BB: 37" Toshiba LCD $699 free shipping

[triniboy75]

Best buy has a Toshiba 37" LCD HDTV** (37AV502R) - Online Only for $699. with free shipping. Looks like a good price for a 37" as 40" are still going for 899 plus

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...C-email_weekly

[Captain Snazzypants]

3.75 ratings from customers, and it's not even a sale price. You can get a 42" Panasonic plasma for not too much more. Toshiba is a good maker and it might have been hot if it were 1080p so it could be used as a kick-ass PC monitor...

[mystery]

$699 for a name brand 37" LCD TV is the lowest I've seen.

Hot Deal IMHO.

[kyli]

If BB sell a 40 1080p brand name tv, I would say it is hot.

[yhap2003]

FYI, this is 720p so it's not hot

[mystery]

Unless you are going to use this as a PC monitor, you do not need 1080P on a 37" TV IMO.

Who ever watches 1080P content anyways?

I believe most HDTV isn't even 720P.

[shewa]

I'm not sure this is a very good deal. But to comment on the 720p vs. 1080p issue have a look at this excerpt from CNET.com The bottom line appears to be that 720 is fine in smaller sets. I personally have a high end THX certified 1080p set and find virtually no difference between hd television at 720p and bluerays at 1080p.
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We still believe that when you're dealing with TVs 50 inches and smaller, the added resolution has only a very minor impact on picture quality. In our tests, we put 720p (or 768p) sets next to 1080p sets, then feed them both the same source material, whether it's 1080i or 1080p, from the highest-quality Blu-ray player. We typically watch both sets for a while, with eyes darting back and forth between the two, looking for differences in the most-detailed sections, such as hair, textures of fabric, and grassy plains. Bottom line: It's almost always very difficult to see any difference--especially from farther than 8 feet away on a 50-inch TV.

http://reviews.cnet.com/720p-vs-1080...=rtcol;relnews

[Captain Snazzypants]

Unless you are going to use this as a PC monitor, you do not need 1080P on a 37" TV IMO.

Who ever watches 1080P content anyways?

I believe most HDTV isn't even 720P.

720p is more than fine for this size. As mentioned here and above, this only matters if you want to use it as a monitor.

I have a Panny 50" 720p plasma and the PQ is fantastic - perfect colour balance and razor sharp text (but easy on the eyes). Ignore the 1080p snobs who know not of what they speak...

[BRAISKI]

Unless you are going to use this as a PC monitor, you do not need 1080P on a 37" TV IMO.

Who ever watches 1080P content anyways?

Misinformed, naive or "guilable" ppl who thinks that there is a huge difference between a 720p and 1080p esp on 37" TVs. Not to mention bragging rights lol. When the sales person tells them it looks 100x better and its a "real" HD! That you will need esp if you have BR player since it outputs 1080p. Its sad to see as soon as ppl dont see the 1080p capable they start dissing the TV. Just because commercial and marketing tells them.

Then you have some douche saying why buy a BR player when you do not have a 1080p TV, very sad... 720p is still very good and i is still HD. Unless you have a 50" TV then its a different story

Anyways I think this TV is a very good deal!

[eladmk]

What about the differences between 60hertz and 120hertz? people always hyped about this as well.

[Havo]

The difference between 60hz and 120hz is how many times it refreshes per second. A TV with 120hz will refresh its images 120 times/second as opposed to a 60hz one that will only do it 60times/second. It makes movements look smoother but some people think that it makes it look fake if you have a TV that runs at 120hz as opposed to one at 60hz. I would rather get one at 120hz but that's me. It makes a fair bit of difference on fast moving actions like movies or sports.

[smacd]

I bought 3 37" Toshiba 768P LCDs for $699 each in September '07 during a FS sale. I'm looking for 1 more but I want a better deal than this.

[Sansul]

Costco was selling 1080P 40 Inch Toshiba's for 820$ a few months ago. Really great price, TV looks great and has a plethora of connections on the back.

[granite_69]

I agree, its great when watching hockey or something fast paced.

But for avg sit coms or cartoons (Simpsons for example) it looks terrible!!
The refresh rate makes it look almost robotic

The difference between 60hz and 120hz is how many times it refreshes per second. A TV with 120hz will refresh its images 120 times/second as opposed to a 60hz one that will only do it 60times/second. It makes movements look smoother but some people think that it makes it look fake if you have a TV that runs at 120hz as opposed to one at 60hz. I would rather get one at 120hz but that's me. It makes a fair bit of difference on fast moving actions like movies or sports.

[mahjongmaniac]

$750 at FS, PM for another $5 off

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...5000FS10121909