Poll: Has "the economy" shaken your HD purchase plans?

by Darren Murph posted Nov 8th 2008 at 12:00PM

With all this talk about how the current economic situation is hindering / helping at-home entertainment sales, we figured we'd pose the question to our dear readers. Are you currently feeling the squeeze? So much so that you're scaling back your HD-related purchases? With Black Friday just around the bend, we know it'll be mighty hard to keep the plastic holstered, so we're eager to see if you'll be taking advantage of the downturn to snag a good deal or sitting pretty on the sidelines waiting for brighter days.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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crawdad62 @ Nov 8th 2008 1:17PM

I'm wanting a smaller flat screen for the bedroom. Honestly they're rather pricey for the size. However I've been seeing that the soft economy might make them more manageable. So I guess I'm waiting to take advantage.

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Malixu @ Nov 8th 2008 1:35PM

To be honest, it's encouraging me to stop saving and start spending. Everyone who overspent and got themselves miles into debt is having this "Awwww, that's terrible that you were financially irresponsible, let us put the country further into debt to solve that for you" thing happening, while those of us who saved are facing rapidly dropping interest rates.

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glenfinen @ Nov 8th 2008 1:56PM

I bought a new house in mid august. It has a nearly complete media room (curtains, bar with no fridge, media cabinet) All it really needs is a projector, mount and a screen to be useful since i have a receiver and speakers. It remains shut with the vents closed off.

We have barely bought anything for the new house and are saving every penny.

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ieko @ Nov 8th 2008 2:51PM

I've scaled back but not because of debt (I'm debt free), but because my cash flow is a lot smaller now and so money is put into three piles, bills, savings, & food.

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Galley @ Nov 10th 2008 9:15AM

Food is over-rated.

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mikejonas @ Nov 8th 2008 3:18PM

Not so much because I'm getting more broke, but I'm certainly saving more money with my PS3 and/or Western Digital WD TV box and, um, an alternative movie acquisition method which lets me be more selective with Blu-Ray purchases.

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Cash @ Nov 8th 2008 4:18PM

No, I waiting for more channels in HD the prices of BluRay to drop.

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Tom @ Nov 8th 2008 4:46PM

I think the sudden plunge in consumer spending has the retailers scrambling to deliver some great deals. If you're in the market these days, you can get some really good deals. I recently bought the LG 42LG70 42" 1080p 120Hz TV from Fry's.com for $999. If you're in the market, monitor the deals sites like SlickDeals or TechDealDigger and you can score some really deep discounts.

Link to TechDealDigger's HDTV deal page: http://www.techdealdigger.com/hot-deals/hdtvs-sale/63

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ryaninc @ Nov 8th 2008 6:06PM

I was actually very seriously planning on buying a new TV on Black Friday. Mine is only 720 and I really want a 1080 one. But, yeah, that's not happening now. :-)

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Nick @ Nov 8th 2008 10:55PM

What's wrong with your TV being 720? You probably won't notice a difference with a 1080p tv anyways, depending on what size TV you get, and how far away from it you sit.

I would assume you have a blu-ray player already.... If not, then what would be the point in getting a 1080p TV? Don't buy into the marketing hype. 720p can be just as good, if not better, than a 1080p TV. Look at the Pioneer 5080 for example. 720p TV, but it's still better than a lot of 1080p TV's on the market today.

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squiggleslash @ Nov 8th 2008 8:58PM

This is really the wrong forum to be asking the question. A better answer would be gleaned by looking at the market and seeing whether people ARE actually scaling down spending at stores and with companies that make this kind of thing.

Given the dire state of Circuit City, the collapse of Sound Advice, and the profit warnings various CE giants are giving, I think the answer is probably "Yes".

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GhostDoggy @ Nov 9th 2008 7:10AM

Most people don't realize they sit too far from the display to benefit from the resolution they are paying for. This is not to say that the added resolution above 480 lines isn't of any benefit, but a lot of people would probably benefit 'more' from a larger display with 720-768P resolution than paying for 1080P when they probably will never see the resolution.

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Joshua S. @ Nov 9th 2008 10:14AM

It would be pretty hard to hinder my HD sales; I only rent blu-ray DVD's and will continue to do so until Sony gets their head out of their .... and cuts the premium on BR disks to a reasonable price.

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LonnieDvD @ Nov 9th 2008 2:05PM

For a while, I was thinking about getting a 720p HDTV and a dvd upconverter. However, talk of layoffs at my company has pushed that way back. Maybe next year I can get one.

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