fishamaphone on 18 February 2007
Go to a TV store. If you have an HHgregg within the same state as you, it is worth the drive IMO. I drive 70 miles to mine. My brother has one 20 miles from him... I've been to both stores.
I'm in the State of Israel.
That might affect things a little.
The electronics store was a less-gimmicky Sharper Image-type store. Everything in there is supposedly the highest quality stuff you can find in the city. If I go to a TV store, chances are they'll have all standard-def CRT models, with two or three LCD or plasma models in the back.
Regarding the screens at the electronics store: brand didn't seem to make all that much difference... there were multiple screens from each brand, and each one had some flaw. Some worse than others. I'm sorry I didn't take detailed notes of each of the 30 TVs.
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