Looking to buy a new television
 

Is there somewhere to buy a nice tv other than big box stores? Someone to setup in my home?

Best Buy will set it up in your home for a reasonable price, but that is a big box store.

I always try to buy a television from Sam's Club or Costco because they have a 90 day return policy. Much better than Best Buy, which only has a 14 day return policy. Some TVs will have a screen defect that doesn't show up immediately, and it may not be covered by the manufacturer's warranty. In that case, the 90 day return policy is very valuable.

Agreed. It's hard for smaller stores to compete with the big box retailers because of the small margins on these televisions so there just aren't a lot of other alternatives available anymore.

Costco or Sams is the way to go.

You might give this guy a call and see what he has to offer.

Home Audio Video Sales & Installation in The Villages, Florida

It depends on what kind of TV you want to buy. If you just want a TV and don't really care about the quality, Costco and other BB stores have all the cheap TVs you want. Best Buy and Costco have the higher grade TVs as well and will install for you as well. If anything goes wrong, all these places will exchange the TV pretty much without question.

For budget TVs, TCL, Hiscense, Vizio are the brands you will see.
For mid to higher end TVs, Sony, LG and Samsung is what you want to buy.

Most of the less expensive TVs use LCD panels where the more expensive and the best TVs use OLED or Quantum Dot OLED panels.

I'm a professional TV calibrator and have worked in the industry for many years.
My recommendation for the Best TV is Sony A95K, Samsung S95B and LG C2 or G2. Especially if you only buy a TV every 5-10 years.
For anything else, TCL and Vizio are good budget TVs. The rest are not that great. Many of these $400 TVs are throw away sets.

If you like to buy online i can recommend Value Electronics at valueelectronics.com or you can call them at 914-723-3344 They sell everything at the same price as Best Buy but you don't pay sales tax outside of NY. They are premium retailers for many of the major brands so if something goes wrong they will drop ship you a new TV.

Hope this helps. I anyone has questions feel free to PM me.

Agree with Kenswing--VillagerAV-Tom is very experienced; moved the outlet up the wall, brought all the hardware and hung a huge TV for me in no time at all. I bought at Best Buy but had Tom mount 3 TVs in total. I have cut the cord and now the TVs are just suspended on the wall without any cords/cables visible. Highly recommend.

Best Buy (is that a big box??).
Install and set-up until you are happy.

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great info, thx for sharing :ho:

I don't think that Best Buy will replace a television after 14 days. They will tell you to contact the manufacturer under the warranty. Costco will replace a television up to 90 days. That is why it is better to buy it from Costco.

Costco. Great prices, great warranty. Worth the trip when you are spending big bucks. Sams Club is worth considering too.

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I bought mine from Amazon (65" OLED LG C2) - saved at least $300 over Best Buy - as a Prime member, got free unbox and setup (white glove service) in the house at NO EXTRA CHARGE. They even taught me how to use and program the remote!

Thanks for the info. This could be a business for you

Very good deal, indeed. It seems 1 poster wants people to believe they must go to Costco or Best Buy to get a high quality tv. Not so. Even Sam's has the LG C2.
Aside from Amazon, new egg also has very good electronic prices with fast free shipping.

By professional do you mean ISF Calibration using colorimeters and test pattern generators etc, where you adjust the hexadecimal parameters? I recall years ago, a quite a few ISF Calibrators posted on The Home Theater Spot forums.

I'll be ordering a LG C2 77" OLED from Costco in the next couple of weeks. I'm getting it from Costco because of their return policy, and their included 5 year warranty with Costco concierge service. If you use their Costco Visa, you get 2% back, and 2% more on your membership card. Sam's also offers a 5 year Allstate Warranty (formally Square Trade). Waiting to see what Amazon offers on the second Prime days this Oct. 11-12. I also bought a high end TV online several years ago from Cleveland Plasma with a great price, but no extended warranty. I purchased a warranty from Square Trade for it. Unfortunately, a diffuser came unglued a few months after the warranty ended, and Samsung sent me to a repair shop that wanted $2400 for a new screen.

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