Make sure you know what size it really is first.
Here is some great info The Mysterious Shrinking TV on what TV’s are really saying when it comes to size. It kind of reminded me when I went shopping for a new 42″ Toshiba this weekend from BestBuy. I saw the Toshiba on sale but thought, why go with the 42″ when the 32″ looks just as good and about $200.00 less. Reading that article I might just wait a few more weeks in case. The stores need to get their sizes and prices right first too.
Here is a peek at the article:
Pick up a Sunday circular for Best Buy, Circuit City or some other electronics store, turn to the TV section, read the fine print, and discover that the TV you’re considering buying –- or the one you already own –- is smaller than you think.
A considerable number of TVs are smaller by as much as a half inch than what the big print in their ads says.
Take, for instance, a Toshiba listed in a recent Best Buy circular. The TV is advertised in bold, black font as “32″ Class.” The fine print reads: 31.5″ measured diagonally.
Or the Sharp advertised as “19” Class”. The fine print: 18.9” measured diagonally.
Or the Sony. The big print reads “32” Class,” while the fine print tells you that it’s actually “31.5 measured diagonally.”
What gives? continued on nytimes.com
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