http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/ Engadget HD Comments for Wal-Mart looking to sell 52-inch LCD TV for $699? http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/Mar 7th 2008 6:09PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/Mar 7th 2008 6:50PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/
BTW: I live in the US not Canada, so I don't know if it would be slightly different for you or not.]]>Mar 8th 2008 10:02AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/Mar 7th 2008 8:01PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/Mar 7th 2008 7:20PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/Mar 7th 2008 7:25PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/
I gotta say, even at this price, I wouldn't buy one for "future use" since I did that once with a CE device -- and by the time the future came, I could have spent far less and gotten far more, and not have been sitting on an unopened box for a year. (Oh but I'll bet you were joking, like: I've been buying up HD-DVD players to use as doorstops in my home.)]]>Mar 7th 2008 7:43PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/Mar 7th 2008 7:53PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/Mar 9th 2008 2:04PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/Mar 7th 2008 8:08PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/Mar 7th 2008 9:42PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/Mar 7th 2008 10:07PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/Mar 7th 2008 10:46PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/
Really? I got my 50" HDTV two years ago for just over $1800, and it was a Sony. I hardly consider a no-name 52" at $2200 a good deal.]]>Mar 8th 2008 12:58AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/Mar 9th 2008 2:02PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/And what about the LCD manufacturers give Wal-Mart the finger and make 52-inchers at $699 whenever the hell they want to ?]]>Mar 8th 2008 1:05AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/
They're already the famous, non-standard LCD resolution of 1366x768, which always looks like poo, but on top of that it's upscaled all the way to a monstrous 52". This television will assuredly look like horrifying doo-doo.]]>Mar 8th 2008 1:28AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/
I just paid £2500 for my Sony 46", and I think I got a great deal it is fantastic.]]>Mar 8th 2008 1:47PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/LG, Samsung, Sharp, and Sony -- 3 if you count the fact that Sony now partners with Sharp over Samsung: http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/26/sony-sharp-lcd-markets-equity-cx_jc_0226markets08.html)
no one should take a so called "no name" brand lightly. Now, yes, there are different levels of quality from panel to panel and manufacturer to manufacturer, but you could just as easily find one of those lesser panels in the known "brand name" panel that you just pay $300 - $1500 over the comparable "no name".

For instance, Best Buy's in-house brand, Insignia, has panels made by LG.

Now I'm not trying to convince anyone to not buy a "brand name". It's just something that needs to be considered.]]>Mar 8th 2008 5:21PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/
While the glass is the same, the electronics behind the scenes that do all of the processing are the key. It's ALL about the electronics, not the glass. Pioneer said the same thing this week when they noted that the glass they use for their Plasma displays isn't as important as the electronics that they make. To put it into perspective, a painter may paint on the same canvas as DaVinci used, but he isn't ending up with the Mona Lisa.]]>Mar 8th 2008 6:15PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/
I totally agree with you!!!
I completely forgot to address that in my original post. Good catch.]]>Mar 8th 2008 9:51PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/]]>Mar 9th 2008 3:22AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/07/wal-mart-looking-to-sell-52-inch-lcd-tv-for-699/May 13th 2008 6:39PM