I want to buy a 32" LCD TV for at or under $600.00. Please help!

[gener8tr]

Title says it all. I want a 32" LCD TV for my game room and I don't want to spend more than $600.00. I haven't purchased a new TV forever it seems so I am not up-to-date on the latest gadgetry, pricing, brands, etc. I've always just gone to Video Only here in Portland and purchased Toshiba's as I've had great luck with them the past 15 years.

I do NOT have a surround sound system, etc. hooked up in the game room. It's more for simply watching T.V., DVD's, Laserdiscs, etc. Picture quality is important, but since I do NOT have HDTV, BlueRay or anything like that it is not imperative I have 2 zillion pixels (or however they determine resolution now-a-days... I'm old-school and honestly don't know, nor care, really). Just looking for a good set to watch Yankees games while spinning vinyl!

I also want to mount the set DIRECTLY to the wall. Will I need to purchase special brackets.

Thanks for any and all help as I'm looking to buy one THIS weekend.

[barrynsue]

I have purchased some nice refurb LCD's from ecost.com They have ha some great deals on Westinghouse 32" LCD's and all of us have been extremely pleased.

Just have to watch their site as some great deals come along. Prices on these run between $380-$499 and have had no problem whatsoever with their products and services. Have purchased from them dozens of times too!

Lots of other great electronics are available on their site.

I am not affiliated in any way but can highly recommend.

Barry

[cfranz]

Try www.woot.com

WOOT is a seller of gadgets on a one-day-one-deal basis. Every now and again they have some cheap ones, but they also have advertisements for other places which ahve cheap ones. Usually referb.

[SpruceMoose]

visio. we have a pair of 37s at home. no problems at all.

[Cpt.Beaky]

I'm not completely up-to-date, but I think Samsung has panels with the least amount of problems right now. A 720p set should fit your budget and is a sensible resolution for that size. You will need a mounting bracket, but what you'll need will depend on the specific TV you get. The pre-tapped holes on the back of the TV are spaced specific distances apart, usually measured in millimeters on packaging I've seen. Most 32" TVs have a 100mm x 100mm VESA mount, a flat mount should be at the MOST 20 bucks at that size. But doublecheck exactly what size they are on the TV you choose. If you're buying online you should be able to find it listed in the manual, which should be on the brand's website.

If you're going with a smaller brand, try to buy one with buttons for every major control - power, volume, channel, menu, select, input - available on the TV because finding a multi-remote that has the right codes may be very difficult 10 years from now.

[ehoove]

visio. we have a pair of 37s at home. no problems at all.

I concur no problems from here either. Great bang for the buck!
Regards,
Jim

[jdrum1]

I saw a 32" Toshiba for $499 in CC last week. Not a closeout or display model, just a regular sale price. Are they really getting that cheap?

[thedelihaus]

I got my father an Insignia 37" 720p for Christmas. It's a house-badged LG (LG stands for Life's Good, Life's good is a continuation of Goldstar, which started out as Lucky Goldstar).

Not the Goldstar you may remember, but a company of better quality.

The 32" 720p model sells for $579, and may also be a LG brand.

[Glen B]

I've got a Vizio 32". As others have said, a great value and no problems.

[Lady Ayeka]

with any luck, by the time my 32" TOSHIBA CRT calls it a day and i'm finally forced to join the 21st century, they will have perfected flat display tech. after all, they say repetitive images and the current LCD/PLASMA tech. doesn't mix too well, and we do video games just as much as passive TV viewing. that said, i hope to replace it with a PIONEER...

[Lady Ayeka]

BTW, my grandma's husband is one of those types who think they know everything, (yet know nothing) and enjoy holding it over your head. we were up in portland recently visiting and picking up those CL Anime LDs, and they just got an HD tuner Equipped DVD recorder. suddenly, he thought he knew everything about HIGH-DEF. he started in on me with this confusing maze of an explanation of 1080i, 1080p, Etc. he was getting it all wrong, and i was trying to correct him, but he just kept trucking on!! you would've had to have been there to really get it, but trust me, the whole affair was positively hilarious!! i could barely keep a straight face the whole time!! :D:music:

[reggaenaut]

I did not know these units cost that much!

[Cpt.Beaky]

Actually, LCDs and Plasma TVs use very, very, very different technology. LCDs sometimes run into problems when used as completely static displays but will not get image retention under consumer use, even with heavy gaming. The new screens are plenty quick enough, too. I can't say I'm crazy about their colour reproduction, but that's a different issue.

Plasmas are like thin CRTs, to simplify things. They are at a slightly higher risk of image retention than a CRT screen because the phosphors are driven harder, but overall the two technologies are very, very similar.

[bre's dad]

Vizio makes a 32" plasma tv, sold at Wal-Mart for $547. We bought one as a replacement for a tv that blew up and I can' tbe happier. Its one of a few, if not the only plasma under 40". I prefer plasma over lcd as it has a richer, brighter picture. Some like plasma, some don't. There are a handful of lcd tvs under $600.

Here's the link for it:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8477433