
>>> for my son as a house warming gift. I like the space saving
>>> characteristic of the flat screen and how it can be hung on a wall like
>>> a picture. But they are still expensive. The one I'm looking at is
>>> about $1,700. It is perhaps not the top of the line or the latest
>>> model, but it looks pretty good to me.
>>
>> Nice thought ... especially if you can afford such extravagant gifts,
>> but why bother?
>>
>> I mean, that's a chunk of change for a reason like that, and you have
>> no idea what your money is buying, but have you seen the trash on
>> television lately?
>>
>> I figure if you've got that kind of discretionary cash to burn, then
>> devote it to something valuable, or give the funds to the recipient and
>> let them decide. No problem.