I just want to brag about my "new" TV

[johnsonx42]

I've been busy moving, and hauling tons of stuff to the local thrift store donation center. On Saturday afternoon after dropping off a pile of stuff I decided to go into the store and see what all they had. I was mostly looking to see if they had any interesting furniture I could use. Honestly most of it seemed overpriced for the condition it was in, like stuff I might take if it was $20 or so, but not $179 or whatever. In the back corner beyond the furniture they had some TV's, and I noticed a couple of guys looking at a big flat-screen TV that was just showing static on a dead analog channel. The one was saying "look how cheap this is!", but then he looked behind it saw it wasn't a thin LCD panel and he said "oh, nevermind, it's one of those old thick TV's, it's not worth buying.". I very much needed a TV for my new place, so I wandered over and had a look. Sure enough, it was indeed a used projection TV, but not much more than 12" deep, and it looked practically brand new. The remote seemed like it was never used. Labels on the front said things like "HDTV 1080p" and "DLP". Ah hah! I thought, this is no "old thick TV", it's something very good. I played with the menus for a bit, just to see that it all appeared to be working and that the display was in good order, and then I bought it. When I got someone to help me move it out to my car I was quite surprised at how light it was. When I got it home and hooked it up to my NPVR box using an HDMI cable, I was blown away by the picture quality. It even sounds pretty good too, though I'll probably still hook up a surround sound amp, speakers, and sub.

So which TV is it?

Samsung HL-S5087W: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-HL-S5087W-...B000F2R5HO

How much did I pay? $62.30 (sticker was $89, but they were having a 30% off sale that day)

[gEd]

Result indeed, well done!

[ACTCMS]

+1

It's great to see folks passing stuff they no longer want to others and extending the working life of stuff others no longer want...

Alex

[johnsonx42]

I've discovered that the remote I got with the TV is actually one Samsung supplied with TV's about 3 years later, but it seems to work fine with it. This remote seems to have a little better layout and has illuminated buttons whereas the 'correct' remote did not so that's a bonus too. Of course for $62 I'd have bought the TV with no remote at all.

I guess one day I'll have to replace the projector lamp assembly which will cost about what I paid for the TV. I could imagine that I paid for the lamp that's in it now, and got the rest of the TV for free!

[Lao Pan]

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-HL-S5087W-...B000F2R5HO[/url]

How much did I pay? $62.30 (sticker was $89, but they were having a 30% off sale that day)

Is that you selling a used one for $795 on that link now ?

[ElihuRozen]

+1

It's great to see folks passing stuff they no longer want to others and extending the working life of stuff others no longer want...

Alex

+1 to this

[johnsonx42]

Is that you selling a used one for $795 on that link now ?

lol, that actually did cross my mind for about 10 seconds last night. when I first posted that link there were two used ones for sale, one for $755 and one for $795. The one for $755 apparently sold. That seems like way too much to pay for a used 7 year old TV, but I guess out of millions of people there will always be one guy with a bug up his butt for a particular hard to find model. If I were dropping that sort of money on a TV, it'd be this: http://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronics-47L...B00II6VVV0

[imilne]

If I were dropping that sort of money on a TV, it'd be this: http://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronics-47L...B00II6VVV0

A "smart" TV!? When you have NextPVR. Tut tut

Iain

[whurlston]

I'll give you $125 for it. That's 100% profit.

[johnsonx42]

let the bidding begin!