ok I have been trying to find a good HDTV that I can hook up to my PS3. well today I was going through my local Best Buy weekly ad and found these two items in a BUNDLED PACKAGE for $698.98


I was wondering if you tv gurus could tell me if this is a good deal or not? cause it looks like a damn good deal to me.



http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....&ref=10&loc=01


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....&ref=10&loc=01



If this is a good deal then I am gonna buy it ASAP if they still have them in stock.

 

Sound system- looks pretty awesome. Sorry I can't help any more.


Here's what you need to consider in purchasing a TV.

1) Make/model... this is so you know the chipset and screen is of good quality. No problems with the Sony Bravias

2) Contrast Ratio: Higher is better.
2500:1 isn't bad.... I think my Samsung 27 runs 3000 or 4000:1. As long as you avoid the cheap 1200:1 panels (or worse) going around, you'll be fine.

3) 720p vs. 1080p
This TV is a 720p, which isn't top of the line, but it's PLENTY awesome. It takes a trained eye to tell the difference on something sub-40 inches. You'll be happy with 720, but if you can go for the 1080, I'd consider it. If it's a $200 difference, then don't worry... but if it's $20, you get my drift.

4) Inputs.
Looks like this one's got plenty. More is always a plus.

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In short:

TV:
Compared to what's out there: 6/10
Compared to what people actually have : 8/10
DVD movie experience: 10/10
HD/Blu-Ray experience: 9/10 (struggle to see difference with 1080p)
Good deal ? Hell yes, 10/10


It's a decent little unit, nothing too fancy, at a great deal. You could do far, far worse.

 

the sound system is nice

personally im not a big fan of sound systes w/ built in dvd players
due to teh fact that most have sprcial speaker connectors
adn if one speaker blows
u would have to pay more for that exact one

i pieced togeather my SS System
Onkyo amp
Insignia 6.1 speakers
and a Sony Sterio SUb

 

it will mostly be used for blu ray movies played from my PS3 and games being played on my PS3

 

then yeah
its a good system
lol

 

i mean it's not like it's gonna be a main source of tv. i don't even watch tv really. I only watch movies and play games. I won't even have cable hooked up to it. ha ha

 

go stick a red pin strip on the sound system... lol

 

actualy
i just read the specs throughly
adn it has no component imputs or HDMI imputs
un less u r funning the video and audio into teh tv
then just the audio out on teh tv into teh SS then u wont be able to get HD

 

i will be running an HDMI cable from the PS3 to the tv.

 

^ then u r set!

 

why would they sell the tv and sound system together if it wouldn't work together? that doesn't sound right.....

 

well the SS doent have HDMI in or out
nor COmponent in or out

 

so how would it hook up to the tv then?

 

RCA
u know Yellow White Red

 

why in the world would they sell a TV and sound system together just to hook it up with RCA? that makes no sense. it is an HDTV but they pair it with a SS that only has RCA?

 

ok so i was wrong about the HDMI out
but yeah
no HDMI in

 

adn there is 1 component in
but no out
XD

 

dude i work for sony style in the americana mall in glendale, ca... goto sonystyle.com the tv is the same price, if u come into the store b4 dec 24 i can take off an extra 75 bucks!!

 

too bad he isnt in cali

 

oh plus the sound system is 299 on the sonystyle website