2014-07-14, 11:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 2014-07-14, 11:59 PM by 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)
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)
server: NextPVR 5.0.7/Win10 2004/64-bit/AMD A6-7400k/hvr-2250 & hvr-1250/Winegard Flatwave antenna/Schedules Direct
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main client: NextPVR 5.0.7 Desktop Client; LG 50UH5500 WebOS 3.0 TV